Variety · Réunion
The French name for Laurina, used interchangeably. Pointed bean, half the caffeine, and a revival story.
Bourbon Pointu and Laurina are the same variety under two names, and both appear on bags.
Bourbon Pointu — “pointed Bourbon” — describes the bean shape and is the French and Réunionnais usage.
Laurina is the botanical designation, from Coffea arabica var. laurina.
Japanese buyers who funded the variety’s revival generally use Bourbon Pointu, which is why the name travelled.
A natural Bourbon mutation from Réunion with roughly half the caffeine of normal arabica — the only commercially grown arabica variety with that property naturally.
Delicate and sweet: citrus, honey, light body, clean finish.
Very small plantings on Réunion, plus Brazil, El Salvador and Nicaragua. Prices are high.
Filter, light roast, gentle extraction.
The equipment this actually requires — not a shopping list, the shortest route to doing it properly.
60° cone · spiral ribs · 1–4 cups
The most transparent cup you can brew for twenty euros, and the least forgiving. Ceramic holds heat where plastic does not — and the open bottom means your pour, not the dripper, decides the coffee.
Best for: Someone who wants to taste what a single-origin coffee is actually doing.
≈ $25 / £20 / 22 €
64 mm flat burr · filter only · single dose
64 mm flat burrs, near-zero retention and a footprint the size of a mug, built for filter and honest about not doing espresso. For pour-over it is the clearest grind you can buy at this price.
Best for: V60, Chemex, AeroPress and batch brewing, where clarity is the whole point.
≈ $345 / £275 / 300 €
0.9 L · ±1 °C hold · counterbalanced gooseneck
The best-pouring kettle sold, and the hold function matters more than the thermometer. Expensive for boiling water — but if you brew pour-over daily, it is the accessory that most improves the cup.
Best for: Daily pour-over, where flow rate is the variable you are trying to control.
≈ $195 / £165 / 180 €
