Los Angeles/OC/San Diego 🌈

[mellow sonnet]

Other option being 100/40 or 1gb/70

[tight gorge]

Anko - the best custard in town now has a Slayer

Sey beans too 👀

[eternal birch]

dont they do bingsu?

[tight gorge]

Never had it, only fishies for me there

[eternal birch]

yeah I've been there and their bingsu was sorta garbage

gotta go eat the fish bean bread though since you rec

[tight gorge]

I admit I’m not super well versed, but better than Somi for sure

Also a ploy to get Hanky into ktown

[vivid violet]

I've had Verizon for 26 years, but I think we are gonna switch to Google Fi, wayyyy better for when we travel.

(no $10/day ripoff rates, and freaking amazing customer support)

[tight gorge]

Drinks way too sweet, it’s a pass

[drowsy knot]

havent tried. What burrs do you have? (Unrelated just curious)

[glossy sail]

mpv2 and hu. It's all around 800-850.

Gap size

[drowsy knot]

darn those are the two that sit in the case since im running brews and cv2s. Was going to offer to you to borrow 😂

[surreal pivot]

Is it a union position with Kaiser? The way they’re treating social workers right now with the whole strike thing is absolute dog shit

[dull adder]

Probably not an issue for you, but just be mindful of the limit on days of travel. I believe they've lowered it to 30 days from 90 days

Still a fantastic policy on travel from them

[vivid violet]

ah, good catch, thank you.

I'll check the details for what happens after that 30 day limit

[dull adder]

They suspend your access to data. I believe you just need to return to the US to reset it

[eternal birch]

non-union, I do get its dogshit and they're throwing money on the ground to contractors... idk whats going on that side of kaiser but the other departments seem to be ok

[compact hound]

Mightve been an off day but i’ve only been once and thought the drinks were actually good for what it is

[compact hound]

My gf loves taiyaki i might have to take her here

[tight gorge]

Yeah bread part is so good, custard it’s good to me but I’m sure could be improved

[surreal pivot]

$13-15k a month for replacement medical social workers instead of agreeing to pensions for their own. And this after NorCal Kaiser social workers got a pension and statistically do less work.

Most other departments at Kaiser have pensions. The Nurses threatened to strike and it got resolved within a matter of days

[weary chasm]

I used it. And I got an email saying they would disable my data after 90 days. Lol

I guess they didn't want people to be using it overseas for too long

I think it also depends on where you go. If it's like south east Asia, you might be able to get data on your phone for way cheaper.

But then it does save you the inconvenience of setting it up. And also auto VPN on Google fi is neat

[eternal birch]

yeah, it vastly depends on department and seeing her work I know not even the same branch of teams isnt coordinated

[tight gorge]

Yes, double date with Hanky. Show him a wild night in Ktown

[compact hound]

Hopping on the ramen train

[cedar otter]

That cha han looks so good

[vivid violet]

Mmm taiyaki is so good.

[cedar otter]

That’s crazy

Sey in ktown

[compact hound]

V solid

If the pork chunks were just a smidge bigger it would be great

[tight gorge]

what is it doh? Prefer Ondo, Loquat, ||Wynd|| for similar type sig drinks.

[compact hound]

Forgot what i ordered but i just thought it was decent lattes

Been awhile

@tight gorge thanks for the perilla and HLP tip my gf said she likes the idea

[tight gorge]

All I wanted was to see Bieber

[compact hound]

Will probably go within the next few weeks not exactly sure when

[compact hound]

I made that joke in line like 3 times

[tight gorge]

All I got was a Hailey Rhode pop up

[tight gorge]

I got many such ideas. If you get tipsy the park across from HLP is dece to walk around.

[cedar otter]

Ours is different but yeah

Different but same

[eternal birch]

idk why girls obsess over hailey bieber

[weary chasm]

Did you get that erewhon smoothie drink? Lol

[vivid violet]

they're so obscenely expensive, are they really worth it ? 😂

[compact hound]

Forgot to ask if you tried the coffee here

[tight gorge]

Nop, prob not good. They got the slayer a few months ago per the guy behind the bar.

but would be sick if it is good, sleeper pick

[compact hound]

I’ll be the guinea pig when i go

Is the sey on bar or is it just retail

[tight gorge]

Bar, I don’t think they have retail

it’s a dessert place, so I was like dafuq

then I looked at the beans in the hopper and they didn’t look like coal

[compact hound]

Everybody wants to serve “good coffee” now

[cedar otter]

Do they know how to dial the “good coffee” tho

Like this dood who insists on using 1.5 week old light roast coffee for spro

[eternal birch]

many times. had to order her makeup line too

[mellow sonnet]

Finally added all my ondo purchases and I have more coming in 💀

[tight gorge]

I have 1.5kg of TPC alone! Lmao

luckily I just back up the truck when I go visit my dad and brother

[mellow sonnet]

I used to keep 500-1kg only

[lunar fjord]

someone please save me

[mellow sonnet]

Buy ban until 1/2026

[lunar fjord]

;-;

[mellow sonnet]

Time to update the name

[eternal birch]

@boreal solar tried both the finca el paraiso as a PO, and the yunnan guiben as spro

finca is super good, fruity. sharp acidity forward and slight sournessin the aftertaste. more juicy than the other fincas I've had, but a little less sweet but still very pleasant. strawberry(?)

as for the yunnan I only had 2 sips before I dunked it in milk for gf but it was very good I'll make myself one tomorrow

[cedar otter]

I got some bangers landing soon

Leuchtfeuer, acid, coffee county, and later kawa

[eternal birch]

host meetups every week, dump like 400g of bean water into each unwilling participant 🙂

im backlogged about 1.6kg too

thankfully going through about 50g~ a day

[tight gorge]

first three doh 👀

[cedar otter]

Some rarities

[boreal solar]

Sometimes you make me wish I didn’t have too many leftovers of my own roasts to drink

[boreal solar]

Glad you enjoyed it. I really need to launch that one. I actually just sold out of Rwanda so it should be going on the site this week. My sales have been lower since changing my model so I’ve been trying to fizzle out some current inventory before launching additional options.

[compact hound]

Did you try the putushio yet

[dull adder]

I can help save you no problem. What do you want to offload

[mellow sonnet]

I uh

Need to buy the new mandarin hydrangea

And also some leuchteuer bc they've been in my try list for over 2 years now

[tight gorge]

I did this morning, didnt get the best cup so will withold comments for now

still learning the new grinder

[mellow sonnet]

Kawa too but Kawa not as interesting. Just one to check off my list

The "new" EK or is there a new one

[tight gorge]

Yep, finally got the burrs back and finally cleaned it so I dont feel like I am drinking rust.

[mellow sonnet]

Just deposited my insurance payout into my brokerage account looking nice

I have to pull out to pay for rebuild thou so I don't really get to keep it

[eternal birch]

hit it big and add an extra floor

[mellow sonnet]

I'm too scared to do that

House money in CDs

[tight gorge]

just buy the dip brooo

[mellow sonnet]

Market is cooked right now anyways

I've done nothing but take profits from last year's stuff

[eternal birch]

gf was hella upset her portfolio dipped

[mellow sonnet]

Yesterday? Yeah yesterday was wack

I've sold half of my HIMS shares this past 2 weeks 💀

Only thing making my account green everyday is hims basically

[compact hound]

Whats the roll above the fried goods

[compact hound]

What grinder did you get?

