The weekly long reads. One idea about coffee, followed all the way down.
Deep Dive
Jul 6, 2026
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5 min read
On paying two and three times the price for a coffee that's only okay.
Jun 29, 2026
4 min read
Why the gap between smell and taste is where coffee actually lives.
Jun 22, 2026
I had the right tool for years. I just wasn't paying attention.
Jun 15, 2026
3 min read
You're already adjusting your coffee. You just didn't know that was the skill.
Jun 8, 2026
How I engineered exactly what I wanted from light roast, and why it tasted like nothing.
Jun 1, 2026
There's a difference between knowing what you like and knowing why. It took me a year to find it.
May 25, 2026
Turns out I wasn't bored with washed coffee. I just wasn't paying attention.
May 18, 2026
The ZP6 isn't better than other grinders. It just shows you something different.
May 11, 2026
I used to live for this exact cup.
May 4, 2026
I knew it was dying. I kept brewing it anyway.
Apr 27, 2026
Why the Mr. Coffee sits next to my Olympia Cremina
Apr 20, 2026
Sometimes the quiet coffee is the one that won’t leave you alone
Apr 13, 2026
6 min read
You have more control than you think. Just not as much as you want.
Apr 6, 2026
How chasing sweetness taught me what I actually like.
Mar 30, 2026
Sometimes the best brew you make is the one where you forgot to use your gear.
Mar 23, 2026
8 min read
Some coffees fight you. This one didn't. I'm still thinking about that.
Mar 16, 2026
7 min read
And what a stubborn Ethiopian coffee taught me about it
Mar 9, 2026
9 min read
Why We All Need Something to Push Us Forward
Mar 6, 2026
And what an unmeasured cup taught me more than years of expertise did
Mar 2, 2026
It's not the recipe. It's that you don't know yourself yet.
Feb 27, 2026
10 min read
What are we actually chasing?
Feb 23, 2026
Here's what happened when I stopped respecting the rules
Feb 20, 2026
How I got every tool to make perfect coffee and forgot to taste it.
Feb 16, 2026
Why I had to unlearn everything to use it
Feb 9, 2026
11 min read
And why you don't have to love everything in your field either
