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Coffee without the gatekeeping. From the people who roast it.
We supply over 100 cafes across Perth. We roast thousands of kilos a month. And we reckon everything we've learned should be yours too.
No tasting notes you need a degree to decode. No equipment snobbery. Just straight-up coffee knowledge from the production floor to your kitchen bench.
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The AeroPress Is the Best $50 You'll Spend
Fifty Bucks. Better Than Your Machine. There's a plastic tube that costs about $50 and makes better coffee than machines ten times its price. It fits in a backpack. It cleans up in ten seconds. It's basically indestructible. It's called...
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How to Make Cold Brew at Home
Cold Brew Is Not Iced Coffee Let's kill this one right now because it comes up every single summer. Cold brew and iced coffee are not the same thing. Not even close. Iced coffee is hot-brewed coffee poured over ice....
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Home Espresso Machines: What to Buy (And What to Skip)
You Don't Need to Spend $3,000 on an Espresso Machine But you might need to spend more than you think on a grinder. We'll get to that. The home espresso machine market is a minefield. Every second ad is pushing...
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How to Dial In Espresso at Home
This Is How We Actually Make Espresso Not theory. Not "roughly around this." These are the exact recipes we use at the BOM roastery, pulled from our brew timer. Same numbers our team uses to quality-check every batch we roast....
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We Tested Grinders Under $500. Here's What Actually Matters.
Your Grinder Matters More Than Your Machine We're going to say something that will upset a lot of people who just spent $2,000 on an espresso machine. Your grinder is doing more work than your machine is. By a long...
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Why Your Kettle Matters More Than You Think
Your Kettle Is Sabotaging Your Coffee You could have the best beans on the planet, a $400 grinder, and a recipe dialled to perfection. If your kettle is dumping boiling water straight onto the grounds, you're burning your coffee every...
