Los Angeles/OC/San Diego 🌈

[crude citrus]

Ondo had a mandarin line today 😮‍💨

[surreal pivot]

I was trying to get a donut but got dragged to Santa Canela for gentrified conchas instead 😭

Also wanted to hit mandarin because crumbs and flakes is there today but I know that line was oppressive 😂

[mellow sonnet]

Pink champagne was great today

I'm waiting for green onion sesame biscuits to come back to hit up crumbs and flakes popup the lines are stupid long

I found going 15min before open is a good wait time

Usually like one of the first 10-ish ppl in line

Good selection at that time

[surreal pivot]

I’m gonna just pre order after they come back from their wedding.

My tolerance for wild lines is limited these days

@tight gorge north gate has better concha than canela 🤣. This is borderline unacceptable

[mellow sonnet]

I think I've tried every ondo release so far I just realized

Either a bag or in-store

I have to keep the streak live now

[cedar otter]

Did u also get the sidra?

[mellow sonnet]

Oh no

I grabbed a bag of the decaf today thou

Sad

I missed one

[boreal solar]

Special guests good. @cedar otter you need to carry it. 🤷‍♂️

[mellow sonnet]

I had special guests 2 years ago and really enjoyed it

[desert stirrup]

Dude who are these producers?’ I’ve never heard of them until now!

[civic crest]

Those are cherry varietals that murrays sells

[mellow sonnet]

Guys I'm actually impressed w the paragon

The balls are filled w water

Water has higher specific heat than metal so they have more cooling potential than solid metal

The outer is metal thou so it has better cooling on contact

I try it tomorrow but I was putting the cubes in the freezer and noticed it's got liquid inside

[weary chasm]

Ohhh. You bought it

Did you get the kettle too

[cedar otter]

Someone else did

[mellow sonnet]

Somebody gifted the paragon

[weary chasm]

Glad you got rid of high ticket items that barely moved. Lol

[weary chasm]

🤔🤔

[mellow sonnet]

I don't think I saw the zp6 either

[cedar otter]

Someone else bought couple of weeks ago

[mellow sonnet]

Wew

[cedar otter]

The top shelf is kleeen

We sold 57 coffee bags today

And sold 53 $1 iced coffees

We sold more bags of coffee than promo iced coffee

[mellow sonnet]

I bought 2 bags

I was going to try the 1$ drip on my way out but I forgot

Pourover to sit and enjoy and then drip to go

But I got distracted by the paragon

[cedar otter]

59 bags now

[mellow sonnet]

I've returned to washed Ethiopians world

[cedar otter]

I just got a washed eth

To roast

Will report back

[mellow sonnet]

Sheeesh

I'm like 2 days away from opening my ondo x hydrangea

Maybe I should just open today and try the paragon and not wait for tomorrow

Right side is opened and left is sealed

And then I keep my matcha chawan in there

[compact hound]

I really enjoyed the bubs one but now i have to try belles

[surreal pivot]

It just comes down to the fact that Belle’s does really good bagels.

Bub’s Kaiser roll never really had a chance in that 1v1 😂

[compact hound]

Ahhh i see

[tight gorge]

I love bub bread

[crude citrus]

I’m part of the statistic that bought a bag and not $1 coffee

But bc I was too excited about the 10% off bags and forgot about the $1 coffee

[cedar otter]

Ngl the $1 coffees were fire

One was literally same green coffee from moonwake

[crude citrus]

Definitely missed out. I’ll try to remember next year when they’re $2

[cedar otter]

I’ll have fancier coffees for next year

[cedar otter]

62

[cold apex]

wish more people snagged the $1 coffees. sometimes it feels like even if you make good drip accessible it's still a low demand item. which sucks. drip > pourover sometimes

drip addicts non anonymous

[mellow sonnet]

I used to avoid drips but I got a few drips at play when I was in OC and it was good

Now I kinda just budget time to sit and enjoy coffee

[lunar fjord]

sad I missed Ondo anniversary

congrats though verbal

[cedar otter]

Mandarin drip best drip

[cedar otter]

Thank you! And thanks to everyone who came out

One of my baristas called today off so I gotta come in and work

[mellow sonnet]

I think the paragon creates a distinct but indescribable difference

[lunar fjord]

yea it gets a lot of flak but I like it

[cedar otter]

Time to get a refractometer and measure the TDS

So you can describe the difference

👨‍🔬

[weary chasm]

You're speaking as if they never had one... But it's probably lost in the past now

[mellow sonnet]

I actually never had one I told myself if I got one I would go down rabbit hole of data collecting

I already log all my coffee on BQ

[weary chasm]

I used to on bq. Then I tried roasting. And then I just gave up

Tldr, don't roast

[eternal birch]

james wang + owners kid watching tv 🔥

[weary chasm]

I wonder if this James wang guy gets all the clients

[young spindle]

Based Lebrew filter burrs

[cedar otter]

Actually never had their drip after the burr change

[mellow sonnet]

Owners kid not doing kumon

[mellow sonnet]

Apparently he bought hella advertising up until like 2017 and then he taper off but a lot of places still have stock leftover or something

[crude citrus]

Name of nood place?

[cedar otter]

any good taco place near lbc

[eternal birch]

zhenwei kitche in alhambra

[tight gorge]

Sonoratown

[cedar otter]

We did weekend numbers today with two less ppl

[drowsy knot]

hey @cedar otter huge congrats on a successful year! Was out of town and just got back - otherwise would have been 3 more of us there 🙂

[cedar otter]

Thank you Erik!!

[turbid herald]

@cedar otter the Matcha custard pie was really good - and got a few bags I’m excited to try. Happy to have made it out yesterday!

[brave crystal]

I tried Lynx over the weekend. Highly recommend if you enjoy milky battery acid.

[mellow sonnet]

Mandarin converting people to black coffee 🫡 no more cream tops

Latte still exists thou

[compact hound]

Tbh at first I was against the idea

But i get it now

And i love to see it

[tight gorge]

Funny how everyone slowly turns into Jack

[compact hound]

INB4 he makes a corny ass post eluding to this trend

[tight gorge]

e tu purp?

[weary chasm]

I feel like I'm missing some steps. How do they convert

[mellow sonnet]

Mandarin not serving cream tops anymore outside the Vienna latte

[crude citrus]

Were people ordering a $21 spro with a cream top?

[compact hound]

Adding cream to any of the drinks was the issue

[mellow sonnet]

I def saw a few cream top matcha lattes

🤡

[cedar otter]

They had a cream top drink but were offering them on matcha and stuff

Ondo has 2 cream top drinks but since day one refused to put them on anything else

[mellow sonnet]

Wew

[cedar otter]

We actually have two different cream tops it’s too much for a shop our size

[earnest robin]

What's cream top

[vivid violet]

big glop of cream on the top of whatever drink

[glossy sail]

There's a lot of glitch on bar. What lol

[cedar otter]

that menu is crazy

[lunar fjord]

Yea it’s pretty insane

@mellow sonnet you got gifted the paragon right? Any idea where they got it?

