Save money by making better coffee at home
We'll cover latte art in a different chapter. (Jess Eddy via Unsplash/)There’s no excuse for making bad coffee at home (unless you’re using instant grounds). With the right gear and a bit of experimentation, you can reliably brew a better cup than most cafés. It just takes a bit of research upfront to work out what you like, some practice to dial in the technique, and you’re good to go.It’s all about the beans“The quality of coffee you start with sets the limit for how good your coffee can be,” says James Hoffman, author of The World Atlas of Coffee and my favorite YouTuber on the subject. “You can improve cheap coffee, but there are no tricks or hacks to make it taste of anything but cheap coffee.”Coffee is kind of weird. For a long time it was treated as just a commodity: A cup of coffee was a cup...