Stop Making Bad Coffee
The Wirecutter Show
The New York Times
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | People who love coffee, love pour over because you have a ton of control in theory. |
| 0:08.7 | I think that this is the method that attracts people who really, really want to perfect the art of coffee making, right? |
| 0:15.5 | Yeah, you can be really fussy about it. You don't have to be. |
| 0:21.9 | I'm Christine Sir Clissette. |
| 0:23.8 | I'm Rosie Garant, and you're listening to The Wirecutter Show. |
| 0:41.9 | Christine, the star of today's episode is coffee. |
| 0:44.2 | One of your favorite things. The most essential drinks of life. |
| 0:46.1 | There's just so much to explore when it comes to gear and coffee. |
| 0:49.8 | And truly, I think a great coffee setup can improve your life in a lot of ways. |
| 0:54.2 | I know you think that. I am a strong believer of this. So, yeah, I think a great coffee setup can improve your life in a lot of ways. I know you think that. |
| 0:54.8 | I am a strong believer of this. |
| 0:56.6 | So, yeah, I'm pumped. |
| 0:58.3 | And we have a really great guest today. |
| 1:01.3 | Margaret Preston is our editorial director who covers all of our kitchen coverage. |
| 1:05.5 | She has tested a lot of coffee gear. |
| 1:08.4 | She just knows a ton about it. |
| 1:10.5 | And so we're going to bring her on |
| 1:12.2 | and kind of just going to help walk us through the meaningful upgrades you might make in your |
| 1:17.7 | coffee setup to dial in your morning brew. Level up. So cheesy. That was such a cheesy way |
| 1:22.8 | of saying that, but it's true. It was very commercial. I like it. I like it very much. |
| 1:28.1 | And I really like Marguerite. |
| 1:30.1 | She's been on the show before talking non-alcoholic spirits and ice cream sandwiches. |
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