[cedar otter]

Kaisen

It’s like rainbow roll in one bite

[mellow sonnet]

https://minmaxcoffee.com/product/wessi-tima-74110-74112-50g-1-76oz/

Same green as the minmax 🤔

Secured the last bag of mandarin x hydrangea they had on display

I'm assuming they have more in storage

[tight gorge]

EK with pre2015 burrs

[cedar otter]

minmax stealing greens from bill again

jk

[mellow sonnet]

[civic crest]

is that yama

[cedar otter]

Yes

[surreal pivot]

Have this resting everyone seems to like it a lot

[civic crest]

Nice I hit up the west side one often

[opal junco]

@cedar otter you don't have anything to do with this new cafe in Brea right? I thought the logo was familiar but on closer inspection it isn't really

[cedar otter]

No relation. They say do means temperature and it’s just not true lol

Ondo means temperature

[opal junco]

oh it's canto. i was thinking that's not it in mandarin either, but silly me https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&email=&wdrst=0&wdqb=temperature#

[dull adder]

Is the market down? Maybe I buy more hehe

VT is only down .14% though

[vivid violet]

based on some upcoming policies, there will probably be a lot more volatility in ETFs / indexes which are "world" based..

lot of uncertainty, might be "safer" to shift free funds to US-based ETFs/indexes while we aren't sure what's going to happen. (SPY, IVV, etc)

stuff like QQQ might be hit harder with tarriffs, unknowns, etc

hard to actually choose what to move to temporarily

(plus, don't want to incur too many capital gains..)

also, i don't really know what i'm talking about (not a professional investor), so please take my comments with a grain of salt.

[mellow sonnet]

I'm a professional shitposter I just throw money at options and somehow go up

[dull adder]

Basically every investor group expects low to zero returns on US stocks. Over the next X years, say 10 or so
No one can predict the future but expected returns are low. I wouldn't really expect to outsmart the people managing 10s of trillions

[vivid violet]

yeah, it could possibly be 5 to 10 years of being down or flat, potentially..

i don't do any active trading, typically more a buy and hold for long term 🙂

[crimson cedar]

θθθ

[lunar fjord]

really? that's surprising

[dull adder]

https://www.morningstar.com/portfolios/experts-forecast-stock-bond-returns-2025-edition

Pretty much everyone is around 6% nominal, which is around 3-4% real.
Vanguard suggests as little as 0% real returns.
General expectations are higher for exUS

You can find the individual companies forecasts, here's vanguard's
https://corporate.vanguard.com/content/corporatesite/us/en/corp/vemo/vemo-return-forecasts.html
BlackRock
https://www.blackrock.com/institutions/en-us/insights/charts/capital-market-assumptions

Keep in mind they're nominal return, so factor in inflation

Most people overly bias domestic stocks, might be a good idea to reevaluate is my main point.
Don't miss on emerging markets

[mellow sonnet]

I've been diversifying my gains into a dividend account for cash flows the past few months bc I gained way too much the last 2 years taking advantage of the bill market

Now it's like spooky territory for me

[crude citrus]

My best investment has been my 078s at kickstarter price

[boreal solar]

I have no idea what I’m doing with investing either. I just pay people to do it for me.

[cedar otter]

every penny I owned went into this shop

[boreal solar]

Best investment done for myself was probably buying my house during Covid at the record low interest rates. Prices went up like and interest rates more than tripled.

[boreal solar]

It’s a nice shop fwiw

I’ve had clients out here in Rancho and Riverside etc tell me how much they like Ondo.

So you’re doing something right.

[cedar otter]

oh wow

[cedar otter]

keep that house as long as u can

There's this phobia of "am I doing too much" or "am I not doing enough"

hard to keep the balance

[boreal solar]

I feel you. I get that with Ragdoll and it’s a much smaller investment. I can afford to invest more but it’s been mostly a write off at this point and it’s hard to balance. To expand properly I need to open a front of house/change location but with green prices soaring it’s terrifying that do that right now.

Right now I haven’t spent much and it’s been negligible impact wise since my tech job pays for it. But eventually I’d have to sacrifice my tech job to grow properly. Or spend an amount that actually has tangible impact to pay people to handle it for me. And that’s scary.

[cedar otter]

sounds like you need to take out a loan against your house

jkjk

I shoulda gone into tech

and then coffee

[drowsy knot]

That is a smart investment 😉

[eternal birch]

bro I'm so jealous, I've seen 2-2.6% and I want that so bad

not like I could have bought a house during or after covid anyways but damn

[mellow sonnet]

Good thing my property tax went down bc the property is gone 🤡

[lunar fjord]

yea I wish I were like 10 years older so I could've bought a house during covid

[dull adder]

Should hopefully never happen again

Normal rates are around 5-7%. Rates right now are normal, not high. Recency bias is a hell of a drug

[boreal solar]

I don’t think that paints the whole picture when you consider average home prices as well though.

Honestly the bottom line is the mortgage payment which is going to impacted by both of course.

Also I do have to laugh at the quick 500k average cause LA. But still.

[dull adder]

I never said with these home prices it's adorable.
Affordability is definitely at an all time low.
Loans shouldn't really solve for affordability though

More so just trying to ease people's unrealistic expectations. My SIL bought recently and is hoping to refinance.. I told her to get comfortable lol

[eternal birch]

oh yeah no doubt, I just thought it'd be nice to have 2%

might see it again in 10 years, maybe never again who knows

[dull adder]

I like renting personally. Just invest the difference. That's my rec

[dull adder]

For sure. So long as that doesn't also rocket the prices up 🙃

[boreal solar]

It will. It made buying at the time annoying because everyone was going 10k-60k over asking. One of the houses in San Dimas I was looking at went for 100k over asking.

And that was San Dimas. Not exactly what people think of for trendy or high demand.

[dull adder]

There's a supply issue so I'm not too surprised

[weary chasm]

Just got to have another black swan event

[tight gorge]

The Fed is looking to break the labor market to lower inflation, so if they succeed interest rates would come down but so would demand. Not as much here in LA but that would be the general pattern imo

[tight gorge]

Bird flu should hit in the next 12-18mo

[mellow sonnet]

The ugly houses I saw in Pasadena before I bought mine sold for 100-200k over what was listed bc ppl buying in the area

[tight gorge]

1.2m is a fixer upper rn 💀

1M for 2b

[eternal birch]

at least OC still has decent houses for 1m

if I want to stay in LA I might look at east LA (current)

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah like 100year old houses "renovated" 90 years ago

[tight gorge]

define East lol

Hey Evan east, or eastlos?

[eternal birch]

what is currently defined as east los angeles near CSULA

[weary chasm]

"legacy"

[eternal birch]

ik lincoln park and even like HLP was considered east LA at one point

[weary chasm]

Historic

[mellow sonnet]

I like older midcentury modern design and majority of the houses I saw were like 80+ years old 💀

[boreal solar]

If you want under 1 mil you’re probably looking at east LA meaning eastern LA county.

[mellow sonnet]

I really wanted a conversation pit but that's asking too much

[eternal birch]

thats expensive to like

[tight gorge]

I like stucco boxes, generational stockholm syndrom in effect here lmao

[eternal birch]

there's some in east LA in la city

[mellow sonnet]

Stucco is fire resistant and popular in socal 🤧 I had stucco but fire resistant and proof is 2 diff things apparently

[tight gorge]

1M is 2b rn, 4.5k lot

[boreal solar]

But then the schools and safety etc are terrible.

