Jesse Raub

headshot of Jesse Raub against a black background
Title: Commerce Writer
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Education: Columbia College Chicago
Expertise: Coffee, Tea

Jesse Raub is the Commerce Writer for Serious Eats. He joined in the summer of 2022 with a focus on testing coffee equipment and other kitchen gadgets. Jesse has been writing for over a decade as a freelancer, and spent 15 years working in sales and education in the specialty coffee industry.

Highlights:

  • Jesse has been featured in a variety of music publications, like Alternative Press and Lambgoat, as well as Vulture.
  • He earned a B.A. in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago in 2006.

Experience

After graduating from the Fiction writing program at Columbia College Chicago, Jesse pursued music writing for a variety of publications. His love for coffee, however, offered an opportunity to develop a career in the specialty coffee industry. 

He was the Wholesale Education Manager for Intelligentsia Coffee for eight years, and managed sales and education for Ruby Coffee Roasters based in Nelsonville, WI. 

He’s also an avid sourdough bread baker and home cook. 

Favorite Purchase

The Pit Boss 6-QT Cast Iron Roaster With Lid (see sourdough mention above!). 

Education

Jesse earned a B.A. in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago.

Other Works

About Serious Eats

Serious Eats, a Dotdash brand, is an award-winning food and drink website visited by over 7 million hungry readers every month. Our audience comes to us for rigorously tested recipes, science-driven cooking techniques, robust equipment reviews, and stories that offer cultural and historical context to the foods we love to eat.

