Seattle Meetup

[exotic horizon]

ik my tastes arent very helpful lmao

[ashen siren]

Y’all move quick lol

[manic portal]

coffee is a competitive sport

[coarse imp]

We brew competitive coffee at home

[manic portal]

last tpc drop lasted like 4 seconds

[coarse imp]

I’m really sad that I missed the last drop

I was in elevator trying to add GV to my cart

[ashen siren]

Do you guys mostly brew filter coffee or spro?

[coarse imp]

Filter extremist here

[manic portal]

90-100% filter these days

[ashen siren]

I used to be 50/50 but I’ve been on an espresso kick. My palette is fucked now haha

[exotic horizon]

filter only

[coarse imp]

@exotic horizon you wanna run aviary split?

[exotic horizon]

potentially

[coarse imp]

I’m a bit torn about Peru gesha. There might be few boxes left and might be available tomorrow

But other preorder open this Friday

[coarse imp]

If anyone want some, LMK

[exotic horizon]

ill def want a dose or two 👀

[coarse imp]

You can have one or two doses of sample

Also I most likely will preorder next two aviary PBs out of FOMO

So you guys can split with me if you want

[manic portal]

i got both of this drop, happy to sample out the peru

very down to split the pbs

[coarse imp]

Damn you have the Maria?

[manic portal]

by the time they arrive, these coffees will be rested and we'll know if aviary is actually good

[coarse imp]

I was late

[manic portal]

[coarse imp]

Cool we can split the PBs

[manic portal]

hell yeah

[coarse imp]

Gesha price PB

[manic portal]

i think i like pb better than gesha, so i'm almost fine with it

[coarse imp]

I’m the other way around

PB tastes a bit brown to me most of the time

[manic portal]

i think a lot of roasters put out bad pb

just rely on the bean's intrinsic acidity and don't find good structure

[coarse imp]

I guess so but ones I had from passenger and Prada were a bit brown too

[manic portal]

passenger weird

[coarse imp]

Not straight up bad brown

But still brown nonetheless

[manic portal]

sey pb from like 21, 22 were incredible

i think it's hard to find good pb because the notes are always the same

mood trap pb was the last good one i had, but that was a lil chocolatey

[coarse imp]

Right

Maybe it’s in varietal

[manic portal]

i'm ok with chocolate if there's big acid to balance it out

guessing you're more about none of that flavor at all if possible?

[coarse imp]

I don't mind but it would be ideal if it's not there

[manic portal]

gotcha

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp @manic portal either of you want any japan coffee

willing to bring some back

[coarse imp]

Hell yea

[manic portal]

also hell yeah

[coarse imp]

What cafes are you visiting?

Or you are already in Japan now

[exotic horizon]

leaving monday. planning on hitting up glitch and maybe kurasu if i can

among others

probably leaves and @balmy horizon and i are going to mameya

[coarse imp]

I'd like to have 50g of small jar glitch

[manic portal]

i have no idea what's good, but a 50g amount of anything weird is also appealing to me

[coarse imp]

@manic portal Got aviary lopez PB

[manic portal]

same

want to split the next one?

might have too much coffee in april or may or whatever

[coarse imp]

Depends on my backlog then

[manic portal]

i'm about to have to start a spreadsheet for coffee resting

[coarse imp]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4x1Zmny6o4/?igsh=MXNueTY0ZmViMWJmZA==

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@exotic horizon have you been to glitch yet?

[coarse imp]

@ashen siren you tired that 90+?

[ashen siren]

Not yet. I got sick right after I got it, so I’m waiting until I can taste again. Although, maybe I shouldn’t

[exotic horizon]

no not yet

[coarse imp]

@manic portal do you want any loofa? Ordering this weekend or next week

[manic portal]

ooh, yes

bag of pepe geisha plz

(also down to split)

[coarse imp]

Do you want to split a normal white bag?

[manic portal]

sure

you should pick though idk what's good

[coarse imp]

Idk either

Never ordered normal filter roast

Do you want a dose or two loofameralda?

[manic portal]

just one if you feel like it

haven't been super impressed by ezzy recently

though i hear (from you?) that this is the good one

[coarse imp]

Yea my favorite of 2023

Although this is new crop

[coarse imp]

@manic portal you preordering aviary lino?

[manic portal]

yeah

happy to split if you feel like it

[coarse imp]

I’m good with 75-100g

[manic portal]

sounds good

you're gonna have to remind me though because i think it's gonna be drinkable in june lol

[coarse imp]

I will try reminding you when it’s shipped. I think it will be late April

[fickle nexus]

For anyone in the cap hill area general porpoise has SEY

[manic portal]

ay nice

[coarse imp]

I walked by their place multiple times

Next time meetup there?

They offer PO it seems

[manic portal]

i'm fearful but willing. last time i was there they had a bunch of wholesale coal. pastries are alright though

[fickle nexus]

Most of the time they have onyx in my experience

Their donuts are good so I'm in there pretty often. Theres at least one employee there that can pull a good shot

[coarse imp]

Our TPC order shipped

[fickle nexus]

what is TPC

unless you're talking about bicycles lol
https://www.theproscloset.com/

[manic portal]

the picky chemist

very good roaster in Belgium

[coarse imp]

I will time my loofa order so they arrive roughly the same time

[lethal ingot]

any markup? or same price as on Sey's site

[fickle nexus]

Iirc they were 22 each

They also give you a free drip coffee with a bag so there's some value there if you like lol

I usually say no unless it's the one goated employee that'll make me a Cortado instead

[coarse imp]

I’m p sure they are above 22

On webshop of sey

[fickle nexus]

Let me check. I also bought a donut so I'll have to math

They were no more than 24 each

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp @manic portal heading to glitch, whats your budget? dont want to accidentally buy yall $80 50g jars

[manic portal]

probably like under $30 is a fun number. i don't care too much about amount of beans if the bean is fun

[coarse imp]

Actually no budget but I don’t want $80 bin juice

[exotic horizon]

they have a washed gesha rn for like $50

[coarse imp]

Good for me

[exotic horizon]

your beans

@manic portal

double washed anaerobic i was told

some seattle people just came in. should i invite them to our next meetup

[coarse imp]

inb4 vivace is their fv local roasters

[exotic horizon]

tbf vivace is probably also my favorite local roaster

doesnt mean theyre amazing though

[coarse imp]

i still owe them a visit

[exotic horizon]

oh i know these people

they were customers at vivace

what a small world we live in

gesha was $50
ethiopian was $20

[manic portal]

hell yeah

[exotic horizon]

the ethiopian was actually decent. better than the gesha tbh

and a third of the price

[coarse imp]

$50 ash, hell yea

[exotic horizon]

the funk helped curb the ash a lot

[coarse imp]

I gave you two natty alo last time, I think you lost it @exotic horizon

@manic portal Have you tried it?

[manic portal]

was that the oasis?

[coarse imp]

yes

[manic portal]

i remember it being pretty nice if a little roasty

probably one of the better eths i've had recently though

[coarse imp]

I think nattyness mask roasty of that coffee as well

[manic portal]

no paper

[coarse imp]

I like it still, big blueberries

[manic portal]

yeah the best TW coffee i've had for sure

gonna have to visit their shop whenever i go to taipei again

[exotic horizon]

seattle meetup soon? im flying in this weekend @coarse imp @manic portal

glitch wont last long

[coarse imp]

TPC landed in the US, we can trade wheatgrass and coal at the same time

@manic portal ordered loofa, got another folk in split. I ended up skipping their normal white bags

[manic portal]

let's do it

[exotic horizon]

i need some pepe

[coarse imp]

I have some September pepe

[quiet lintel]

Anyone here been to Naomi joe in Tacoma? Saw a double hopper versalab and duel de1 and had to try. Looks like they roast their own specialty too

[slim shale]

nah but ben’s bread in phinney occasionally stocks their coffee, but haven’t tried yet. If you go and it’s good lmk

[quiet lintel]

🫡 will do they open in an hour so I'll check them out soon

[fickle nexus]

Pls report back

[quiet lintel]

Uncommon but very welcome

[fickle nexus]

Wow one pro and one xl/xxl

[quiet lintel]

Fantastic shop! It's inside the brewery. Keyle is his name, guys is super exited about coffee and super knowledgeable. Lots of cool products in stock and delicious coffee. Mostly cleaner naturals and cleaner fermentations. Not as funky as luminous but not many washed option if that's all you drink. (I don't love funk but this was tasty

[fickle nexus]

Damn a reason to go to Tacoma

[quiet lintel]

😂I was definitely exited to see that there was a good shop less that 10 minutes from me

[quiet lintel]

Oh he also used sworks baskets in his decent

[rancid dome]

I’ll have to stop there on my way home from Bremerton friday

[rancid dome]

I know this is not marketplace discussions but JFC this is a deal

https://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/hsh/d/kent-breville-available-for-150/7732626134.html

I pasted the number into my phone and it’s an iPhone. Maybe someone on here can snag

[manic portal]

that looks kind of untrustworthy

[rancid dome]

I agree but local is how to run it to ground

150 dollar machine is gonna come with some risk ha

[manic portal]

any time I see "delivery available" i just assume they're gonna try to scam someone into wiring money

real seattlites hate leaving the house

[rancid dome]

You’re probably right

My b. Hey so when’s the next meetup

[manic portal]

after froggie gets back from japan/splits come in i guess

keep an eye on the channel, probably in a week or two

[rancid dome]

Nice nice. Root is the spot again?