[eternal birch]

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/659-S-Gerhart-Ave-Los-Angeles-CA-90022/21082843_zpid/

[eternal birch]

this is true but I would gamble on safety going up

schools idk

[tight gorge]

neighborhoods dont change as fast as you might think/want

[mellow sonnet]

Wide lots are good for ADUs. Tear it down and build 3 adu

[weary chasm]

https://youtu.be/sFUFw1GH6ic?si=fV3-pIUd8nSyJBNv

[eternal birch]

probably not as I might think/want but they do gentrify change really quick

[tight gorge]

My ideal sweet spot is between 1-1.2m, fixer with 7k lot. Live and fix, build ADU, then dip out

[mellow sonnet]

My ADU is on a lot w 4 other ADU and no main house

[eternal birch]

wtf is that allowed

[weary chasm]

Probably schools in LA are still "trash". Lol.

Maybe certain districts

[mellow sonnet]

They tore down the main house for extra ADU and the landlord's office is like a few buildings down

[tight gorge]

I thought I had a hack with inlaws living in Pasadena, then I learned the public schools are no good there since Pasadena was one of the last schools distrcits to desegregate and once they did everyeone went private. Pasadena has the highest private school relative to population in the US. 🤡

[boreal solar]

I ended up in the IE for schools. Top neighborhoods out here are priced the same as meh neighborhoods there

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I was in IE and then ended up being a tryhard and went to OC for highschool

Doesn't Arcadia have good schools?

[tight gorge]

whats a good dessert spot downtown/HLP/dena?

[mellow sonnet]

I actually know nothing about schools

[tight gorge]

yeah, houses not cheap there either. lol

Alhambra same

pretty much most school districts around Pasadena are good

[mellow sonnet]

I like pillow talk? They have nice small personal cakes that come in nice metal tins

[tight gorge]

my wife said we have been there, but thanks!

[eternal birch]

I went to west LA for school, CC area

[mellow sonnet]

I don't actually know a lot of dessert places now that I think about it

[eternal birch]

doesnt help that I was still dumb

[weary chasm]

My sister and I went to lausd.

Lol.

In school at UCLA, my sister was learning about kids in lausd who ate hot cheetos at lunch....

Lausd got shit on. 😂😂

But yeah. Neighborhood with "better" schools have their house price with the better school baked in..

Like +$100k

Iunno

Gonna try for Torrance usd.

[eternal birch]

do you have a kid?

[mellow sonnet]

I don't even have a girlfriend so I don't have to worry about anything 🤡

[tight gorge]

I told myself I had 5 years to figure where to live, that is now 3 years...

[weary chasm]

A 3 y. o

Iunno. I guess you can plan for their future like building a skill tree.

At age x, this is where they're gonna be. Lol

😂😅😭

[tight gorge]

Ima put him in spanish immersion so first 3 years are gucci. So adding to my timeline

Another thought I have is AI gonna be better teachers, so their lives gonna look a bit different. A hybrid model where trad schooling is more about socialization

[tight gorge]

Might go to kinrose

[mellow sonnet]

That's the ice cream place ya?

I haven't actually had salt and straw yet either

I was walking distance to the Glendale one smh

[tight gorge]

Yeah, I like rose flavored ice cream so hopefully they deliver on their name

[weary chasm]

Hm. This sounds both cool and very weird at the same time.

But I guess could be the new normal

[tight gorge]

each kid has their own custom model based on their progression.

[eternal birch]

damn I used to go to salt and straw all the time when I was in bay

[tight gorge]

Im also thinking what will happen when AGI hits, is it better to own property or rent.

In leaning towards owning, gov will step in. If renting you get stuck to renting life

[eternal birch]

depends on what your goals are, tbh for family life SFH seems ideal

[mellow sonnet]

Just own and rent it out and then rent to live in. Circle of liferent

[eternal birch]

I have considered condo family life but we really want to give our dog a backyard to run around

[tight gorge]

millenial reasoning right there lol

[mellow sonnet]

I've thought more about retirement than starting a family 💀

[tight gorge]

pls dont FIRE

but then again with your keebs collection I dont think that was in the works lol

[weary chasm]

Like retirement and then doing a voluntary job or doing some mission statement?

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah retire early and like do whatever

[eternal birch]

ik people on FIRE and it doesn't seem like the lifestyle I want

[mellow sonnet]

If some coffee shop wants to hire a 50yo with no experience in service and will work 1-2x a week

I'm looking to hopefully retire in 40s

[eternal birch]

you can do this at 65

[mellow sonnet]

But that depends on my stocks

[eternal birch]

[boreal solar]

A lot of condos have dog runs/walking trails these days.

[eternal birch]

I've seen the apartment ones and they are very poorly maintained

[compact hound]

New kettl in Los Feliz is solid

The matcha ice cream bar is pretty fire

[boreal solar]

I’m actually pretty impressed by the cleanup on the condo trails for the unit we got for my MIL.

Looking at that and the pool they maintain etc makes me sort of jealous sometimes.

Of course the downside is HOA rules.

[eternal birch]

are these those 2-3 story condos in IE?

[tight gorge]

where does Solid sit in your raitng scale bru, you say it all the time

[compact hound]

LMAO youre not even wrong

Drinks are a good like 8/10 for what they are

[boreal solar]

Nah, it’s an older unit/townhouse in Terra vista I looked at those new constructions and they offer a lot to be desired. Younger vegetation, dirt slabs for the back yard and cheap building materials.

[compact hound]

9/10 for the ice cream bar

Better than awans matcha ice cream IMO

They use Koatji for the oat though

Not a fan of koatji

[eternal birch]

I was thinking more condos in west LA/DTLA

high rise style

[compact hound]

@tight gorge going to hit up saffys after this

Finally coming through haha

My gf is just taking a work call rn so waiting on her

[tight gorge]

ohhh, we were gonna go for lunch but decided to eat in. Going to Osteria Mozza tonight

[compact hound]

Osteria Mozza good?

Never been

Im not crazy over italian food in general though

[tight gorge]

only been once, part of a handfull of pasta places that I thought were worth it

[compact hound]

Occasionally it hits though

[tight gorge]

Yeah, we eat a lot of pasta at home so it has to be really good to be worth it

[weary chasm]

Maybe travel the world. Lol.

[compact hound]

Debating on just trying boichik since im right next to it

[weary chasm]

Try more eat more.

[eternal birch]

sameee

[compact hound]

But dont want to ruin my appetite for the chicken pita

[tight gorge]

yeah, gotta go hungry to saffys, worth it

[compact hound]

Aight i’ll hold off

[surreal pivot]

I can’t remember the consensus on Komal- is it legit?

