SCA Expo Chicago 2024

[vocal plover]

Cat woke me up at 2am but a friend snagged me a free Saturday pass

Powering thru

[muted carbon]

I’m pretty sure could walk in without a badge no one is actually checking

[vocal plover]

I had this thought too

[worldly lichen]

Are you there right now? My wife is on the way there. Make sure to say hi

[muted carbon]

Yep waiting on my food

“Hey Mrs jizzanator”

[sharp remnant]

Jizz has a wife?

[worldly lichen]

She is on W North Ave. so…. What are you wearing

[muted carbon]

Dark blue button up shirt

[sharp remnant]

Taco Bell sounds good rn

[muted carbon]

Oh if the cantina were open I’d be there right now

[worldly lichen]

Oh she might be going to the Lincoln park location

The cantina is a hidden gem

I forget that there are multiple locations

[muted carbon]

I thought I was at the Lincoln park location

[worldly lichen]

👀

You on N Clark street ?

[muted carbon]

Yeah

[worldly lichen]

Oh cool. I’ll tell her to look for ya

[sharp remnant]

Where is jizz

[worldly lichen]

I almost flew in last night. I gotta be in Iowa so couldn’t make it

What you end up getting?

[sharp remnant]

Iowa is a land of contrasts

[worldly lichen]

Iowa is the land of bobdole deals. Think I missed out on like 2/3 deals

[sharp remnant]

I like deals

[muted carbon]

I got a bacon and egg sandwich

[worldly lichen]

@muted carbon plaid dark blue?

[muted carbon]

Yeah

[worldly lichen]

Don’t wanna ddos ya

Wish I was there for the awkward introductions

[muted carbon]

I doxxed myself in the BQ vid lmao

Mrs jizz was nice, and also jizzes brother

[worldly lichen]

Perfect timing. Food looks amazing

My kind of food…

[muted carbon]

I love a good breakfast sandwich. Thanks for the rec it was delicious

[worldly lichen]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/fkkRhZqa1wST59JD7?g_st=ic

This is very close to you

If you like Arepas. The shredded beef and Gouda cheese one is amazing

La Pelua

[worldly lichen]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/HD5EPopoGMQepydW8?g_st=ic

Probably worth waiting in line

[bleak inlet]

Are we all going out to dinner together somewhere tonight?

Someone want to be the adult and plan?

[muted carbon]

I really want to go. What kind of wait will it have?

[worldly lichen]

Not sure, I walked up at like 7pm one night and they told me an hour for a spot for 2

[muted carbon]

Where are you getting reservations on a Saturday night at this late notice

[bleak inlet]

Well, probably not a place that needs reservations idfk I’m not planning it

[muted carbon]

Fine let’s all go to the Taco Bell Cantina

[worldly lichen]

Not in walking distance but hey, y’all could get a table

[rugged shard]

McDonald's?

[worldly lichen]

Or send someone to wait in line at that ramen place.

[bleak inlet]

Pequod’s is fire

[desert socket]

intelli piss stop

i dont rlly drink espresso but im enjoying it

[bleak inlet]

What covfefe

[desert socket]

peru rejo

[worldly lichen]

https://www.daisieschicago.com

Adil recommended this to me a couple of weeks ago. It was amazing. Looks like tables later in the night. Family style dining

[desert socket]

maybe shouldve gotten takussy too

i shouldnt really drink two spros pre con no breakfast

im straight balling

[bleak inlet]

Dc said he liked the JM PB more than Takesi

[desert socket]

i hate to say this to your (virtual) face but i think takesi would only be worth it for me w a better roast

[muted carbon]

That’s why i didn’t order it

[white tapir]

Place is great

[desert socket]

hi feran im gonna chase you around today and yell dad come back

[worldly lichen]

Feran should run away with a gallon of milk

[desert socket]

there is a cooler in the back right corner full of milk

perfect opportunity to shoplift and book it

[rugged shard]

Hot take monogram takesi better than intelli takesi

[desert socket]

cold take

[rugged shard]

About the same roast level but roasted a lot better

More acidity less brown

[bleak inlet]

Fine by me. I didn’t roast it

[desert socket]

as an individual you are doing great work i just dont wanna shittalk your company too much

although it is baked overdeveloped scorched flicked coal

[muted carbon]

I shittalk everything else if I don’t shittalk Intelli baileys going to think I’m patronising him

[bleak inlet]

Is there any good coffee on the show floor?

Just got here

[muted carbon]

I’m walking over now

I’m not sure if the streets of Chicago or the expo show floor smell worse

[desert socket]

@rugged shard i forgot what was good yday

[muted carbon]

Oh, one of my SC buddies is brewing coffee I think at 11:30

It’ll be good

[onyx shoal]

Not sure I’ll know anyone at the expo but if you see someone wearing a maroon Rapha sweatshirt and a Dad fanny pack say hi!

[white tapir]

I have like zero voice

Gonna be a rough one today

[white tapir]

I'll be brewing at weber at 2 but might go back to Roest before to brew myself coffee around noon

[desert socket]

hello sca expo (this is what i look like) (forehead is bigger irl)

[sharp remnant]

I’m at meticulous booth and just sitting

[muted carbon]

They’re brewing takesi at monogram right now

[sharp remnant]

Its Pepe time at brewista booth

[muted carbon]

What is he brewing

[sharp remnant]

I think the Manhattan one rn

[muted carbon]

Playing the lottery I see

[sharp remnant]

Tyoxi Manhattan

Super sweet

[zealous linden]

Don't worry, still a degen. Just a degen without a meniscus in one knee. I'll come up for dinner tonight if y'all go out. (especially pequods)

[desert socket]

at baratza (image sending)

[zealous linden]

Say hi to Arielle if they're there!

[desert socket]

will try to seek them out if i can

@rugged shard hi i designed a bag label for you

[sharp remnant]

I’m just overwhelmed at expo again

Starting to get apathetic about coffee all of a sudden

Think I might be cured of coffee

[muted carbon]

Where is the black rifle booth

[sharp remnant]

Where is less deep regret

[muted carbon]

Second floor. It’s silent, comfy seating and there’s water.

