Grind + Brew

Find grinders, drippers, French presses, scales, filters, and espresso machines, sold on their own or as complete coffee brewing kits.

What Equipment Is Needed for Coffee Making?

Four pieces cover it: a grinder, something to heat water, a brewer, and a scale. A burr grinder gives you even grounds, a kettle or the machine's own heater brings water to temperature, the brewer holds the coffee while it drips or steeps, and the scale keeps your ratio the same from one morning to the next. Filters are the only consumable, and which kind you need depends on the brewer. The rest of the coffee equipment on this page addresses a specific variable: a sieve removes the fines that muddy a brew, an airtight canister slows staling, and a dripper or press changes the brew method itself.

What Are the Best Coffee Making Equipment for Home Use?

Spend on the grinder first. Grind consistency affects extraction more than anything else you control at home, so a burr grinder such as Ode Brew Grinder Gen 2 for filter, or Opus 2 if you also want espresso, changes the cup more than a better brewer would. A scale like Tally Pro comes next, since a repeatable ratio is what makes a good recipe reproducible. After that, an airtight canister such as Atmos keeps the beans from going stale, since coffee starts losing aroma within days of the bag being opened.

Is an Espresso Machine at Home Worth It?

It depends on what you actually drink. If your daily cup is filter coffee, an espresso machine solves a problem you don't have, and that budget does more in a grinder and a good brewer. If you order lattes or cappuccinos several times a week, the math tends to work out inside a year or two at café prices.