[eternal birch]

yes

[compact hound]

Komal is fire

Deserves more praise than holbox imo

Get the tamal

[eternal birch]

holbox is 50% good because the tortilla is from komal

[surreal pivot]

Looks more appealing too

[compact hound]

Gf’s work call took a little longer than expected

Is aight

Only ate half

Otw to saffys now

[compact hound]

Blueberry coffee cake is pretty tasty

Wish it had a little more bloobs though

@tight gorge great recc

Marinade on the chicken is great

Pita is very good

Only critiques is it was a little sauce heavy for some bites and I wish it had more tomato throughout

8.7/10 would definitely come back

[tight gorge]

yeah yours looks a bit saucy, but still makes my mouth water

lol

you can say solid dawg, I just needed to know what it meant

Solid > 8

[compact hound]

Nah this is way better than solid

[cedar otter]

you went to saffys but skipped ondo??

jk

[compact hound]

I would consider this “pretty good”

[compact hound]

Kettl>Ondo

[cedar otter]

can't argue w/ that

@mellow sonnet

[compact hound]

@tight gorge have you tried the beef and lamb pita

[tight gorge]

yeah, chicken better

[compact hound]

Ah okay good to know

[mellow sonnet]

My backlog

So big

I need to buy tape and start freezering

Is that a pure sl34 👀

Not blended w sl28

I don't think I've ever had 34 alone

I think I had 28 alone before

[cedar otter]

yes from lerida estate

[cedar otter]

@mellow sonnet 2 bags of sl34 remaining

[mellow sonnet]

If I go in person and it's not there it's not meant to be

[cedar otter]

[mellow sonnet]

Save my wallet

[vivid violet]

this has been my strategy also.. simpler, someone else can do the repairs 🙂

apartment life isn't the quietest, though..

(oh dear, so far behind. bailing on chat history now 😂 )

[tight gorge]

Osteria Mozza was lit

Pastas and pork chop

[compact hound]

Just looked at the pork chop on yelp

Looks pretty fire

[cedar otter]

Holy fuck

[eternal birch]

went to k-town

[cedar otter]

I got an email from one of my tea suppliers that my sales director from this region passed away unexpectedly

She helped me out so much from my older shop to every other coffee job I had up until ondo

[weary chasm]

Mortality is real

[cedar otter]

She died in murder suicide

Apparently

Her older brother was mentally ill

What the fuck

[vivid violet]

I'm so sorry to hear, Bryan.

my deepest condolences.

[crude citrus]

Sorry for your loss, Bryan. I think we can all see what a big and positive impact she had on you

[boreal solar]

I’m sorry to hear that Bryan. That’s always crazy when things like that happen.

[drowsy knot]

Damn. So sorry

[cold apex]

update: we went to oscars and it was so fucking bomb. $9 for a 12oz cup of some absolutely fire ceviche

japanese gardens + balboa park was awesome. so insanely crowded. we went on a day that also happened to be a free-for-SD county residents day so it was chaos but fun

loved how literally everything was tops 20 minutes away. getting around SD was such a breeze

love the city and definitely making regular there

[tight gorge]

Hello my name is ||Alan|| and I have a problem

[cold apex]

guess @compact hound

[dark fjord]

Are you at Ondo right now? Can you see if there are rested beans for sale? I’m running low on stuff that’s ready to brew ><

[tight gorge]

I just left

I’m sure there is

[drowsy knot]

Roasting my last batch of mejorado 😭
Just bought the washed sidra 😁

[crude citrus]

What are these and where can I get them? Looks 🔥

[eternal birch]

anyone have brazilian bbq recs? ik there aren't many

or recs to just fill up on tons of meat

kinda made korean food this entire week and it's been very little protein

[surreal pivot]

Whatever you do just don’t go to Fogo downtown. Miserable experience there last time I went

[eternal birch]

that would have been the fogo I probably would have gone to since its walkable

same for H&H Brazilian downtown

[surreal pivot]

I don’t hate fogo but I left that location kinda pissed off last time lol. Bad service, over cooked meats and the salad bar looked like it had been sitting for a week

[eternal birch]

ik Mgrill is looking like the best option but a friend of mine went last week and said the quality dropped

and also I'd rather drop 200+ on a meal somewhere in arts district rather than churrasco

[surreal pivot]

That’s the other thing, for $250, a better time can be had elsewhere

[eternal birch]

maybe farmers market brazilian bbq for cheap

[cedar otter]

What did u get and how was it

[cedar otter]

I have a few what ya need

That small drink was $8

[dark fjord]

You got me

[cedar otter]

For like 3 oz of liquid

[dark fjord]

Now that I have beans… do you have any Koreatown restaurant recs?

[cedar otter]

Yes

What kind

Something soupy? Something meat heavy?

[dark fjord]

Oooh soupy sounds good. Probably not KBBQ

Soupy / noodles or hot pot

[cedar otter]

Hanbat sullungtang, jinsol gukbap, 8th street soondae, hangari noodles, mdk noodles

[mellow sonnet]

Finally unpacked

I'm so excited

First brew choked

[dark fjord]

Titus brew burrs?

[mellow sonnet]

Yessir

[tight gorge]

I got the Ondo spro, a tad roasty but overall I did enjoy it.

Grapefruit note prepped me

Took my buddy to buy beans, got him the lychee. He’s never had processed beans so he’s in for a treat

[tight gorge]

Saffy's Coffee & Tea
[phone]

https://g.co/kgs/EiDMqM4

[mellow sonnet]

Lychee dream smells so good

I def didn't open the bag and give it a good sniff

Even thou it's not ready to grind and drink

[eternal birch]

just do it anyways

pretty sure mine werent ready but they tuened out great

[compact hound]

Izolaaaaaaaaa

[cedar otter]

Seasoning your titus brew w/ lychee dream?

[mellow sonnet]

I'm debating seasoning it w the onyx beans they sent me w the kettle

[cedar otter]

Prob the best move

I have lychee dream dark roast if u wanna do it faster

[mellow sonnet]

I'm getting seasoning beans from Evan already

[cedar otter]

Lychee dream v1 v2

[mellow sonnet]

But considering doing a onyx, season 1kg, onyx, season 1kg, repeat

Test all the onyx but sink it and not drink

[eternal birch]

which mine did you find this in

[cedar otter]

Aoji

[mellow sonnet]

That's lychee dream? 💀 I thought it was random test roast bean

[eternal birch]

https://tenor.com/view/kim-jong-un-trump-orangelove-gif-13519456

[cedar otter]

Lesson learned with expensive beans

😂

[mellow sonnet]

💀 crazy

That explains why u got no seasoning beans

[cedar otter]

Yeah because I pay a certain dollar per pound I roast

Cheap beans turn expensive per pound

But expensive beans in terms of percentage doesn’t go up too much

So for me it’s beneficial to roast higher costing greens

Rather than roasting really cheap coffee and trying to compete

[eternal birch]

waiting for that ondo gesha

[cedar otter]

Probably april-may

[compact hound]

All 3 look better than the one i had yesterday

[eternal birch]

damn confirmed so quick

[compact hound]

I need to go back

[cedar otter]

I got 4 coferments on contract for March

And I’m going out of town for 3 weeks

And 4 days for sca

So probably after that

Need to see what country/process gesha we can roast

Maybe time to contact @young spindle

[young spindle]

$100 for every coffee you end up getting

[cedar otter]

Even if it’s like 800 kg?

[tight gorge]

Trippin. They are all good.

[dark fjord]

What’s the damage on one these bad boys now? $4k?