[sharp remnant]

Think I’m too old and broken to be here

[desert socket]

feran said he was gonna go the store for milk where is he

begging these guys to give me a sample of the backwash cafiza drip tray juice

[dry bobcat]

As a Chicago local, I'm glad to see you guys have the RIGHT pizza spot.

[zealous linden]

Have you been to the new Burt's that they opened after he passed? I've heard good things but I don't get that far north often.

[bleak inlet]

“This is what I look like”
wears mask

[desert socket]

im stayin in this

i only take it down to slurp

[dry bobcat]

For those in a pinch (looking for water), just ask for a taste from the 5 gallon jugs at each stand. Say you want to taste their "remineralization profile, free from the distraction of any dissolved solids"

[dry bobcat]

Not yet!

[eternal sigil]

Ask Christopher Feran for free aviary 1 kg bags

[desert socket]

this is what i (still) look like

[desert socket]

i ran here as fast as i can

bad photos of feran only

[warm arch]

[desert socket]

chaff shit looks great

[carmine garnet]

hi all! i wasn't able to make it to SCA this year. anything really cool there? 👀

tryina live vicariously out here

in return, i offer you my handwritten guide to experiencing chicago https://nobody.blog/recommendations/chicago

[sharp remnant]

I feel lost

[desert socket]

is any of the shit overpriced food here less shit

[sharp remnant]

Not sure

[dapper quartz]

The Cafec people are so nice 🥹

But the roaster there said, "I heard you liked clean washed coffees" and handed me a strawberry conferment

[zealous linden]

If there's a Doreen's pizza, that's probably your best bet.

[slate zinc]

ayo

[sharp remnant]

Why am I here

Hate everything rn

[sharp remnant]

Where that

[eternal sigil]

Show me the weather forecast on that and I’ll buy one

[muted carbon]

Kuro ramen

[sharp remnant]

Ok

Good?

[muted carbon]

I like it but I’m far from a ramen aficionado

[dry bobcat]

High Five Ramen is the best I've ever had (regardless of it being based in Chicago). It's a small place, 16 seats. Expect a wait. Go easy on the spice

[desert socket]

fuck im so tired

anyone wanna meet up? if anyone responds within the next 3 min im down otherwise im gonna go evaporate into dust

[muted carbon]

I’m going to the art institute in a minute

[clear forge]

Brian on the Weber Bird

[muted carbon]

What the heck Brian I checked Weber booth multiple times during the time you said you would be there and you never were

[desert socket]

he was there

[muted carbon]

Between the hours of 11am-1pm?

[desert socket]

ish

[sharp remnant]

He was there

[muted carbon]

Stop gaslighting me

Anyone wanna go to Pequod’s for dinner?

[desert socket]

im in

saturday haul

[sharp remnant]

Tempted but far

[desert socket]

do we have a reservation

are we fuck it we balling

the reservations are all for super late

somebody can call in too and see if theres any chance for a reasonable time

[sharp remnant]

Everyone on their own it feels like

[zealous linden]

I called, no luck. They said you can refresh the page and see if things open up

Maybe tomorrow? We can make reservations tonight. Or are folks heading out tomorrow night?

[sharp remnant]

I want good food

[muted carbon]

I’m heading out on Monday

So good for anything tomorrow

[desert socket]

ya lets plan for tomorrow

would it be a good idea to reserve for a bunch of people like 8-10

and if less ppl show up its nbd

if more ppl show up too slow git gud

[visual harness]

Gonna go to this in the evening

[white tapir]

Same

[zealous linden]

When you're the SCA president, will you make the expo have 3-hour days? A separate hall for extroverts?

[sharp remnant]

Yes

[white tapir]

This is such a good idea

[sharp remnant]

Dedicated quiet decompress spaces

[zealous linden]

There were people lobbying for those this year but it didn't get very far.

[white tapir]

I encouraged someone to rent a room and bring in an animal rescue for us to have dogs to hang out with

[zealous linden]

Damn, I totally could have made that happen.

[sharp remnant]

No clue what to do now

[vocal plover]

I was wishing for a sensory issue-friendly room halfway thru both days

Ended up going down to the lake and staring at it for a while

Helped a lot!

[rapid marsh]

Any chance I could still find those aviary bags?

[white tapir]

Everything I brought is gone

[desert socket]

50 or so of these motherfuckers everywhere on the floor

[muted carbon]

Bro I’m telling you this is what the second floor is for.

[desert socket]

every day of SCA includes an hour of teletherapy

rent out the attached hotel for nap time

seriously, idk where the money for this event goes. i had fancier badges at a fucking otaku convention

[sharp remnant]

But then I have to find it

[visual harness]

Who all is coming to the LM party?

[desert socket]

just walking outside of the place into the ticketing area

it was really chill

i also think the BK method of having headphones (noise cancelling maybe?) is nice

im so autistic i invested in airpods pro for public transport/public area reasons

[muted carbon]

In the lobby, over by the glass doors by the lake there’s a set of steps going downstairs.

[zealous linden]

Yeah, I was using loop earplugs last night but I take out the noise cancelling when I don't need to talk to people

[rugged shard]

That's why I have my noise cancelling headphones haha

[rugged shard]

Oh yeah this lol

[rugged shard]

Oh also this

Dang I really didn't read

[sharp remnant]

Never said you’re literate

[desert socket]

airpods pro accessibility goes sooo hard

amplified + ambient noise reduction = louder voices, quieter background

[sharp remnant]

But head radiation

[desert socket]

im here for a good time not a long time

[sharp remnant]

90 min wait for akahoshi 😦

[jolly rivet]

I'm at the metric one now and headed to LM later

[sharp remnant]

Where can I wait

[visual harness]

Gonna have dinner at this place. Getting there around 6:45. If too busy got alternative spots walking distance. Anyone welcome to join!
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RDhV7GAs9xJKJeiE8?g_st=ic

[muted carbon]

Hell yeah I’ll be there

[sharp remnant]

I’d be there but I have 90 min wait at akahoshi 😦

[rugged shard]

I'll come

Pretty tired haha

But I think I can handle a dinner

Maybe no after parties for me tho

[sharp remnant]

If it wasn’t on my “must do” list, I’d say fuck it

I blame adil

It feels so odd to walk into a half full place and be told 90 min wait

[coral turret]

Lmao

Heyyyy

[sharp remnant]

Not my fault. I’m too pretty.

