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Wobbles and burrs plague the grinders on the market, which date back to the Comandante. Take a mill with your hands full of coffee beans, turn off the ridges, and it's like magic. The mill is stable, and you can tighten the studs to grind espresso or Turkish coffee.      Ridges are bloody hot, durable and help to produce a uniform coffee grounds that is suitable for all brewing methods. The teeth of the blades are tough, wear-resistant and have excellent edge stability. Try the Nitro Blade Mountain Arabica from Costa Rica, the Ethiopian or the Precious Panama Geisha, and...

If you disagree, you are better off with a cheaper alternative such as the Eureka Mignon. While other mills sit on the bench like espresso, the Baratza Sette 270wi is the new shining star.       The Baratza Sette 270wi is excellent for grinding coffee, especially espresso, which means that it really shines when it is set up for grinding coffee. I use it as a portable machine and it is my favourite espresso grinder.      This mill is able to produce large cold brew bottoms up to very fine espresso bottoms, of course with a fine adjustment ring. You get...

One of Linea founder Andrew Barnetts "most popular coffee farms in Brazil is FAF (Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza). We think that FAF's concept of growing and processing its own coffee and developing a coffee initiative with neighbouring farms, creating a wide range of products, is a unique concept in Brazil, and the taste profile is complex and interesting compared to many other Brazilians that we have tried. The coffee offering at FAF is a good mix of small and medium sized coffees, separated by many different varieties from different local communities.      Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza (FAF) is a coffee farm, research...

Another 359 hectares of eucalyptus trees in the Fazenda Saquarema coffee plantation in the municipality of Carmo Cachoeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, are another source of income for producers. Annual coffee production amounts to 40-60 million bags, with more than two million hectares of Brazilian land devoted to coffee cultivation. As a result, by the end of the year, the country will be in the lead, and the future for coffee cultivation here is bright.      Brazil and Ethiopia are the only coffee producing countries with significant coffee consumption. Most other coffee-producing countries export most of their coffee beverages outside themselves....