Hospitality
Best espresso machine for a specialty café: our tests
We put four professional espresso machines through their paces in a working specialty café: La
Sep
Izensso Raptor review: the espresso machine that surprised us
A multiboiler espresso machine at a price that does not usually buy one. We ran
Sep
Tinto Speciality: the Koszalin café built from a dream
Marta swapped a trip to the Bieszczady mountains for a café of her own. Inside
Sep
Mietowa cafe in Dzwirzyno: where to get coffee by the sea
Inside Mietowa, a family-run cafe and ice cream parlour on the Baltic coast near Kolobrzeg,
Sep
How to become a barista: a practical guide
Where to start with no experience, which skills count, what a barista course costs in
Sep
La Marzocco: the history of an espresso legend
From a Florence metal workshop in 1927 to the machine that said no to Starbucks:
Aug
HX (heat exchanger) espresso machines: how they work, pros and cons
An HX espresso machine has one large boiler with a heat exchanger. The water for
Aug
How to dial in a coffee grinder in a café
A badly dialled-in grinder is the most common reason espresso runs too fast, too slow
Aug
Cat cafe in Kołobrzeg: does the town have one?
Kołobrzeg has no cat cafe yet. It does have a parrot cafe 15 minutes away
Aug
The most common coffee grinder faults, and how to fix them
A jammed grinder, uneven shot times, overheating, a dead switch: common grinder faults, their causes,
Aug