Suppuchino https://www.suppuchino.pro/ Coffee notes from a small kitchen en Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:30:00 +0000 Two years with the Kalita Wave https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/kalita-after-two-years/ https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/kalita-after-two-years/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:30:00 +0000 I bought the Kalita in a sale in October 2024 because the V60 kept giving me cups that tasted different every morning, and I was tired of blaming the beans. Two years later it's still the brewer I reach for on… I split one bag of beans four ways for three weeks https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/storing-beans-experiment/ https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/storing-beans-experiment/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:30:00 +0000 Every coffee forum has the storage argument at least once a month, so I decided to just test it on myself instead of reading another thread. One 1 kg bag of a Colombian washed coffee, roasted on a Monday,… Is a hand grinder enough for espresso? https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/hand-grinder-espresso/ https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/hand-grinder-espresso/ Mon, 11 May 2026 08:30:00 +0000 Short answer: yes, if you make one or two drinks a day and don't mind a small arm workout. Long answer below, after five months of doing exactly that. Buying a secondhand Gaggia Classic: what I checked https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/gaggia-classic-secondhand/ https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/gaggia-classic-secondhand/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000 I picked mine up for a bit less than half the new price from someone who was moving abroad. It was a 2019 model and it had clearly been used, but it hadn't been abused. A few people asked what to look for, so… The cappuccino I keep coming back to https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/cappuccino-ratio/ https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/cappuccino-ratio/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0000 The textbook cappuccino is a third espresso, a third milk, a third foam. In practice almost no cafe makes it like that anymore, and I don't either. Water made a bigger difference than my grinder upgrade https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/water-for-coffee/ https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/water-for-coffee/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000 I put this off for ages because "water recipes" sounded like something only competition people care about. Then a friend brought over a bottle of the water they use and we brewed the same coffee side by side.… Notes from my first month with a V60 https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/first-v60-notes/ https://www.suppuchino.pro/posts/first-v60-notes/ Sun, 08 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000 Starting this blog mostly as a notebook, since my phone notes app is a mess of half-written recipes with no dates on them.