[exotic horizon]

im back from japan

[coarse imp]

Cannot wait for $50 coal

[exotic horizon]

dry smell is chocolate

[coarse imp]

meetup this weekend? Our TPC order already at Seattle distribution center

[manic portal]

I'm down

[fickle nexus]

me too

[exotic horizon]

i work saturday this week 😔

[coarse imp]

I’m okay with Sunday

@manic portal loofa arriving this week

[exotic horizon]

also work then unless we can do before 10

[manic portal]

maybe you should just let us know when you can make it lol

[coarse imp]

I cannot do 9am meetup unfortunately. I’m down to dinner meetup this weekends tho

[coarse imp]

@exotic horizon are you free for dinner this Sunday? Or we can meet next weekends if you don’t have shifts at that time

[exotic horizon]

im off at 7 this sunday so potentially after that?

[coarse imp]

I’m actually okay, how about @manic portal

Somewhere around UW or Ballard should work

[manic portal]

i'm down

[coarse imp]

@exotic horizon wanna pick a place?

[exotic horizon]

im not too familiar with good places to eat

[coarse imp]

Where is the cafe you work again? Maple leaf?

[exotic horizon]

ya

[manic portal]

my restaurant intel around there is a little wacky. i hear good things about don lucho and mojito's, but this is unverified information

u district is a safer bet. wildcard is zouave in ravenna, which i love because it's just a little bit too weird for ravenna

dunno. what are yall feeling?

[exotic horizon]

i live right on the border of UD and ravenna so around there would be best for me

[coarse imp]

I have tried none of these. Prefer Zouave

[manic portal]

one of the indian places around the ave might also be a good option

down for zouave too, it's usually a good time

[coarse imp]

Isarn thai has p good fried chicken 🐔

They have a place around Ravenna

My restaurant knowledge is p limited around that area

[manic portal]

i'm into that

[exotic horizon]

id be down for indian

[manic portal]

you have your pick of taste of india on roosevelt and cedars off 50th/the ave

i think they're pretty similar. cedars maybe more consistent. whatever's more convenient for you

[exotic horizon]

lets do taste of india

its on my way home

[manic portal]

bout 7:30, 8:00 on sunday then?

[coarse imp]

Works for me

They still open at 8:00 right?

[manic portal]

close at 9

[coarse imp]

Great, worst case scenario we can hit up some crappy late night eatery for college students

[ashen siren]

@coarse imp finally brewed the 90+ funky stuff. Smelled like straight up kimchi 😂

[coarse imp]

It's so weird and intense even at 2 month mark

[ashen siren]

Quite the experience

Some of us were getting cranberry chocolate, others bourbon stout. I can’t stop thinking about it haha

[coarse imp]

no balsamic?

[ashen siren]

Hmm I could maybe see that

[exotic horizon]

dinner tonight at 7:30?

[coarse imp]

On my way, stops setup is cursed

[manic portal]

godspeed🫡

[coarse imp]

Arrived

15 mins for our table, sitting outside

🥶

[exotic horizon]

im here

@coarse imp are you inside already

[coarse imp]

Outside

Ice cold

[exotic horizon]

@manic portal @coarse imp tomorrow?

[manic portal]

lmao I'm down if yall are

[exotic horizon]

id be down, 2pm?

[manic portal]

sure, I get off work at 2 right down the street on broadway

idk which one of those is broadway. it's really weird that he calls them by the apartment complexes they're in

[ashen siren]

y'all wild

[exotic horizon]

alley 24 is south lake union

BRIX is broadway

https://maps.app.goo.gl/3eQBKgHH79EWnrK89?g_st=ic

this is where its at tomorrow

[fickle nexus]

I didn't know they had a SLU location

[manic portal]

hell yeah let's drink some artisanal leather

[fickle nexus]

Report back on the coal tasting

[coarse imp]

Should be good, checking me calendar

I’m down. Never been to their cafe

[coarse imp]

Is SLU their OG location?

Have a newly scheduled meeting at 2pm

[manic portal]

nooo

tell them you have to pick your child up from school lol

[exotic horizon]

@manic portal are you still free for at today?

[manic portal]

yep!

[fickle nexus]

No they started as a cart iirc. I think the small location they used to have on Broadway was the first brick and mortar

[exotic horizon]

@manic portal bad news, i need to bring my roommate some stuff and i wont be able to make it in time before they close 😔

[manic portal]

abandoned at vivace

what a tragedy

[coarse imp]

How is the shot

[manic portal]

musty

froggie's right, it's surprisingly good green

just hasn't been treated with kindness

[manic portal]

@coarse imp this standout gesha is PIQUANT. i feel like it cleaned out my sinuses

[coarse imp]

fr? 😂

It’s overwhelming

[manic portal]

tastes like chamoy

oh man this is core competition coffee

all flavor no structure

[coarse imp]

Checkbox coffee

I just tried kawa mikava, good natty gesha. Not bin juice

I think 90+ has become too much for even competition

[distant aurora]

So, today I opened my 2LB bag of Sey Ricardo Silva Gesha. I quite enjoyed it, but I have this weird issue where I'm a bit sensitive to some types of fermentation (Can't drink natural coffees without big brain fog, for example), and I found I didn't love how I felt after drinking this particular Sey. In retrospect, I probably should have paid more heed to the "Dry-fermented 30 hours" on Sey's website LOL

The upshot of the above is you all are welcome to my Sey gratis- I'd rather it be in the hands of folks that can enjoy it properly.

[fair gust]

For reals? Would be happy to take it off your hands. DM’d

[distant aurora]

Replied to your dm

[fickle nexus]

Oh shoot I just bought a box lol

I do have some other beans I'd be down to split at the next meetup

[ashen siren]

Anybody have cafe recs near Des Moines? My wife has a dental appointment there so I’m gonna spend the day working in the area. Preferably from a decent coffee shop.

On Friday.

Also down to meet ppl there for lunch or coffee or whatever.

[ashen siren]

If I can, I’d like to go to S&F. That place was great

[ashen siren]

Update: I’m going to sound & fog tomorrow if anyone wants to meetup

[manic portal]

out of town all day :( hope the coffee is good!

[ashen siren]

@coarse imp @exotic horizon ?

[coarse imp]

Tomorrow?

Need to work until 1pm at least

[ashen siren]

just skip

call in sick

[exotic horizon]

im in ravenna no way im going all the way down to west seattle

if i had a car i would but alas 😔

[ashen siren]

welp, I guess I'll just have to chat up the barista(s)

just realized s&f has no wifi...

but there's a starbucks around the corner

[ashen siren]

If anyone wants anything from S&F I’ll hide it in a bush for you

[ashen siren]

Great start to the morning

[ashen siren]

All out of Dak 😭

[coarse imp]

Man you are early

What are they serving today

[ashen siren]

Dak SOE and Bonanza filter. No bags of Dak left though

[spice salmon]

Burien Press is the closest thing I can think of that’s good

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp finally going to chengdu memory tonight

will update with thoughts

also we should do another GB here soon im running low on beans

[coarse imp]

Order pig brain if you can take it

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp wait too long, went to happy lamb instead 😔

[coarse imp]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/hcXhGT33NBee162F9?g_st=ic

This is as good but you can book a table beforehand

[uncut harness]

man I miss seattle
glad to see you guys are having fun and S&F still going strong

[exotic horizon]

whens the next meetup

[coarse imp]

Whenever actually, it’s finally getting warm in Seattle

[manic portal]

yeah same tbh

[fickle nexus]

This weekend?

[exotic horizon]

next weekend would be better for me

[fickle nexus]

Saturday or Sunday? Also I'm assuming ROOT?