Can’t find an online retailer

[weary chasm]

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/nucleus-coffee-tools-paragon-pourover-coffee-brewing-stand-with-chilling-rocks-paragon-blk/845PARAGONBLK.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2c2N-JXEjQMVbTRECB2H1gXrEAQYAiABEgKjL_D_BwE

😂😂

[compact hound]

Damn i have to visit soon

[mellow sonnet]

Ondo

[weary chasm]

Ondo might have sold out

Good on selling out of That

[mellow sonnet]

Time to restock

[lunar fjord]

Ty, I saw this site
Is it legit?

Verbal already owns my wallet pretty much

[mellow sonnet]

I feel like the paragon is good enough change for me to daily it ngl I'm very impressed

[weary chasm]

Web restaurant is a legit website.

It's where a lot of coffee shop owners buy their wares

[mellow sonnet]

There's def a change in VOCs and I smell my coffee before every sip

[weary chasm]

Could ask if verbal would restock first I guess

But I've bought some items off web restaurant store and they've been good so far

[lunar fjord]

Tyty

[eternal birch]

will say the same 👍

need to do a/b testing though

[mellow sonnet]

Ya I'm debating buying a second v60 for testing

I have year of tiger maybe get year of dragon

[weary chasm]

Oh. I thought you were gonna get dual paragon

[mellow sonnet]

Me and sis year of dragon and tiger

[eternal birch]

azeo thinks we're billionaires

[cedar otter]

Need one?

[cedar otter]

We don’t buy any coffee wares I’ll tell u that

[mellow sonnet]

Or I can A/B on an origami tbh I like the looks of the colors of the origami more

Verbal has the plug 👀

[weary chasm]

I joined a bunch of coffee business Facebook group. Lol.

They have complaints that web restaurant store prices going up. 😂

[cedar otter]

Oh most of the people in there are dumbasses. They want to open a coffee shop with a breville barista express and there are people who comment “yeah that’s perfectly fine that’s how we got started too”

[weary chasm]

Yeah. It's entertaining

[cedar otter]

I’m in there for the memes

I used to take a bunch of screenshots

[eternal birch]

https://tenor.com/view/bomb-pipe-bomb-gif-11987700991386067050

[weary chasm]

Well yeah. I don't see origami on web restaurant store

[mellow sonnet]

Time to open a shop w 2 bdb

2 BDB and 2 niche zeros

[weary chasm]

What could go wrong

[eternal birch]

espresso vivace my beloved

[cedar otter]

Upper in ktown and LT9 in old pas

[eternal birch]

isnt lt9 the hainan chicken place?

[cedar otter]

There was a boba place

[weary chasm]

Whatever works.

[crude citrus]

I actually don’t really understand what a single or double shot is

[cedar otter]

It’s an old concept that never dies

Originally espresso was split into two shots

[compact hound]

Single is boomer shit

[crude citrus]

So like 18 in 36 out and that 36 is two single shots?

[cedar otter]

With the spouted portafilter

Yeah

And in italy they used that split shot in drinks

[compact hound]

When someone says “a shot” it pretty much always means a double

But some people still get confused and think its a single

[cedar otter]

Yeah

[compact hound]

And no shop is pulling a literal single shot either

[mellow sonnet]

I'm convinced shops like seven leaves when u say add a shot or add 2 shots it's the same thing 🤡

[cedar otter]

Single shot is a myth

It works in Italy when you’re just scooping preground coffee into portafilter and keep pulling shots

Where u don’t really waste coffee

[lunar fjord]

It’s funny because I went to Cafe Vita at SEA and I think they’re the only place in recent memory that serves singles

@cedar otter yea I’d like a paragon, happy to get one from you if you’re going to stock

[mellow sonnet]

Mandarin really said no more cream tops and they're out of matcha today

Ondo has all of LA in a chokehold

[crude citrus]

Is there still a line?

[mellow sonnet]

Ya surprisingly

But people can't read the 3 signs they have up saying they're out of matcha 🤡

[weary chasm]

Does it move quick then?

Or they go with a consolation order

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I was waiting for my pourover and watched ppl wait in line and then leave bc no matcha 🤡

[boreal solar]

Is LA currently dominated by Dubai chocolate too? I feel like I missed something. It’s everywhere in London.

[weary chasm]

Iunno. Is it the literal Dubai chocolate bar?

They're was a tik tok Starbucks variant

Tasted pretty good

So I made my own

[boreal solar]

Lattes based on, spins on pain au chocolate(which actually kind of works)

And the bars

[weary chasm]

The one I saw was based on matcha latte

[boreal solar]

I wish I liked matcha lattes more.

[weary chasm]

Essentially,

Starbucks

Matcha latte
2 pumps of pistachio syrup
Oat milk
Chocolate cold foam

[mellow sonnet]

Ive seen like 1 shop in Glendale sell it

[weary chasm]

I got a bar from some random store in a mall. I forget where now though

Was pretty decent.

[boreal solar]

Yeah, it’s not bad. I’ve liked what I’ve tried. I’m just seeing it everywhere here. Must be a London trend at the moment.

[weary chasm]

I also made one for a shop. But it's probably just straight dessert

This was pretty damn good. Lol

======================
Ingredients:

heavy cream
whole milk

ghirardelli chocolate syrup
restaurant grade matcha
monin pistachio syrup
Costco oat milk (or whatever oat milk you want)

=====================
Chocolate cold foam:

2:1 ratio of heavy cream to milk

80g heavy cream
40g whole milk
40g chocolate syrup

use a cheap frother or similar to froth it. Makes enough for ~3 cups?

==============

3g match powder
Add 50g 80C water and mix
2 pumps (or 20g) monin pistachio syrup
180g oat milk

=================

Prepare the matcha base first, then add ice, then add the chocolate cold foam.

drink from the cup to get the two flavors like you're biting in Dubai chocolate. Do not use a straw.

[surreal pivot]

Trader Joe’s just released their version

[mellow sonnet]

I'm finally trying guisado breakfast burrito

They stop making them at 1pm but they let me order one anyways

[mellow sonnet]

Wew chorizo burrito good

Would get again

[vivid violet]

have always wanted to try that, but forget to get some before cutoff 😅

[glossy sail]

Lady M Dubai chocolate cake is so good lol

Iono, my wife says Dubai chocolate is a trend on some Chinese socials too.

[boreal solar]

Is it stewed chorizo? I mean it’s guisados. That’s sort of in the name

[boreal solar]

Yeah, my wife said it’s big right now.

[vivid violet]

didn't think i'd like it very much, but i am enjoying the "white chocolate" Dubai chocolate i got at Mrs Knafeh:
#1228081171649400912 message

i only cut off a little bit at a time, because it's so sweet.

wilford brimley would be proud.

[weary chasm]

Yo. I guess I'll be trying

[weary chasm]

Do they have slices?