[muted carbon]

What about an after party in my room where we start my new dnd campaign? For reference my room is ~15% larger than a queen size bed (which there happens to be one in this room)

[visual harness]

6:55 eta now for us

[rugged shard]

Sounds intimate

[muted carbon]

Screw you I was running at my 5k pace to make it by 6:45

[sharp remnant]

I’m tempted to walk to Wendy’s to get a pre ramen snack

Get some chili

[carmine garnet]

kanabo bowl or bust

plugging my guide again https://nobody.blog/recommendations/chicago

[muted carbon]

I swear, running is the fastest form of transit in this god forsaken city.

[carmine garnet]

the L's not so bad!

[muted carbon]

Sure if I’m going cross town.

[carmine garnet]

minus all the ghost trains

[rugged shard]

Helloworld is taking the L's today if you catch my drift

[sharp remnant]

I am

[zealous linden]

I can probably bring enough dice for everyone

Pizza sounded too good so I'm eating at Edwardo's. Favorite stuffed pizza in the area (different from deep dish) and probably the best cheese

(I absolutely will still eat pizza again tomorrow. Or later tonight 😅)

[rugged shard]

I'm here btw

Chilling at the door

[visual harness]

Cool we’re about to pull up

[rugged shard]

How many people?

[visual harness]

6 including you and HW

[sharp remnant]

Can I not sit in the wind

[eternal sigil]

Oh boy wait until you see the “non profit” sheet

[sharp remnant]

C levels arent cheap

[prisma kindle]

Hey where food

[sharp remnant]

I’m in

Miso ramen time

[prisma kindle]

@zealous linden what food is near city hall events

[zealous linden]

Au Cheval is a couple blocks south. Best burger I've ever had

Avec is a little east of there. Good small plates

Oh, the Publican! You'd love that @prisma kindle

[prisma kindle]

Publican or au cheval

I need answers

[carmine garnet]

au cheval has gone very downhill imo

recommend the burger at warlord instead

[carmine garnet]

publician is a lame tourist trap

always has been, always will be

[zealous linden]

Oh no! I haven't been in a while.

[carmine garnet]

yeah they changed a lot of their suppliers over covid

using frozen onions now and whatnot

[dapper quartz]

The burger from small cheval still hits hard

[vocal plover]

Small cheval > au cheval. Idk why

[vocal plover]

It’s not near expo but if any of y’all end up on the northside, Menya Goku has been my new fav ramen spot

[prisma kindle]

I got novel pizza

At drip collective

Hot honey on pepperoni, thin crust

🔥

[sharp remnant]

I would go to party but barely limping now

[zealous linden]

Oh hell yeah, best call.

[onyx shoal]

Show was a good time! More importantly it was fun to talk to fellow coffee lovers

[sharp remnant]

Talking to people is great I guess

[zealous linden]

Talking to Bob is great

[sharp remnant]

You and your partner were great to talk to

[zealous linden]

We're both going to actually attend tomorrow.

Are there any booths with very attractive mugs and things that I should avoid if I don't want to go broke?

[rapid marsh]

Clubhouse - booth 2454

[worldly lichen]

@sharp remnant how was da ramen

[gentle dust]

Everything is free at Expo, just smile at whoever is standing there, pick it up & walk away

Especially at the end of the show because nobody wants to pay to send their stuff home. I have walked out with 4 jute of greens on a borrowed dolly. No cap.

[sharp remnant]

Good except one piece of chashu

[rapid marsh]

Heck yeah! I'm calling dibs on the Loring!

[muted carbon]

I’ll take the s7x

Stronghold not loring

[worldly lichen]

Can you go to Ramen Wasabi and tell me which one is better

[sharp remnant]

But I want cheese

[wintry spruce]

La Marzocco party is unhinged

[sharp remnant]

😦

[serene bramble]

who is this?

[muted carbon]

Is that good or bad

[wintry spruce]

Like a club

[muted carbon]

Oh damn, glad I didn’t go

[serene bramble]

and why isnt his name Halogen & Roast Square user

[sharp remnant]

I’m too old and neurodivergent for that shit

[wintry spruce]

Publican was decent

After was cool

[sharp remnant]

I’m laying in bed looking at cast iron auctions

[wintry spruce]

Finally mezcal'd my mind open

[muted carbon]

Getting packed into a sardine can with a bunch of drunk folks with music so loud you can’t hear isn’t really my idea of fun.

[serene bramble]

yeah called it a night.. flair was already too much sauce

[muted carbon]

Oh I didn’t realise you were at flair. Haven’t gotten to meet you yet

[wintry spruce]

mezcal menu at After

@prisma kindle @white tapir

We are headed to Remedy if anyone's up

[coral turret]

How was after

[wintry spruce]

It was really poshy and good but no Pappy on the bourbon menu for a place priding itself on rare spirits

Mezcal flight was awesome tho

Meadowlark drinks were better thought out

[zealous linden]

You can get some at Milk Room if you're willing to roll the dice on getting in

[visual harness]

Yo dude where you at

[dry bobcat]

Publican Bakery is still super worthwhile. Phenomenal sourdough!

[visual harness]

Find Bailey adil and the BQ LLC

Nvm reading now

[dry bobcat]

Kinto & Created

[wintry spruce]

How is Bailey surviving in there

[muted carbon]

Did anyone wanna hit pequods tomorrow? These are the times available for 8 person tables

[wintry spruce]

I'm leaving early but that's the move. Hope y'all get pequods together

[muted carbon]

Bailey will be here since he has skill issue buying tickets right?

