Variety · Réunion
A Bourbon mutation from Réunion with roughly half the normal caffeine. Delicate, sweet, and nearly extinct twice over.
Laurina — also called Bourbon Pointu — is a natural mutation of Bourbon that arose on Réunion, and its defining feature is chemical rather than sensory.
Laurina contains roughly half the caffeine of normal arabica, entirely naturally — no decaffeination process involved.
That is unique among commercially grown arabica varieties and it is the reason the variety has been rescued from near-extinction twice.
Small, dense and distinctly pointed at one end, which is where Bourbon Pointu comes from. The plant is compact and conical.
Delicate and sweet with low acidity: citrus, honey, a light body and a clean finish. Elegant rather than powerful, and easy to over-roast into nothing.
Réunion’s coffee industry collapsed twice, and Laurina came close to disappearing with it. A Japanese-funded recovery project in the 2000s identified surviving trees and re-established cultivation.
Small plantings now exist in Réunion, Brazil, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Very low, which is why it never displaced ordinary Bourbon despite the interest.
Filter, light roast, gentle extraction. Its delicacy does not survive an aggressive brew, and its low caffeine makes it a genuine option for an evening cup.
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 €
