We’re going to look at the three main ways of brewing at home. Here we’re only interested in methods that will reasonably produce great results. By reasonably we mean easily affordable and with only moderate skill required.

That rules out espresso machines because for great results you need considerable skill and an expensive machine and grinder.

We don’t recommend using automatic coffee machines such as pod machines as they don’t let you control the variables you need to make great coffee.

Three Great Methods

Aeropress

Flavour Character
Full body, clean mouthfeel
Advantages
Compact, easy to clean
Disadvantages
Harder to brew larger quantities

Pour Over

Flavour Character
Clean mouthfeel
Advantages
Compact, easy to clean
Disadvantages
Can’t reuse filter paper

Cafetière

Flavour Character
Full body
Advantages
Easy to brew larger quantities
Disadvantages
Can give sandy mouthfeel, harder to clean