Anyone who brews pour-over coffee knows that a scale is necessary to make sure you get the right amount of coffee, water and coffee-to-water ratio. Any old scale can help you weigh stuff out, but this ...

In a word: accuracy. (If you’re a baker you already know where this is going.) When it comes to coffee, volumetric measurements—spoons or “scoops”—can be less accurate because of a number of factors, ...