Crema Aroma journal

Coffee guides and stories

Clear help with choosing, brewing, storing and buying coffee — at home or for your business.

  1. · Choosing coffeeWhich Lucaffè coffee beans? The five blends comparedThe five Lucaffè blends we stock in 1 kg bags, in the roaster's own words: which is 100% Arabica, which is made for the morning and which to choose.
  2. · Choosing coffeeCoffee for a bean-to-cup machineWhich beans to choose, a guide to the dose settings, and how to look after a bean-to-cup machine.
  3. · Choosing coffeeChoosing decaf: beans, ground or capsulesCaffè Vergnano’s Decaffeinato comes three ways. Which to buy for an espresso machine, a bean-to-cup machine or a FAP capsule machine, and what the product pages say about each.
  4. · Choosing coffeeWhich capsule fits your machine?Nespresso-compatible or FAP: the two capsule systems we sell, which machines they fit, and what to check before you order.
  5. · Choosing coffeeHow to choose coffee for your brew methodThe right coffee depends less on the bag than on the machine it goes into. Six ways of brewing, and what suits each one.
  6. · Choosing coffeeThe Vergnano ladder: Classico 600 to Mille 1000Caffè Vergnano’s 1 kg bar blends are numbered for a reason, and the numbers run the opposite way to what most people expect. How to pick your rung.