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Tim Sutton, who writes and films everything on TimTalksCoffee
Tim Sutton · CoffeeGeekTV

I have filmed 36 coffee videos. This is where I write the rest down.

Coffee gear, tested and filmed when I own it, and clearly labelled when I have researched it instead. The useful part is the compromise: what I would buy, what I would skip, and why.

What I would buy @CoffeeGeekTV36 videos
How I test How this is funded Longer version of the story
36videos filmed
18cafes visited
10coffee clusters
The ledger

What has actually been on my counter

Hands-on means I owned it, used it and can point to the evidence. Everything else is editorially researched, with that boundary kept visible on the page.

The full method →

Owned and used

Filmed and published

  • 36 videos on the channel
  • 18 cafes visited with video evidence
  • 220 published articles, each with its own evidence label
Latest from the channel

The videos behind the reviews

Newest first. Each card is drawn from the own-video registry and links back to the article when the theme has a recorded association.

All videos →
Buying guides

What I would actually buy

These are the current editorial picks, ordered by the sticky queue rather than by publication date.

The index →
220 published articles

Everything else, by subject

10 clusters. Every article that belongs to the keep-set has a home here.

The espresso bar

28 articles

Choosing an espresso machine starts with the drink you make and the workflow you will repeat, not the pressure number on the box. Our espresso machine guides cover…

The grind

6 articles

Drip and pods

27 articles

The slow bar

38 articles

The bean counter

27 articles

Subscriptions

3 articles

Coffee drinks

46 articles

Latte, cortado, flat white, macchiato. What each drink actually is, how they differ, and how to make them at home.

Coffee chains

52 articles

Starbucks, Dutch Bros, Dunkin and the rest. Menus, sizes, secret orders and what is actually in the cup.

Coffee science

17 articles

Field notes

5 articles
Most asked

The questions people actually arrive with

Short routes to answers, kept current when products, menus or brewing advice change.

Method

How a page here gets written

Full methodology →

Decide the evidence level first

Owned it? Hands-on. Not owned it? Editorially researched. The label is set before the words are written.

Name the compromise

Every pick gets a stated downside. A roundup where every product is excellent is a roundup nobody checked.

Film it if I own it

The video is evidence with a date, a face and a machine you can see; it is not a substitute for a label.

Re-verify on a schedule

Price, stock and discontinued models are checked again as the page changes, not only when a typo is fixed.