[tight gorge]

$3.3k euro

for what you see there

I would get a dlc base plate

[dark fjord]

Is it auger fed? That’s actually not that crazy

[tight gorge]

Not the nautilus

Nimbus is

But yeah price is nice. It does have an external PSU which is a bummer unless you can hide it

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah mines just sitting behind the grinder 🤡

U can see it better here

[tight gorge]

My ideal setup would be shredder, PO and Spro on each

[dark fjord]

Ahhhh that explains how it’s so slim. I could hide it behind the spro machine

[tight gorge]

Brothers cousin

[weary chasm]

Taco stand?

[tight gorge]

Yeah

It was hyped here so I had to check it out

[eternal birch]

dont they have nopales?

[tight gorge]

First time

[dark fjord]

I’m waiting to see if Zerno announces a big burr grinder but Titus is my end game

[tight gorge]

80mm confirmed for later this year

[mellow sonnet]

I was convinced Titus end game bc u rarely see ppl selling their titus

But u see ppl selling their kafateks and p100s and eg-1s all the time

[cedar otter]

It’s end game fosho

[mellow sonnet]

After my first use of the naut my end game is def vertical burrs

Never had an issue we my L01 but the last log was always weird to me

[cedar otter]

Meh verticals got issues too

That’s why mythos was goated

45 degrees slant 😂

[mellow sonnet]

Df83 tilted

[cedar otter]

Mythos was way more tilted

[mellow sonnet]

Ya

Ceado grinder is 45 ya?

The new one that looks weird

Curious what the Zerno 80 will look like tbh

I can't see myself ever using a 64 bc it feels so slow compared to big burrs now

[cedar otter]

Mythos was truly a game changer for the tilt + burr heater technology for espresso

Bc most shops had issue with their dials changing during rushes

Because burrs would heat up

So hoffmann was like

What if the burrs are always heated

[mellow sonnet]

💀 is that why

[cedar otter]

Yeah

So mythos is really consistent

[mellow sonnet]

I just knew that they were tilted

[cedar otter]

The original version had issues with cooling

During a heavy rush

So people would unplug the power cable for the burr heater

But new ones are much better with more fans

Anyhoo

Some home barista ppl used to mod the mythos 1

And that eventually gave birth to kafatek monolith

Which used stock mythos burrs

With the tilt

[mellow sonnet]

Have u ever tried cooling a coffee w dry ice

It's been living rent free in my head for a really long time

U can cool the coffee without diluting it

Although CO2 bubbling through your coffee might mess w the aromatics

[cedar otter]

Funny u should ask

Someone did the test

They used the Paragon

And was like oh this is great

Does it work with refrigerated balls (not frozen) too?

And found out not really

So the next was dry ice

And actually yes

It improves the texture and extraction

[mellow sonnet]

Interestinggggggg

[tight gorge]

Plancha grilling confirmed

I meant there’s no charcoal in sight

[eternal birch]

sorry I took some performance enhancers for brazilian bbq

trying h&h

[tight gorge]

Lolol so devils lettuce?

Going to H&H tomorrow at 6am

Roll thru

[compact hound]

Mancer got a shop?

[cedar otter]

He said most of the co2 gets dissipated

Bloom + first pour only

[mellow sonnet]

I should try it sometime

[cedar otter]

And then make fizzy fruit with the leftover dryice

https://youtu.be/So4ZrzBkJsA?si=Enu8f6GRcT2OVawq

[surreal pivot]

Keep us posted

[raven path]

Gotta bring this to the next meet up for that sweet sweet L-theanine

[tight gorge]

$2 tacos and taste like it. Don Cuco reigns supreme.

Line is pretty ratch still.

[compact hound]

Wus wrong with it tasting like $2 tacos

Never heard or tried don cuco

[dark fjord]

80mm blind w/ slow feed auger might be the one if it has the small footprint like the Z1

[compact hound]

Going on my list though

[tight gorge]

Not hand made tortilla and flat top grilled. But a deal is a deal

[compact hound]

Not freshly made tortilla is sad

[dark fjord]

That seems like a slammin’ deal considering how much tacos have been costing

[compact hound]

Even my local spot is $2 and they freshly make the tortillas

[tight gorge]

West side tax lol

[compact hound]

And they charcoal grill

But i spam al pastor

I should get their asada next time

[tight gorge]

Sheesh share the spot

[compact hound]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oq65zzFnMmMxS6MYA?g_st=ic

Right across from this arco in front of the at&t building

Another stand set up shop so dont get confused

The one closer to the freeway entrance/exit is the one

[eternal birch]

sides r ass but meat is good which is good because you want to eat more meat

[tight gorge]

Picanha only

That’s my strategy

[eternal birch]

am here to enjoy

trying everything

also the rotation isnt that fast

[tight gorge]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-jessie-pinkman-breaking-bad-he-cant-keep-getting-away-with-it-gif-5612942

Gardena can’t keep getting away with it

[compact hound]

Allen & Alan know 🫂

[compact hound]

How many of those bread balls have you had

Actually get off discord and enjoy your dinner

[surreal pivot]

Where did you end up?

[weary chasm]

Crew shirts?

[dull adder]

Is this any good?

[dull adder]

I can do better at home lmao

I have a charcoal grill, a rotisserie, tortilla press.. it's a load of work to make Al Pastor but tasty

[weary chasm]

I thought it was the vibe too

Street taco

[dull adder]

Hmm I guess a bit. But I've had my best tacos on the street

[cedar otter]

Yeah

[compact hound]

Finallyyyy

Great thin and crispy slice at Flour pizzeria in Brentwood

[raven path]

It’s delicious

[dull adder]

I'll have to give it a shot.
I'm a big fan of IPAs, not so much alcohol.
So far Athletic Brewing NA beer has been disappointing for me personally

[compact hound]

Spoke too soon

Burrata slice was carried by the burrata and hot honey

2 other slices were fine

[eternal birch]

1, they sucked

[eternal birch]

HH brazilian

[compact hound]

Apollonias is leagues better

[compact hound]

Need to try Danny Boys

Anybody here had it?

[vivid violet]

haven’t.. looks good ! 🔖

have you heard if a particular location (Downtown vs Westwood) is better ?

[eternal birch]

i live right across

i like their dough a lot

[compact hound]

Haven’t heard about one location being better than the other

[dark fjord]

MDK Noodles was incredible. Every other bibimbap I’ve had now seems like airport food by comparison.

[tight gorge]

The ramen at Narita Airport is better than anything in LA

[eternal birch]

@boreal solar dang the yunnan Xishuangbanna is so crazy good as PO thanks

[boreal solar]

Thanks, it’s nice to hear that. 🙂

[eternal birch]

tastes like licorice - gf

[boreal solar]

Hmmm didn’t really pickup anise but I did pick up on some alcohol notes from the fermentation. I could see it.

