https://youtu.be/oAZBKlVSLkU?si=y4428riAN_-O_asP

They’re disco snails. It’s not a spoof - they’ve found the groof.

Basically the plot of Blindsight by Peter Watts.

I recognise the grandstand from the Marylebone Cricket Club, but they tore down the rest of the stadium. I guess that’s a good thing?

Pain in the arse if you’re staying in Split and do a day trip to Dubrovnik. You pass thru customs and immigration twice in the space of 100 meters and 2 hours.

Yeah I guess the kind of Single Payer model I prefer can be conceptualised as “insurance.” But it feels more like health care is taxpayer funded. The similarity to insurance is just details for the detail nerds.

Haven’t tried it. Not particularly interested in mixing my coffee with … things.

Your hyper-alignment experience aligns with mine.

I swapped mine to the steel burrs to help with lighter roasts and longer espresso ratios 1:2.5 - 1:3, so this sounds like the opposite of your experience. Of course the steels also help with v60’s down the other end of the macro range. Where is this information coming from, that the ceramics are better for light roasts?

Vario team!

Did you try out the steel burr yet? Or the “hyper-alignment” procedure? Any other mods?

constantly fidling with the grind

…is a necessary step on the way to great tasting coffee. You just have to decide if it’s worth the effort for you. Those kind of super-auto machines are better suited to slightly darker roasts and just getting the same consistent beans every time.

Biggest problem was water temperature. They’d have a microwave, and one of those fancy taps that gives chilled or instant-coffee-hot water, but not hot enough for brewing, and no electric kettle. Can’t put the gooseneck kettle in the microwave. I had a plastic gravy separator thing to microwave the water in for a while. Better to just use something less dependent on pouring technique, like aeropress or clever.

Clever + Feld + something to heat the water up to brew temp in, was my kit too, back in the day.

Thanks for reminding me I need to try the new beans I just got as a sprover. The iced americano was a banger. Sprover should be even better.

Same thing with medical insurance. It shouldn’t exist but it pays a lot of people’s salaries.

That’s fine, I won’t even see it until somebody asks me on slack if I saw their email.

The inevitable outcome of this was documented in a research paper by Joe Haldeman entitled The Forever War.

But if your default browser is Firefox then sync uses a webview based on that. With uBO.

RAVE Kenya Gatini Nyeri 215 just arrived, and it’s the best smelling bag of beans I’ve had all year. V60 was good, and I’m really looking forward to trying it as an espresso.

Probably they’re more focused on their milk drinks. The milk really fills the acid, making the whole thing nicely tangy. Not really an excuse tho - if they have espresso on the menu it should be good.

EDIT: “dulls” not fills.

If you’re already carrying water, why not just carry hot coffee in a thermos?

Have you tried the Hoffmann 10 minute FP method?

Stir briefly, just to get everything wet. Put the lid on, but don’t plunge. After 3 minutes use 2 spoons to scoop off anything floating on top, grounds, foam, anything not liquid. Put the lid on but don’t plunge. After 10 minutes, don’t plunge. Pour carefully into cup, without agitating the grounds at the bottom.