Best-of buying guides

Every guide below is built from hands-on testing — we rank only what we've actually used.

Espresso & Coffee

Home Espresso Head-to-Head: Clive Coffee vs MiiCoffee

One sells you fewer machines and more education. The other sells enthusiast hardware at prices that undercut the Italian names. Which you should buy depends entirely on whether you want a skill or a machine.

3 products ranked

Cookware

The Kitchen Upgrades That Actually Change Your Cooking

Most kitchen spending goes to the wrong places. Here are the four upgrades that measurably change what comes out of your kitchen — ranked by how much difference they make per dollar.

4 products ranked

Coffee & Tea

Coffee and Tea Worth the Cupboard Space

Freshness beats provenance, brewing method beats equipment price, and the most interesting coffee we drank this year was a bean the specialty world spent decades dismissing.

4 products ranked