When it comes to making coffee at home, us coffee nerds are constantly evolving. Whether the person you’re shopping for is newly indoctrinated into the world of small-batch roasters or obsessive over every possible aspect of every brewing process, we’ve compiled a list of the best coffee gear for any coffee geek this holiday season. For brewing, grinding and drinking, we’ve got multiple options at a range of prices to help expand any java geek’s horizons. And if you think the coffee aficionado on your list already has everything they need, we’ve got a recommendation for them too.
Best gifts for coffee lovers
Will Lipman Photography for Engadget Miir New Standard Carafe Miir’s New Standard Carafe is a super-charged Chemex. You get the benefits of a conical pour-over extraction, but the precious brew sits in a double-wall, vacuum insulated stainless steel vessel instead of a glass container. The carafe also comes with a lid that completely closes the spout to keep heat in. For the coffee nerd on your shopping list, this is an easy way to upgrade their pour-over setup. — Billy Steele, Deputy Editor $80 at Amazon
Fellow Fellow Carter Tea + Cold Brew Infuser Set The Carter Move Mug has been one of my favorite travel coffee cups. It keeps drinks at their proper temperature for hours and the lip is pleasant to drink off of. Fellow now sells an Infuser Set for the mug so that loose-leaf tea and cold brew drinkers can easily make their concoctions on the go. The set includes a 16-ounce Carter Mug and a snap-in infuser that keeps debris out of the finished product. If you’re considering giving the Carter Mug as a gift this year, take a step up to this set and give the coffee or tea lover on your list more brewing options. — B.S. $45 at Amazon
Verve Verve Dwell Dripper Kit Every coffee drinker needs a way to make a single cup at home. In my opinion, the best way to do that is with a pour-over dripper. Verve Coffee Roasters has a BPA-free silicone Dwell dripper with a unique bottomless design for a free-flowing brew session. The company says you can expect to brew a cup in less than three minutes, provided you’ve got that water kettle at the proper temperature already. Plus it comes in a variety of colors, which isn’t always the case when you’re talking about coffee-brewing gear. — B.S. $30 at Verve
AeroPress AeroPress Go Plus The AeroPress has been my go-to travel companion for years. It gets me through tough mornings on work trips in a more pleasant fashion than any hotel lobby ever could. With the Go Plus model, AeroPress combines a travel-size brewer and insulated tumbler for a space-saving setup. Everything is stored in the tumbler, so the Go Plus is even great for camping and other activities where the coffee lover on your list needs to pack light. And just like other AeroPress varieties, the brewer still offers the versatility of French press, pour-over or espresso depending on how you use it. — B.S. $67 at REI Explore More Buying Options $67 at Amazon
Will Lipman Photography for Engadget Fellow Prismo AeroPress attachment With a $25 gift, you can enable your favorite coffee fanatic to pull espresso-style shots by pushing the plunger on their AeroPress. The pressure-actuated valve allows for more pressure build up than the normal AeroPress cap, so Americanos and iced espresso drinks can become part of anyone’s travel setup. The Prismo also has a reusable etched filter, so that they doesn’t have to worry about forgetting paper filters when they’re packing for a trip or “pulling a shot” at home. — B.S. $25 at Fellow
Engadget Fellow Aiden It’s certainly a lavish gift, but the coffee nerd on your list will be experimenting with the Fellow Aiden until next Christmas. This countertop brewer can offer assistance and run as automatically as you want it to, but there’s also ample room to tweak parameters in search of the perfect cup. It can brew a full pot or a single cup with pour-over quality, either one based on roast-specific brewing presets, customized recipes or downloaded brew profiles. Users can later temperature, bloom and pluses for the manual control of a pour-over in an automatic machine. — B.S. $400 at Fellow
Will Lipman Photography for Engadget Cusinart Electric Burr One-Touch Automatic Grinder Before I upgraded to the Fellow Opus, this Cuisinart grinder served me well for years. In fact, I have family that have used them longer than I did, and the device is still a staple of their drip coffee setups. The simple, automatic operation is great for coffee lovers of any skill level, and the grind size from ultra fine to extra coarse will provide the correct setting for a variety of brewing methods. And, of course, it gives even the most boring coffee drinker in your life the ability to have freshly ground beans every day. — B.S. $54 at Amazon Explore More Buying Options $66 at Wayfair$75 at Target
Fellow Tally Fellow Tally $200 may seem like a lot for a scale, and it is, but there’s no other accessory that gives a coffee nerd the info they need like the Fellow Tally. I love it for the automatic calculation the Brew Assist mode does when you select your preferred coffee-to-water ration. I no longer have to do the math myself when it’s time to brew a pour-over according to the roaster’s guidance. I’ve also come to rely on the Tally’s accuracy to the tenth of a gram when I employ the scale for baking and other kitchen tasks. — B.S. $200 at Amazon Explore More Buying Options $200 at Best Buy$200 at Sur La Table
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