Brewed coffee is more than 98% water. What hardness, alkalinity and TDS each mean for your cup, what chlorine and chloramine do, how to find your water's numbers, and what to do if they're off.
US ground coffee still costs more than 9 dollars a pound in late 2026, though green coffee has fallen since its 2025 record. What drove the surge, what tariffs did, and what the latest data says.
Six espresso machines listed under $500 at their makers' US prices, and two just over, compared from the makers' own specs: heating, milk, baskets and care, with the grinder counted in the budget.
James Hoffmann's 2021 beginner's guide to buying coffee: buy fresh, traceable and seasonal, and read the bag's words. Our response adds the SCA flavor wheel to find the flavors you like.
Our 2021 comparison of the Gaggia Classic Pro, Breville Bambino Plus and Philips 3200, updated from the makers' specs: the routine each asks of you, what has changed since, and the care each needs.
There's no single ideal brewing temperature. See the kettle temperatures our Brew Guide starts with for each method and roast, why the coffee runs cooler than the kettle, and when to go hotter.
The seven grind-and-brew coffee makers our 2021 video ranked, with each maker's own grinder and carafe details, which machines are still sold, and the two grind-and-brews the SCA certifies.
What Kenyan coffee tends to taste like and why: the SL28 and SL34 varieties, washed processing, the AA and AB grades, the growing regions, and three Kenyan coffees roasters list now.
Peet's or Starbucks beans for brewing at home? Our 2020 picks of five coffees from each chain, with the two companies' shared history, roast styles and published caffeine figures.
The five coffee scales from our 2020 video and our verdicts, the current Hario, Etekcity, Ozeri and Acaia specs as their makers publish them, and how fine a coffee scale needs to read.
The eight travel mugs and tumblers from our 2020 video, our top, value and high-tech picks, and what each maker now says about its lid, heat retention and cleaning, and whether it's still sold.
Cuban coffee usually means a cafecito: strong moka-pot coffee whipped with sugar into a foam called espumita. How to make one, the drinks around it, and US rules on coffee grown in Cuba.
Guatemala's eight coffee regions, from Antigua to Huehuetenango, with altitudes, harvest months and how they tend to taste, plus every score from our 2020 review of eight Guatemalan coffees.
Our 2020 taste test scored six Colombian coffees out of five. La Colombe's San Roque won at 4.5. See every score, which bags are still sold and what their makers list today.
Our 2020 taste test scored seven Sumatran coffees out of five. Peach Coffee Roasters' Lintong won at 4.8. See every score, which bags are still sold and what wet-hulling does to the cup.