Los Angeles/OC/San Diego 🌈

[compact hound]

Ironic coming from him tbh

[scarlet gale]

I need to go and experience it

Is it really that bad

[civic crest]

I think I might go back on a sey sub

[compact hound]

Never been but i think someone here went and showed us the menu

It was like some random guatemala on pourover

VS3 grinder

[scarlet gale]

Don't wanna shit on it until I experience it

[compact hound]

No espresso

[scarlet gale]

Like my 99 point experience yesterday

I tried and suffered

[compact hound]

Fair

[scarlet gale]

Man pours his brews through melodrip right

Advanced tech

[compact hound]

If there was a 125g option i’d probably do it for a few months

[civic crest]

Split single box sub and abuse addon

[scarlet gale]

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ea757226b5526e93&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS1006US1007&hl=en-US&sxsrf=AE3TifOqFrtFocXSxUgtXYptj9_3PuWx2g%3A1767327834989&q=tangible gratitude photos&si=AMgyJEsYryXdkwckb2JoaByOlMW1yempJtOk8Q9EWSOYIlxeEugot2AqAExcjM3YROcMoJ6DzExCGKPfsaD5Kvw1WPhpxXmTekd_WmvYFoDU6BQxbHxv6Yv98GlXDJdr3SXuyf_bmoKCvhk0P3YKfw4tDYyAwiT6-A%3D%3D&ved=0CBAQy9gMahcKEwiYtO2egeyRAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQDA&ictx=1#ebo=2&lpg=cid:CgIgAQ%3D%3D,ik:CAoSHENJQUJJaEFKazduWk8yeGktczRrdkczbkJVb0k%3D

Pour through melodrip tech

He's onto something

[cedar otter]

Imma put brew into rdt bottle and squirt them in peoples mouth directly

More aeration more VOC hitting your palate

[scarlet gale]

This sounds pretty good

Gotta use passion fruit Coferment

[cedar otter]

Mmmm

[crude citrus]

Fired up my new laser for the first time and this was my first test

[dull adder]

Actually kinda smart

[dull adder]

I went. But as I've said I'm biased

BQ has mentions turned off though so he won't see

[scarlet gale]

What was the coffee

[scarlet gale]

Does it make coffee taste better

I haven't tried this tech yet

Micro aeration

[dull adder]

Hard to say. I'd be interested to try it at home

But it seemed to aerate it?

[dull adder]

I forget.. he features different roasters though. One time it was Deep Blue Lake from Korea

I can ask him. I've been thinking I should hit him up and get dinner with him

The beans and roast weren't anything insane though. He's not really going for that angle

[scarlet gale]

Yeah I wanna try it sometime when I'm down there

Same thing with long play hifi thingy

I'm most excited for quat Omakase

[dull adder]

This I'm also excited for

[cedar otter]

He bought that shiz at Tot coffee lmao

[cedar silo]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOMgTTcki6z/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

wingmancobot

Pour over ☑️ Tea ☑️

Serving up both coffee and tea, Elly does it all✨🍵☕️
#wingmancobot #Elly #baristarobot #pourover #coffee #tea #hibiscus #butterflypeaflower #coffeelovers #teatime #coffeeandtea

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There’s a place in Torrance that has one of these apparently

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOZGOlJDi_Y/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

wingmancobot

See Tom in action at bada, coffee ✨

📍5005 Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance, California 90505

#wingmancobot #badacoffee #torrance #baristarobot #barista #tom #espresso #coffee #coffeelovers #cafevibes

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Bada coffee, anyone tried the robot coffee?

I’m curious how a pour over might taste

[cedar otter]

I heard their coffee is really bad

[cedar silo]

Guess it’s in the name lol

[mellow sonnet]

okoyama

🫡

[eternal birch]

first time cracking the bag open

aroma is intense

[compact hound]

Funk heavy

[eternal birch]

super funky

i like

dimsum (non-traditional)

[compact hound]

Coffee probably comes through still even with the dimsum

[glossy sail]

its a fruit acid bomb for sure

[eternal birch]

have you spro'd it?

kinda curious how concentrated it would be tbh, I dont usually spro light roast

[glossy sail]

yea i have hahahaha

i .. dont advise it unless you really want a flavor bomb

[glossy sail]

interesting tier list so far lol

came from this youtuber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIFQV0lqtyM

[dull adder]

Yeah it was awful

Funny as I was just talking about that shop last night with some people that live near. They said they liked it lol
But it's bad beans and worse brews, at least for the espresso I tried. Pretty sure it was from that robot arm

[boreal solar]

Terrible roasters like Fritz pulling their roasts before it’s even done. It’s like it’s still raw. Big Sur is where it’s at. Almost as good as Major Ds

[desert stirrup]

Was this on the BambuLabs H2D or do you have a separate laser engraver?

Also what other manufacturing tools do you have???

May need to contract you out in the future for something if you have the tools and expertise

[cedar otter]

Fritz deserves to be higher lol

[crude citrus]

It’s on a JPT 60W fiber laser

[surreal pivot]

Are there any good shops in Maui or should I just bring rapid brewer?

[crude citrus]

A 60w CO2 laser and small format Prusa Mk4 and large format 3d printer Creality CR10 max

[mellow sonnet]

props for reviewing only coffees hes tried personally, but also some of them he clearly only had 1-2 bags which is kinda wack

i think 5-6bags min to have a good feeling of the roaster

[glossy sail]

Yea, but understandably it's hard to drink that much lol

[boreal solar]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2110496169760575/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[desert stirrup]

The laser engraver might be something I reach out for if I can’t get my name out into the mold for cast aluminum

[cedar otter]

But that’s also what his channel is about

[weary chasm]

Reminds me of the 2000s piracy ads.

