Brewing

Pour-Over Mania; Hario & Bonmac

We have offered Chemex and filter cones for years, but there are some interesting new innovations in pour-over brewing.

Unfancy Chemex Brewing Video

Another poor quality brewing video, with a few good tips.

Aeropress Coffee Brewer: Looks Awful. Works Well

A 10 minute video about using the Aeropress medical device uh, coffee brewer.

Espresso as excuse...

Do we think less of a coffee if it does not work both as brewed and as SO espresso?

Filtercone Brewing Video, Melitta Style ...and Clever Coffee Dripper Video Too!

A 7 minute video about brewing technique in a ceramic filtercone for pour-over drip coffee.

Hario Skerton Hand Mill

Like any manual mill, it takes some elbow grease to crank out a grind. But the work out is worth it!

Giotto Professional and Premium Espresso Machines

Paired with a good grinder and some basic espresso technique, you can truly produce great espresso time and time again with these machines.

Clever Coffee Dripper: Our new "Full Immersion" brewer...

An in-expensive way to make great coffee; all the body and full-flavor extraction of french press, without the sediment.

Aeropress instructions

Our recommended Aeropress brew method.

Sweet Maria's Tip Sheet: Yama Vacuum Brewing (also works for Bodum Santos Vacuum Brewer

While these instructions may make it sound like it requires a lot of time and dedication, after several times you will find it is only slightly more laborious than other brewing methods, but much more fun!

Yama Vacuum Brewing Pictorial

Like other vacuum brewers, the coffee brewed in this maker has great body, without the sediment you get in a French press.

If Coffee Cleaners Can Be Exciting ...

We have some innovative new coffee cleaning products, espresso machine brushes from Pallo, and machine cleaner from JoeGlo.

Jan - Feb 2006: Sweet Maria’s is now “Peaberry Depot”; A Rant About Electric Drip Brewers. Or, How “Hamilton Beach” Made a Liar Out of Me

Espresso: Freshness - Fresh? Too Fresh?

Over time, I have come to believe that homeroasted espresso needs a lot more age on it before extraction, more so than infusion and drip brewing techniques.