Anfim Best, part 1: Restoration

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I have always loved Italian espresso. Since the spring of 2020, when the Covid pandemic broke out and cafés were suddenly off-limits, I’ve also tried to reproduce it at home (with varying success). In the quest for the “God shot”, I’ve cycled through more coffee-making equipment than I care to confess; among these are a multitude of grinders. I started with a humble Graef CM 800, then quickly progressed onto a Eureka Mignon Silenzio, a very capable grinder but with a number of quirks I didn’t care for (most importantly, the finicky little grind adjustment wheel). I then decided to give a good quality hand grinder a try and bought a Kinu M47 Simplicity. The shots improved, but… by this point, Gear Acquisition Syndrome had hit hard and I finally landed on a Niche Zero. The Niche made tasty coffee for sure, but I did not like the workflow or the messiness (I’ve never seen so much static in ground coffee as occurred with the Niche).

Coffee on Henri Kauhanen

Anfim Best, part 1: Restoration