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Starbucks and Dutch Bros offer protein coffee options, with Starbucks providing a wider variety and unique cold foam drinks.
Lachlan Morton made a name for himself as a professional road racer before charting his own path of endurance challenges and gravel racing, including an Eversting World Record and a 1st place finish at Unbound gravel in 2024.
Lavazza has opened a Los Angeles Training Center, its second major North American training-center investment in less than six months following the launch of its Dallas facility in December 2025.
Using a Keurig for tea is straightforward: place a tea bag in a cup, fill the water reservoir, and select the brew size. This method allows for quick boiling of water, making it a convenient option for tea drinkers.
Sweetening your homemade desserts can often be a matter of taste, depending on whether you want a subtle sweetness, something with rich caramel notes, or add chewiness from liquid sweeteners. But there are some recipes where you can't make substitutes. A smooth frosting, shiny glaze, or some no-bake desserts rely on the fine texture of powdered sugar for the right results. If you're in a pinch, you can make your own powdered sugar with granulated sugar and a coffee grinder.
The project investigates how mechanical clarity, portability, and material durability can be integrated into a small-scale espresso device without relying on electronic systems. The machine operates through a fully manual lever mechanism powered entirely by human input. By eliminating electronics and automated controls, the design allows direct regulation of pressure and flow during extraction. This mechanical approach positions espresso preparation as a tactile process, in which brewing variables are adjusted through physical interaction rather than presets.
Where larger, electric espresso machines generate the pressure and heat needed for espresso inside their massive housings, the Flair takes a different approach. A large lever sits atop a small stack of brewing equipment, and you use that lever to create the bars of pressure necessary to get espresso. There's a chamber for your grounds and another atop it for hot water.
Toast said the analysis is based on same-store restaurant sales from January 2024 through December 2025 across a cohort on its platform, which served about 164,000 locations as of Dec. 31, 2025. The biggest declines through 2025 were found in green tea (-4.9%), black tea (-3.4%), hot drip coffee (-3.3%) and regular soda (-2.3%).
Viewed from the side, the Mazzer Philos coffee grinder looks a little bit like a laser blaster made for the hands of a giant. Its 400-watt motor purrs like a clothes dryer when I flip the switch. It is elegant in its way, maybe even handsome. But it's also daunting, lightly industrial, and the size of a small dog. It announces seriousness. Its $1,500 price tag announces similar seriousness.
A good cup of coffee (decaf included) delivers on all fronts: Flavor, acidity, body, sweetness, and balance, aka The Pleasure Principle. The infamously-snobbish coffee élite might maintain that decaf drinkers aren't "real coffee fans." But, as a veteran barista, I would argue that the opposite is actually true: Only the most diehard bean-heads tread decaf domain.
My denomination is good, old-fashioned drip coffee. That's what I drink first thing, before I even think about crafting a shot of espresso. I'm WIRED's lead coffee writer and I've developed a deep fondness for coffee's many variations, from espresso to Aeropress to cold brew. But "coffee" to me, in my deepest soul, still means a steaming mug of unadulterated drip.
The dripper, which officially launched at last weekend's World of Coffee Dubai trade show, is sold under the Precise brand and was developed by UAE champion barista Mariam Erin. Designed around what Brewing Gadgets calls "wet blending," the Binocular Dripper uses two tall, narrow brew cones, each at a 30-degree angle. Each side can be brewed independently with different coffees, doses and pour patterns, with the combined brew collected in the included server.
The moka pot was born in Italy in the 1930s, as a simple way to give people the ability to make cafe-quality coffee from the comfort of their own homes. Since then, a few superior moka pot models have stood the test of time, becoming the gold standard according to those who use them.
Moving to having a dedicated app for people's phones is something I've been planning for some time. The way of accessing the community is new, but the community has deep roots. Building on Roasting Lab's three-year run as a subscription-based professional development and networking hub, the apps are designed to make the platform easier to use day to day, extending its focus on community mentorship, guidance and practical advice for roasters of all skill levels.
Whether you prefer a classic flavor like caramel or want something a bit more unique like French toast, we tried to cover the gamut of flavors. We ranked each latte based on how accurate the flavor was to its description and its overall sweetness level (meaning, was it a pure sugar bomb or was espresso the only flavor present? - balance is key) to crown the best of the best.
Coffee brimming with lemon myrtle cream. Matcha banked with strawberry-lychee foam. Cold brew with choc-orange froth thick enough to stuff a pillow. Every caffeinated drink I've ordered in Sydney recently has the appearance of a generously frosted cake. It's a trend you'll see or sip across Australia, from Toasted Carine's iced latte with maple cold foam in Perth to Le Bajo's chilled oolong tea with raspberry cream in Melbourne.