[sharp remnant]

Now I’ll never eat pizza with brother h&s

[zealous linden]

Mel and I are in

[sharp remnant]

Maybe if I’m mobile

[desert socket]

im in

[bleak inlet]

You did it! 🎉

[white tapir]

Y'all it's been a show

[white tapir]

Weirdly extremely mobile

[bleak inlet]

Bruh. You were there. Wtf

[bleak inlet]

True

[gentle dust]

Better bring some tools and a friend to help

[rugged shard]

All I need is a hammer

[wintry spruce]

I saw the line and the rowdyness and we decided on another place. But I'm sad to keep missing you

[prisma kindle]

I stayed at LM till 1am

mistake

[muted carbon]

[bleak inlet]

I’m in a workshop til noon. Where will you be around then?

[white tapir]

Yep

[dry bobcat]

Super nerdy question: any specific I I should check out for a home RO solution?

Booth*

[bleak inlet]

This was about 5s after feran left

#875404615905050674 message

[desert socket]

i won the orbit giveaway

[bleak inlet]

No

No

[desert socket]

[bleak inlet]

🥰

🎉

[desert socket]

i had to text steve but ya its real

[prisma kindle]

Wtf

I didn't even know there was one

[bleak inlet]

I like orbit

[sharp remnant]

I like nice things

I can only have a Vario

[worldly lichen]

Hi it’s me, your dad

[sharp remnant]

I@met Steve and he didn’t give me an orbit

[desert socket]

i'll give you it if you swear to never tell anyone i awkwardly stared at you a couple of times at the intelli throwdown

[desert socket]

wow! it's a shame you're in iowa i'll just have to use the orbit in your absence

[sharp remnant]

I’ll have to rob evie

Just what I need

[sharp remnant]

50 dollars? Ok

I’m in

[vocal plover]

That’s so sick, who’s truck is this?

[dry bobcat]

Nolan Hirte

What time does the exhibit floor close today? 3?

[muted carbon]

It’s basically 8:45 at pequods or bust

[zealous linden]

just book it. You can always cancel

[muted carbon]

8 person table is reserved

[serene bramble]

Jamison savage at the irhea booth if yall want to taste some bangers

[visual harness]

PM’s owner. I guess they drove from Austin lol. They have this same set up at local events often

[sharp remnant]

Best thing today is the cute dog at meticulous booth

[eternal sigil]

Was Jak there and behaving himself

[sharp remnant]

lol oops. Told cafec people it’s almost the same to buy a deep27 from Japan than buying from the us site when you account for shipping

Sounds like they’ll be correcting that but nit by eating shipping costs in US

Abd they had none left at the show for sale

Guess I have to buy a pulsar

[desert socket]

shoutout steve btw for helping me attend expo today

[muted carbon]

What the hell bob

[sharp remnant]

Steve good guy

[desert socket]

had a leaky coffee lid on a togo cup and my uber showed a static location for like 10 min

so luck has its way with you eventually

[sharp remnant]

Still you got a grinder

Got barely anything this SCA

[worldly lichen]

Did you make any friends Bob?

[sharp remnant]

Only you bbgurl

Want to shank pulsar people kthx

He keeps ignoring me when I am trying to buy one

Good times here

Ready to walk away and hold a grudge

Anddd I’m out

[vocal plover]

This happened to me too, but I waited it out. Brewed with it this morning and it leaks at the valve

Wondering if it’s worth it to contact their customer service or not

[sharp remnant]

He ignored me to talk to new people twice

[zealous linden]

Talk to the old lady in the back. I had to almost shake the guy to sell me one

[remote spire]

Yeah Janell was handling most of the sales I think

[visual harness]

I’m at the Starbucks reserve location per a @bleak inlet rec. Gotta get the good coal while I’m here

[remote spire]

What're you getting?

[visual harness]

Guat huehue on the clover

Pretend it’s 2010

Alright this is very generic and doesn’t have the honey syrup sweetness advertised but not bad. Ashy aftertaste

[bleak inlet]

Did you get to see anything about how it works. Was it interesting?

[visual harness]

Mystery box spitting out water

[bleak inlet]

Also, I believe I said that’s what I would do as it’s relevant to my job but yeah, maybe not for others

[bleak inlet]

Wait. I don’t think that’s it

Clover Vertica

https://designawards.core77.com/Commercial-Equipment/114757/Clover-Vertica

[bleak inlet]

These look like old school clovers. Dang. Ancient

[visual harness]

Na they don’t have those here

[bleak inlet]

They had one upstairs 🤔

But times change

[visual harness]

I don’t know if any machine is gonna elevate this cup

Maybe a syrupy espresso would be better

[bleak inlet]

🤢

[bleak inlet]

Is this happening?

[bleak inlet]

I asked Nolan. He said they shipped it.

[muted carbon]

I’m totally down

[bleak inlet]

Aight. I’ll probably go rest for a bit first.

[desert socket]

have you reserved a date

a table i mean

[sharp remnant]

Have I cried enough? No

[desert socket]

a time

[muted carbon]

Yeah it’s 8:45 😕

[desert socket]

cool that works for me

[bleak inlet]

Let it out, Bob

[sharp remnant]

I have only ate two hard boiled egg and half a bad croissant today. So dead.

[bleak inlet]

Im beginning to doubt I can make it

[worldly lichen]

Pizza takes like 30-45 mins to cook btw

[bleak inlet]

I might eat now and just go to bed

Probably won’t feel the pain if I’m asleep

There’s an Uno by the hotel 😩

Im getting shake shack. Im sad

[dry bobcat]

Hung out till all the stands were tearing down and snagged a dozen various bags of coffee 🤤

[sharp remnant]

There’s a Taco Bell cantina location near my hotel

[visual harness]

If you’re at the river north one I’ll come say hi before heading out

[bleak inlet]

@sharp remnant does this work?

[visual harness]

Meticulous booth had a bag of Takesi just chilling

[sharp remnant]

I couldn’t sleep one night during my time here because of the pain

[dry bobcat]

That's where I went. But I didn't want to get greedy

[sharp remnant]

I had various coffee from meti booth

[dry bobcat]

Meticulous gave me like 8 bags

[sharp remnant]

Full bags?

