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The UK’s Best Coffee Subscription Services

On: 11th October 2018

The subscription box industry is big, and it is growing. According to online statistics company Hitwise, there were nearly 80 million visitors to subscription box websites in 2017, and 2018 and 2019 are set to surpass that with consumers continue to move away from the high street and increasingly intoRead More →

Best Burr Coffee Grinders 2018

By: David Holcroft

On: 2nd October 2018

In: Gadgets and Gizmos

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How to choose the perfect bean crushing machine A good grinder is a key piece of kit for coffee aficionados everywhere – but not all grinders are created equal. The gold standard in the coffee crushing biz is the burr grinder. You might have heard the name bandied around asRead More →

Chemex Coffeemakers – How to brew Chemex Coffee

By: Patrick Browne

On: 13th September 2018

In: How To Guides

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What is Chemex coffee and how do you make it? Coffee aficionados have been purring over the Chemex drip-filter coffee maker. For the uninitiated, the Chemex is a borosilicate glass pour-over flask, invented in 1943 by the chemist and inventor Dr. Peter Schlumbohm. The classic Chemex is simply an hourglass shaped carafe.Read More →

De’Longhi Dedica Espresso Machine: In-Depth Review

By: Patrick Browne

On: 31st August 2018

In: Gadgets and Gizmos

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The De’Longhi Dedica (EC685M, EC685R, RC685BK) is an ever popular choice among home espresso machine buyers – and with good reason. Coming in at under £150, the machine blends stylish looks, high performance and usability batter than most machines on the market at this price point. De’Longhi Dedica The De’LonghiRead More →

How to Choose a Home Espresso Maker

By: Patrick Browne

On: 24th August 2018

In: Coffee Questions

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What to look for in an espresso machine An espresso is a 30ml shot of coffee made by passing water through a compact puck of finely ground fresh coffee at high pressure. An espresso is not a short black coffee. It cannot come from a coffee pod machine and itRead More →

De’Longhi Magnifica ESAM 4200 – In-Depth Review

By: Harry Lawrence

On: 8th August 2018

In: Gadgets and Gizmos

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The De’Longhi Magnifica 4200.S is a long-standing favourite in bean to cup coffee machines. Indeed, as I write this, it is currently the best selling BTC machine on Amazon. So why is it so popular? Is it a quality product or are De’Longhi just good at marketing? Let’s take aRead More →

Five of the Best Stove Top Espresso Makers

By: Patrick Browne

On: 19th July 2018

In: Gadgets and Gizmos

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The stove top coffee pot can be used to make strong, espresso-style coffee that can be drunk as intense shots or paired up with milk and hot water to make coffee in a number of different styles. The simple metal contraptions can be tricky to master, but once you’ve readRead More →

Union Coffee Subscription – Our Review

By: Patrick Browne

On: 19th July 2018

In: Beans

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The first rule of coffee club is to tell everybody how delicious your latest delivery of ethically sourced, freshly roasted beans is. At least that’s exactly what happened when Coffee Bazaar Towers recently tried out Union Hand-Roasted Coffee’s subscription service – Coffeeclub. There is a growing number of speciality subscriptionRead More →

Krups Evidence – In Depth Review

By: Harry Lawrence

On: 17th July 2018

In: Gadgets and Gizmos

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We have previously featured the Krups Evidence in our round-up of the best bean to cup coffee machines – so if you’ve previously read that article then you will already know that we rate it highly. But as one of the more expensive BTC machines available, we thought it wasRead More →

How to make the perfect stove-top Espresso

By: Patrick Browne

On: 10th July 2018

In: How To Guides

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The stove-top coffee maker delivers a short intense kick of coffee that can be enjoyed black or used as a base to make a whole array of popular cup styles. Though technically not an espresso – as it is not made with 9 bars of pressure – the stove-top cofferRead More →