[vivid violet]

had more of the roasted on 12/29 lot today, was so good. still great fermenty notes

[civic crest]

We were eating Shabu upstairs and saw a bunch of people at Bread, Espresso & so I went to check it out. Most of the stuff was sold out by 12 but snagged these (chocolate and cranberry & nut mous are good)

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zUWzbnAk3eYsoaRy8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

[compact hound]

Gf has been wanting to try this place

I personally dont understand the appeal

I’ll still try though

[vivid violet]

Thank you so much for these KBBQ recommendations. Looking forward to trying them, especially after Malleus' glowing review of MDK Noodles.

in case it helps y'all, here are the Google Maps links:

• Hanbat sullungtang: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rxYJrj4LkAT5PnRb9
• jinsol gukbap: https://maps.app.goo.gl/TSgA4so3rQbXPTKD8 (i chose the "3rd St" one, vs the "8th St" one which isn't as well rated)
• 8th street soondae: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Dqxm7EBXDyVc8i4u9
• hangari noodles: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Csb5BGDohprijKzK6
• MDK Noodles: https://maps.app.goo.gl/UiMyhjaRBykNrth46

[vivid violet]

is it the Redondo Beach location ?

ratings don't seem that good, surprisingly:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1CgSzCtFa95tBddb6

[civic crest]

The low reviews are people going when sold out or they are closed early due to sell out. It is expensive for what I got but I was surprised how good the mous were. I’d be interested in trying other things if I was in the area again

There is also a limit on one per person. Like I couldn’t buy two chocolate mous. Guy in front of me had like 3 of each and had to call his people to come so they would let him buy everything he grabbed

[eternal birch]

also saw the charred mountains driving up to arcadia and wow

[compact hound]

Anybody know if Scarr’s LA location is still happening

[eternal birch]

cct

[surreal pivot]

Hadn’t heard but I wasn’t impressed by Scarrs NY. It was just solid

[compact hound]

From what i heard online Scarr’s fell off after they moved locations

[surreal pivot]

Hmmm. I went last spring. Now I’m wondering if that was the og location

[compact hound]

Yeah they moved by then

[lunar fjord]

Scarr's is pretty variable

but the times I've been have been good

[lunar fjord]

@cedar otter The Tamiru Tadesse is great, got it dialed this time and the black tea when it's cool is so rich

thanks again

[mellow sonnet]

U already opened them? 💀 I haven't gone through my backlog far enough to get there

[eternal birch]

whats the difference between lynx and wynd

[cedar otter]

two different owners

one is an art gallery with an espresso bar with no art

the other is the "last 5%" and turns good coffee into shit

[eternal birch]

does this one make decent drinks and have decent pastries?

[cedar otter]

Yeah they have same pastry as us

😂

[eternal birch]

lynx it is

[mellow sonnet]

Too many new shops

[compact hound]

Theyre both loquat reskins

Even lynx does the same style drink posters as loquat lmfao

At least Wynd feels more tastefully done

[cedar otter]

Just walked into endorffeine and Jack highly recommended lynx

[eternal birch]

he was probably very impressed with a fellow modbar user

[mellow sonnet]

Loquat 😢

[tight gorge]

Now I need to try out lynx

But need a reason to visit the valley

[boreal solar]

Jack ghosted my product inquiry. Yell at him for me next time 😂

[eternal birch]

this is the hardest reason LOL

whats there to do in the valley

ig if you count like burbank/studio city there's a bakery I like and thats it

[cedar otter]

@vivid violet thank you 😊

[vivid violet]

Joy sent us the insta story, gotta try that decaf ❤️

welcome 🎉

she brought me a Moonshine sugarcane decaf from Taiwan, which i also am eager to try.

coffee.. pile.. growing.

[cedar otter]

Are you a decaf person?

I need to get rid of 3 kinds of dacafs

[vivid violet]

yeah, my wife and i love decafs, we can't take much caffeine.

[cedar otter]

Have you had the granja paraiso 92 decaf from moonwake?

One of the best decafs I had

[vivid violet]

and Joy/my friend Deeya, whose house burned down 😦

[cedar otter]

Omg deeya

[vivid violet]

haven't tried that !

[cedar otter]

She would come in once in a while and buy a bag

[vivid violet]

poor thing. she's chuggin' along tho

we're trying to help her out with organizing stuff for insurance, filing what is necessary, etc.

hard cause she's all on her own.

(i'm so glad derp's Dad is helping him too. hard to get through this without help.)

[mellow sonnet]

🫡 I would've left my job and started collecting unemployment benefits

[mellow sonnet]

Ondo about to start offering HSA/FSA?

[cedar otter]

that's the dream

Sherry told me she provides health care and 401k

I was like damn I gotta get on that level too

[mellow sonnet]

Dental and vision 🫡

[cedar otter]

the goal is to start providing benefits from 1 year mark

but I dunno how ideal it is

I haven't even received any quotes or anything lol

hopefully w/ more roasting I can sell more coffee while bringing the cost down

[mellow sonnet]

Soon to offer only ondo roasts?

[cedar otter]

nah

my goal was never to replace any of the roasters

well maybe 1

[mellow sonnet]

I should take a pic of my lychee dream and my hydrangea mandarin

Ondo and mandarin def my fave shops by a long shot

[cedar otter]

<3<3

[mellow sonnet]

Kumquat a close 3rd but my loquat experience kinda ruined it

[cedar otter]

I dunno how Sherry thinks, but I love mandarin too and I love the fact that she and I can be friends and share a similar vision about being small business owners

and even though she is a lot younger than I am, I respect her a lot

[mellow sonnet]

I just wanna run a shop like endorffeine no employees just me and change the days I work whenever

There's no way his shop is sustainable though

[cedar otter]

there are two reasons why his shop works the way it does

1. percentage rent
2. no employee/payroll

the second part literally shaves like 10-15% on cost of operation (even if you pay yourselves)

because of no worker's comp, no payroll taxes, etc

percentage rent means the occupancy cost can be easily baked into the pricing

with no labor to worry, his business is sustainable as long as he is healthy lol

[mellow sonnet]

That's crazy

Maybe I should do that when I quit hospital

[tight gorge]

3. no kids

[cedar otter]

Nah don’t

As I’m turning 40 this year, I feel myself physically getting weaker to be on bar

Everyday

I mean that’s probably because I need to exercise and be in better shape

It’s not a sustainable job

[eternal birch]

dental is relatively cheap, health gets expensive

[cedar otter]

Physically, financially, and mentally

[eternal birch]

also no payroll so blessed

[cedar otter]

Yup

[mellow sonnet]

I can do the "no permits" method of hosting a pop-up in my house

If I ran my own shop it would be open mon-wed or something

Def no weekends lmao

[eternal birch]

dw ill drop by anyways

[mellow sonnet]

If I whale and get a kvdw spiritello I want to host popup once a month or something

Just to make the machine worth my money

Big commitment on a machine that expensive thou

[eternal birch]

sheesh ur willing to whale that much?

also your meetup purpose is going to be primarily to dump rest of bean backlog and recoup money to buy new ones

[mellow sonnet]

Well it's more like

I want a spiritello but can't justify one

Also probably want to double my stock portfolio before I buy something like that

[cedar otter]

Lmk before u buy a big machine

Let me see if I can help you with pricing

[mellow sonnet]

Lol need house first

Also my house far up north middle of nowhere

Well like 15min-ish north of 210

[vivid violet]

i'll be @ Ondo ~ 12:45pm tomorrow (today-o), if anyone else will be there..

[lunar fjord]

freezer log is forever
glitch goes downhill pretty quickly by my impression

@cedar otter he's also independently wealthy right? a portion of the herceptin patent

[drowsy knot]

I built my current business this way and, imo it’s not really a business it’s a job. Can’t really sell it for much in that form w no passive income stream.

[boreal solar]

I had to get west yesterday and almost popped in but I was too far north. I got a linea mini in Granada Hills for 3000.

[tight gorge]

how did you find it?