[dry bobcat]

Yes

[sharp remnant]

I got a bunch of sample size

[visual harness]

When I got a demo at the met booth the guy said he just finished dialing in a B&W anaerobic natural so Adil & I just watched the demo and let someone else drink the coffee

[visual harness]

Any takiesi?

[sharp remnant]

Dak milky cake on meti was nice

Wonderllama and I were wondering how much you could brew on these

[visual harness]

@turbid geyser

[worldly lichen]

Coffee for ants

[sharp remnant]

You like ants

[turbid geyser]

I’ve been obsoleted

[sharp remnant]

I don’t think I have the eye hand coordinatiion to brew with it tho

[dry bobcat]

I don't think so, I've had that gesha before though so I wasn't pushing super hard

Only bought the Sorellina. Small samples all the way to the right (Prodigal and Forest). Otherwise all full bags

[bleak inlet]

About half a gram. I brewed 1g in an AP filter and it was a bit too much

[turbid geyser]

Oh so it’s like the Caleb Kohno

Mission accomplished - got the Cafec CEO to see the short 27

[prisma kindle]

Pinky swear

[prisma kindle]

Was there, did not behave himself

[obsidian mural]

Did anybody try the Timemore hand grinder with the big ass burr

[obsidian mural]

Lmaooo he approves

[eternal sigil]

My boss calls him big cheese because it’s his prison name

[sharp remnant]

They never gave me anything at prodigal. Mark must not like me enough.

Got roast duck over rice. Hard to move now.

Not as good as my usual place in CO somehow

But they did give soup with it and that was nice to have

[muted carbon]

You can’t skip art museum and pequods. Art on parchment, and art on crust. Gotta get at least some culture today

[bleak inlet]

I am p sure I’m calling it a night. I’m not leaving this room. Sorry, HW

[bleak inlet]

Too much pain

I got a beer, vanilla custard, double smoke shack, and bacon cheese fries

[dry bobcat]

I only got a tiny sample

[sharp remnant]

I know I’m localish to them but I like free coffee 😉

[bleak inlet]

You?! Free stuff?! Noooo

[sharp remnant]

You should see the bad coffee I got

Probably 500g of a very old school Sumatra

Got that for my father

Gotta respect your elders

[zealous linden]

If we come out for pizza tonight, Mel might have to Weekend At Bernie's me.

Thanks @turbid geyser for the samples! Sorry that I don't know what anyone looks like

[lofty linden]

I'm offended

[muted carbon]

@rugged shard are you coming to pequods?

[rugged shard]

Probably no, I'm peopled out I think

[worldly lichen]

It are you pizza’d out

[visual harness]

@worldly lichen do you have food recs for ORD terminal 1

[worldly lichen]

Auntie’s Anne pretzel dog

[sharp remnant]

I’m not in it. Lame

[white tapir]

Amira thought it was hilarious how many people from "that coffee discord" were there

[sharp remnant]

Good thing we amuse her

[visual harness]

Your children

[eternal sigil]

Oh to not still be waiting for your booth crates

[sharp remnant]

His future disciples. Difference is that only one wont betray him.

Bk

He seems like the loyal type

[visual harness]

Somehow made it thru TSA with a half full water bottle

[worldly lichen]

What’s the recipe ?

Is anyone at Midway ?

[sharp remnant]

I will be tomorrow

[rugged shard]

Loyal to the pursuit of $$$

[zealous linden]

Tortas Frontera is probably the best thing there

[visual harness]

Thanks. I ended up at berghoff and it’s fairly mediocre

[muted carbon]

We just ballin into pequods with 3 people and an 8 person reservation? Ok

[worldly lichen]

You could probably get a smaller table quicker

[muted carbon]

Nah smaller table pushes us back to 9:15

[sharp remnant]

Who going

When is that? Now?

[muted carbon]

8:45. Me, Wonderllama and Evie

[zealous linden]

I'm out. Sorry. Never get old.

[muted carbon]

Okay @desert socket probably gonna have to call this one off, I should probably cancel our 8 person table

[worldly lichen]

Just get it Togo and eat outside

Or hit up Ramen Wasabi!

[desert socket]

u could always call and say can we edit it to a smaller reservation

[sharp remnant]

Juzz jystvreally wants to know how good or bad it is

[obsidian mural]

How was the Fellow auto dripper amigos?

[desert socket]

didnt try, looked boring

[obsidian mural]

Evie I love the evolution of your icon
Slightly more cracked out as the days go by
As it should be

[visual harness]

I got a September brew of it and tasted decent, no idea about workflow or dial in

[obsidian mural]

Well you just put an unspecified amount of coffee in your fellow grinder and it's perfect right 😜

That's what fellow needs to do now
Put a scale in the hopper of the ode
So that normie scale phobia can be bypassed

@lunar wadi 😉

[desert socket]

i wish the april fools clown deco was permanent

makes me look as i should

[obsidian mural]

I hope u don't mean that matcha thing for the server

[desert socket]

i mean on my profile

[obsidian mural]

Oo

[worldly lichen]

It’s my fav. Just want others to jizz over it

[obsidian mural]

Yeah a brew of B&W on xbloom last year was amazing. Lol. But as you say, that 1x leaves dial in as an open question of course. My roommate still wants an xbloom based on that one brew

[muted carbon]

Will cta refund my ticket if I had to leave my train due to complications involving the police and a man with a gun?

[sharp remnant]

Worth asking

[muted carbon]

Boom, done. It wouldn’t let me edit online without changing the time but he did it over the phone.

[worldly lichen]

You a local now

[desert socket]

how many people

4? 3?

[muted carbon]

3

[desert socket]

is bobdole still heading over

[dry bobcat]

If anyone is in the area and wants a box of this (from Meticulous), I'm at 101 W Superior St

[muted carbon]

I shoulda just done 4 im dumb

[sharp remnant]

I’d go if I wasn’t dizzy and feeling like I have a cold coming on

[muted carbon]

Yeah dude, glad to have gotten the full Chicago experience while I’m here.

