The Best Gear for Making Pour-Over Coffee, Cell Phone Plans, and More

The best snow shovel, what’s coming up next week, and more, in this week’s Sweethome newsletter. [View this email in your browser] For most people, coffee rituals are sacrosanct, whether that means an 8 a.m. 8-cup percolator pot or drive-thru at the local Starbucks. But if you’ve never tried a cup of pour-over, [this guide] will help you get started so you can understand what the fuss is about. When you’re spending $$$ on good-quality beans, you want tools that help extract the best flavors from them. As a bonus, the thing nobody ever tells you is that pour-over is easier to clean up than many other brewing methods. —Ganda Suthivarakom [The Best Gear for Making Pour-Over Coffee] Click to watch We spent over 50 hours testing 10 drippers, used over 10 pounds of quality coffee beans, and drank over 100 cups of coffee before determining that the [Kalita Wave] is the [best pour-over dripper] for most coffee drinkers. We’re confident that with our recommended pour-over setup—including a dripper, [grinder], [kettle], and [scale]—you can get the best-tasting homemade coffee without having to wait in line at a high-end coffee shop. Next Week: The Best Snow Shovel After 70 hours of research (and 40 hours of shoveling) the best snow shovel is the [True Temper 18-inch Ergonomic Mountain Mover], our pick four years in a row. [The Best Cell Phone Plans] Though [Verizon Wireless] offers the best coverage for most people in the US, we’ll tell you [how to pick the plan] that fits your needs. [The Best Deals We Can Find] Because we think we can make a small difference by being picky, here are [some great deals] on solid pieces of gear. Let’s be friends... [Like us on Facebook ] [Follow us on Twitter] [Follow us on Pinterest] [Follow us on Instagram] [Subscribe to our YouTube channel] Getting this email for the first time? Subscribe [here] to receive it weekly. Copyright © 2017 The Sweethome (part of The New York Times Company), All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you signed up for Sweethome's weekly newsletter. Wait, you don't remember? Our mailing address is: The Sweethome (part of The New York Times Company) 142 Henry Street, 1W New York, NY 10002 [unsubscribe from this list] | [update subscription preferences]