[boreal solar]

Facebook marketplace. I haven’t even used it yet. I forgot to turn the timer off for the Bianca this morning so it was just easier. lol

I’ve used them in shops before but dang. You don’t realize how big these things are until they’re in a home environment. I probably wouldn’t make the shop if I didn’t plan on using it for ragdoll

[tight gorge]

I see it now, sweet deal

One less competition moving forward haha

[boreal solar]

I’ll message you if my wife makes me flip it. :p

[eternal birch]

ayy congrats!! I saw that one

[vivid violet]

amazing find ! congrats 🎉

[mellow sonnet]

🫡 best of LA ondo and mandarin

Zzzzz mandarin got gout yesterday

I've been wanting to try

Hope they come back again in a few months

Backlog not pretty

[eternal birch]

have you tried them?

[mellow sonnet]

Nop

Feb 14 and 17

Probably mid march

😂

[cedar otter]

Try the lychee around early March

like 7th

[mellow sonnet]

Okee

My seasoning beans get here today

Going to open up a bag of onyx and go through the whole bag at diff stages of seasoning

Help me eat through my backlog

Got 2 onyx bags, 2 oubaitouri, and then these 2 I haven't opened

And then 2 coming from Evan with the seasoning beans

And then 1 bag of panama gesha from rogue wave 💀

[compact hound]

Yo wtf i completely missed that mandarin release

GG

Wonder if there’s more to come

[mellow sonnet]

They were super low-key about it 💀

Like 1 post no warning

I was there in the morning and sherry said she had a hydrangea special delivery coming in later that day

Went the next morning and this was the last bag on display

Idk if it was actual last bag or not but maybe

[compact hound]

Would never buy a whole 8 oz of a coffee like that but just bc mandarin collab i kinda need it

[mellow sonnet]

I used to hate small bags

I'm drifting towards smaller brews and smaller bags

And multiple brews a day

[eternal birch]

I couldn't settle on a small bag knowing I fucked up my brew and the coffee I had wasn't optimal

[mellow sonnet]

I'm willing to have just acceptable brews for the most part

If I have a bag that's overly expensive I only make it on weekends and really sit down and try my best to dial and enjoy

[compact hound]

Chasing optimal cups will make you go crazy IMO. I don’t even think optimal/best exists since theres an infinite amount of ways you can express your coffee

[eternal birch]

I'm not even looking for 100%, I'm looking for like 90-95% of the way there. if I fuck up I feel like I've only brewed 80-85% of a cup

[mellow sonnet]

Do you expect better coffee at home or in a shop? I've been thinking about it for a while and I honestly don't know

[eternal birch]

home 100%

[compact hound]

But what is 90%-95%? Unless you mean to your taste preferences

[mellow sonnet]

Would you consider a cup dialed if it's not dialed to your preference?

[eternal birch]

only place I expect better coffee is endorffeine or re ca phe. ondo for espresso only, I dont like xbloom

[compact hound]

Home 100% you brew it to your taste preferences

[compact hound]

Yes

[eternal birch]

not even taste preference, just knowing I've correctly poured with good flow rate, coffee bed drained at the right time, and there weren't too many fines

those variables I can control

if after that I think its satisfactory and I dont like the coffee I dont like it

[mellow sonnet]

I don't control the fines. I blame the bean when there's too many fines

💀

[compact hound]

So basically you mean when you don’t execute your own recipe well is what makes you feel the need for bigger bags?

[mellow sonnet]

If my bed doesn't drain at the right time I just pull the dripper off the carafe early and accept lower yield

[eternal birch]

yes, aka my fuck ups

I can usually get it right in about 3 brews

[mellow sonnet]

Do you do high agitation brews?

[eternal birch]

no

I've actually done 60-90-90-90-90 like you have

[mellow sonnet]

I started getting more consistent brews faster that I would consider acceptable to myself w low agitation

[eternal birch]

or w/e ratio corresponds

[mellow sonnet]

Interesting

I've been experimenting w 3284 and I've been choking brews a lot

But lower flow pours I get far more consistent results

[eternal birch]

https://calculate.coffee/v60/tetsu-kasuya

I just use this and adjust for what I want to bring out

so my brewing changes a little everything

[eternal birch]

low flow whole duration?

[mellow sonnet]

Yes

Melodrip the entire thing most times

Even w no melodrip I pour 4-5ml/s

[tight gorge]

I dont... I punish myself by starring at the clogged bed until its fully drained

[compact hound]

I feel like this is the way to go

[eternal birch]

I feel like I have to read some inner peace, buddhism books before I brew for this mindset

"it is what it is"

[compact hound]

Anybody watch the luminous coffee crash out on IG

[eternal birch]

I only know the rough details and I was too afraid to ask

[mellow sonnet]

Yes

[eternal birch]

was it pretty much just
BK: "saudi arabia? wtf?"
and then luminous crashed out

[mellow sonnet]

Context important 🤡

[tight gorge]

yeah pretty much that

[compact hound]

TLDW: mason strokes his own ego to an oblivion and thinks BANA is some chat concentrated with coffee nazis

[tight gorge]

anyways, when is the next meetup?

@vivid violet hidding the fact that he has a Met already 👀

[eternal birch]

I have been told as well

[tight gorge]

anybody with a flat piece of land west of Arcadia? lol

[mellow sonnet]

My land is very flat

[eternal birch]

I had a very nice rooftop for hosting meetups

gorgeous LA views

[mellow sonnet]

But yes next meetup I'll try and bring my nautilus

[eternal birch]

closed to install a monorail to wash windows

[mellow sonnet]

Sheeesh

[eternal birch]

should do it at rory's if he's down to host

[mellow sonnet]

I'll probably open my house to meetups once it gets rebuilt

I was in a culdesac with houses along one side only and a bunch of guest parking along the other side

Parking and open area would be fun

[compact hound]

Anybody grab the Lucio Luque SL9 from sey

[tight gorge]

yeah, I did

[compact hound]

Currently sipping on it

Underwhelmed atm but its fresh af

[tight gorge]

ic ic

[compact hound]

No brown/roast though

Aroma was the weakest part

The white grape is definitely coming through which is nice but the florals are weak

[mellow sonnet]

This month's MCL so hard zzzz

[vivid violet]

i definitely would like to bring it, as soon as it’s allowed 😅

i’m mostly hammering on it to figure out software bugs.

i also don’t want to lord it over folks, so i wasn’t talking about it much in public channels..

prepare your JSON profiles to be loaded !

[vivid violet]

our apartment is tiny, don’t think it would work well with more than 1 person at a time 😅

but if you promise no pics (or read the details of what is allowed), you are welcome to come and try it.

[eternal birch]

aw 😦

I could possibly host in the "library" area of our apartment

[crude citrus]

I could host a meetup in my backyard. I’m in Pasadena

[eternal birch]

@tight gorge have you been to tireshop taqueria?

[boreal solar]

I could probably host at my yard as well. But you guys will hate the drive out here.

[compact hound]

Super generous offer on your part

Looks like a great space to host

[eternal birch]

@cedar otter holy that transaction fee is insane

[mellow sonnet]

Living in the botanical gardens

Those fees are wild 💀 shit adds up too

[mellow sonnet]

Wow they're all individually packaged in clear plastic too

[drowsy knot]

Now that my place is under new ownership I probably can’t host anymore. Your place looks perfect! On the plus side at least I can still do fundraiser pop-ups 🙂 Can also bring some canopies if you host something

[vivid violet]

I'll be running about an hr late, going there after Pasquini to drop off my machine for servicing, it's been too long..

