Coffee and tea gear, picked with opinions
Better coffee at home. Fewer regrets on the counter.
Straight answers on grinders, kettles, espresso machines and the teapot you actually need. Every pick says who it is for and what bugs owners about it.
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How Nora picks
Reads the whole category, starts with the unhappy owners, and names one pick per kind of kitchen.
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Reads the whole category, spec sheets and manuals included, before naming a favorite.
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Starts with the unhappy owners. A flaw that shows up fifty times is a real flaw.
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More about the siteNames one pick per kind of kitchen, and says who should skip it.