Espresso Cups

Buying an espresso cup gift set sounds simple until you’re stood in front of a screen full of near-identical white porcelain sets, all claiming to be “perfect for coffee lovers,” all suspiciously similar in size, and none of them telling you why one is worth twice the price of another. It’s a small gift with … Read more

There’s a particular kind of heartbreak reserved for coffee lovers: you pull a perfect shot, admire the crema, then burn your fingertips the second you pick up the cup. Double walled espresso cups exist to solve exactly that problem, and once you’ve used one, going back to a thin ceramic demitasse feels a bit like … Read more

Here’s an odd little truth nobody tells you when you buy an espresso machine: the cup does roughly a third of the work. You can dial in the grind, tamp like a competition barista, and still watch a gorgeous shot go lukewarm and flat in ninety seconds flat because you served it in the wrong … Read more