About Espresso North

Industrial café counter with baristas and chalkboard menus — A working café counter — the kind of room this advice is meant for.

Espresso North is an independent Canadian site about home espresso and the coffee we drink in our cities. Most gear advice online is written for US shoppers — we focus on what Canadians can buy, what it really costs here, and how to get great coffee at home. On the drinking side, we also publish city coffee-shop guides.

We're the Espresso North team. We love coffee — brewing it, talking about it, and finding the next great cup. This site is where we share practical ideas for making better coffee at home, and when you're out in your city, pointers to local shops worth checking out.

Questions or corrections? Email us at [email protected].

How we choose products

We only recommend Amazon.ca products rated 4.4★ or higher with at least 50 ratings, checked at publication.
We pick products that leading independent reviewers agree on, and we link every review we cite.
We check Canadian availability, warranty and prices on Canadian retailer pages.
We say plainly that we haven't lab-tested these products.
Affiliate commissions never decide our picks. If a product is better at a store that pays us nothing, we'll say so.

Full details: How we pick.