COFFEE TECH

at home should look at the Ottoman Chemex Water Tower, which allows coffee lovers to use the same backto-basics methodology while helping out by maintaining temperature, many other variables that make Chemex a speciality experience.

If you’re considering more involvement, a number of roasters are now available on the market. Traditional drum roasters can be slow and messy, but the so-called roasting - heat delivered more evenly solely through the convection of hot air - to roast 120g of green beans in six minutes; just enough when ground for a few cups, in line with the maker’s insistence that keeping the time between roast and beans necessitates grinding too - commercial-standard grinders the likes of Lyn Weber Workshop’s leave out in your kitchen.

Those looking to the next step for coffee - according to industry watchers - might also want to invest i n a Bkon Brewer. This single-serve device uses patented ‘reverse atmospheric infusion’ that blends forced extraction and an immersion brewing process to the likes of orange, peppermint or lavender, for example. Yes, some say that the future of coffee lies in