Welcome to Tea or Coffee. Explore our practical guides designed for better focus and steady energy throughout your day.
Coffee brewing methods, equipment, recipes and caffeine guides. Explore our Coffee guide to find the right topic for your routine.
The best espresso machine for home depends on how much hands-on work you enjoy, whether you make milk drinks and how much counter space you can spare. We selected six semi-automatic machines, from a simple budget model to a dual-boiler…
How to Make Coffee Without a Coffee Maker: Quick Answer Easiest choice if you have a fine sieve: saucepan steep-and-strain. If your coffee maker is broken, you’re travelling or your kitchen is still in boxes, you can still make a…
In this comparison of drip coffee vs pour over, “drip” means an automatic drip machine and “pour over” means a manual brewer with a paper filter. Both pass hot water through a bed of ground coffee and a filter, so…
Cold brew takes little technique, so the best cold brew coffee maker for you is mostly a question of logistics: how much it holds, how it strains and how easy it is to clean and store. We compared four steeping…
You can froth milk in a French press with nothing more than warm milk and the plunger. Pumping the mesh filter up and down pulls air into the milk and turns it into a thick, pourable foam for lattes and…
French press vs pour over is one of the first choices many people face when they move past pods or instant coffee. Both methods are simple and need little equipment, but they feel different to use and different to drink.…
Pour over looks like it needs a lot of gear, but a beginner only needs a few pieces to start. This guide to the best pour over coffee kit for beginners explains which items matter first. Then it covers five…
A French press is one of the simplest ways to make good coffee at home: no paper filters, no machine and only a few parts. The best French press for you depends on four things: how much coffee you make,…
A French press already does the two things cold brew needs: it steeps grounds and strains them. Here’s how to make cold brew in a French press with exact amounts for a concentrate or a ready-to-drink batch. All you need…
How do you make iced coffee in a Keurig without it tasting like melted ice? Brew a small, strong cup straight onto plenty of ice, in the right kind of cup. Here’s how to make iced coffee from a Keurig…