[coarse imp]

Saturday next week?

I’m down to other option but is there better cafe than root in Seattle?

[fickle nexus]

No lol

I like ghost note's fancy drinks but I don't think there's any straight coffee better than root

Plus their giant thai constellation is top notch

[coarse imp]

I will check out ghost note once

Looks like a fun place

[manic portal]

root is great but seating is always tight

maybe analog an option too?

[coarse imp]

Root is currently the only place I drink Manhattan from

[fickle nexus]

Seating is always tight at analog too in my experience

Maybe I just get there too late

[fickle nexus]

It is! Whoever runs it is clearly very into mixology, maybe even more so than coffee lol

But I'm pretty addicted to their lush life

[exotic horizon]

the u district street fair is next saturday, we can go to cafe allegro

[fickle nexus]

For whatever reason I thought they closed up. I'm glad they still exist even if their coffee tastes the way it does lol

[coarse imp]

@exotic horizon How do you like that pepe gesha

[exotic horizon]

djd i get pepe gesha?

[coarse imp]

Yes, one dose sample

[coarse imp]

@manic portal do you still have aviary 004 left?

[manic portal]

yeah

just got it today, it won't be rested until like june

you want some?

[coarse imp]

If you feel like splitting, P&P will have that in drop next week so I can go either way

[manic portal]

let's split, i have a lil backlog problem lol

[coarse imp]

What’s in your backlog

I have 10+ bags open rn

[manic portal]

mood trap x4, loofa pepe, moonwake ultralight eth, hydrangea hw sidra, aviary 004, and i'm finishing up the tpc stuff

almost on your level!

oh wait i also have 2x h&s in the freezer

[coarse imp]

I don’t have much coming so my backlog will get under control after this month…hopefully

Have you tried loofa?

[manic portal]

not yet, planning for next week

smells really good

[coarse imp]

I haven’t opened my TPC Rwanda

[manic portal]

i'm actually really liking that

tastes like good kenya, maybe a little less complex

[coarse imp]

Like a good Kenya?

[manic portal]

lol

feel like i always really enjoy tpc sleeper coffee more than the big hype ones

[coarse imp]

I’m not the biggest fan of Kenyan coffee so we’ll see

I like the natty geisha

Not so much for el placer white honey

[manic portal]

yeah it's a lil herbal

nice in the cup but aroma psyches me out

[manic portal]

anybody get aviary #5?

6 am release

[coarse imp]

I did

Somehow woke up early today at 7:30

[manic portal]

wanna split #4 and #5 50/50?

[coarse imp]

Sure

[manic portal]

hell yeah

[coarse imp]

I was just casually checking my discord

Then I found out it’s out for purchase

Sneaky

[exotic horizon]

i keep sleeping in through aviary drops

feran drops too earlt

[coarse imp]

I wish you are not sleeping through aurora

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp @manic portal tpc gv split? whenever that happens

[manic portal]

for sure

[coarse imp]

Are we getting new tpc gv?

[manic portal]

think he said he had samples coming

#875404615905050674 message late may maybe

[coarse imp]

Meetup this Saturday ?

[manic portal]

i'm down

[fickle nexus]

I'm down if I survive LCD soundsystem

[manic portal]

@rancid dome @clear iron @jovial wharf if any of yall are down!

[rancid dome]

much appreicated but im tied up unfortunately

one of these times ha

[jovial wharf]

I can't make it to one this weekend already have plans unfortunately. I'm down to catch a summer meet-up though for sure.

[clear iron]

Already have plans as well but I should hopefully be able to make the next one

[manic portal]

[fickle nexus]

A new shop just opened on Broadway in cap hill

Looks promising
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aEbN1iSfoK9DvDAS7

[coarse imp]

Looks cool

shall we try this new place this week?

[manic portal]

I'm down

[fickle nexus]

i'm in

[coarse imp]

@exotic horizon you available this Saturday?

[exotic horizon]

potentially what time would we meet

UW street fair is also this saturday and i want to swing by that

[manic portal]

late morning maybe neat for me

[fickle nexus]

Allegedly they open at 7

[coarse imp]

Not too early morning works for me

[exotic horizon]

i also have family comjng to visit so ill get back to yall

mornings would work best for me

[fickle nexus]

8?

[coarse imp]

I feel 9 is earliest I can do

[fickle nexus]

Let's do 9 then

[manic portal]

how bout 10

[fickle nexus]

Best I can do is 930

Fr tho I could do 10 but the caffeine addiction will be kicking in by then

[manic portal]

oh, we bean at home as well as on the road

930 sounds good!

[coarse imp]

+1

[fickle nexus]

930 it is

@exotic horizon

[exotic horizon]

i can do 930, ill only have an hour or so though

but that should be okay

[coarse imp]

@fickle nexus have you tried any mood trap or aviary?

[fickle nexus]

Negative

[fickle nexus]

I will trade you for some Diego lychee

[coarse imp]

@manic portal looking forward to my aviary 003 split

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp @manic portal @fickle nexus y’all, seasmith is closed on weekends lol

[manic portal]

LMAO

uh, ghost note? analog?

[coarse imp]

Analog?

Or whichever has more seats

[exotic horizon]

i can do analog

could always go to vivace

[manic portal]

[exotic horizon]

analog then?

[exotic horizon]

forgot to tap on the one day the fare ambassadors were on the lightrail

[coarse imp]

That day is weekends

Good

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp @manic portal they are ppen actually apparently

do we still want to go to seasmith

[manic portal]

your call lol just set up shop wherever

[exotic horizon]

im here right now so

rather not walk all the way to analog lmao

place looks cute

[coarse imp]

They are that far off from each other

[exotic horizon]

9 minutes yeah

im lazy

all of the employees at seasmith look related

[fickle nexus]

I'm down the street

[coarse imp]

We are sitting in the corner

[exotic horizon]

@half badger hey! i saw you mentioning being in seattle, we actually have a little group that meets up every few weeks, in case youre interested

[half badger]

@exotic horizon hey! Thanks so much for letting me know! I would love to stop by next time it happens. Do you know when the next meet up will be?

[exotic horizon]

we just had one today (sorry i didnt see your message before 😰) but its usually once every 2-4 weeks

so probably mid-late june?

[half badger]

No problem! I'm busy today anyways. I'll keep an eye out for the next one!

[fickle nexus]

@coarse imp this is what's in the plastic wrap lol
https://beancoffeelab.com/product/lychee-db/

Should be 54g

[half badger]

@fickle nexus how do you like that coffee? I've been chatting with the roaster for a while now, but haven't tried his coffee yet. Hope to soon! Seems like he's doing some great stuff!

[fickle nexus]

i like it! It's incredibly lychee forward, perhaps to a fault but i've only just started dailing it in

if you want to try some lmk!

I really liked the other diego they did as well. I got a sample when I bought something from believe on this discord and didn't realize An was also on here lol

they just bought a decent so I've been chatting with them there a bit too

[half badger]

Sounds good! I like most of the coffee from Diego, but I haven't tried this one from him. I'm honestly kinda burnt out of his beans lately, so i didnt want to commit to a whole bag lol. He'll be bringing in some coffee from Jamison Savage pretty soon that I'm really excited to try from him!

I'd definitely be interested in trying some! I've got lots of coffee that I can share if you're interested 🙂

And yeah, I just found out he was on here lol. I'm definitely more active on instagram and have been chatting with him there, but recently found him on here too haha

[fickle nexus]

Where are you located? I can meet up tomorrow if you're available and nearby

it'll be gone for sure by the next meetup lol

[half badger]

I'm actually in tacoma 😅 but I work in Seattle and go up all the time. What neighborhood are you in? I might actually be going up tomorrow. I'll also be in ballard Monday around 3:30-4

[fickle nexus]

I'm in cap hill but I work in Redmond. I'll be around all day tomorrow and weekdays after 5 for sure

[half badger]

So I'll be downtown tomorrow around 9am. Would you be able to meet sometime between 9-10? I can meet you in cap hill somewhere

[fickle nexus]

yes!

@ me here whenever you're ready I can get to downtown in like 5 seconds

[half badger]

@fickle nexus dope! I sent you a dm to plan a bit more too

[coarse imp]

@manic portal

This is almost as expensive as some premium GV lots

[manic portal]

hell yeah

004 tasting pretty good rn

little herbal, maybe it'll open up a little more

[coarse imp]

I might break into that later this week. 003 is brighter and more expressive than almost any PB I have had before so for 004

[fickle nexus]

Has anyone been to QED coffee?