A whole cake sounds too rich

[trail tiger]

They should have slices, I never get cakes cause it’s just too much

[glossy sail]

yea they have slices.

cakes are ... $$$$

well so are slices lol

[mellow sonnet]

👀

About to have a BDB for 400ish after buyers fees

10min left

Wew mine now

Packing the flair away now I guess

Time to slayermod

[low mantle]

Nice!

What’s that bidding site?

[mellow sonnet]

Orills

U have to pick up in person or set up delivery which is kinda spooky

It's a 30-40min drive for me to Sylmar thou so not bad

[low mantle]

Thanks!

You going to swap out the plastic opv to an adjustable one?

[mellow sonnet]

I'll see after I get the machine

No idea what condition is outside the pics provided

It's a 2024 from the batch number thou

Willing to bet it has less than 100 shots on the counter

The other unit went 300$ but they didn't include pic of the batch number and there was hard water stains on it too

[low mantle]

Right on. For $400 you aren’t risking much.

Just take the top off once you get it home and check it out. Maybe remove the shower screen and clean the group head. Breville consumers tend to never ever back flush.

[mellow sonnet]

There was a Mahlkonig E65S also up for sale im assuming same owner

Decent setup he prob took care of it

Going to check shot counter first and then clean for sure thou

[cedar otter]

Meanwhile

Tripling down on cream top

[mellow sonnet]

This person stole a whole sleeve of cups for the home setup or what

[compact hound]

Had the same thought hahaha

[compact hound]

Fresh espresso straight into the plastic cup

[desert stirrup]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/965008228876754/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Ayo porsche and LM Micra

[desert stirrup]

Damn man I need to hit them up. Maybe tomorrow at SM

[cedar otter]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJVJz8ANYGo/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

lamarzocconz

Continuing the celebration of the Porsche x La Marzocco partnership, a custom wrapped KB90 inspired by the Porsche Carrera RSR Martini Racing—winner of the 1973 Targa Florio, made an appearance at the Auckland Regional Barista Champs brewing @havanacoffeeworks coffees for spectators cheering on their favourite baristas.

Driven by a taste for ...

Instagram

[lone finch]

Red, Wine Black, Berry, Chocolate Long

[civic crest]

yeah they're at almost every farmer's market

[crude citrus]

Always going to have opportunists

[desert stirrup]

Ayo why does Luminous only open their site for purchase on Friday?

That’s some gatekeeping hoe shit

I have money

Let me buy

[eternal birch]

luminous

[desert stirrup]

Also also also! This! This was an amazing suggestion! My first light roast profile that I was able to dial in. I enjoy this more than Rao’s blooming profile

I’m trying to find a slayer shot profile. If anyone knows where one is for Decent pls share!

[desert stirrup]

I’m out of the know. Please tell me everything!

Oh also the Decent’s warm up time is stupid good. I really liked that before deciding on it but I didn’t expect to like this much. It really does allow me to say “I want espresso” then within 10 mins have espresso.

I don’t know how long other machines are but it sounds like they take 30+ mins for warm up

[cold apex]

my gcp is about 10 minutes

then another 2-3 of temp surfing

[glossy sail]

LRv3 is also good profile. Baseline LC, ULC, etc are also good but those need to be dled standalone to add to the decent software. Filter3 is also incredibly lazy if you have it relatively dialed in.

[weary chasm]

if you have a manual machine like a Robot, or lol. Uniterra Nomad, you can have the same idea

just takes the time you'd need to boil water on 110v

... aka 5 minutes.

[eternal birch]

he crashed out on everyone over people criticizing his move to saudi arabia

defended that shit with his life

said its "more progressive" and that they can change saudi arabia

his roasts are good though

[weary chasm]

whoa

if he moves to saudi

then how will luminious rooasts

ship from saudi?

[weary chasm]

but they're the website/online portion of Dark Moon Coffee roasters out of henderson nevada

*suburb of Las Vegas

[cedar otter]

Lol what move

[cedar otter]

Nope

Ppl just love making stuff up

[weary chasm]

I probably could take a better picture

But this was pretty cool

DIY stand for filters

Or well. Come stock

[cedar otter]

This is equivalent of saying communal space is the roasting side of ondo coffee

[cedar otter]

It’s because luminous is run by 2 ppl and it takes them 3 days to prep for the weekend drop store

[weary chasm]

maybe my info is wrong, but afaik, they share the loring for roasting.

but i'm a spreader of misinfo. could be true at a point, but no longer true.

the only time i bought luminous was on-site at dark moon coffee roasters though. maybe they had some kind of agreement to cross-sell.

during the era of Koji process beans.

[weary chasm]

def check out Dark Moon Roasters though if you're in the area

[surreal pivot]

I’ll never find out because his Instagram crash out completely turned me off to ever buying from him 🤣

He was so confident in what he was saying only to realize he didn’t know which Brian he was taking about

[eternal birch]

tbh I never did see if he followed through, guessing he didnt?

[cedar otter]

luminous moved the loring out of there months ago lol

[cedar otter]

it was never a relocation. he was simply launching his brand in the region (packaging and different coffee) but it would still be roasted in his place in vegas and shipped to saudi and distributed there

[cedar otter]

they co-own the loring yes but other than that they have no business affiliation

[eternal birch]

I mis-assumed

lumi not a good communicator

[boreal solar]

If it’s just espresso you can get away with less than 10 minutes. Five is usually fine. Depending on the bean you can even have it ready by the time you dose and prep a puck sometimes lol

[crude citrus]

Speaking of espresso the Ondo Choco is really damn good for milk drinks

[desert stirrup]

Temp surfing sounds so fucking stressful man

[desert stirrup]

I’m not a fan of Saudi Arabia in almost every way so that is good to know. Might steer clear completely now. Also the Friday only drops is just annoying

[desert stirrup]

What does “LC” and “ULC” mean? Light Coffee and Ultra Light Coffee?

[desert stirrup]

Might nab now

Also I am at GoodPeople Coffee

Awful presentation

But it was dialed in very well

Colores Peachy Sunrise

Dummy peachy

I gotta make my espresso taste like this but look way better

[silent pier]

Low Contact, theres some more info about em here #1194884158539964426 message

[desert stirrup]

I thought machine specific channels were not allowed anymore

I’m glad there is a Decent channel

Thank you good sire

May the sun shine bright on you for this

[silent pier]

i guess this one is technically a thread under a channel haha, did you join the decent discord as well?

