Jesse Raub

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

Jesse Raub was a 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.

Dotdash is among the largest and fastest growing publishers online, and has won over 50 awards in the last year alone, including Digiday's 2020 Publisher of the Year. Dotdash brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Balance, The Spruce, Simply Recipes, Serious Eats, Byrdie, Brides, MyDomaine, Lifewire, TripSavvy, Liquor.com, and TreeHugger.

Read More from Jesse Raub

Three espresso machines we recommend on a kitchen countertop
To Find the 10 Best Espresso Machines at Every Price, I Spent Days Pulling Hundreds of Shots
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
Pourover coffee being made in the Kalita Wave brewer
Coffee Science: How to Make the Best Pour-Over Coffee at Home
Vitamix 5200 Professional-Grade Blender filled with orange smoothie.
We’ve Recommended the Vitamix 5200 for a Decade—and Now It’s at the Lowest Price Ever
Four milk frothers on a kitchen countertop.
We Tested 23 Milk Frothers and Landed on Five Favorites for Lattes, Hot Chocolate, and More
four ice cream scoops on a blue surface
We Tested 20 Ice Cream Scoops to Find the Best Ones for Serving Ice Cream
a pile of instant coffee packages on top of each other
I Tasted 17 Instant Coffees and Found Many That Were Genuinely Great
a collection of tofu presses on a green background
I Tested 10 Tofu Presses—Three Squeezed By the Competition
three coffee makers on a kitchen countertop
We Tested 13 Programmable Coffee Makers and Found Three That Can Wake Up Before You Do
four coffee makers with built-in grinders lined up on a kitchen counter
Should You Buy a Coffee Maker With a Built-In Grinder?
Water being poured into a pour-over coffee maker
I'm a Former Barista and Tested 15 Pour-Over Coffee Makers to Find the Best Ones
green coffee beans being loaded into the top of an air coffee roaster
We Went Through More than 5 Pounds of Beans Testing At-Home Coffee Roasters