[manic portal]

by the lake? once i think, no strong impressions

[fickle nexus]

yeah by i90

kenji trying all the teriyaki places is making me want to try all the coffee places

[half badger]

Their drip is okay. That's pretty much all I remember haha. And there's a bench with a nice view next to it!

[fickle nexus]

I also want to go to the Mr West in CD because they're the only cafe I can find with a ground control machine

[slim shale]

pilgrim coffehouse also has a ground control but i haven’t tried them

[coarse imp]

If anyone wants some, lmk

[manic portal]

ooh i hear that pb is good

[coarse imp]

I heard sey’s version was one of their best offerings in recent history

[fickle nexus]

It was really good!

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp next time aviary drops do you think you could snag me a bag

im always asleep when feran releases

[coarse imp]

If next time is pt morning and I’m awake

Do you want some 005?

[exotic horizon]

if you could spare some

im almost out of 003 😔

[coarse imp]

Yea I can def spare 30g or so

I’m still working on my 001(and 003)

[exotic horizon]

i flew through 003

it was just too good not to drink

[coarse imp]

Roasting is good

[exotic horizon]

what do yall think about doing a private tea tasting at floating leaves

its $150 for up to 5 people

might be fun

[fickle nexus]

150 total or 150 a head?

[coarse imp]

When?

30/ppl is okay

[exotic horizon]

total

flat rate

[exotic horizon]

idk whenever we can plan it

[coarse imp]

I’m down

Where?

[manic portal]

probably down

[fickle nexus]

I'm in

[fickle nexus]

I'm guessing floating leaves tea in ballard

[coarse imp]

You guys wanna do intelli takesi GB?

Bailey says dropping soon

[manic portal]

hm

what's intelli roast like these days?

takesi always seems like roast lottery

[coarse imp]

I have no idea. Only had one bag and that’s last year

[distant aurora]

I'd definitely be down.

Also:

Let me know if you want a sample of the "normal roast" clari sudan rume to compare, or if you want to try the diego PB- happy to gift you some of either or both.

[coarse imp]

We can prolly trade one dose of Sudan Rume

[distant aurora]

❤️

I have a Cafec deep 27 so it doesn't have to be much

[coarse imp]

I don’t cannot be too small of a dose

[distant aurora]

Oh i just meant you don't have to give me much- Im happy to give much more than I get 🙂 the extra light is the unobtanium after all

[exotic horizon]

id be down

are we doing TPC GV too?

[coarse imp]

100%

[fickle nexus]

I'd also be down

[manic portal]

yeah lemme commit to gv right now. i want a whole bag of each

[half badger]

If you have enough to spare, I'd love to try either! Got some coffee I can share too 🙂

[distant aurora]

GV is natural only right? in that case i'll have to pass, but if there's washed i'm in 🙂

[coarse imp]

One honey one natty

Allegedly

[long finch]

Hi everyone. Just joined. I’ve recently been getting into pour-overs having been a life long espresso fan (still am). Is there a meetup happening in June?

[manic portal]

probably! no concrete plans just yet

[coarse imp]

we have several splits coming up so just a matter of when in June

[distant aurora]

Anyone else interested in trying Hatch's El Parasio Sake? As someone who only buys washed coffees with as little fermentation as possible, I'm very curious about this "minimal fermentation washed" process they came up with.
https://www.hatchcrafted.com/shop/ep-sake
Would love to do a split, but I might just buy it myself lol

[coarse imp]

I ordered the P&P drop, can split with you

[distant aurora]

Perfect

[exotic horizon]

tpc next week

depending on price id love to split

[coarse imp]

I prolly won't split GV but can def do GB

[exotic horizon]

i dunno if i can afford a full bag but we’ll see

im still recovering from prady panama lmao

[coarse imp]

did you get both?

I can prolly do 1.5 bag of TPC GV if we cannot find others to split with you

[exotic horizon]

yeah i got both

[coarse imp]

Do you want to spare some El Burro?

[exotic horizon]

meh ill prolly snag at least one bag

too hard to miss gv

[exotic horizon]

do you have a deep27

[coarse imp]

No

[exotic horizon]

ill consider, i dont rememebr how much is in the bag

[coarse imp]

too many to buy in June

100g I believe

[manic portal]

I'm down to sample out some prady panamas

gonna open those bags in like september though

[distant aurora]

I've never tried mood trap but always wanted to - I would love to buy a sample of either washed geisha from you

[manic portal]

ain't no buy, just cmon down to a meetup and we'll get it figured out

[distant aurora]

And I do have a deep 27 :p

[distant aurora]

Oh 'll definitely be there once we decide on a day

[exotic horizon]

intelli takesi next friday

[fickle nexus]

General Porpoise has SEY again!

We should do our next meetup here. They'll let you choose from whatever beans they have

And the donuts are good lol

[coarse imp]

How are their brews?

I need to visit Dale this month see what coffee he has in stock

It would be fun to try some AMOC

[fickle nexus]

Their spro is decent, I haven't had their pour over

[coarse imp]

Saw a person wearing vivace jacket in SLU

[distant aurora]

Wait what shop might hav AMOC?

[manic portal]

what stat bonus do you get by matching the vivace jacket and april utility shoes?

[exotic horizon]

jacket gives +1 authority -1 savoir faire

shoes give +1 hand eye coordination -1 drama

[coarse imp]

I think root had(might still have) some

[coarse imp]

Hey you can double stack vivace and april jacket

[coarse imp]

@exotic horizon I can spare half bag of tie guan yin eth and 1/2 doses of BWC

[exotic horizon]

tie guan yin intrigues me

[half badger]

Hey! I got some samples in from Jiribilla (a Mexican roaster), and they ended up giving me more coffee than I need lol. Anyone wanna try them out? Got 3 coffees (2 from Veracruz and 1 from Oaxaca). The coffee itself is really nice, but the roast isn't my favorite. Definitely darker than I was hoping it'd be. Still good, just dont want to drink all 250g of it and also don't want to waste it.

[fickle nexus]

Sounds like it's meetup time

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp if youre okay throwing in a bag of GV for me with your order whenever stephane drops it id appreciate that

[coarse imp]

natty or honey

[exotic horizon]

mmmm

are you getting both?

[coarse imp]

Ya

[exotic horizon]

dang

[coarse imp]

Mostly likely

[exotic horizon]

prolly natty then

[coarse imp]

if no danger notes

[exotic horizon]

im a sucker for naturals so

[coarse imp]

I will need someone to split alaska mejo with me

[exotic horizon]

hopefully ill see the drop and can decide then but if i dont just snag a natural for me 😰

[coarse imp]

This drop will not be that small right

[manic portal]

down for this

can i also make you grab me one bag of everything else while we're at it?

[coarse imp]

I will skip PB

Evrything else?

[manic portal]

whatever he drops

no savage stuff

[coarse imp]

Okay cool

[manic portal]

hell yeah

[coarse imp]

that's a lot still

[manic portal]

it's 2x gv, alaska, pb right?

[coarse imp]

assume that's all he drops

[manic portal]

yeah my backlog should be able to absorb that

big thanks for running the split, as always

[coarse imp]

yall acting like they are going to sell out in one hour smh

I hope I'm wrong

[manic portal]

hype drops have been traumatizing lately. feran is directly responsible for raising fomo by 10% across the board

nah i'm just too lazy to watch the website

[coarse imp]

This is why don't order CoCi I guess

[coarse imp]

TPC drops are here

[manic portal]

hell yeah

thanks for ordering!!

[coarse imp]

Where is my Alaska mejo

Just 10 min late

[manic portal]

noooooo

it's... good for the backlog

[exotic horizon]

thank you

[coarse imp]

Only one bag of natty right?

[exotic horizon]

ya

[coarse imp]

@exotic horizon your kinto cup arrived. Meetup next week?

[exotic horizon]

i can do next friday?

[coarse imp]

Friday might not be doable for me

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp @manic portal we should do a wa’z meetup

[coarse imp]

Is current BANA discussion your inspiration?

[exotic horizon]

yeah

[coarse imp]

Been there once, good food. I will say no more

[exotic horizon]

i enjoyed when i went

they did put wayyyyy too much sauce on one dish but

oh well

[coarse imp]

I will be way more willing to do Hamdi

great food and drinks

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp did you buy takesi yet

[coarse imp]

Ya, one bag

[coarse imp]

Some too light aviary 005 is on sale

@exotic horizon

[rancid coral]

Hi Seattle coffee folk? Just moved into town and saw this

[manic portal]

hi carl

[ashen siren]

I’m not in Seattle but I stalk this thread lol

Coffee shenanigans in my neck of the woods next weekend if anyone’s nearby #1131663134654996480 message

[fickle nexus]

We are coffee folk and we are seattle

Anyone want a split?

