From the summit of Mount Fuji to the most remote corners of the countryside, vending machines are just about everywhere in Japan, as much a convenience as a symbol of efficiency, near-flawless ...

When printmaker Anastasia Inciardi moved to Portland, in 2020, quarters were hard to come by. Fewer people emptying their pockets at banks and stores during the pandemic had caused a nationwide coin ...

My post-college barista gig was the first job that gave me purpose. I’ve pulled my own shots of espresso ever since, on a basic machine like the Casabrews 5700. There’s a slogan in the guitar world: ...

I test a lot of coffee machines. Like, a lot of them. The Ratio Four is the small-batch brewer I use to try new kinds of coffee. Coffee is the original office biohack and the nation’s most popular ...

Flying Lotus has never been one to stay on the grid. From the off-kilter instrumentals of 1983 through the psychotropic beatscapes of Cosmogramma to Spirit Box’s Lynchian neo-R&B, the one constant ...

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