[mellow sonnet]

So uh 31X shots lifetime

Previous owner had a normcore puck screen in the pf

[weary chasm]

Back to semi auto life

[mellow sonnet]

Shower screen barely dirty

Thank fuck Ikea hex fit on the shower screen bc I don't have any tools still

Although I've realized I've never looked at what temp a spro machine is supposed to be at in fahrenheit

I've always used Celsius

Also the machine specifically says to not use demineralized or filter water

Interesting

[surreal pivot]

Of course he’s closed today

[weary chasm]

Can't you switch it back? Australia uses c

[unique tusk]

Jack posted on IG yesterday and today that they’d be closed to go take the dog to the vet

[cedar otter]

https://tenor.com/view/bowing-thank-you-tom-and-jerry-take-a-bow-chasing-gif-20784169

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I got a look up the menu but I'm just cleaning it for now

[surreal pivot]

Since I love my dogs, this is the only acceptable excuse 😂

[mellow sonnet]

Machine is clean now. Just soaking the basket and PF in vinegar for now

Used my own basket and pf

Machine builds pressure just fine

Pretty excited tbh

[weary chasm]

Ohh. I thought the pf is breville dual boiler specific

[mellow sonnet]

Oops ya

It is

Used my own basket and puckscreen

I kinda wanna put my nautilus on top of it 🤡

[weary chasm]

Does it carry the weight?

[mellow sonnet]

No idea

Prob not

[cedar otter]

Ooh

Ondo #3

Potentially

🤣

North Pasadena/Altadena

[trail tiger]

👀

Take some business away from mandarin 😎

[cedar otter]

Oh jk

Only roastery maybe

[surreal pivot]

Take all future business away from Madcap Altadena

[eternal birch]

got a second office in cerritos I'll be in like... twice a month

ondo artesia when so I can hooky

[left inlet]

You can find Slayer shot and many other profiles by going to the Community tab of Visualizer. I have been learning about many decent profiles to convert for use on Meticulous. The videos that Decent puts out on YouTube for light, medium, and dark roast have been very helpful. They do not include every profile, like Long's three profiles. I can share some good ones that I have been researching.

https://visualizer.coffee/community

@surreal pivot

https://visualizer.coffee/community

@surreal pivot This article from Robert Aloe also helped.

https://rmckeon.medium.com/decent-espresso-profile-analysis-across-a-population-2748700f3482

[mellow sonnet]

Take business from unincorporated. Go all the way north

[surreal pivot]

I think you may have meant to tag someone else?

[left inlet]

I thought you were talking about decent profiles earlier?

[surreal pivot]

Wasn’t me. I did just buy an entry level espresso machine and am absolutely clueless as to what I’m doing though 😂

[left inlet]

what did you buy?

I thought mentioned a slayer shot

[crude citrus]

I think that was @desert stirrup

[crude citrus]

If you do I will live there

[left inlet]

Yes oops

[cedar otter]

July? Idk

[cedar otter]

Gonna go take a look but it looks like the building is in an industrial zone

Which means bootleg tasting room inside a roastery but sadly no cafe

[left inlet]

That was meant for @desert stirrup

[cedar otter]

I was actually looking at that space 2 years ago but the landlord wanted a ridiculous rent

Like $10k a month

I guess after 3 years of vacancy they changed their mind

Also mad lab has big money

Mad lab is part of a bigger restaurant group so they can negotiate better terms

[surreal pivot]

That’s really funny because on his stories, the madlab guy would have you believe that he and his 1 partner pulled themselves up by the bootstraps and opened their shops with their last pennies

[surreal pivot]

Legato. I knew as soon as you mentioned profiling it couldn’t have been for me 😂

[weary chasm]

You do have one profile. Flat bar

[cedar otter]

He did at first. And I know that he doesn’t really pull money from the restaurant group but when you’re signing a lease, it helps that you are a part of a restaurant group

[eternal birch]

july

time to bully allen then

[compact hound]

Why are we bulk

[eternal birch]

?

the hell

[cedar otter]

Wtf

[trail tiger]

i think thats popular in taiwan

https://www.tiktok.com/@shantalishh/photo/7509188843665362206 aint no way

TW: bug in coffee

[eternal birch]

nsfw but probably from one of these

this one was at 626

[cedar otter]

Oh I saw them lmao

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1248179897042295/?mibextid=wwXIfr

This is a steal

Arguably better than a moccamaster

[eternal birch]

... how did they not catch that

[compact hound]

Bullying****

[boreal solar]

Altadena would be nice.

[eternal birch]

@compact hound ty for coff

[cold apex]

IE better

[mellow sonnet]

I vote Altadena

Please make it walking distance

[cedar otter]

This isn’t gonna be a shop 😂

[eternal birch]

warehouse shop trendy though

[cedar otter]

Truuu

Got plenty of space for green storage and roasting tho

[eternal birch]

do both like sightglass sf

toss in an office if there's enough space too

[cedar otter]

We can probably do like weekend service

Yeah currently it’s ALL builtout as office

So they’re gonna demo most and keep some as office/bathroom

[eternal birch]

actually sounds ideal

rip out the carpet n stuff

[crude citrus]

It’s actually walking distance for me lol

I’ll need to change my name to Ondo loiterer

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah if we loiter outside maybe we can come in and try coffee

Is that like right next to the 210

I feel like I looked at an adu super close to there when I was looking to get out of the hotel

[cedar otter]

Yeah

[boreal solar]

Meh 🫤 drink your klatch

[boreal solar]

Showroom.

[desert stirrup]

I did! It’s dead af

[desert stirrup]

I will check it all out! I will try the slayer shot in a bit! Thank you

[desert stirrup]

Oh that’s very interesting! I didn’t know they were part of a restaurant group. Their coffee and beans are alright for PO

[cedar otter]

yeah potentially a warehouse+showroom for all the brewing gears and beans

[cold apex]

better in terms of untapped potential

[boreal solar]

Cupping events 🙂

[cedar otter]

yeah for sure. potentially we can set up a lab and run SCA classes

Or host SCA classes for the instructors

it's too much $$$ now to become AST

[weary chasm]

What's ast

[tight gorge]

Coro

And get a loring

[cedar otter]

Nah a second stronghold

[cedar otter]

Authorized sca trainer

[tight gorge]

You already have one?

🤔

[tight gorge]

Turn sloth into the next brewers cup champion

[compact hound]

No troll i actually might try to go for q certification this yr

[eternal birch]

with our combined knowledge we can create one

[compact hound]

But dunno for sure

Meaningless but i want the piece of paper

[weary chasm]

probably more worth it in Specialty coffee job than a college degree (?)

i'm sure you can get it faster too

[compact hound]

Real

[boreal solar]

RIP 2 and a half hour drive to Rancho from LAX after getting back from London. Open the next shop at the airport @cedar otter

[cedar otter]

U heard about Q disappearing yeah?

CQI (which is the organization behind Q cert) basically sold off their program to SCA

😂

Also u don’t need Q cert unless u are gonna be buying greens

[weary chasm]

allen gonna be a roaster, i guess.

[cedar otter]

Allen gonna be head roaster for ondo

[tight gorge]

I’m sure you learn a ton in the process

But I’m clueless about q

[cedar otter]

You do; it’s also very expensive to get Q

[tight gorge]

gofundme for sloth

We need a Q at our meetups

[weary chasm]

sloth's wages, to pay for classes

lol.

maybe, company sponsorship.

[mellow sonnet]

I wanted Q cert for fun

But I feel like the cost of the test makes it not worth if I just want it for fun

[tight gorge]

How much?

[mellow sonnet]

It's 2k

[tight gorge]

And how much the renewal?

