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Confessions of a home brewing enthusiast: Brewing with a Clever Dripper

Our resident home brewing nerd, Mick, has been playing around with the Clever Dripper and shares his thoughts here.

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Can you teach an old Cafetiere new tricks?

Check out this new recipe and brewing method which will help you get a better result from this classic brewing method. Also, did you know you can u...

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Ipyana (Tanzania) - recipe and background

Our new main espresso at Steampunk, Ipanya is also brilliant brewed by filter methods. Here is our recipe for Kalita wave and some more background ...

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Kalita recipes for our current coffees

This is how we brewed up our fantastic range of coffees at Glasgow Coffee Festival.

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Coffee Filtration: A Guide

An overview of paper, metal, and cloth filters for coffee and why you might want to use each of them. And how about about the option of using no fi...

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Decaf is not a dirty word

We love coffee for its flavour and the ritual of preparing it as well as for the boost we get from its caffeine! But decaffeinated coffee has alway...

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Just taste it!

Taste is both a simple and a complex thing. It is something we do every day without thinking and yet, as with most things, as we learn more about t...

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Tasting pour-over coffee at different points of extraction

A fun exercise where you divide the coffee you are brewing into three glasses at certain parts of the brewing process so you capture the start, mid...

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How Do I Start Brewing Coffee at Home?

Coffee can be intimidating, especially due to the vocabulary that is commonplace in the speciality coffee industry. I do not think coffee should se...

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How to Shake Up Your Aeropress Recipe

Once you find a good recipe, it can be tempting to just stick to it. Here are some ideas on how to change things up and hopefully get a better brew.

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Brewing with the Aeropress in the Park

Some argue that coffee tastes next level when drunk outside - home brewer James Gallagher experiments.

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Make cold brew at home with NO fancy equipment

As the weather warms up, our thoughts are turning to cold coffee. Here, our guest blogger James shares some tips for Cold Brewing at home without h...