Passing the percolation test - the best in home coffee-making

Instant just doesn’t cut it any more with Java-Joe Public. Kya deLongchamps looks at

If the Celtic Tiger left a wash of anything in its tracks, it was a strange fascination with the social nuances of coffee making.

We now posture like international baristas even at home, coaxing crema to rise from our carefully-teased portfolio of gem-like capsules. Brewing coffee is an exacting mechanical business with specific pressures and pour times engineered into the modern pumped machine.