Hope it’s less

[weary chasm]

i guess, you can just not renew, if you don't need it for anything.

[tight gorge]

Yeah, 3 years to show off is enough time imo

lol

I’ve spent 2k on worse things

[mellow sonnet]

The test is like a 2 week thing u gotta fly to

🤡

If it was something u could do local I prob would

[compact hound]

I actually did but wasnt sure the specifics

So is it literally just not going to be a thing anymore

[tight gorge]

It’s to build community bru

[weary chasm]

Few and far between. Lol

Take your work vacation to take the test.

[cedar otter]

Nobody knows

They are figuring it out

[compact hound]

I see i see good to know

[low mantle]

I don’t really understand these certifications. Do they provide you anything other than education? Do people in the industry actually care about a certification?

[cedar otter]

no

It can help land some jobs

but noone's gonna hire someone who has all the SCA certifications but zero experience working in coffee

I think literally Q exists for a "peace of mind" thing for ppl

never heard someone say "oh yeah getting a Q was a turning point in my career"

[low mantle]

Okay that makes sense. It’s cool but whatever. I would only ever consider certifications if my employer was paying or if it was guaranteed to generate work.

[crude citrus]

Can I be his intern? I just want to be able to walk to work

[compact hound]

That would be sick

[crude citrus]

Will work for coffee

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah hire me for weekends

[surreal pivot]

Any good Santa Monica dinner recs?

[tight gorge]

Cobis, Simon, colapasta

[mellow sonnet]

Guys I want a second pearl

And then I can do A/B testing

Or should I get a Tally to try

[cedar otter]

I can sell u tally

😂

[mellow sonnet]

ondo stocking fellow equipment?

[cedar otter]

I might order some aiden

Need to order a couple of kettles for ondo dos

Might as well order some things to sell

[weary chasm]

Just for the looks/form factor?

[mellow sonnet]

I just want 2 higher end nice scales for a/b testing

My pearl I'm using right now was the second one for testing but my first one burned while second was in shipping 🤡

I wouldn't mind a mismatch pearl and tally but I do think double pearl looks the best if I already have one

[eternal birch]

would be able to lend you my pearl and my mouth for the weekend

[mellow sonnet]

I want to a/b the paragon

I'm convinced there's a major difference

But idk what's different

[eternal birch]

you have one right?

[mellow sonnet]

Ya

I think I've used it for every pourover this week

Rinse ball and put in freezer after I'm done drinking. Pull it out when I'm waiting for kettle to heat

It's less fuss than I thought

[cedar otter]

Gonna start offering this too

Espresso two ways

[mellow sonnet]

Wew

Ondo 2 going to be experiential?

[cedar otter]

Nah

Ondo 1 only

2 is gonna be basic af

[eternal birch]

copy paste yeems

[eternal birch]

have you tried non frozen ball

does make a difference as well

I think the one thing I dislike about the paragon is that the drink cools significantly and I can't just leisurely sip and take my time

kinda gotta direct my attention at consuming the drink

[mellow sonnet]

I think I finish most my drinks in 30-45min anyways

or I forget about it and drink it 3hr later

No in-between

[cedar otter]

https://youtu.be/fPAXt2IHe6A?si=Dy5l68WDH9tkt91g

@eternal birch

Someone did the test for u

From 6:10

If u wanna skip ahead

Dry ice > frozen paragon > refrigerated paragon

[cedar otter]

Chug n go

[trail tiger]

Freeze the Hario switch ball

[eternal birch]

time to keep dry ice around

[tight gorge]

Wife’s first meal at home request post 🤰. Gradient a bit too wide but after 9 month ban it was still dank

[eternal birch]

also congrats!!!

[tight gorge]

Thanks! Going into fourth night so delirium about to set in lmao

[trail tiger]

Cream top on every signature drink

[cedar otter]

Coffee consumption rate about to go up

[tight gorge]

Blessed

My wife went to half the grams per day so that’s also another booost

[crude citrus]

Oh single shots?!

[crude citrus]

Congrats! That’s a great looking steak post birth lol

[compact hound]

Congraaaaats!!

[cedar otter]

Split shots

One chilled

One not

[civic crest]

Congrats!!

[drowsy knot]

don’t worry it’ll settle down and you’ll start getting better sleep in a few years 😉 And congrats!

[surreal pivot]

Congrats!! @tight gorge

[crude citrus]

By a few years do you mean 18 years?

[mellow sonnet]

One of my coworkers works 2 full-time jobs bc he got 3 kids all at USC 🤡

Graveyard for my hospital and then another full-time shift at another hospital

He naps in his car between jobs

And he realized if he doesn't go home, he can get an extra hour of sleep

So he just bounced between both hospitals

[cedar otter]

Congrats @tight gorge !

[compact hound]

Just found out my sister is having a second kid!!!

Kept bugging her to have another kid ever since her first one for a couple years now

Fingers crossed its a girl

[mellow sonnet]

Wewew congrats

[vivid violet]

congrats !! ❤️

[left inlet]

Congrats Alan!

[boreal solar]

Congrats

[boreal solar]

Someone here was looking for a casa werent they? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/621345677736376/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[weary chasm]

Whoa.

[weary chasm]

Is the first one a boy

[weary chasm]

Congrats

[mellow sonnet]

The hydrangea x ondo is actually really nice on spro

18.5g on the flair basket in the BDB. Pressure kinda low but that's def bc my brew burrs

[mellow sonnet]

Luckin coffee is coming to the US but in NY wew

Chinese coffee chain that will have specialty beans. They've had 3$ gesha coffee at one point

But also they could be labeling random shit gesha and nobody would know

[eternal birch]

C O A L

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah and it's coal

[cedar otter]

the farm name is gesha and they grow catimor

[mellow sonnet]

Oh is that what they do

Lmao

I just assumed they were doing a 1% gesha blend

Or something dumb

Naming the farm gesha was def not one of my considerations but makes sense

[cedar otter]

Haha I was just guessing

[crude citrus]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKSqonRhw3G/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

endorffeine

Serious applicants only. Jack is hiring for a Coffee Director position at a soon-to-open restaurant. A Michelin-starred chef will be at the helm, and the coffee service is expected to complement the food menu. Jack will work closely with the Coffee Director, in order to implement an Endorffeine-level coffee program. Must have leadership expe...

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[mellow sonnet]

Jack expanding wew

We have ondo at home

[cedar otter]

Lol I was hoping the opportunity would come to me. It went to Jack

I know where this is for

[eternal birch]

spill 👀

jon yao?