[vivid violet]

sorry to hear, Erik. hope it all goes smoothly for your staying there

[drowsy knot]

Us to, lol, thanks!

[tight gorge]

I went a long time ago so I forget how good it was, I never went back though so prob mid. I do vividly recall a ton of roaches on the wall behind where they setup which was gross af.

[cedar otter]

Yeah never seen this before

[mellow sonnet]

Almond

[tight gorge]

yooo you even have the table and cold brewskis ready

[mellow sonnet]

I haven't had rogue wave coffee in so long outside of their secret shop stuff

[crude citrus]

Thanks! I may have to consult with you since you’re a veteran at meetups

[crude citrus]

Just did a trial run of about 60 people back there

[tight gorge]

bru you a pro then, our meetups dont hit 30 people (yet)

[mellow sonnet]

I would be scared of a meetup of more than 20 ppl 💀

[tight gorge]

My goal is to bring Jack and have him meet Purp

[compact hound]

Has purp even come

[eternal birch]

are we going to see our first irl coffee fight

[tight gorge]

@crude citrus feel free to share some dates that work for you. Im down for mid-late March

[mellow sonnet]

Is this for real?

A real coffee event in #1024498372079534140 ?

[tight gorge]

lolol yeah, we had two last year. Goal was to do 2/3 per year

Maybe even quarterly who knows

we overdue though, last one was in Oct

[mellow sonnet]

2027 for me maybe

I promise I'll host one eventually

Just u all gotta drive north

[surreal pivot]

Is it all gone?

[eternal birch]

I'll host one fall

[mellow sonnet]

I have no idea

I'm actually in line rn

🤡

[surreal pivot]

lol if you could let me know. I might have to cruise over there

[mellow sonnet]

Some gardeners started working next to my house and wanted my parking spot to move their wheel barrow of dirt around

So I just left my house early

[mellow sonnet]

They still got some

Like 4 diff bags

I think

[surreal pivot]

Thanks!

[crude citrus]

Right now March 15, 22, 23 look good for me

[mellow sonnet]

Line is like normal 1hr long looking like

[surreal pivot]

I did it’s resting. It’s slightly early no?

[surreal pivot]

You can skip it if just buying bags right? Cuz ain’t no way I’m waiting an hr 🤣

[mellow sonnet]

Ya

Skip line to just buy beans

I think all of them are still here

[eternal birch]

30g pourovers everyday then once I get rid of my backlogged coffee I have to start drinking backlogged tea

[mellow sonnet]

Me doing 2 20gs

And then random 6g deep27 whenever I want more

[eternal birch]

actually need a new kettle and scale first

gf was upset when she found my 2nd bean stash

[mellow sonnet]

Ever since deep27 + using bean conquerer I've had very minimal bag ends. Usually 1-2g that's just overfill from the roaster

[eternal birch]

ohhh thats a good idea

I just make mystery coffee with the remnants of the last bag and whatever I have of the new one

there's a vial of 11g banana seoul mixed with 7g CC big trouble

[mellow sonnet]

💀

[compact hound]

2 weeks

Not too early for sey IME

[surreal pivot]

I haven’t had them in a while

[eternal birch]

my sey got better after 2+ months 💀

[surreal pivot]

Luminous? 🤣🤣🤣

[mellow sonnet]

I caved

[cedar otter]

Teas last a looooong time tho

[cedar otter]

Lol no

[mellow sonnet]

Juan Pena with jackfruit as a tasting note?

Sherry taped the valve or gout taped the valve

[cedar otter]

Sounds like another banana seoul

Prolly gout

[mellow sonnet]

Perfect bc I haven't bought tape yet

I'm debating just stealing a roll from the hospital

Save me money

[eternal birch]

we got gifted so much tea from china its taking up a substantial amount of storage

[mellow sonnet]

I don't think I've ever had b7 varietal

[crude citrus]

Anyone looking to order from Option O and want to save on shipping? Getting a mini2 for the in laws

[vivid violet]

pro tip for Ondo: ask for tweezers when the parking meter eats your credit card

[eternal birch]

did you manage to get it unstuck

[vivid violet]

with a quick trip to Vons, got tweezers and it worked like a charm.

left it with Bryan, plus some double sided tape, for the next poor soul

I wanted to stay to have a drink, but the extra Vons trip ate up my spare buffer today

[surreal pivot]

I’m tempted to pull the trigger on an 01. How much are they charging for shipping? Have tariffs kicked in yet?

[crude citrus]

Funny thing is that I’m also tempted to pull the trigger on an 01. Went to check and see if it would cut down on shipping but maybe the 01 is so much larger compared to a mini that you don’t save on shipping

I’m not sure on tariffs

[tight gorge]

FYI 01 loud af

[eternal birch]

for 3 seconds

[boreal solar]

I don’t think I’ve ever paid for parking there 😅 there’s usually free street parking when I go.

[boreal solar]

78s still have you unhappy? When we spoke I thought you were looking at the Zerno.

[crude citrus]

I have a severe case of upgraditis

[boreal solar]

It’s ok. I bought a philos since then and ditched the 064s so I can’t say much.

[eternal birch]

was it worth it

[boreal solar]

Yes.

No stalls on the philos. So much cleaner operation and less static. No slow feeding required for a good cup etc

[crude citrus]

I looked at the philos also but didn’t like how the adjustment was in the back. Do you find that to be a problem?

[boreal solar]

I actually prefer it.

When you’re standing over the grinder it gives a better view of settings

[boreal solar]

If we end up doing a meetup I’ll be sure to bring it.

[tight gorge]

March 15?

[eternal birch]

cannot do saturday ever :/

[boreal solar]

Sunday meetup. Affirm that cult status.

[surreal pivot]

Wait seriously?

[tight gorge]

Yeah if you use auto purge

Loud while grinding, very loud while purging

[surreal pivot]

Damn thanks for telling me that. Couldn’t really tell in the videos even though I realize that’s a horrible way to judge

[tight gorge]

workflow nice for sure though

[glossy sail]

Who can bring what to a meetup @crude citrus ?

I actually want to try eg-1 vs p100/01 lol

[crude citrus]

Sounds like 23rd is a good date?

I’ll compile an equipment list after a date is decided

[drowsy knot]

classy move 🫵

[drowsy knot]

23rd works for me feel free to DM with any hosting questions though honestly I just set up a space and tried to get out of the way these people know coffee…

[cedar otter]

How many coferments can I bring

I contracted 4 more

It’s gonna be the power ranger of coferments here at ondo

[tight gorge]

I bought a Kinu P0 to grind coferments at the meetup

[eternal birch]

really wanting a zp6

[cedar otter]

I’m getting two for my baristas

Lmk if u want me to order u one

[mellow sonnet]

Zp6 gb?

I low-key miss mine

Even thou I prob won't ever use it over my naut

I'll just say I don't miss my L01 if that means anything

[surreal pivot]

Yikes. Earlier I was told it’s super loud and now hearing folks don’t miss it- does it suck that badly??

[mellow sonnet]

It was my first "titan"

I think the p100 is objectively better

More quiet and smaller

Unless u really want the 102 burrs for some reason