Category: Cooking Gear

Pulling a shot of espresso by hand is one of the most satisfying rituals in coffee. When I first picked up a manual lever espresso maker three years ago, I was chasing something my pump machine could not give me: total control over every second of extraction. The best manual lever espresso makers put pressure…

I started caring about nutmeg graters the day I tried freshly ground nutmeg on homemade eggnog. The pre-ground jar in my pantry had been sitting there for six months, and the difference was embarrassing. Once I tasted nutmeg shaved moments before it hit the cream, I went down a rabbit hole. Our team spent 60…

I spent six weeks steaming, frothing, and pouring my way through every barista-grade plant milk I could get my hands on, and the results changed how I pull my morning shots. After testing ten of the most popular plant-based barista milks on the market today (against hundreds of lattes in my kitchen and a borrowed…

I’ve been cooking sous vide for nearly six years now, and the jump from my old dumb circulator to my first smart WiFi sous vide cooker felt like switching from a flip phone to a smartphone. If you’re hunting for the best smart sous vide cookers in , you probably already know the appeal: edge-to-edge…