[cedar otter]

Naw

[boreal solar]

Hey man, I have some of their double walled glass cappuccino mugs 😅

They’re not bad

[cedar otter]

@compact hound @glossy sail

[glossy sail]

hahahaha

we were also both at Re Ca Phe on like back-to-back days

sorry @cedar otter i just added more - your house roasts lol

[cedar otter]

Sold out of pink champagne

Need to roast more on Monday

Also have 4 more new single origins dropping in the next 2 weeks

[lunar fjord]

that's a big wew

[cedar otter]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4401500113441052/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Who needs a barely used slayer steam single

@mellow sonnet instead of modding that breville into a slayer

👀

[mellow sonnet]

Bruh that's such a a good deal

I wish I had my house

It def won't fit or run in my adu

[cedar otter]

I want it

But i just paid $5k to put stupid sign up

[weary chasm]

failed the buyban? ohhh. ssame allen same last name.

[mellow sonnet]

We have ReCaphe at home

I thought about the cactus but it wouldn't match

And then I need a flower bouquet for mandarin

[cedar otter]

lmao

just get a bang lamp

15% off promocode

SHINEWITHONDO

[mellow sonnet]

U rige

Rite

I should get bang lamp

I spent too much today thou

I called out sick to hang out w my friend at Ikea 🤡

And then we somehow ended up on Fairfax shopping

[boreal solar]

New sign for og location or new?

Clearing out some space. If anyone wants an older 8 cup bona vita drip coffee maker before I post it let me know. Barely seems worth the effort. Works well. Descaled right before I stored it, free if not clear.

“Bona Vita 8 cup drip coffee maker. Model number BV1902DW with programmable preinfusion, timer and shower screen for even extraction.

Maintains a brew temp of 195-205 to meet SCA Guidelines. “

[cedar otter]

New

[cedar otter]

So fancy

[eternal birch]

definitely different than stagger/rok

in vibes, idk drink

[eternal birch]

drinks are better than rok/stagger, quality too

definitely a step above the two

but still the same category

[cedar otter]

I heard it’s the same owner as memorylook

Which kinda makes sense

That branding is very Korean

[eternal birch]

makes very sense because they also sell glasses online lol

[cedar otter]

I just don't like how everything says ARCHIVES OF US 555 N SPRING ST

like chill dude people already made it into 555 n spring

[weary chasm]

Stocking soap?

[cedar otter]

😂

Hats too

[boreal solar]

Why not coffee exfoliating soap from used pucks? 😅

[cedar otter]

I feel like jae bu do shouldn’t be there lol

Just bc kbbq usually means pork and beef

[eternal birch]

agree, but also quarters is below the price chart of moodaepo and pigya(honeypig) lmao

[compact hound]

Ive come to the conclusion i will never leave kbbq satisfied unless its ayce

[cedar otter]

Technically correct if u just ordered each item once

[compact hound]

Went to the new baekjong in ktown recently and left starving

[cedar otter]

Sounds like u gotta spend more

[eternal birch]

I can't do ayce

the meat so bad 😦

[compact hound]

Would rather just finish the job at taco bell

[compact hound]

True but it gets the job done sometimes

[tight gorge]

Yeah I don’t do Ayce either

[eternal birch]

I've never had this issue in kbbq but for fine dining yes

[compact hound]

Which is why i dont eat kbbq often

[eternal birch]

esp new restaurants working on their menu

[cedar otter]

I just do home

[eternal birch]

I would grab street tacos after

[cedar otter]

havent eaten out for kbbq for a year

[eternal birch]

same, I think I only go kbbq like 2-3 times a year atp 😦

[cedar otter]

did go to parks bbq

[compact hound]

P much same

[cedar otter]

and treated out Subtext ppl

it was like $350

for 3

[compact hound]

I never crave kbbq either

[cedar otter]

with no drinks

[eternal birch]

parks, soot bull jeep the only 2 I go

[cedar otter]

its bc you aint korean

it's in our blood

[compact hound]

Im not big on pork tbh

[cedar otter]

ahh

yeah

I'd argue pork is the star of kbbq

with some beef cuts here and there

[eternal birch]

i kinda forgot abt pork lol

I go to pork kbbq more often

[compact hound]

Like i know folks looooooove pork belly

[cedar otter]

pork is more humble and OG

[compact hound]

But i can only eat a few

[cedar otter]

u need to cut the richness w/ kimchi or ssam

and soju

[eternal birch]

Pigya ^^^

[compact hound]

3 shots of soju and im actually buzzed af

[eternal birch]

or sookdal

[cedar otter]

dude we had 10 bottles w/ 2 of my cousins

[compact hound]

My friend just recc’d this place to me a couple weeks ago

[cedar otter]

sookdal good

[eternal birch]

100% go, very good banchan

[compact hound]

2 bottles and i’d be considered fucked up

[eternal birch]

really cuts into the greasiness

Pigya for heavy pork with pork grease fried kimchi and bean sprouts

Sookdal for a kinda lighter fare

[compact hound]

Okay gotta slang out more cream top

[tight gorge]

This place has not had enforcer presence before so I will resist urge to summon them

[dull adder]

Just pregame before

[dull adder]

This always ends up more expensive for me than AYCE which is funny. But I fill up and the meat is better

The street taco mention reminds me, @compact hound I just tried to go to that spot you called out off the 91 and almost crashed while rubber necking a $1 taco stand. It wasn't the best pastor I've had but solid, salsas were great. I spent $10 on 6 tacos and rice and beans

They didn't speak English though, I fumbled my way through Spanglish. My frijoles and rice ended up inside the tacos. Still was great

[weary chasm]

Probably do need to spend more

[tight gorge]

This IS one of the reasons I don’t go to ayce anymore. I can actually afford not to now

[dull adder]

Too poor for good kbbq
Too snobby for AYCE

[gleaming prairie]

Youth divisions finals - Mesa Rim, North City, San Marcos. Always super impressive

[weary chasm]

I enjoyed this one, but it was probably with the group went with.
Check out Moon BBQ!
https://yelp.to/z6S_eu_UV2

[weary chasm]

Did you get their set menu?

[crude citrus]

Is Gen off the chart for budget and party?

[cedar otter]

$9

[crude citrus]

Cream tops in LA

[tight gorge]

Ok, hear me out. We need more cream tops

infused ct, aged ct, goat milk ct

most ct are boring af

[compact hound]

I def agree but i think i feel that way about 90% of cafe signature drinks here

Everything is so low effort

[compact hound]

Was it good?

[cedar otter]

It was good but I didn’t taste any coffee

[compact hound]

It is

[eternal birch]

gen solid for college + bulking

[crude citrus]

My friend said that toro tea has a matcha infused cream top. So what if you got a matte latte with a matcha cream top 🤯

[compact hound]

Stagger

And other shops got this now

[cedar otter]

Stagger rok now homeboy

[compact hound]

Not sure if stagger was the original (doubt) but they were the ones to popularize/become viral first about it

[cedar otter]

What if I add strawberry coferment instant coffee into the cream top

[compact hound]

I feel like i remember you bringing this idea up awhile ago

That would be fire

[cedar otter]

Haha

[compact hound]

Very brandon friendly drink for sure

[cedar otter]

Need to buy a freeze dryer

[compact hound]

Strawberry coferm milk punch with strawberry coferm instant cream top

@cedar otter do this before mr peel finds his way in these chats

[eternal birch]

first in LA, not sure where the trend is from though

where did matcha start blowing up? nyc?