[ashen siren]

https://tenor.com/view/twd-the-walking-dead-walking-dead-carl-andrew-lincoln-gif-3852951221802140863

[native jackal]

I'm not in Seattle proper, just south of it in Renton. There's a great coffee shop, Boon Boona, with locations in both cities.

And anyone in Seattle proper should head down to Georgetown and check out Voi Ca Phe.

[exotic horizon]

boon boonas p good

@coarse imp @manic portal @fickle nexus are yall free this week by chance

for meetup

trollers has my carafe and i need it

[coarse imp]

WDYM this week , today is Sunday

I should be available next weekends

[coarse imp]

Feels like big funk

[fickle nexus]

??

Boon boona is good! I should go back there again

I'm free next weekend as well, I might be able to do a weekday meetup if it's in cap hill lol

would prefer weekends tho

[exotic horizon]

week starts on sunday

[coarse imp]

Not for me

My week starts on Monday

Anyway I’m available, prefer Saturday

[manic portal]

same as troller i think

[coarse imp]

Also prefer root

[exotic horizon]

what if we went to the starbucks roastery

[fickle nexus]

lol at least it'd be close by

root on saturday?

[half badger]

I'm definitely down to meet up on Saturday 🙂

[half badger]

Also, love voi ca phe! I feel like they never get talked about in the "serious" coffee scene in Seattle, but their sourcing is definitely the most unique in the city. Don't love everything they bring in, but it's all interesting

[coarse imp]

Walked past it the other day, so packed

Seattle fell for the coal

[fickle nexus]

it's mostly tourists i think

[coarse imp]

@exotic horizon tie guan yin Eth gone

Prady doesn’t have enough green

[manic portal]

i think my order makes the cutoff if yall wanna split. being a degenerate pays off once again

[coarse imp]

100%

[fickle nexus]

Saturday 930 at ROOT?

[manic portal]

9:30 is really early for us

maybe like 1:00

people gotta get to ballard too

[exotic horizon]

i dunno if i can do afternoon ill have to let you know

[coarse imp]

I can do 11

[fickle nexus]

There might also be a thunderstorm Saturday 10/11

[fickle nexus]

Let's do Saturday 11am assuming there won't be a thunderstorm and fall back to Sunday if necessary?

Anyone who needs a ride to Ballard can sit on my handlebars

[manic portal]

11 works fine for me

@jovial wharf @clear iron @rancid dome any interest?

[coarse imp]

@distant aurora

[clear iron]

I’m in for either day

[jovial wharf]

I should be able to make it work for either day, I think.

[rancid dome]

Lmk when the day is nailed down. I may be able to swing sat. Definitely not Sunday

[fickle nexus]

@exotic horizon are you only available Saturday?

I could just take the bus through the storm on Saturday if necessary lol

[coarse imp]

Looks fine

[distant aurora]

11 is early for me but I'll drag myself out of bed. BTW, how long should I rest the Hatch El Parasio Sake?

[manic portal]

i like 3 weeks for stronghold hatch

[coarse imp]

Are all premium hatch roasted on stronghold?

[manic portal]

white bags and peak

[distant aurora]

Also, coffe collective Takesi or intelli Takesi?

I forgot about it, now I want to order some lol

[coarse imp]

I ordered intelli takesi

[distant aurora]

Sounds like we should compare and contrast- I'm at work now but I'll see about ordering the coffee collective durect

The coffee collective takesi is waaaay cheaper before shipping. Roughly 2/3rds the price.

[coarse imp]

It's in 125g bag

I think they are roughly the same price before shipping

I found a 15% off intelli promo code, bought another bag

[distant aurora]

So it looks close, but the advertised CC price apparently includes vat. I added it to a cart with a made up seattle address and fake details, price went down to like 24 usd per bag. Works out to 20 cents per gram instead of the 30 cents per gram intelli is asking before shipping.

[coarse imp]

Ya right they include VAT by default

Shipping is terrible tho

Intelli roasts are supposed to be a bit UNDERDEVELOPED

[distant aurora]

According to intelli or BANA? Because 2 bags of Coffee Collective shipped is 20% more coffee for 20 percent more money. Past that it just gets cheaper

Oh wait I forgot the discount code. Kind of a wash at bigger quantities then, and the intelli a better deal for less coffee

[coarse imp]

According to Bailey, I also quite like their Mexico gesha last year

[exotic horizon]

i can do saturday

im pretty low on coffee samples but ill bring whay i can

might be some more tea

[coarse imp]

Also low on coffee sample

I want to give you guys some Takesi samples but still en route

[exotic horizon]

are you getting next aviary drop

because i will be

[coarse imp]

Ya, cannot miss chiroso

[exotic horizon]

group buy?

[coarse imp]

Split?

Aviary comes with free shipping no?

[exotic horizon]

oh does it?

i wasnt sure

[coarse imp]

https://tenor.com/view/always-has-been-among-us-astronaut-space-betrayal-gif-23836476

[fickle nexus]

An from bean coffee lab offered me a discount code if anyone wants to do a group buy as well

[manic portal]

what's bean lab roasting like?

[coarse imp]

Stronghold, haven’t tried his recent roast

[fickle nexus]

How did you like the lychee?

[fickle nexus]

I'm sure it depends on the bean but the ones I've had have been very clean

[half badger]

I can probably swing by on Saturday! Might not be able to spend much time, but I think I can make it work! I'm also kinda in between coffee orders, but I got some things I can bring

[manic portal]

oh yeah I'm bringing a complete grab bag of random shit. i think we got too many people to do otherwise

wouldn't worry about it

[half badger]

@manic portal have only tried a small bit of bean labs coffee, but ordered his latest drop. I talk a decent amount with him too. He's not roasting ultra light but a light medium. I think he hooked me up with some extra samples. Happy to share if there's enough!

[coarse imp]

Haven't tried it yet

[half badger]

Hey, for bringing samples, what kind of containers do you guys usually use? I just usually use zip lock bags. Nothing too fancy haha

[manic portal]

50ml centrifuge tubes

i don't think it matters that much though

i just find it fun to get cute with it

[coarse imp]

I mostly use small paper bags

sometimes centrifuge tubes when I have spare ones

@manic portal Don't forget you have 100g of aviary 005

[manic portal]

oh hell yeah

secured the too light too

[coarse imp]

@exotic horizon Did you?

I have two bags of takesi coming, can give you guys some samples next time

[fickle nexus]

I'm going to bring the moonwake no one wants and some passenger Montecarlos for anyone who hasn't had it already

[half badger]

Cool, good to know! Don't have any centrifuge tubes, so I'll probably just stick to my dime bags haha. Gotta get something nicer for the future lol

[fickle nexus]

I don't even have bags lol

If I'm out of jam jars we go to cling wrap

[half badger]

And I've got some standout and kaffeelix from my drop that I'll bring. Also got some jiribilla I can bring over. Oh, and I have some of h & s's honey Sidra if anyone ones to try it. Wasn't my favorite of theirs tbh, but it's still pretty good

[coarse imp]

I actually want to try that honey sidra

[fickle nexus]

I need to order more of that standout still

[coarse imp]

What’s in this drop?

[half badger]

Okay, I'll bring some then!

[half badger]

This month I had a washed caturra from Arnaud Causse roasted by Kaffeelix, a CM honey pacamara from Los Pirineos roasted by Standout and a slow shade natural ethiopian from Niguse Gemeda roasted by wes ngopi. The ethiopian sold out hella fast, but I've still got the other 2! Got some dope roasters lined up for next month too.

Also, if anyone wants me to order them something that I'm not bringing in for my drop from a roaster I'm working with, I can definitely do that. I do that for Julian from coffee reviews. I can post in here too if anyone wants to try something specific

[coarse imp]

Like archers?

Hell ya

[half badger]

Definitely plan on working with them soon, but they have higher requirements for minimum orders than most of the roasters I'm working with atm. But that's in the works!

But like for next month, I'm bringing in John small roastery (korea), bluebird coffee (South Africa) and Sumo (Ireland). I've got the coffee that I'm gonna order picked out already, but I can buy another coffee if someone wants to try a bag of something else 🙂

[coarse imp]

Damn this is bad for my backlog but let me check

[half badger]

Haha totally get that. Offers open for the future too! But I'll be bringing in the sl28 kenyan from John small, the natural pink bourbon from bluebird and the Koji ferment red bourbon from Sumo. Haven't actually officially posted about it lol, but that's what it'll be!

