Everything you need to make great coffee – and the kit that’s not worth your money From thermal jugs to the best beans, upgrade your morning brew with our essential coffee kit list – including the things you don’t need.
Burr grinders have two spinning, serrated metal surfaces that crush the coffee to a more even consistency, so as long as the burrs are nice and sharp, they’re a better bet for a balanced cup of coffee.
We’ll start with good-quality coffee beans and a decent grinder, move on to a competent and affordable brewer (or coffee machine if you can afford it) and round off the recommendations with a few pretty but non-essential fripperies.
If you want to really up your coffee game, though, then pushing your budget to £100 or above will upgrade the evenness of the grind and, consequently, the quality of coffee that ends up in your cup.
You’ll find a huge range of seasonal specialities flitting in and out of roasters, but you can’t go wrong with a good house roast such as the Werka Wuri from Bristol’s highly capable Clifton Coffee Roasters.