[dry bobcat]

Sweven Coffee
Buku Hambela
Guji, Ethiopia
Natural Heirloom
raspberry/guava/white peach
Roasted for espresso
114g

[worldly lichen]

Make sure to buy a bottle of Malort to take home with y’all

[sharp remnant]

I have a bottle of some Brazilian honey mixed drink from hw

Yay my nose is dripping now

[muted carbon]

That’s not from me that’s from Bailey

[sharp remnant]

Bailey gave me a cold?

Last year it was covid 😉

[muted carbon]

Wtf Bailey

[sharp remnant]

I’m laying in bed and i can feel my heart beating fast

I’m doing great now

[visual harness]

No you owe them money for the entertainment

[sharp remnant]

Should I try to walk to Taco Bell later for dinner

[muted carbon]

I’m tired of walking. Walking to my room because, uhh, train issues.

[sharp remnant]

Walking hurts

[lunar wadi]

Zero dial. That was a straight guess.

[visual harness]

Got it so the equipment is so good there’s no need to dial in

[muted carbon]

Crap that reminds me the guy at ceado said he would give me a hoop at 2:30 and I forgot to get it

[lunar wadi]

Haha. I am just so familiar with the machine and Ode that I did my best. I wasn’t even able to taste that brew. I gave it all away.

[desert socket]

just me and helloworld at pequods?

[worldly lichen]

Bring your Orbit so it’s not awkward

[sharp remnant]

Bring a hat

[worldly lichen]

Good idea Bob. Put the hat on the Orbit

[desert socket]

putting on an "i'm NOT with him ->" shirt

[worldly lichen]

And then light some candles

[desert socket]

im gonna be 5-15 min late

whatever

we ball

[desert socket]

@muted carbon you here?

[muted carbon]

Yeah I sent you a DM

[smoky turtle]

Haha I didn’t taste it either

We didn’t have any time to dial the hand pours either. Was trying to get some sips in between batches and adjusted as we went

Wish we had the time to do a real side by side

Next time!

[visual harness]

Your brews of Pepe Gesha at the fellow booth were good

The Nick brews happening concurrently were good too so at least I was happy with what I got there

I walked away to other booths right after and tried ~4 separate coffee-flavored coffees

[smoky turtle]

Stoked to hear it!

Aiden is sick. Stoked to test it

[glad cipher]

I was lucky to get a Kyle brew of Pepe Gesha as well. Great work!

[zealous linden]

My deepest sympathies to everyone's feet and backs today.

[eternal sigil]

We just got the truck time to drive 1200 miles

[sharp remnant]

I’m at goodwill

[sharp remnant]

Now drip collective

Hurting so bad today but floght it’s until 8pm

[bleak inlet]

If you had sold everything maybe you coulda flown home.

[eternal sigil]

Oh all of this stuff was pre sold don’t worry

[bleak inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

[eternal sigil]

If you get a rental you get the 21 roasts from competition built in

[sharp remnant]

Andrew is high rent

[eternal sigil]

It’s only $1000 per roast

[sharp remnant]

I’ll give you $10

[white tapir]

I slept so long

I want to disappear into the earth for weeks

[coral turret]

Felt

[sharp remnant]

I want to go@home

But floght isn’t for many hours

[prisma kindle]

just woke up a bit ago

I'm thrashed

[sharp remnant]

Just wanna go home

[worldly lichen]

You are flying southwest right?

You could call them and see if you could be put on the standby list to catch an earlier flight home

[fringe pollen]

how was Monogram Takesi?

[bleak inlet]

I was told better than Intelli

[fringe pollen]

i was waiting for it to officially drop so I can get it with Palestina

[visual harness]

The brew I tried was not good, tasted like generic coffee

A few people liked theirs so could be inconsistency between brews

[zealous linden]

I tried to buy Intelli Takesi but the guy rung up the La Mina and I didn't notice until after he handed me the bag.

Should have just snatched an open bag from the throw-down

[sharp remnant]

Should have just shown him

[fringe pollen]

was it available for tasting, anywhere?

[desert socket]

ya intelli and monogram and takesi were up for tasting

excellent green, could use better roasting especially for intelli

[worldly lichen]

Evie. How was the pizza last night? Also how is da Orbit ?

[desert socket]

i liked both, but i think there was something better in the green

[desert socket]

pizza was yummy

lotta bread which i wasnt expecting

orbit is fun although i havent done any brewing yet

its so damn quiet

[worldly lichen]

I might drive from Iowa to Chicago this weekend 👀. I’ll drop ya a DM if I’m in da hood

[desert socket]

come hang

i didnt get any good coffee from the expo but i did get intelli

wanted to see if there was anything special that the brews i got were missing

[muted carbon]

I liked monogram takesi better than Intelli

Pequods was like rip off little Caesar’s deep dish

[desert socket]

less brown more complex

it was aight

[muted carbon]

||this is a joke pequods is better than little Caesar’s, but honestly didn’t blow me away||

[muted carbon]

||this is not a joke||

[sharp remnant]

Little Caesar’s is pretty good tho tbh

[muted carbon]

Especially when it was $5

[sharp remnant]

Rip

[muted carbon]

I grew up on that stuff

[bleak inlet]

Intelli rarely does more than one special selection at a time and even still it was never gonna last like 7 weeks til Takesi drops

Sorry 🤷‍♂️

[fringe pollen]

greed can backfire at times i guess

[desert socket]

i could deface my orbit

[sharp remnant]

You could

You could sell it to jizz for $50

[zealous linden]

https://tenor.com/view/doja-cat-star-wars-gif-25078126

[desert socket]

already did

[sharp remnant]

Dying

Can’t even sit without sharp pain in my abdomen

Not right side. I know what appendicitis feels like.

I’m lying on a couch in the hotel lobby hoping the waves of intense pain stop

[sharp remnant]

Pain in abdomen stopped. Went to two Italian beef places.

Pain in feet worse

[worldly lichen]

Did you try Mr. Beef?