[fickle nexus]

Take my money

[manic portal]

i think i'm bringing hydrangea iridescence, mood trap sidra, and maybe some substance refisa that probably has to rest for another month or 6. let me know if anybody has those so i can replace them with some elderly dank robusta from the freezer

[distant aurora]

I forgot to mention: Sey hooked me up and I want to share the wealth. I ordered a 2lb bag of washed Danche from them (love Danche, best one i've had was an old Sey), and they upgraded the 250g of Chelchele (also washed ethiopian) i ordered with it to 2lb for free. Only downside is, both were roasted on May 27th so it's probably a bit early days to be opening the bags. I'd probably rather wait till next meet, but if everyone wants some I can open them on Friday night. I also have Diego Bermudez washed pink bourbon from September, roasted the same day.

[coarse imp]

You joined the last substance GB? Anything you enjoy from substance

[manic portal]

nah, my dad was in paris

haven't actually had substance other than that sample you gave me

[coarse imp]

september is always welcomed

[manic portal]

someone needs to tell me how long to rest this stuff, i asked in bana and they said til christmas lol

[coarse imp]

Idk, mine were tame at 1 month, medicine/vegetal at 2months, somewhat better at 4 months

[manic portal]

christmas it is lol

[coarse imp]

Then I finished them all

[manic portal]

i'll bring some hydrangea lerida instead i guess

[distant aurora]

I have samples bagged up of a few things: September Clari Bermudez (Washed Sudan Rume) light, Moonwake Layo Terraga (Light washed eth), and H&S Nano Challa (Light washed eth). I also have a bunch of old H&S Gargari Gutitti (Light washed eth) in like 50g pouches.

When it comes to old stuff sitting in my freezer that's not split into samples, I have piles of stuff. TPC Santa Barbara (Light Washed Geisha), like 750g of TPC Mundayo (light Washed Eth), Junto Gesha Village Shaya (Light Illubular Forest washed- call it Geisha adjacent lol), some H&S Shantawene Gafisse (I think), Some old Apollon's Gold washed eths, some Manhattan Probat Letty from last year, probably more I can't remember LOL.

If anyone wants to help me cut through my backlog you'd basically be doing me a favor LOL. Just let me know what to bring. The Clari is my first ever sudan rume so I'm not exactly keen to part with it before I've tried any lol, I have tons of the Layo Terrage so happy to give some away, same kind of deal with the Nano Challa.

[manic portal]

i'm kind of into all of that freezer stuff

[coarse imp]

Old AG Eths sound interesting

[distant aurora]

Well, it's kind of a commitment to defrost because it's old (stuff usually fades fast once defrosted in my experience) so be specific on what you want me to bring you and ill give it to you.

[distant aurora]

I'll bring you some 🙂

[manic portal]

uhh any tpc, the AG eths, the junto (haven't tried em)

only as much of that as you feel like defrosting/bringing!

[distant aurora]

I'll bring that stuff then 🙂

Ugh I just remembered I have to wake up early on saturday for this. Probaby going to sleep in and end up taking an uber/lyft LOL.

[manic portal]

we'll probably be there for a while if that buys you a lil more sleep lol

[distant aurora]

Haha for sure. My 3-11PM work schedule is weird but I love it lol

Something just occurred to me: I should buy a pelican case for my incoming Xbloom studio, because I'm going to want to bring it to pretty much everything coffee related I ever go to 🙂

[coarse imp]

Take …xbloom?

I guess it kinda makes sense

[distant aurora]

Why not? well unless the pelican will be insufficient to protect it somehow

It makes sense if you're mediocre at pourovers and don't enjoy making them like me LOL. I just want to drink good ones haha

[coarse imp]

How heavy is it?

[distant aurora]

11.3 lbs

[exotic horizon]

set up the xbloom at root

[fickle nexus]

I'm sure they won't mind lol

[coarse imp]

Takesi arriving early

Can bring few doses

[distant aurora]

I actually got shipping notification yesterday, but as of now it's scheduled to arrive Monday. A fair few folks have received theirs early though- if it arrives in time I will bring it

[distant aurora]

Presuming I'm looking at the correct online stores, I would really love to try the El Socorro Washed Geisha from Bluebird and the Dambi Udo Washed ethiopian from John Small

[half badger]

Yep, those are the right sites! The El socorro "standard" size is 100g. Do you want that or 250? And then all bags from John small are 200g.

I'm ordering from both of those roasters tomorrow, so if anyone else wants anything hit me up!

Also, I'll be dropping the presales for single bags of the coffees I'll officially be bringing in tonight. I can put a link if here if anyone wants to snag something. The coffee's this month are a bit pricier, so you'll get more bang for your buck if you buy a box/subscribe.

[distant aurora]

As long as bluebird roasting is reasonably light, 250

[distant aurora]

Come to think of it, since the coffee is from a 4x Coe winner I doubt they'll overcook it lol. Just let me know how and I'll pay:)

[half badger]

I have admittedly only had a few coffees from them, but I'd say they're a medium roast. Not too developed or anything though. Similar to father (the roaster from SA not the Czech one lol) if you've had them

[distant aurora]

Hmm... I suppose I will go for the 100g then, thanks

[half badger]

Yeah, definitely not turning it to coal thankfully haha. It's $40 for the 250g bag. And when it comes in, we can meet up somewhere. I can do cash, venmo or card. Usually prefer cash or venmo for special request orders, but whatever is easiest

[half badger]

100g bags are $17 from them. And maybe a better description of the roast based on more well known roasters is less developed than the barn, but a bit more developed than Manhattan. Maybe that makes more sense?

[distant aurora]

That helps- I must confess I was thinking darker than that when I heard medium. I Haven't tried SA father's but I think I saw Sound and Fog selling it. You know what, you sold me on the big bag again LOL. 250 it is.

So many washed geishas are doing extended time in cherry and dry ferments- opposite of what I want. I'm happy to see they're washing faster instead on this one

[half badger]

Yeah, sorry medium can mean different things to different people lol. And the one that sound and Fog carries is the Czech one. They only bring in European roasters. I used to work there, and I drank literally everything we brought in haha.

And yeah, I had this green from another roaster (though for the life of me I can't remember which haha) and I thought it was great. I'm not a huge fan of most dry/extended ferments either

The Czech father roaster is okay. Lots of people liked them, but I never got the hype. The SA father has much better sourcing. Harder to get here though. Super expensive shipping and weird wholesale requirements (you have to order in increments of 7 kilos for some reason)

[distant aurora]

I tend to be a "the lighter the better" kind of person, but I just bought a Versalab and sold my Brew Burr Zerno, so I'm having to remind myself that my incoming Xbloom, versalab, and probably ever brew burr Pietro will be more flattering of more development haha.

[half badger]

Haha totally agree. I like some more developed roasts, but generally I'm a medium light-ultrs light drinker. The ecuador I brought in from kaffeelix this month was on the more developed medium side, but it was still really good. Admittedly, the sample they gave me was less developed so it caught me off guard a bit, but it was still good. Just have to brew it differently. But yeah, some equipment just works better for more developed coffee too. It's not really the same, but I have a switch that I mess around with and it tends to be better with more developed roasts than with super light roasts

[distant aurora]

The more unimodal SSP stuff extracts pretty aggressively, which I love for ultra light roasts, but can make life a bit difficult witb more developed stuff in my experience. My versalab on the other hand, makes me work more to hit high extraction without messing up its mix of flavor specificity and smoothness. I really need my Meticulous to arrive so I can start pulling shots on it (lost my old espresso machine to a stolen uhaul during a move)

[half badger]

Funny that we're talking about this, because I've been talking about burrs and grinders all day with people on my Instagram haha. I have the MP SSP, which I think does a great job bringing out clarity in light roasts (for the most part). Definitely works better when you want a higher extraction. Naomi Joe in tacoma has a versalab. I do pop ups with him sometimes and we take turns brewing up stuff for each other. I've definitely noticed that more developed profiles work a lot better with his grinder. I don't mess around with espresso at home, so I don't have as much experience with that in a non commercial setting.

[distant aurora]

Yep I haven't even tried mine with more developed stuff, but I can already tell it will do better than what I'm used to with SSP MP/Brew.

[half badger]

Yeah, I think the burrs definitely work better for that kinda roast. Definitely wanna play around with more grinders to see which work better for different profiles

And for anyone who's interested, here's a link to my presales for single bags from my next drop:
https://airworkscoffee.com/collections/pre-sales
I do local deliveries around the seattle area, and you can use use this code "abandonship!" for free shipping

*edited the link. Put the wrong one up on accident!

