Having a very normal morning on this very normal day.

Jtwo

You don’t even have to measure it because you can just put the appropriate amount of water in. I like to use a big mug and make like 16oz at a time.

Jtwo

yeso

never judge a book by its cover but that guy looks like a real asshole

Moon

yeso

I think his smile is pure and beautiful

Kez

I love making coffee. Lately I have been having drip in the mornings, but I always grind from fresh beans. Technique wise pourover is not that difficult. Mostly it’s just a case of not agitating the grounds too much. As with most brew methods, the key to pourovers is in the grind! I would say it is less forgiving of grind than a French press or aeropress, so you need a decent burr grinder as a baseline for good pourover.

antillese

marlfuchs2 i’m a french press and boiled water kinda guy.

Kez Lately I have been having drip in the mornings,

Note that on this totally normal day, we have some pretty calm discourse about multiple ways to brew coffee.

I don’t care for aeropresses because they are so fiddley.
I don’t care for espreso because I like to have more hot volume to sip on over a longer period of time. And cafe americano is just diluted espresso!

I used to be a big fan of French Press coffee because of how quickly I can make a pot for me and my spouse or any guests (back when we you know, had guests). I converted to pour-over a while back and like it more. Did some A/B testing last week while on vacation. Here’s my bullet points:

Pour-over takes a bit more time. You need to “wash” the filter paper with hot water, otherwise your coffee will taste like paper. Just get the whole thing wet with the water from the kettle and let it drain into your coffee cup. Smell the water and confirm it kinda smells like glue. Now pitch the water. Done.
You need to keep the water in your filter at the right level. You can’t just fill it up like you do a French Press carafe. Again, it takes more time.
The filter paper absorbs and filters out some of the oils in the coffee. This changes the taste. Whether it is an improvement is up to personal preference.
You can compost the filter paper and grounds!

After this A/B testing, I found that I enjoyed the taste of the paper-filtered coffee more.

And on today’s normal day, I handled the stress by stress-drinking a Vanilla Coke Zero this afternoon.

Jtwo

Yes a burr grinder and filtered water will get you 80% of the way there regardless of your technique.

yeso

thanks yes I’m burr equipped so good to go in that regard

yeso

Moon he looks like just another pathetic small time sadist whose in-laws paid the downpayment on his dumb house in the suburbs

marlfuchs2

I started a document a few days ago called “exit plan” where I collated a bunch of information about different contries immigration processes for work visas, as well as whatever game companies work are located in those countries. Turns out, a bunch in the EU have little packets that list the statistics of their game studios, their revenues, and more info. Sweden’s is pretty extensive, breaking down how they’ve been having a growing proportion of women in the industry year over year. Germany has less, but they have a “job seeker visa” where you can stay in Germany while looking for work. I’d probably need to speak it pretty fluently though.

coffee wise, I was gifted some very nice coffee beans from a SF based roaster by my sister, the last of which I had today. i’m a french press and boiled water kinda guy.

yeso

this is my personal favorite local roaster

https://www.metropoliscoffee.com/

esper

important news bulletin from the AP:

yeso

esper I was planning a hiking trip pre-covid which could have involved renting a llama, but was advised that they are not “beginner pack animals” and told to go with a donkey instead

exodus

I’m “taking a week off” after a super stressful couple months and I sure have not figured out how to relax! I almost feel like I should just go back to work! But today I’ve made myself a pile of ps1 games that I bought and never tried and am going through them… Which is kind of fun, anyway.

We got a real heck of a country over here eh

sabertoothalex

The thing that sucks is that this still hurts so much and is almost giving me panic attacks. Our institutions are just performative trash run by monsters but I hate hate hate seeing these racist freaks assert themselves, while being actively helped by the cops, on anything.

For coffee my partner got me pour over stuff earlier this year and it has been wonderful. I love smelling the freshly ground beans and the coffee tastes great. I’m not at the point of like weighing amounts and stuff yet but I like just making something simple. Fav roaster right now is Highwire. Have liked nearly everything from there but specifically recommend the Conscientious Objector and Bauhaus. Also I know some people here are also in Oakland, they have like 3 different brick and mortar stores in the area, highly recommend checking one out.

yeso

yes it’s the thought of what these fuckin roaches would do to a vulnerable person that makes this difficult to take rather than just the “violation of congressional norms”

bone

Well we ran the cleaning cycle on our drip machine for the first time ever last night after a few days of having issues with the thing. Worked like a charm this morning. Probably need to do that more often! I’ve thought about upping my coffee game, but have just never gotten around to it.

Turns out some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses. At least Georgia seems to have worked out.

Jtwo

bone We have a cheapo espresso maker from cuisinart that actually does a pretty good job, but it needs to have vinegar run through it ALL the time or it loses pressure.

tapevulture Yeah I loved having a drip machine with a timer. It reminds of being a teenager when I first started drinking coffee. My Dad would always use one of those and it would be set for like 5:30. I think thats how I fell into the habit of absolutely needing to have coffee the second I get out of bed. When I started drinking it, there was always just a big pot ready to go that I could pour from without even wondering what it was like to make coffee.

Thats why Aeropress is my most frequently used method, you can crack out a cup in like 2 minutes flat.

tapevulture

im also having a very normal one, haven’t read the internet all day, just finished my “Pushover in Chief – Why Trump Will Go Quietly” essay for The Atlantic. now to log on and check the news

honestly it’s such fuckin horseshit, the wisconsin governor had the national guard mobilized in advance of the jacob blake verdict, but today trump psychos were allowed to storm the capitol building. it’s absolutely an insurrection if the historical definition of that term is applied. i was at a playground at the time it was going down and some dipshits paraded by with trump-pence signs, obviously made at a kinkos, blasting their car horns. pathetic

re: coffee, we switched to a machine for a while because it’s soooo nice to program it and have it ready first thing in the morning, but now we’re back to pourover. it’s just so much better

bodydouble

I had a terrible day today, our Keurig coffee maker decided to have an early retirement this morning.

Then I discovered that we’re down to just three bags of Yorkshire.

The absolute state of things in this household is shocking to all who witnessed it.

whatsarobot

bodydouble This feels like the most thoroughly UK post I’ve ever seen on this here forum, and I love it. Thank you for brightening this c O m P l E t E l Y n O r M a L day.

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