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The coffee itself

Everything in the cup, not around it

255 entries on coffee rather than on equipment — the drinks, the places, the plants, the processing and the methods. Each one ends with the gear it actually requires.

Origins

Where coffee grows, and what altitude, soil and climate leave in the cup.

85

Varieties

The botanical varieties of Coffea, and why one bean tastes of jasmine.

55

Processing

What happens between the cherry and the green bean — and it changes everything.

25

Drinks

What to order and how to make it — including the ones that never left their own country.

60

Brewing methods

Every way of getting water through coffee, and what each one does to the cup.

30