[half badger]

@distant aurora Hey man! I reached out to bluebird about adding the El socorro to my order, but apparently they've already shipped my order! I was scheduled to pay for it today, but they sent it a day earlier to make sure it arrived on time. Sorry man! Next month I'll post about who I'll work with with more notice in case anyone want a special request. But I added the ethiopian to the John small order, so that one is for sure

[distant aurora]

Gotcha. Thanks for trying 🙂

Edit: I think April might have the same green, and they only want 7 bucks for Swedish post office shipping. It's 48 instead of 40, but I've been meaning to try April forever. Alternatively, I could scoop some Takesi from Intelligentsia or Coffee Collective, which I also haven't tried.

[exotic horizon]

@coarse imp idk if youre going to/have already ordered new aviary but im down to split

[coarse imp]

Nah but I saw it.

[exotic horizon]

xx1

[coarse imp]

Do you want some?

[exotic horizon]

i already ordered a box lmao

[coarse imp]

I can have 50g

[exotic horizon]

swag

[exotic horizon]

i could bring pulsar and k6 and we could do some brewing lmao

[fickle nexus]

We should do a gear meetup but probably not at a coffee shop lol

I feel like that's in poor taste

[coarse imp]

Right out side of root?

[fickle nexus]

Perfect

Lmao

[half badger]

Glad you were able to find some from another roaster!

[fickle nexus]

We could ask if they'd be willing I guess

I could also ask general Porpoise. They have a good area for it and we could make it up to them by buying donuts and their stock of SEY

[half badger]

As someone who used to work at gp, they usually hate when people take up space for work or anything, so idk if they'd like that lol. The pioneer square location sometimes allows people to reserve a table. Not sure if they're also selling sey though. When I worked there at least they all ran each shop differently and had different beans. But there was a pretty big turnover there, so it may be totally different now 🤷‍♂️

Also, did we officially decide on 11 as the time to meet up at root tomorrow?

[manic portal]

certainly hope we did! that's when I'll be there

[half badger]

Okay haha. That's what I thought, but I think I missed the part of the thread where it was officially decided. Or my brains just mush and I forgot 😂

[distant aurora]

Intelli ran out of stock so I really want a dose to try so I can decide if I should order it from Coffee Collective or not. (Never tried any Takesi before, craving geisha)

[coarse imp]

I will prepare 4 doses for you guys

[distant aurora]

My Xbloom came in early! I got a delivery notification about 2 hours ago. Happy to bring it!

[manic portal]

idk if root has suitable outlets or tables. maybe bring it when we figure out where/when/how to do a gear meetup?

[distant aurora]

Hmm true. I would imagine we could get a table eventually, but I have no idea about the outlet situation.

[manic portal]

i mean the tables are all tiny lol it's hard enough fitting coffee for 3 people on em

[coarse imp]

Cafe takeover

[fickle nexus]

Tomorrow root 11

It'll probably be a thunderstorm lol

[long finch]

So are people meeting at Root at 11am today?

Never mind just saw the message above from @fickle nexus 🤣

I can bring some stuff I’ve been keeping in the freezer and my hand grinder. Having never been to one of these before, I have no idea what to expect.

[jovial wharf]

Im bringing a few different beans in 15g doses (sorry if that's not your usual dose, but it's what I've been sealing lately). Looking forward to hanging out for a bit this Seattle thunderstorm is looking pretty crazy though lol

[coarse imp]

Where is thunderstorm, was p sunny in my area

[long finch]

I’ve got some 60g packs of Square Mile’s current Filter Blend and their Decaf. Also some Finca Holguin from Blossom, all from my recent UK trip.

[slim shale]

yeah i don’t think it will thunderstorm in ballard. i’m in phinney and it’s sunny and clear and no rain in the forecast

[half badger]

Heading up now, but I'll probably be about 20 min late. Coming from tacoma. Also, my kids will be tagging along with me. Wife had a last minute work thing. But I've got lots of coffee haha!

[long finch]

Just left Bellevue. “Starting route to Root” 😃

[clear iron]

Only had time to portion out a few 15g doses before heading out, been freezing in much larger quantities lately plus buying pause 😅

[exotic horizon]

woah, meetup is going to be huge today

seattle area making moves

step aside bay area

[fickle nexus]

Google lied to me all week but I'm here for it

The weather is perfect so I'm riding over now

[long finch]

Gotta do what we gotta do to shed the SBUX image 😝

[coarse imp]

On bus now

[fickle nexus]

Anyone here?

Just locked up

[distant aurora]

Also on the bus. Eta more like 11:15 or 11:20

[exotic horizon]

im like 5 mins away

[fickle nexus]

Ok I'm trying to grab two tables outside

[coarse imp]

[fickle nexus]

Someone else get here soon so I don't feel like such a jerk

[exotic horizon]

whos there today

is it dale

[coarse imp]

They have 3 in total I think

Dale must be there today no?

[exotic horizon]

root takeover

[coarse imp]

Otherwise who is going to do PO

[fickle nexus]

Idk who is working

[exotic horizon]

im almost there

[coarse imp]

2/3stops away

[fickle nexus]

Orm is prolly riding

[long finch]

Just parked.

[jovial wharf]

Good meetup yall! Thanks for all the sharing! Already looking forward to future get togethers

[coarse imp]

Let do some brewing next time

[manic portal]

YEAH this was a sick meetup, thanks for coming everybody! i think we have critical mass for some grand plans about brewing

[coarse imp]

https://september.coffee/en-us/products/francy-castillo-geisha-colombia
this tastes kinda like letty

[exotic horizon]

i tried to slim down my backlog and i ended up leaving with more coffee than i came with

[coarse imp]

You guys bringing whole bags to meetup

[coarse imp]

I have one dose that I forgot to offload to you, you can have it together with your carafe

[clear iron]

Just brewed up some AG Gatare on the April and it’s solid

[fickle nexus]

I brought everything I had lol

What's mine is ours ⚒️

[distant aurora]

I I brought almost my entire backlog, and you guys were generous enough to take a bunch of it off my hands. My freezer thanks you LOL. Forgot to grab a couple things but there's next meetup 🙂 (specifically last year's probat Manhattan letty and Flower Child Danche)

[fickle nexus]

You probably would've gotten through it once the versalab is up and running lol

[distant aurora]

The Versalab is up and running. I think the Xbloom is what would have done it by compensating for my lack of brewing skills (and lack of time to do it at work- xbloom will be clutch at work).

[half badger]

It's a good one, right? Really been loving rwandans this year!

It was great meeting up with everyone! Sorry I didn't get to Talk that much. I'll try to make sure I can come sans kids next time!

Also, if you ever want to do a brew meet up in Tacoma, I know the guy who runs Naomi Joe (decent roaster. Fun sourcing, okay roast but getting better. Good for WA for sure). He's in 7 seas which is a big brewery with lots of space. I can definitely see if we could organize a brew meet up. Pretty sure they'd be open to it

[clear iron]

i'm not usually a fan of washed coffees except geshas so i was very impressed!

[half badger]

I've been really into washed coffees lately, but I still like both. There's a few origins that I only like washed coffees from and rwanda is one of them. I think they're super good (as long as the roaster is good)

[distant aurora]

My first Xbloom brew was tasty- I still can't get over how well the grinder in it performs. Loaded up Lance's ultralight recepie and threw in that moonwake Layo Terraga I had in pouches straight from the freezer (to be fair, the freezer stock I pulled from is younger), and got my second favorite brew I've ever had of the coffee. I need to dilute the 3rd wave water (classic light roast formulation) I made from the provided packets some more (I tried it at 100ppm but it tasted like that's still too much), but that coffee had no right to taste as good as it did for as little effort as I put into it.

I still have yet to try it with my new Melodrip lift or one of my brewers- not to mention my brew burrs Pietro or Versalab!

[long finch]

Sorry we didn’t get to chat. Randomly, I was in Tacoma yesterday and I checked out Beware Coffee who had some coffee from DAK on pourover. It was pretty tasty.

Great meeting everyone today! So glad I remembered to open up Discord for the first time in a couple of weeks. I started to panic thinking I’d missed the meetup but it turned out to be perfect timing!

[long finch]

That’s great to hear. I’m curious as to how the Third Wave water compares to regular filtered water?

