The Coffee Compass

Made a wrong turn at Albuquerque, but ended up at so it’s all good.

is low key roasting some of the best coffee in the Southwest if not the country.

Made a detour to see the fine people at .

Now brewing.

A trusted travel companion.

We love a cafe with a color scheme.

What’s your favorite kettle?

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: The Best Home Coffee Makers

Vince Marotta hated his coffee percolator. In 1969, he set out to design a better consumer coffee maker, one that would heat the water to an ideal 200° F, not the near-boiling temperatures of a percolator, which were prone to over-extracting the coffee. The resulting appliance, Mr. Coffee, changed the world. By 1975, Marotta had sold more than a million units…...

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: The Best Home Coffee Makers | Vince Marotta hated his coffee percolator. In 1969, he set out to design a better consumer coffee maker, one that would heat the water to an ideal 200° F, not the near-boiling temperatures of a percolator, which were prone to over-extracting the coffee. The resulting appliance, Mr. Coffee, changed ...

Handcrafted might be off trend, but single cup brewing is still in. One noticeable trend at this year was an array of new automated pour-overs brewers.

What’s your favorite coffee book? Our top three:

1. The Works Atlas of Coffee — James Hoffmann
2. Where the Wild Coffee Grows — Jeff Koehler
3. Coffeeland — Augustine Sedgewick

A mid-life crisis we can get behind.