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Read More from Jesse Raub

Various coffee mugs on a kitchen countertop.
The Best Coffee Mugs (That Can Actually Make Coffee Taste Better)
Four milk frothers on a marble kitchen countertop.
We Tested 23 Milk Frothers and Landed on Five Favorites for Lattes, Hot Chocolate, and More
Three coffee makers on a blue kitchen countertop.
The Very Best Coffee Makers, According to Our Exhaustive Testing
Espresso dripping into a mug from an espresso machine
The Best Espresso Beans for Pulling Fantastic Shots, According to an Expert
Three espresso machines we recommend on a kitchen countertop
I Pulled Hundreds of Espresso Shots to Find the 10 Best Espresso Machines for Every Budget
Three bread machines lined up on a counter
To Find the Best Bread Machines, We Made Over 60 Loaves of Bread
a closeup image of the messermeister knife on a plate with another knife and plate next to it
Our Favorite Budget-Friendly Steak Knives Cut Through Meat Like Butter—and They're on Sale
an aerogarden herb garden with herbs in it
Our Favorite Indoor Herb Garden Will Keep You Flush With Aromatics
A wide-angle shot of a Nespresso machine brewing into a mug with a milk frother beside it
Nespresso vs. Keurig: Which Coffee Maker is Better?
a collection of coffee percolators
I Tested 7 Coffee Percolators and Found One That Brewed a Good Cup of Joe
Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender filled with orange smoothie.
We’ve Recommended the Vitamix 5200 for a Decade—and It’s $120 Off Right Now
Testing coffee grinders at Joe Pro coffee shop
What’s the Difference Between Burr and Blade Grinders?
Four soda makers on a kitchen countertop.
The Very Best, Bubbliest Soda Makers According to Our Tests
Testing evenness of skillet heating by cooking crepes
Why We've Loved All-Clad's Stainless Steel Skillets for Years
Amazon Prime Day Zeppoli Classic Towels
Our Favorite Kitchen Towels Boast a 141% Absorbency Rate
two hands gripping the handles of a portable charcoal grill
This Stylish Portable Charcoal Grill Is One of Our Favorites
ThermoWorks Smoke Remote BBQ Alarm Thermometer
This Wireless ThermoWorks Thermometer Tells You When Your Barbecue Is Done
A fine mesh strainer straining strawberry sauce
A Fine-Mesh Strainer Is Incredibly Useful—and Our Favorite Can't Be Beat
Instant Pot Duo Pro on countertop
The Instant Pot Pro Is Our Favorite Multi-Cooker
a handheld grinder is being held and cranked
The Timemore Handheld Coffee Grinder Grinds as Well as Anything Motorized
the breville polyscience smoker being used
Our Favorite Smoking Gun from Breville Will Amp Up Your Cocktail Game
A person turning the control knob of a deep fryer
Our Favorite Deep Fryer from All-Clad Made the Crispiest Chicken Wings
Espro French Press
The ESPRO P3 French Press is Our Top Pick for Coffee Fanatics
Oatmeal cookie ice cream on the dasher
Our Favorite Ice Cream Maker Is Just $70 and Makes Perfect Ice Cream in 20 Minutes
Instant Pot sous vide on a colorful, white and blue speckled backdrop.
Our Longtime Favorite Budget-Friendly Sous Vide Machine Is from...Instant Pot
A hand loading a bottle onto the SodaStream Art
Our Favorite Seltzer Maker Actually Looks Stylish
Gozney Roccbox Pizza Oven
Why We've Recommended the Gozney Roccbox Pizza Oven for Years
The Ooni Karu 12 as it's heating up
The Ooni Karu 12 Pizza Oven Is Lightweight and Versatile
taking toast out of the breville smart oven
Why the Breville Smart Oven Is a Serious Eats Staff Favorite
Nesco vacuum sealer on a marble countertop
Why This Nesco Vacuum Sealer Aced Our Tests
a person using an instant-read thermometer to take the temperature of a chicken roasting in the oven
The Best Instant-Read Thermometer is Lightning-Fast and Incredibly Accurate
Sliding a margherita pizza into the Breville oven.
The Breville Pizzaiolo Oven Makes Great Neapolitan Pizza...Indoors
tojiro bread knife on marble counter
Our Longtime Favorite Bread Knife Is Only $37—and It Slices Like No Other
Six espresso grinders lined up against a marble backdrop
We Tested 8 Espresso Grinders and Recommend Half of Them
Espresso 101: The Essential Tools, Terms, and Techniques You Need to Know
Closeup of the Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine brewing two espressos into glasses
The Best Semi-Automatic Espresso Machines, According to Our Tests
A collection of ten bread lames, which are handles and rods that support a razor blade for scoring bread dough.
We Tested 10 Bread Lames—Two Scored the Top Spot
Three espresso machines we recommend on a kitchen countertop
I Pulled Hundreds of Espresso Shots to Find the 9 Best Espresso Machines for Every Budget
Three coffee makers on a blue kitchen countertop.
The Very Best Coffee Makers, According to Our Exhaustive Testing
A Breville espresso machine on a countertop, with a knockbox and a tamper beside it.
Which Breville Espresso Machine Should You Buy? We Tested a Whole Lot of Them
Best insulated thermoses against blue backdrop
We Tested 12 Thermoses—Four Were Hot, Hot, Hot
nine different saute pans on a marble counter in two stacks
We Tested 9 Sauté Pans, and 3 (Shallow) Fried The Competition
Person pouring coffee from Coffee Gator 34-Ounce French Press Coffee Maker into transparent mugs
The 3 Best French Press Coffee Makers, According to Our Extensive, Caffeinated Testing
Three stainless steel stockpots on a blue surface
We Tested 22 Stockpots and Landed on Five Favorites
Hand holding freshly brewed espresso coffee on Breville Bambino Plus Espresso Machine tray
The Best Small Espresso Machines and Coffee Makers, According to Our Tests
an array of different moka pots
I Tested 11 Moka Pots by Brewing Tons of Coffee—The Best Were From the Same Iconic Brand
a collection of tofu presses on a green background
I Tested 10 Tofu Presses—Three Squeezed By the Competition
The Breville Bambino Plus Espresso Machine making an espresso
The Breville Bambino Plus Is One of the Best Espresso Machines We’ve Ever Tested