Beware Coffee in Tacoma

[half badger]

No worries! We'll have to connect another time! And yeah, beware is really good. The owner worked at Sound and Fog, so I kinda think of it as a sound and Fog lite lol. Naomi Joe and golden hour coffee bus are also definitely worth checking out. I also do pour over pop ups occasionally that are worth stopping by! But hit me up if you're ever down here 🙂

[long finch]

Pour over pop-ups sound great. Definitely interested in that. The place I go to most days here on the Eastside is Five Stones. They have a few locations and I’ve befriended some of the staff, one of whom roasts (though they do not currently have their own label).

[half badger]

They're fun to do! I can post here next time I do one if anyone wants to schlep down here lol. I'm also thinking of moving back to the city in Aug/Sept so I'll be looking for spots to do pop ups in Seattle too 🙂

Golden hour coffee bus is also a pourover only pop up happening down here. He only uses WA roasters and they're not my favorite but he brews them well. And there's another one in the works actually. Tacoma is mid, but the coffee scene has potential for sure.

Five stones is decent. I've admittedly only been to the one in eastgate. I thought it was good for the area. There's not really any cafes I love out on the east side. Top notch food scene though, so you win some you lose some I guess lol. Feel free to hit me up for any seattle cafe recs. I've worked in 6 shops and have probably had a coffee at every decent shop in the city lol

[native jackal]

Oooo, my sister lives near Tacoma, and she's something of a coffee nerd. Will have to have her check this out.

[long finch]

Eastgate is the one I go to (I walk there as coffee is a form of motivation to move my lazy ass). I think it depends on who is on. There are three guys there who know what they’re doing. One is a roaster.

Today’s attempt from yesterday’s haul. I think this was from @fickle nexus

[half badger]

Ah okay that's funny! So I've been twice and really loved the first shot I had. Told my wife about it and took her there and it wasn't nearly as good. So it makes sense that it's fairly dependent on who's working. Honestly most cafes are like that. Also, it being connected to a church kinda gave me a weird vibe. Not to shit on that in any way, just kinda want a separation of church and coffee haha. It's also been a bit since I've been there, so I may not have had coffee from any of the current employees.

And I just brewed up TPC's Jairo Lopez, and it was awesome! First time trying TPC. can't remember who I got the sample from, but thank you!

[coarse imp]

It’s a good natty but is pretty much a natty natty

[fickle nexus]

Ayy how was it?

Probably a bit under rested still

[long finch]

Definitely got the rose. Not as sweet as I expected but that’s likely my technique (or rather lack thereof)

Still trying to get to grips with this Flair thing.

[long finch]

Oh crap I forgot that you told me exactly that yesterday 🤣

[fickle nexus]

Lol no worries! If it tastes good now who cares

[distant aurora]

Anyone who got my TPC, sooner is better than later because it is from many months ago.

[fickle nexus]

I'm pretty sure that was me. I'll break it out tomorrow

[long finch]

I got some. Will give it a go tomorrow.

Whoever got samples from me, this is what they are (with the exception of Sweven because it is all gone)

[rancid dome]

Sad I had to miss. Sounds like good times were had!

[long finch]

Was the TPC Kigoma this one? https://en.thepickychemist.com/product-page/copie-de-colombia-finca-andaluz-washed-wush-wush-250g

[manic portal]

should be! shout out to that url though

i feel like the flavor description on that page is correct but inaccurate. it's just a banger kenyan style coffee

[exotic horizon]

ye

[coarse imp]

@half badger HS honey sidra is interesting

I enjoyed a lot

[half badger]

Glad you liked it! Really started to open up in the past week or so. I've really enjoyed the last few cups I had

[coarse imp]

I thought the ginger note will be more intrusive but it’s way more subtle than I anticipated

[half badger]

Totally agree. I've only had one other coffee that had ginger in the tasting notes, and that one was pretty overwhelming. This one was much nicer. Had more of the earthy sweet notes of a ginger chew

[coarse imp]

I had few CGLE natty Sudan Rume

Really gingery

[half badger]

Ooh interesting. Still haven't tried a sudan rume. And i dont love CGLE. Their nattys are a bit too natty for me lol. I had this cold washed coffee from finca monteblanco (I think it was pink bourbon?) Roasted by MOK and it tasted like straight sugar cane juice and ginger. Was really intense lol. Not bad, just couldn't drink it more than once a week

[long finch]

@half badger I think you might have brought this Brazilian. What is it?

[half badger]

Sorry, the only Pic of the label I had on my phone was this file I had for printing off labels 😅

But it's a lactic ferment Brazilian from Meron, which is a roaster from Romania

[half badger]

https://meron.ro/en/produs/brazilia-fazenda-guariroba-250g-catucai-2sl-lactic-fermentation/

Some more info from the roaster 🙂

[long finch]

Thanks! Didn't want to try it without knowing what it was. Besides I post my daily brew on IG LOL

[half badger]

No problem! Let me know how you like it 🙂 Also, I'm pretty active on instagram. My name's the same as on discord. Post a lot more about my coffee on there if you wanna check it out. And feel free to tag me in your insta post!

[coarse imp]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Xz6LpSHpt/?igsh=ZmVtbjh3MDQ2aGty
@exotic horizon

rootplants

Root is looking to expand its’ coffee team! Please send a small introduction and resume to our email, we look forward to meeting all who reach out. So far the shop is off to a great start this summer and we are excited to keep expanding what we do, with good people. Thank you, talk soon ❤️

Instagram

[exotic horizon]

last time i applied they ghosted me

[coarse imp]

This time don’t forget to mention we occupied all his seatings on Saturday

[ashen siren]

did you write a cover letter???? /s

[manic portal]

ok guys, let's all make sure to boost froggie this time. every time I'm in root now I'm gonna tell dale that I'd pay $1.25 more for the coffee if froggie made it

[long finch]

If anyone is feeling flush with cash, SCG has “extra savings” on open box items… https://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/collections/open-box-merchandise

Color me skeptical though. How can open box items be “out of stock”? They’re either available or gone for good surely.

[manic portal]

i might imagine they keep the product page around in case another one gets returned, or maybe they just don't care, or both

[long finch]

This was delicious!

[half badger]

Nice! Glad you liked it! I really like meron and was definitely impressed by this one. Don't always love Brazilian coffee, but it was my favorite of the samples they gave me!

[coarse imp]

Anyone got the aviary 006

[manic portal]

lol

lot size is triple #5

don't let em get ya

speaking of fear though, has anybody's mood trap panama come yet?

[coarse imp]

Mine arrived almost a month ago

You might want to worry about this one

[manic portal]

[manic portal]

@coarse imp it's time

[coarse imp]

ordered

[manic portal]

same

[exotic horizon]

i did

[exotic horizon]

yes

a long time ago

[half badger]

I did!

[distant aurora]

I was going to get some xbloom pods of it but I have too much coffee so I was debating... now they're out of stock. I haven't been buying Christopher's coffee because at the prices he charges I'm incredibly picky, but I have been meaning to try it for all the obvious reasons+ his willingness to answer questions I have posted on EAF etc.

I just dropped almost $100 loading up on more super expensive El Parasio Sake from Hatch, I just bought a few pounds of green for my new Roma Pro Air roaster scheduled to arrive this weekend, I'm waiting for my Paypal Echeck to clear with Superbuy to scoop a bunch of Terraform Danche, and I haven't even ordered the Raul Perez geisha I want from September or the Geisha and Pink Bourbon greens I want from The Captian's Coffee. Oh- and I'm about to freeze 4 lbs of Sey (Washed Danche and Chelchele) and 250g of washed Diego Pink Bourbon. This month has been downright ridiculous lol.

[coarse imp]

Damn it really did sell out

[manic portal]

just remember, there's always a new hype coffee coming

[distant aurora]

My strategy was to buy an air roaster so I can hopefully eventually do ultra light roasts for myself. We'll see how that plays out lol

[distant aurora]

Anyone want this bag of Proud Mary Ghost Rider? I can't drink naturals

[exotic horizon]

oh

i might but that milk chocolate note is a danger note

[native jackal]

Sounds pretty good to me.

[fickle nexus]

I'd take it but I'm out of town this weekend

Does anyone want some beans from Roseline in Portland? I'll be there for sure this weekend

[long finch]

Very interested to hear about your roasting adventures.

[distant aurora]

I'd actually love to try their Suke Quto washed ethiopian

[fickle nexus]

I'll pick some up for you!

[distant aurora]

I'll trade you for cash and the ghost rider 🙂

[distant aurora]

The ghost rider was roasted May 28th. Let me know if you want me to freeze it.

[rancid dome]

Anyone headed to Lusso this morning? If so see you there. I’m excited to try the mc6

[fickle nexus]

What is lasso?

[fickle nexus]

Yes pls