[eternal birch]

I'd pay money to use

[surreal pivot]

Was just there. Matcha lemonade was refreshing and not too sweet.

[crude citrus]

Maybe Japan

[eternal birch]

would agree that its a better tier of drinks than stagger/rok?

[surreal pivot]

Oh yeah def agree. I like AOU’s patio too. Probably would enjoy it more when it’s less crowded.

Also- stopped by Jack’s the other day @compact hound @tight gorge I definitely caught him on a bad day the last time. All is forgiven 😂😂😂

He had me enjoying Sey for the first time in over a year

[weary chasm]

Sounds good if low effort and makes money

[weary chasm]

He brew you a cup?

[tight gorge]

https://tenor.com/view/dave-chappelle-hate-to-see-gif-19606164

Last time I went they were sad I had not been in 3 months.

Their one month Thailand break ruined our routine

[weary chasm]

This is great. I guess the price for admission was more for helping subsidize event.
But at a
one year anniversary for a shop and it's a lot of food and vendors.

[compact hound]

[weary chasm]

I Def got more than $9 worth of value. Lol

[eternal birch]

what event was that? looks fire

[lunar fjord]

I've heard of some variability in jack

but the two times I've been have been good

maybe he's moody or something

[eternal birch]

chases perfection so much his shop is humidity controlled
mood dials anyways

[lunar fjord]

heheheh

I didn't know his shop was humidity controlled

[weary chasm]

This place. Lol. Just getting free samples of tequila shots

Brick oven pizza

Hawaiian shaved ice too

Random wine. But included. Lol

[tight gorge]

Recent variability is due to offering beans that are not Sey. They are more developed or whack (Thai beans)

[lunar fjord]

oh

I thought he was diehard sey

any explanation?

interesting because I think Sey has been the most consistent in having something I really enjoy

[tight gorge]

Prob got bored, which is understandable.

[cedar otter]

Doubling down on the cream top

[surreal pivot]

Any good sushi recs?

[cedar otter]

Where u at

[surreal pivot]

Silverlake

[cedar otter]

Good sushi that money can buy? Or good for the value

[surreal pivot]

Value

Willing to drive pretty much anywhere though

[cedar otter]

I think Aikan (ayce) is good quality for what you pay

[surreal pivot]

Anything but AYCE 😂

[weary chasm]

I guess there's always sushi Gen in little Tokyo

[cedar otter]

There was a sushiya that I really enjoyed but the ownership changed and so much has changed

[surreal pivot]

I love that place.

[cedar otter]

I guess after having a kid I don’t go out to eat for quality anymore

[weary chasm]

My favorite for the value right now is the one inside Tokyo central

[cedar otter]

Except for lunch

[weary chasm]

Check out Waka Sakura!
https://yelp.to/0ZLNi55cik

Value pick

[cedar otter]

Ppl also might hate on them but sugar fish

Just close your eyes and eat

Very flavorful shari

[surreal pivot]

Kazu nori owned by them right?

[cedar otter]

Yeah

Nozawa owns sugarfish and kazunori is a spin off concept of their hand rolls

[gray spruce]

recaphe was great today, got the glitch koji on espresso and yuzu crew sudan rume on PO

[lunar fjord]

https://g.co/kgs/8yue4Ga

I think Takeda has the best QPR of any omakase in LA

[eternal birch]

the waits gonna be craaaazy

[eternal birch]

thought you meant the homeboy coffee that hires prisoners lol

[cedar otter]

Ex-prisoners*

[eternal birch]

forgot to make that very important distinction lol

[weary chasm]

this was my first thought too

i wonder if they didn't look at that name first

[desert stirrup]

This Pinot is such a slapper for the price and availability. It is something I reach for as a comfort and budget wine or something I recommend often. Meiomi’s chardonnay is also good! Mineral-y and pear forward just how I like my Chardonnays

Also I can’t believe none of you recommended me to put paper filters on my pucks

Sooooooooo clean

No more coffee on my screen

I hated cleaning that shit

[vivid violet]

with a top paper, you don't have to clean your puck screen ? (or your shower screen ?)

even with that, I had to clean both those screens, every shot.

[mellow sonnet]

Paper sandwhich

[boreal solar]

You still need to clean them and back flush. It’s just less often. And generally means you can put a lot less effort into it. Avocado just got his machine a few weeks ago so he probably just hasn’t noticed yet if he backflushes

[desert stirrup]

Shower screen!

[desert stirrup]

My first back flush is scheduled for tomorrow actually!

I also got this small keyboard vaccuum for all the ground

Amazing

My workflow and setup is starting to fully take shape.

[boreal solar]

Which shower screen did you get btw?

Mine came with the standard ims but I’ve been debating upgrading to the freckles

[weary chasm]

Til that Dave's hit chicken was Armenian

[dull adder]

Wow I had no clue either

[boreal solar]

I had no idea Dave’s started in LA tbh. Worth going? We have one in Rancho I’ve never been to. I usually favor Korean fried chicken

[weary chasm]

I've actually not tried.

They popped up around here in Gardena Torrance.

But every time I get the crave I just go howling rays

[boreal solar]

I like madbun.

[tulip stratus]

Everyone likes different things so all good there...but that wine is basically the equivalent to a bunch of sugar in your coffee.

[compact hound]

Howlin rays is the same price and a million times better

[weary chasm]

There used to be pinky hot box. But I guess they didn't survive.

Restaurant is tough

[compact hound]

I didnt think pinkys was that great tbh

[weary chasm]

Not as good as howling rays but it was a lot closer

[compact hound]

Wasnt bad though

[surreal pivot]

Not worth your time at all. Even the fries are nasty.

[eternal birch]

i think howlin was first, dave's popped up shortly after

and dave's sold out to PE and expanded while howlin kept it to themselves

[surreal pivot]

Finally made it to Cobi’s

[compact hound]

What’d you think?

[dull adder]

I liked Pinky's but the price was insane for a chicken sandwich.
As I understand, they also own Phanny's and Offset

[weary chasm]

Probably priced to make it work. But I guess post covid it was terrible

Had some good memories though

Bought their spiciest to share with coworkers.

😂😂

Someone just licked a piece and just started crying

[cold apex]

go2go chicken(?) is claremont is 100% hands down the best korean fried chicken ive had

so damn good

hole in the wall, first time i walked in there i saw the families two kids doing math on the only table in the entire restaurant

so good

[boreal solar]

Did you try the madbun at haven city? Probably the only reason to go now since lantern has a real location now.