[sharp remnant]

Yes

Al’s and Mr beef

Guys at Mr beef we’re taking about how they need to raise the prices yet again

[wintry spruce]

which was your fav?

I went to Johnnie's just before spending 3 hours on a plane with a mask on

[sharp remnant]

I liked the beef at Mr beef more but the hot peppers at Al’s better

[dapper quartz]

Johnnie's is classic. Did you go dipped?

[sharp remnant]

Johnnie’s sounds good but far

[worldly lichen]

You should bring all 3 onto the plane

Make one giant beef sando

[dapper quartz]

Italian beef on a plane would definitely get you on a no fly list

[sharp remnant]

Already on a list

I’m hungry again

[worldly lichen]

Get a pizza pot pie

https://chicagopizzaandovengrinder.com/menu/

[clear forge]

That place is so wild

I don’t think they’ve updated a single thing inside since the 1970s

[sharp remnant]

Is there anything not crappy at midway to eat

[worldly lichen]

Don’t think so. Think there is some popcorn place that always has a line

[sharp remnant]

I don’t want t popcorn tho

[gentle dust]

You'll be there by 6am

[gentle dust]

I'll find out soon

[dapper quartz]

I liked the monogram I tried (I forget what it was though). Never had them before

[sharp remnant]

I should eat but so expensive for so little

[eternal sigil]

Probably 5:45 we are zooming

[slate zinc]

Ben Put made me some of the Monogram Takesi and it was delightful. Probably best cup I had at the show, though that isn't saying much

I think I drank more of the cereal milk oat matcha things than coffee

[gentle dust]

First shot I pulled today with a broken scale, random water, and without dialing was "better than everything I had at Expo"

[eternal sigil]

Every time he has a layover we make him do a bunch of roasting for us 😂

[sharp remnant]

But you force feran into a closet?

Abd yell at him for all halogen toasts

[muted carbon]

No competition.

[eternal sigil]

He never visited us 😞

[sharp remnant]

You scared him with your lack of tasty vittles in the closet

[visual harness]

Wait were you at expo this year?

[sharp remnant]

No

[muted carbon]

I made a trip to S&W HQ

[muted carbon]

Crap forgot about the vintage prady and AG

[gentle dust]

So did I

Several times now

Also realized this morning that I was pulling yesterday's Turbos at 1:2 instead of 1:3 and you didn't correct me

[muted carbon]

I assumed that was intentional

[serene bramble]

Great meeting everyone! Sorry for being dead to the world for 95% of it..

first exposure to expo and I got thrown into the deep end

Other than wanting to sleep for a full 24h but having to be up at 7am for a sales call with a team from the Netherlands.. all is fine 🙃

[slate zinc]

I certainly feel that

Slept for 9 hours last night and will probably do it again today

[serene bramble]

I didn't even have a chance to run over to your booth to meet you 🥹

[slate zinc]

That's always the conundrum of Expo: everybody's all in one place and you haven't ever got enough time to see them all!

[rapid marsh]

How do you guys in the industry deal with excess caffeine intake? I YOLO'd despite shaking on both days right around noon with so much coffee still waiting to be tasted

[serene bramble]

L-theanine pills from @sterile heron saved the day tbh. it felt weird running on way too much caffeine but feeling like I hadn't had enough at the same time

[rapid marsh]

Oh yes... @vagrant merlin was handing them out like candies

[serene bramble]

I don't think that was l-theanine he was handling out

[rapid marsh]

Brian mentioned a name but I couldn't catch it in the chaos

[sterile heron]

Casually swapping pills on expo floor hah

[sharp remnant]

It was nice to meet Steve

[coral turret]

L thesnine essential I still am tired

[sharp remnant]

Adil taking an L

[zealous linden]

I lost track of how many people we gave L Theanine to at the throw down. At least 6

Should have brought my gdealer scale and tiny bags

[turbid geyser]

at some point we cheers'ed and popped pills as a group

[serene bramble]

monsters

[sharp remnant]

Just drink more green tea

[rapid marsh]

Yeah, I was there at that moment it was fun to watch

[coral turret]

Hahhah yeah

[gentle dust]

Eat good & drink lots of water. Give yourself a hard cutoff time.

[slate zinc]

Also pace yourself! It's really easy to overdo it if you're not considering how the samples are adding up. Try to space stuff out where possible

[zealous linden]

If you're trying an alt milk or syrup there's often decaf or non-coffee options to try them with too

[turbid geyser]

if anything, I was undercaffeinated through expo

[coral turret]

That cup is the reason you were undercaffinated

[bleak inlet]

A cup for ants

[coral turret]

Lmao

[vagrant merlin]

next year i'm bringing loose powder l-theanine and a microgrm scale

[sterile heron]

grow your pinky nails extra long

[visual harness]

What’s the one on the right from? Can’t read lol

[coral turret]

I’m doing a line for sure

[turbid geyser]

boundless voyage is a random aliexpress brand

[sterile heron]

i undid the knot from the paracord and have no idea how to tie it back 🫠

[visual harness]

Same, checked out too many booths and there wasn’t enough good coffee on the floor to get over caffed

[sharp remnant]

You all are more picky than me

I’ll drink anything even if it sucks

[white tapir]

I balanced the scales with natty wine handed to me by Danny botz

[bleak inlet]

Oh! Idk they were there. They actually make some dope stuff

[bleak inlet]

Getting attacked by bin juice from every direction

[eternal sigil]

Stronghold cup gang

[bleak inlet]

I didn’t get one 😔

[eternal sigil]

We gave out all 3000 lmfao

[muted carbon]

And yet I didn’t get one

[rapid marsh]

Me neither

[slate zinc]

Our Pyxis sales will be sky high

[coral turret]

Yeah I missed mine too

[eternal sigil]

Do you even sell those anymore

[slate zinc]

They'll be back. I'd take it off the site if it didn't have a reason to stick around

[vagrant merlin]

Let me borrow one at expo as a marketing thing

[serene bramble]

Did anyone get one of these?

