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CoffeeSock Cold Brew Review: How to Brew With It and How Long It Lasts
Brewing 9 min read

CoffeeSock Cold Brew Review: How to Brew With It and How Long It Lasts

How long a CoffeeSock lasts (its maker suggests a new one after 9 to 12 months), how to make cold brew in it with CoffeeSock's own amounts and steep times, and how to clean it.

How to Use a Siphon Coffee Maker: Recipe, Physics and Safe Handling
Brewing 12 min read

How to Use a Siphon Coffee Maker: Recipe, Physics and Safe Handling

Brew a siphon with Jessica Easto's three-cup recipe: 22 g of coffee, 300 g of water, 202°F and about 2 minutes of brewing. Plus how the vacuum works, safe heat sources and filter care.

7 Ethiopian Coffees Reviewed and Ranked: Our Best and Worst Picks
Origins 7 min read

7 Ethiopian Coffees Reviewed and Ranked: Our Best and Worst Picks

Our 2020 taste test scored seven Ethiopian coffees out of five. Peet's Ethiopian Super Natural won at 4.5, just ahead of Coava's Kilenso. See every score and which bags are still sold.

Ethiopian Coffee: A Guide to Flavors, Varieties, and Growing Regions
Origins 11 min read

Ethiopian Coffee: A Guide to Flavors, Varieties, and Growing Regions

What Ethiopian coffee tastes like and why: washed vs natural, the main growing regions from Yirgacheffe and Sidama to Harrar and Limu, and how to brew and buy it.

Colombian Coffee Flavor Profile: What to Expect from Single Origin Colombian Beans
Origins 10 min read

Colombian Coffee Flavor Profile: What to Expect from Single Origin Colombian Beans

Colombian coffee runs from heavier, chocolatey cups to jammy, fruity ones. Learn how its regions, two harvests, varieties such as Castillo and washed processing shape the cup, and how to brew it.

Tanzania Peaberry Coffee: What a Peaberry Is, and Our Stone Street Grind and Brew
Origins 8 min read

Tanzania Peaberry Coffee: What a Peaberry Is, and Our Stone Street Grind and Brew

What a peaberry is, why so much Tanzanian coffee is sold as peaberry, and how Stone Street's Tanzanian Peaberry tasted in our 2019 grind-and-brew video, with the bag as it's sold today.

What Does Costa Rican Coffee Taste Like? Flavors, Regions, Processing and What to Expect
Origins 8 min read

What Does Costa Rican Coffee Taste Like? Flavors, Regions, Processing and What to Expect

Costa Rican coffee tends to be clean and sweet with gentle acidity. Here's how its eight regions, its micro mills, honey processing and its varieties change the cup, and what to look for on a bag.

6 Christmas Coffee Recipes: Salted Mocha Caramel, Gingerbread, Toffee, Eggnog and More
Recipes 11 min read

6 Christmas Coffee Recipes: Salted Mocha Caramel, Gingerbread, Toffee, Eggnog and More

The six holiday drinks from our 2019 video, with the amounts from its cards: a salted mocha caramel latte, gingerbread coffee, toffee coffee, eggnog punch, a caramel brûlée latte and spicy coffee.

Coffee Grind Size Guide: Right Grind for Every Brew Method
Brewing 8 min read

Coffee Grind Size Guide: Right Grind for Every Brew Method

Find the right grind for every brew method, from Turkish coffee to the French press: the texture to aim for, our illustrative micron bands, the signs a grind is off, and how to dial it in.

Gingerbread Coffee at Home: A Molasses Spice Mix and a Gingerbread Syrup
Recipes 10 min read

Gingerbread Coffee at Home: A Molasses Spice Mix and a Gingerbread Syrup

Our video's gingerbread coffee is Allrecipes' molasses spice mix stirred into a cup of coffee with half-and-half. Plus our own gingerbread syrup for lattes, with amounts, sweetness and storage.

How Is Coffee Decaffeinated? The Four Main Methods Explained
Science 9 min read

How Is Coffee Decaffeinated? The Four Main Methods Explained

Decaf is made from green beans before roasting, using water and carbon, carbon dioxide, ethyl acetate or methylene chloride. Here's how each works, what the FDA allows and what's left in the cup.

Is Brazilian Coffee Any Good? Flavor Profile and What to Expect
Origins 11 min read

Is Brazilian Coffee Any Good? Flavor Profile and What to Expect

Yes. Brazil grows about 38% of the world's coffee, mostly natural and pulped-natural arabica that's sweet, heavy and low in acidity. What it tastes like, where it grows and what to look for.

Coffee and Cream Soda: Our Charged Up Cream Soda Recipe
Drinks 4 min read

Coffee and Cream Soda: Our Charged Up Cream Soda Recipe

Coffee and cream soda from our 2020 video: 100 ml of ice-cold coffee and 100 ml of cream soda over coffee ice cubes, poured slowly so the foam stays in the glass, and why cold coffee keeps the fizz.

What Does Indian Coffee Taste Like? Robusta, Arabica and Monsooned Malabar
Origins 10 min read

What Does Indian Coffee Taste Like? Robusta, Arabica and Monsooned Malabar

India grew 373,000 tonnes of coffee in 2025-26, about 70 percent robusta, grown under shade. What Indian coffee tastes like, where it grows, its varieties and how Monsooned Malabar is made.

What Is Single Origin Coffee? What the Label Means and Four Origins to Try
Origins 11 min read

What Is Single Origin Coffee? What the Label Means and Four Origins to Try

Single-origin coffee comes from one place, not a blend. Learn how specific that place can be, what the label tells you, and four origins to try first: Brazil, Ethiopia, Costa Rica and Rwanda.