[cold apex]

not the one there, but i have had madbun before. its alright

[surreal pivot]

Larb- solid
Roti- charred beyond recognition, unacceptable
African curry w/shrimp- good
Curry puff- great
Gai Yang- disappointing, Bowl Thai grill’s gai yang is WAY better

It was solid, I’d go back and try other things. Felt like their kitchen was overwhelmed by the crowd which took the experience down a few notches

[boreal solar]

I don’t go to Claremont as much these days. Mostly stick to Rancho or just go to Pasadena/LA 😂

[cold apex]

its def worth it

https://g.co/kgs/26CmpuD

[boreal solar]

I’ll keep it in mind. It’ll probably be a little bit though. I ate out a lot the last two weeks while on vacation. Bunkering down diet wise for a few weeks, lol

Trying to lean up for Hawaii 😅

[eternal birch]

ty also keeping in mind

gf starting school again

[weary chasm]

Huh. I saw notification of Jay ig live brewing at ondo coffee

[crude citrus]

https://www.instagram.com/stories/monolithcoffeela/3646279747640191765?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

This looks promising

[civic crest]

@earnest robin @tight gorge andy's starting june 11th SMFM

[tight gorge]

Hell yes! But was hoping it was this week.

[earnest robin]

Nice!!!

[earnest robin]

Did they post it on IG?

[civic crest]

nah i DMed since i had to schedule something to be in the office that day

it'll prob come out in this wednesday's newsletter

[earnest robin]

What newsletter? Smfm?

[tight gorge]

Andy’s, signup on their website

Has cool info on the fruit varietals

[earnest robin]

I was driving from Sequoia and there were many bad stone fruit stands

Underripe and sour nectarines, pesches

[tight gorge]

I refuse to eat stone fruit until after I get my first Andy’s box

Well might buy masumoto this week, but yeah

[mellow sonnet]

Slow pour taunting me w pic of April hybrid

[compact hound]

What did u get

[mellow sonnet]

I got a new wpm pitcher

[compact hound]

I want a black one

[mellow sonnet]

But then I realized I don't have a round bottom cup

Time for some scuff pours now that I have steam

[mellow sonnet]

the fall off is crazy

Also the rubber no burn thing nerfed me

I couldn't go deep enough

Also this Peru sl9 from sey is prob the first bag of sey I don't like

[cedar otter]

Coming soon

[mellow sonnet]

Drippy pot cappuccino is like 9-10oz I like 6-7oz

I'll prob practice into this big drippypot thou bc I don't like these sey beans anyways

Drown it w milk

[cedar otter]

Imma get loveramics

Boram um collection in purple and pink

[mellow sonnet]

I had those but they felt like they got too hot when holding

[cedar otter]

Ah

[mellow sonnet]

I had the blue/green set

It's fine when you have a carafe and decant into the cup but when it was cup alone it was super hot

U should drippy pot Collab and ask for 6-7oz

[cedar otter]

We talked about it actually

[mellow sonnet]

Wew really

[cedar otter]

Too expensive to use on bar

And too many units to just sell on shelf

[mellow sonnet]

I'm looking for 1 more spro cup to have 6 spro cups and then 2 milk drink cups and I think my coffee cups will be perfect and then maybe 1 10-12oz cup if some guest wants large cups

[cedar otter]

Maybe when I launch subs

[mellow sonnet]

And give cup for being early subscriber 👀 but really it's just part of initiation fee

[vivid violet]

Ondo sub sandwiches sound 🔥

can't wait for the subs

[boreal solar]

Pretty sure he’s offering submarine rides in Marina Del Mar. in-depth cupping events.

[cedar otter]

Cupping 1600 masl coffees in -1600 masl submarine

[crude citrus]

Sounds like a new Lance video

[whole ether]

Los Angeles/OC/San Diego 🌈

[drowsy knot]

Speaking of Ondo….

@cedar otter the chiroso is 🔥 thanks for all the recs!

[lunar fjord]

I have no idea who got me the Paragon but I’m assuming it’s someone in this thread

I’m so stoked

If anyone ever wants a coffee from Ondo, just PM me

Happy to pay it forward

[brisk root]

Hey everyone….. Been here a LONG time and don’t participate…… Hope to change that these days….. just north of LA and very much a beginner…… so apologies in advance for any “ridiculous” questions

[cedar otter]

Thanks for the support!

[cedar otter]

Where in north of LA?

U talking like the valley or bakersfield

[mellow sonnet]

One of my old coworkers commuted from Lancaster 80miles 🤡

[boreal solar]

I have neighbors that commute to Santa Monica or Irvine from Rancho Cucamonga and I thought that was bad

[mellow sonnet]

Tbh that's worse

Lancaster drive has no traffic

Just insanely long

[tight gorge]

Rancho to SM is death

hit SM and Pasadena traffic

[boreal solar]

The unpredictability almost makes it worse. It could be an hour. It could be four.

[mellow sonnet]

When I was per diem at the hospital I would say I couldn't work Fridays 🤡Friday commute either 4hr or 2hr

[dull adder]

I really enjoyed the rootbeer float coffee. It was an interesting experience

[weary chasm]

i've met someone who commutes to downey from victorville.

[crude citrus]

My first job was in Alhambra. Someone commuted from Victorville 🤯

[weary chasm]

at what point is it worth the cost in rent/housing vs gas & commute time...

[crude citrus]

What did I just fat finger sorry for the huge emoji

[weary chasm]

oh.. i thought you were referring to yourself.

big tear.

[crude citrus]

No wasn’t me. That’s a crazy commute. I think it took them 2.5 hours leaving Victorville at like 4am

[mellow sonnet]

💀 I draw the line when the commute is over 1hr

2hr out of the day is wild

It got so bad for me that people coming in at 9am would get home before I got home and I would get at the hospital at 6am so I left 3hr earlier and they would be home before me

I don't plan on commuting longer than 1hr ever again

[civic crest]

My commute is downstairs

I just made banh xeo for dinner and ate lychee after. Feel so southeast Asian

[mellow sonnet]

I'm pretty sure I can WFH and sells sustain off of trading but I think peace of mind of consistent income makes working still worth it

[dull adder]

When I worked at the grocery store, someone I worked with would drive like 1 or 1.5 hours to come work at this chain grocery store. A nearly entry level job, though he likely was grandfathered into slightly better pay. Since traffic would make it much longer, he'd arrive at work hours early and sleep in his car. He didn't want to work at the store close to his house because the store wasn't as nice

[desert stirrup]

The guy who sold me the machine had the stock IMS screen, freckles, and dimples. I’m currently running dimples given that’s what he recommended and it seems like the Decent team is also in agreement

[drowsy knot]

Early in my photography career I used to strap a big pelican case + tripod/lightstands on the back seat of my motorcycle and once did Marina Del Rey to Glendora in 1 hour during morning rush. White lining (and white knuckles) the whole way 😂. Never again!

[drowsy knot]

i think it might have been your comments in the back of my head when i grabbed it. Dial prefs on your decent?

[brisk root]

WLV, Ventura County

[dull adder]

I probably did an equal split of ULC, LC, and MC
I think I preferred ULC but it was nice to experience this coffee a lot of ways. I never really did much buffer, the coffee is low acidity.

I may have preferred filter honestly

And I guess the herbal and spice flavors is just inherit to the Parainema varietal. It's a varietal I think everyone should experience

[drowsy knot]

thanks, will mix it up and see what happens