[bleak inlet]

Nope

[white tapir]

I didn't get anything ☹️

[zealous linden]

You got a tiny bag of Botz 😅

[white tapir]

True, thank you! I'm excited to taste his rendition

[zealous linden]

You should have won something for using the Chicago Chop at an Intelli event, at the very least.

[bleak inlet]

Oh. Are you all the ones that left your swag bag?

[rugged shard]

I did

[white tapir]

100%. Guinness ran out of natural wine and food and we had to lick our wounds of shame

[sharp remnant]

Should have taken it for the urnex socks

[white tapir]

1 of the 3 judges was picking up what we were throwing down

[desert socket]

what was in the swag bag

it was too loud and too crowded so like most of us left before it finished i think

[turbid geyser]

two cycling water bottles... I dont remember what else

[zealous linden]

A black cat Vero cortado cup. Intelli beanie

or two cortado cups?

[turbid geyser]

ohhhh that's where those came from

[sharp remnant]

We love cups

[visual harness]

I think there was an older Pyxis (cinco?) in use at the Weber booth. I’m happy with mine

[vagrant merlin]

I forgot to say hi to danny

[bleak inlet]

Botz tattoo

[turbid geyser]

https://youtu.be/BWYYVdPtM9w?si=1thZDC5vDi2PI69j&t=1261

[visual harness]

I think y’all stayed at my hotel or same block lol. Across from the casino

[turbid geyser]

Oh as did Bailey

[visual harness]

I triangulated his location based on the mention of shake shack and a few other things

Not like we all arrived or left at the same time on any day

I brought back some specialty dark chocolate from the chocolatier in that block and they’re very good though a bit pricier than what I find locally

[zealous linden]

Vosges?

[bleak inlet]

I only stayed there the last night cuz of my idiocy

[visual harness]

LA Burdick or something

[main mesa]

Pretty sure this is what we were using, yeah. Drove me insane, kept changing modes, timer kept shutting off. Acaia was nice about helping us out with it.

[ebon minnow]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/7igagtaYe3A14Z9N8 @worthy saddle @rugged shard @keen nacelle @tight stirrup @bleak inlet @white tapir

[muted carbon]

Where are the pictures of me

And Bailey

[bleak inlet]

I’m in there

[bleak inlet]

Hey! These are great!

[ebon minnow]

there are a few of bailey sorry @muted carbon i didnt get any of you 😢

[bleak inlet]

Anyone know if that flat bottom zero hero dripper is good? Looks cool

[ebon minnow]

no idea. i'm pretty sure i'm banned from buying more drippers

[bleak inlet]

Also, who knew Josh was on eaf?!

[ebon minnow]

@keen nacelle stop being a lil bich

[bleak inlet]

What about pink espresso machines?

Josh hides

[ebon minnow]

yeah i'm sad la marzocco doesnt do a pink linea micra

[bleak inlet]

Pantechnicon will do anything for you

[eternal sigil]

Femobook gang rise up

[ebon minnow]

I'm waiting to customize a rose gold espresso machine (whatever @worthy saddle ) ends up getting. I just want convivence back. I miss the days of pulling shot after shot with no wait time on my 3 head Astoria machine

[vagrant merlin]

it was $13, now it's $15. budget sworks

[ebon minnow]

he shy 😉 @keen nacelle

[vagrant merlin]

Oh it makes clown noises too

[serene bramble]

can we tag this with nsfw

[serene bramble]

were those origami drippers for sale?! super spicy looking.. im sad i didnt get to wander around more

[ebon minnow]

IDK! I heard the Loveramics stuff weren't for sale for some reason. I was totally bummed. Loveramics cute af but not as cute as @wispy sundial homemade cups 😉

[muted carbon]

You can just steal the stuff that’s “not for sale.” Pro tip

[serene bramble]

thats what the people at sca community lounge told us..

"so these cups should be returned.. but no one would question you if they didn't"

they ran out midway through day 2..

[ebon minnow]

me 2 babe

[serene bramble]

no one would've noticed a couple of sanremo you's missing right..?

[visual harness]

I heard the same for all the stuff in the best new product display

[muted carbon]

That’s what I’m saying man just wear a hard hat and carry a clipboard and no one is gonna question you

[serene bramble]

just stick around at the end and slap a shipping label on all the nice stuff

50+ sanremos yous, 100 mazzer philos, i think there were a couple of strongholds if you could get past guard who would've bit your hand off

[bleak inlet]

#1056000584773283970 message

[worthy saddle]

I dont really want a met

Appropriate that the first pic that shows up are the bananas

Top tier

I want a Lelit Bianca

[sterile heron]

How’s your latte art

I have something cooking

[slate zinc]

Ghost Town Oats asked if we would do pink scales for them

I love the one shot of the Acaia booth lmao

[worthy saddle]

I’ve made less than 10 milk drinks in my life

[sterile heron]

Only 99,990 more to go

[gentle dust]

Powder coating is pretty inexpensive

[gentle dust]

Suitable for /r/lattefart

[prisma kindle]

My friends have a pink sparkle powdercoated 3 group strada

[ebon minnow]

I wanna work there

[white tapir]

Same

[zealous linden]

Turns out I did take a picture of @sharp remnant and @muted carbon from the spro-down

[vagrant merlin]

@coral turret

[coral turret]

Lmao

[muted carbon]

Oh it’s me too

[zealous linden]

The Califia Farm coconut milk that they shoveled at us while we were leaving is amazingly good and steams really well

[sharp remnant]

Did you take a case?

[zealous linden]

Nah, just two cartons. Wish I would have though

[dry bobcat]

Just added all my expo stickers to my Pelican case

[slate zinc]

Acaia mentioned

[sharp remnant]

Didn’t win orbit. Acaia dead to me.

[white tapir]

Gotta get you an updated 🐦

[dry bobcat]

@white tapir I was super bummed to miss you at the Expo!

[white tapir]

I was everywhere and nowhere ✨

[zealous linden]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6X1y4Uha79/?igsh=MW9uMXMzdXgyZnN3NA==

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☕️ #zebrang #odzdripper
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