The journal

Practical guides, roast explainers and the occasional strong opinion about milk. Written by the people who actually make the coffee.

Brewing guide

How to brew a pour-over that actually tastes good

The V60 looks intimidating until someone shows you the whole process takes four minutes. Here is the exact recipe our baristas use every morning, scaled for one cup.

6 min read Nov 2026Priya Nair

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What are you trying to fix?

Coffee tastes weak or sour Espresso shots go wrong Which roast should I buy? Want coffee without the machine Beans keep going stale Lattes taste flat or bubbly

Coffee basics

5 min Nov 2026

Light, medium, dark: what roast level actually means

Roast level changes everything about how coffee tastes. Here is what is happening inside the bean and how to pick for your brew method.

Brewing guide

4 min Nov 2026

Cold brew at home without fancy gear

A jar, some coffee and 18 hours. That is genuinely all you need for café-quality cold brew, plus the ratios we use at the shop.

Espresso

7 min Nov 2026

Dialling in espresso: the 10-minute fix for sour or bitter shots

Your shot tastes off? It is almost always grind size. Here is the fastest way to find the sweet spot, step by step.

Storage

4 min Nov 2026

How to store coffee beans so they actually stay fresh

Freezer or cupboard? Whole bean or ground? The answers are simpler than the internet makes them look.

Milk & technique

6 min Nov 2026

Texturing milk for lattes: glossy microfoam in three steps

Stop chasing latte art before the milk is right. This is the technique our trainers teach first, and it works on any machine.

From the roastery

Why we visit origin twice a year

Cupping notes in a spreadsheet only tell you so much. Here is what the farm visits actually changed about how we buy and roast.

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If you are new here

Three guides worth your first read

Pour over, properly

The slowest way to make coffee and the most forgiving. Start here if your brews taste off.

Dial in your espresso

Sour? Bitter? Here is how to read a shot and fix it without guessing.

Keep beans fresh longer

Most stale coffee is a storage problem, not a bean problem. Easy fixes inside.

"We would rather write one guide that actually fixes your cup than ten that just fill a page. If a post does not change how your coffee tastes, tell us and we will rewrite it."

— Daniel, head roaster at Cassinova

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