Slow Brew Notes

Coffee, film cameras, and the occasional long walk.

Dialing in a pour-over for winter mornings

October 28, 2026 · 6 min read

The kitchen is colder now, and that changes everything about the brew. I have been grinding a touch finer, pre-heating the dripper for longer, and finally admitting that my kettle loses four degrees on the walk from the stove…

Portra 400 in the rain

September 14, 2026 · 4 min read

I brought the old rangefinder out on the wettest day of the month. Half the roll is blurry umbrellas, but the other half has a softness I could never get on purpose…

Three bags of beans I keep coming back to

August 2, 2026 · 5 min read

A washed Ethiopian that tastes like jasmine tea, a chocolatey Brazilian for the moka pot, and a weird anaerobic Colombian I am still not sure I like…

Walking the old canal path

June 21, 2026 · 7 min read

Twelve kilometres, two flasks, and one very confused heron. Notes from the longest day of the year…