The weekly long reads. One idea about coffee, followed all the way down.
Deep Dive
Oct 5, 2026
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5 min read
Start with the objective. The right gear is probably already in front of you.
Sep 28, 2026
Then it made one of the worst cups I've measured, and all I wanted was to make it again
Sep 14, 2026
I don't know if it was the gear or time. Probably both. Maybe me too.
Sep 7, 2026
4 min read
Same coffee, three brewers, and the advice I forgot to take myself
Aug 31, 2026
6 min read
Ninety percent of my gear came from Amazon. This one I got lost for.
Aug 24, 2026
Turns out I was never chasing the coffee.
Aug 17, 2026
Why the guy who tells you to stop buying gear is telling you to buy this one.
Aug 10, 2026
The kettle isn't broken. It's inconsistent. And now I know.
Aug 3, 2026
The dial is honest. The label isn't.
Jul 27, 2026
A new kettle, a slab of beef ribs, and the realization that the numbers might be training wheels I'm ready to take off.
Jul 22, 2026
A small study of where coffee's starting advice actually begins.
Jul 13, 2026
The thing I'd been scrambling to avoid pulled the boldest cup I'd made in weeks.
Jul 6, 2026
On paying two and three times the price for a coffee that's only okay.
Jun 29, 2026
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
You have more control than you think. Just not as much as you want.
