If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the hundreds of hours I’ve spent spilling espresso, expletives and tears over uncooperative coffee machines, it’s that there’s more to great coffee than a machine.
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With great essentials – good coffee and a trusty grinder – you can brew great coffee with nothing more than a kettle and a cafetière at your disposal.
So it’s with no small amount of childlike joy that I find myself nearly four decades older, sitting in my basement surrounded by coffee machines I’ve tested for the Filter.
Several of my childhood memories have the rich, comforting aroma of freshly roasted coffee.
