The Brew Blog

All sorts of brewing methods have emerged throughout coffee’s history. The moka pot's journey is a fascinating exploration of innovation, design, and the enduring love we have for a perfect cup of coffee.

From opulent beginnings to one of the most familiar items to billions of coffee consumers worldwide, the story of the zarf in some ways echoes the story and history of coffee.

We don’t sell mass-produced coffee and only specialize in coffees that have been recognized nationally and internationally as being of superb quality. But, even mass-produced coffees had small beginnings. Because of this we wanted to look at the history of coffee, its remarkable spread through the world and how to help people avoid bad coffee in the future.

There are a ton of ways to make coffee, from Aeropress to pour-over to vacuum, percolation or siphon and each have their devotees but one of the most common, and also one of the easiest to get wrong (and right) is French press.