Honorable Mentions There are so many coffee subscriptions out there, and honestly, a lot of them are very good. This list would need to be three times as long to capture every one of them at the least! I have way more subscriptions I’ve loved than I have space to …
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Cold-brew coffee is the gentlest of coffee: pleasant and sweet, made for warm days and chill thoughts. And so the best coffee beans for cold brew are not necessarily the same ones that make the most interesting drip or pour-over or espresso. It’s a different animal entirely from the volatile …
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For five minutes, water dribbles through a shower filter into a thick, tamped coffee puck, working its way slowly through the puck but releasing very few drops. Only when I start hand-pumping is the water pushed more quickly through the puck, dribbling out over the course of another minute or …
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More Good Kettles Art and Cook Electric Glass Kettle Photograph: Art and Cook We’ve tested dozens of kettles, but not every model deserves a top spot above. Here are a few others that work well, but aren’t standouts. Cuisinart PerfecTemp Cordless for $100: This Cuisinart is reliable, efficient, durable, and …
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I’ve experienced Meta’s translation with text before and found it adequate for reading my children’s books in Spanish; Meta AI even offered, unprompted, some funny insights. When traveling, my coworker Kate Knibbs discovered that live translation is a little awkward when it’s limited to the written word. Live translation with …
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Once upon a time, every AeroPress was the best AeroPress. But the humble AeroPress coffee maker has since multiplied. It has become various. The past half decade or so has brought an explosion of new versions of AeroPress: a plastic-free premium AeroPress (7/10, WIRED Recommends), a big AeroPress, a small …
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