The best cup of coffee I've ever made

A late-blooming coffee devotee on his favorite L.A. barista and mastering pour-overs at home.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • January 29, 2022
I’ve come late to a zeal for coffee. I was — am — more of a serious tea person, forever enthralled by the infinite flavor variations that oxidation, roasting and fermentation can tease out of the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. (And equally...
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