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The secret to making a great Italian coffee is rooted to the history of the moka pot. In 1933, Alfonso Bialetti, a smelter and then an aluminum workshop owner, invented the octogonal coffee machine after watching his wife do laundry. After World War II, it was patented by his son as the Bialetti Moka Express, bringing espresso out of cafes and into Italian homes.

Coffee is most pleasant in the fall, when it wakes you up on newly dark mornings and warms you from within. Luckily, coffee and espresso deals also tend to hit in the fall. Some of our best-reviewed and best-loved espresso machines, automated cappuccino makers, and other coffee gear are seeing some steep discounts at the tail end of Amazon Big Deal Days.

Led by researchers at West Virginia University and Morgan State University in the United States, the review explored past academic studies and meta-analyses that combined account for more than 1 million participants from various world regions, including the U.S., Europe and Asia. Published Aug. 5 in the MDPI journal Nutrients, the study offers a broadly sunny view of coffee's positive associations with better health, including a connection to longer life.

Essentially a WDT tool built for pourover and drip coffee, the Bloom features needles extending from a handle that users can employ to stir and optimize ground coffee inside a filter before adding water. The Bloom's smooth, corrosion-resistant and anti-static needles redistribute fines and isolate chaff for cleaner brews less prone to clogging or channeling, according to Nucleus. The needles break down hidden air pockets, improving extraction consistency for greater clarity, texture and flavor.

"My space is a place for activism. My space is a place for women of color to feel safe," Arana told Daily Coffee News. "It's a place for the Latino community to feel seen and represented, and just a safe space for anybody."

I just went back and counted and this is the 12th time I've been at my keyboard watching the sales during one version of Amazon Prime Day or another. And after I hit five or six of them, I could start recognizing patterns around what kinds of items will be on sale and for how much. This fall's iteration Amazon's self-created sales event though, doesn't have all the same normal players at this point on Tuesday morning.

California-based Gaviña Coffee Company announced that two of its longtime leaders - brothers Pedro Lázaro Gaviña and Francisco Marcos "Paco" Gaviña - have died. Paco died July 29 at the age of 81. Pedro died Sept. 11 at the age of 80. Representing the third generation of the Gaviña business, which traces its roots back to Cuba, the brothers were instrumental in building the company into a national coffee supplier while maintaining close ties to the industry through volunteerism and events.

According to coffee experts, the microfoam is one of the most important aspects of a good cafe latte. It helps create the smooth, creamy texture the drink is known for, and it balances the flavors and intensity of the espresso. A latte should typically have a thin layer of foam, about ½ centimeter. This gives the drink its distinct look and mouthfeel, and it separates it from its much frothier cousin, the cappuccino.

The noise level should land somewhere between monastical library and busy restaurant. There needs to be food, and it should be well-executed. The coffee itself should be solid, but I need some reasonable un-caffeinated options, too. I'm usually on the run, so easy parking matters. Be smart: These are businesses, so if you plan to hang around for long, make sure your order justifies use of the table and tip more generously than usual.

The DC motor-driven conical-burr grinder offers eight RPM speed settings and 70 steps of adjustment within the espresso range, accessible through a dedicated touchscreen. Its three modes of operation include manual, grind-by-weight and grind-by-time. The brewing system includes an insulated dedicated brew boiler and a scale in the receptacle platform for brew-by-weight features. Dual 15-bar Ulka pumps and multiple needle valves enable rapid-response pressure profiling within a 3-to-15-bar adjustment range, with up to four flow modes assignable per phase of stable pressure.

Coffee equipment seller Prima Coffee Equipment last week launched Second Shot Market, an online marketplace for pre-owned or open-box coffee equipment. Open to the public as of Sept. 22, the site hosts listings of home and commercial coffee equipment, as well as cafe and food service equipment. The platform walks vendors through the processes of creating accounts, pricing items, taking photos and shipping.

For a limited time, it's changing its name to Maxwell Apartment. Just in time for National Coffee Day, the coffee brand owned by the Kraft Heinz Company announced that while supplies last, it's selling a year's supply of its specially packaged coffee for just $40 on Amazon, or what it's calling a 12-month "lease." It's the same exact coffee, just cheaper at about 10 cents less per ounce. (It also has a new name for the first time in 133 years.)

"This is literally the only reason I go to Starbucks over Dunkin. The cold foam," wrote one Redditor, proving that the whipped topping is the deciding factor for some customers. Starbucks' cold foam - added to everything from iced coffee and matcha to frappuccinos - also has the advantage over Dunkin's because it's made to order and can be customized with different flavors and milk alternatives. Unlike Dunkin', Starbucks also offers a non-dairy cold foam that makes the topping more adaptable to different diets.

Controversy is baked in - which is why it should come as no surprise that Contrarian Thinking CEO Codie Sanchez made waves for a hot take she shared in a podcast interview. In a clip of the interview, posted by TikTok account @goated.quotes, Sanchez says that she can tell how successful someone is by how they order coffee. "Show me how long it takes you to order at a counter," says the CEO, "and I will show you your bank account."

It's a little bit surprising. People that walk in sometimes don't realize what all we do, that we roast our own coffee and bake our own goods,

Klatch Coffee will expand its partnership with Sprouts Farmers Market, opening 20 new cafes inside its stores, according to a news release from the Rancho Cucamonga chain. The expansion will include Klatch's first location in San Diego County and more than double the number of its cafes. It currently has 12 in San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties, the farthest from home being in Redondo Beach.

Let's be upfront; our original aim was to profile coffee makers that are completely plastic-free, at least in the parts that come into contact with hot water. Plastic components-especially the thin pods used in many single-cup systems-can leach Bisphenol A (BPA) into the resulting brew (reportedly up to 55 times faster than in plain water). In practice, though, apart from manual coffee makers like the stovetop espresso and pour-over sort, nearly every coffee maker incorporates some plastic.

Shortly after taking the Starbucks job a year ago, Niccol launched a back-to-basics strategy. He culled the bloated menu, launched an ad campaign that refocused consumers' attention on the quality of the coffee itself, jettisoned those printed drink-order stickers on cups for cute handwritten Sharpie notes, and worked to improve the physical experience of sitting in a Starbucks and enjoying your drink.

Adopted in 2023, the EUDR requires companies bringing coffee, cocoa, soy, cattle, palm oil, rubber and wood (and many derived products) to the EU market to prove - through the geolocation of farm plots and risk-based due diligence - that the goods are deforestation-free. After facing pressure from industry organizations, including large European coffee companies, the Commission has already agreed to delay enforcement of the law by one year.

I was a baby barista and became the store coffee master, which means I got to wear a black apron instead of a green one,