Independent · Data-obsessed · Est. 2026

Every cupdeserves obsession.

Brew guides with every number sourced, research-driven gear guides, and the internet's most rigorous caffeine data, reconciled when the sources can't agree.

Check your caffeine dose →Master a brew method

Espresso ·Pour-over ·Cold brew ·French press ·AeroPress ·Moka pot ·Caffeine science ·Origin stories ·Grinder lab ·Water chemistry ·

The Craft · from farm gate to your kitchen

Three chapters.
One perfect cup.

Huila, Colombia

The Cherry

It starts as fruit, not a bean.

Coffee is the seed of a cherry grown at altitude. Variety, soil, and processing decide more of your cup's flavour than any machine ever will, so that's where our origin stories begin.

Explore the origin atlas →

First crack · 196°C

The Roast

Chemistry, caramelised.

First crack, development time, Maillard reactions: roasting is applied chemistry with a timer. Our guides decode roast levels so a bag label actually tells you something.

Decode roast levels →

Your kitchen · tomorrow morning

The Cup

Where you come in.

Grind size, water temperature, ratio, time. Four variables stand between you and a café-grade cup at home, and every brew guide on this site is built around them.

Pick your method →

Brew guides · every number sourced

Master every method,
step by honest step.

9 bar · 25-30s

Espresso

Dial in shots without a $3,000 machine. Ratios, puck prep, and the grind ladder.

1:16 · 2:30-3:00

Pour-over

V60 and Chemex, step by step: bloom timing, pour patterns, common stalls fixed.

1:8 · 12-18 hrs

Cold brew

Steep ratios, dilution math, and why your batch tastes woody (and how to stop it).

1:15 · 4:00

French press

The most forgiving brewer on earth, plus the two-minute trick for a cleaner cup.

1:12 · 1:30

AeroPress

Standard, inverted, and championship recipes, compared side by side.

Stovetop · 4-5 min

Moka pot

The Italian classic, minus the bitterness. Heat control is everything: here's the curve.

Coffee Data Lab · flagship tool

Know your dose.

The Caffeine Calculator

Every drink in our database is sourced from lab analyses and manufacturer disclosures. When the sources disagree, we show you the range, not a guess. Compare your daily intake against the 400 mg guideline used by food-safety authorities.

Your drinkCups per day

435

mg caffeine / day

That's 109% of the guideline: consider capping at 2 cups

Gear guides · research-driven buying advice

Buy once, buy right.
Matched to how you brew.

Every guide starts from the recipe, not the product: we read the spec sheets against the ratios, grinds and temperatures in our brew guides, and tell you which gear actually fits the way you make coffee.

Two bags of specialty coffee beans side by side on a kitchen counter

Review8 Aug 2026 · 11 min read

Trade Coffee vs Bean Box: What We Found Researching Both Subscriptions

A research-based comparison of Trade Coffee and Bean Box on pricing, matching, roasters, freshness and reviews, ahead of our hands-on long-term test.

Browse the gear guides →

Transparency: some links on this site are affiliate links: if you buy through them we may earn a commission at no cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Our guidance comes from published specifications and public data, not paid placements.

Coffee Data Lab · the authority engine

When the internet disagrees,
we run the numbers.

brew methods covered, ratio to water temperature, every number sourced

journal articles published, every claim cited to its source

drinks in the caffeine calculator, each with a sourced range

scores influenced by brands or affiliates. Zero. Ever.

Exhibit A: how much caffeine is in cold brew? Depends who you ask.

Starbucks Grande, in-store

43 mg

Starbucks bottled RTD

55 mg

High Brew Triple Shot

69 mg

Lab concentrate, max

123 mg

Same drink name, normalised to 100 ml, and the sourced answers still span 3x. Our data pages publish every source, the method behind it, and a reconciled range, so you can check every number yourself.

Explore the full data lab →

The Sunday Pour

One brew tip. One honest pick.
Every Sunday morning.

No spam, no "10 best" filler, just the most useful thing we learned about coffee this week, in a two-minute read with your first coffee.

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Three chapters.One perfect cup.