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If you go into your local coffee shop and ask for a black coffee, the drink you get depends on where in the world you are. Maybe it even depends which coffee shop you walked into. In fact, if you ask for a black coffee, there’s a good chance that the barista will hand you an Americano. But for coffee purists, an Americano is not necessarily the same thing as a black coffee.

Coffee is delicious — and addictive. For those reasons alone, you would surely expect coffee to be bad for you. Something that we crave and enjoy so much every day can’t possibly be healthy, right?

Coffee is an everyday passion for us. We spend a lot of time talking about coffee, brewing coffee, and drinking coffee, whether we’re at home or in the office. Given how much we love coffee, it’s only right to create a special space in our homes for it. A space that showcases the things we’re most proud of, and creates a talking point for our guests (even if we try not to always talk about coffee). The coffee corner is our little haven — a dedicated space to express and explore our passion...

If you’re reading this, then it’s pretty certain that you, just like 80% of the entire world’s population, drink some form of caffeine every day. Caffeine helps billions of people wake up every morning, or get through a tiring day. It helps athletes perform their best, and it boosts learning for students. It also just makes us feel good, and the ritual of sharing a cup of tea or coffee brings people together, all over the world.

The V60 and the Chemex are probably the two most popular pour-over brewing methods worldwide. Almost every cafe that offers hand-brewed filter coffee will have one — or both — of these iconic coffee brewers on their shelves. And every coffee geek will surely have one of these classic brewing methods in their cupboard for making coffee at home.

Coffee, with its distinctive characteristics, is the favorite drink of more than a billion people. No other drink can compete with coffee, whether for its delicious taste, aroma, or clear color. Over the past few years, attention has been moved to its special benefits in skin tightening and exfoliation as it contains antioxidants that resist skin problems such as cellulite, wrinkles, and sunspots.