The truth is, you can often ignore this step, which calls to push a dry ingredient through a sifter or fine-mesh sieve to get rid of lumps, without impacting the texture and flavor of your baked ...

The hack involves covering the pot with the sifter or colander, inverted-side down, then pouring the boiling water through the sieve while holding the strainer and pot together over the sink.

To yield a consistent cup of coffee, you should also pass them through a tool you’ll find in the workflows of many a coffee snob: a sieve. No grinder is perfect. Even with a top-of-the-line grinder, ...