[cedar otter]

You wouldn’t download a carspoon…

[mellow sonnet]

you can actually download ram now though

somebody figured out how to use linux and then use google drive as swappable storage

latency go brrrr but its possible now

ah my black friday shopping finally came

i bought some bedding and it got lost and they reshipped it and i just got it today

[trail tiger]

never thought we see the day

[boreal solar]

Virtual RAM allocation has been a thing for a few years now. Latency has been too high though.

[desert stirrup]

Fml

I think my Acaia lunar just shat itself and died

Bro why are these scales so damn expensive????

[vivid violet]

hey @left inlet , FrozenAvocado might be a buyer for your Lunar, if you’re selling it !

[fallen gulch]

aftersales support and repair stuff, intended commercial use case

repair through their program was not terribly priced on lunar tbh

anyway, foodposting in LA because eating in LA

[vivid violet]

looks great, hope you enjoyed !

(great points re fixing Acaia scales, too)

[fallen gulch]

(waraku in torrance-ish)

[desert stirrup]

Hopefully he is!

[desert stirrup]

Ok ok ok, that’s good to know

I have it in rice rn cuz rice does magic

If it doesn’t work by tonight I’ll reach out and see what they can do

I believe my warranty is still in place. I only had this for 7-8 months

[fallen gulch]

They provide pretty good support for repair even outside of warranty, in warranty is probably amazing lol

[cedar otter]

They have excellent support. Go reach out

I got close to 20 acaia scale repaired in my coffee life and most of it was free

Maybe only shipping

[desert stirrup]

That is fabulous news

Thank God

Dude

I had to stop by shot manually today

Like I had to stare at my scale, then hit the button to stop brewing

Like a fucking Neanderthal

[weary chasm]

Ooo. Not sure where.

Oh. It's waraku

[weary chasm]

Check out Waka Sakura if you hang around

It's in probably one of the biggest Tokyo central

[fallen gulch]

the sister restaurant to that was originally the plan today but apparently that location closed end of September

[left inlet]

Yes would like to sell it.

[weary chasm]

Support.

Hope you can get it back alive

[boreal solar]

Anyone here check out https://gristandtoll.com/products/ ?

Seems like an interesting local option for pizza and bread flours

[desert stirrup]

Central Milling Co !

Great Central CA wheat farm and mill

https://centralmilling.com/store/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21077417175&gclid=Cj0KCQiA9t3KBhCQARIsAJOcR7yqGRU1m3H8JJHxDAoAP-hc6tNQEqBuuj-LG6XP2iiNm227e2MU_pkaAvQEEALw_wcB

[tight gorge]

@cedar otter mewame worth driving 50 min?

[boreal solar]

I use CM sometimes. They also used to / do provide the flour for Kirkland organic ap which is a nice budget option. The idea of a local mill intrigues me though

[cedar otter]

It’s really good but hmmm

Get dinner somewhere nearby haha

Make it worth the trip

[tight gorge]

Rather go somewhere new vs oakabing in Dena.

[drowsy knot]

took the family to sonoratown today because of this thread and everyone says THANK YOU! It was so damn good

[crude citrus]

Is there a better Sonoratown location? Specifically dtla vs the one on San Vicente?

[mellow sonnet]

I didn't know oakabing had a Pasadena location wtf

[tight gorge]

Both are equal imo. But i always think og locations are the better play.

[crude citrus]

Oh wait there’s only two locations. I thought there were more but those search results were streets and towns named Sonora

Man I’m old

[boreal solar]

There’s also one in Long Beach so technically three.

That one is a little far. But I guess you could couple a beach day in?

[crude citrus]

See I can’t even find the third one

This unc can’t even use google properly anymore

[boreal solar]

https://www.sonoratown.com it’s on their website lol

You look younger than me. It’s probably just the kid. I feel like a scattered mess with mine sometimes too. Maybe we’ll get better when they’re older.

[tight gorge]

True, that one also good.

Prob the one I eat the most out of

[crude citrus]

I can’t look at my phone for more than 2 seconds bc if I do she’s already drinking out of the toilet

[tight gorge]

My dog just started doing this 🤢

[boreal solar]

I can’t say I ever had that problem drug my daughter. But she does scream at me if she sees me looking at my phone for three seconds.

[desert stirrup]

I’m so confused. Who is “she”? I genuinely can’t tell if,

A) your ||child||
B) your cat
C) your dog
D) your ||wife||

is the one drinking out of your toilet

[crude citrus]

E) all of the above

[desert stirrup]

Dear Lord…

You really should invest in a urinal

[crude citrus]

Is drinking from a urinal healthier?

[boreal solar]

Bidets do look a lot like fountains.

[desert stirrup]

Yes because it’s not standing poop water

It’s running pee water 🥰

[drowsy knot]

All this unc talk making me laugh since some of you are younger than my ||marriage||

[cedar otter]

Some kids were bumping Outkast yesterday and realized they were born after the song came out

[boreal solar]

Pretty sure your oldest is older than some of them.

[tight gorge]

Well… I’m that guy

[cedar otter]

^nice get the persimmon

or matcha

the hojicha blockshake is really good too

[tight gorge]

Too late, got coconut and marzipan. Enjoyed them both. Subtle flavors which is def my preference. Very fluffy

Pretty good for being diary free

[cedar otter]

yurrr

did u see ondo cold brew in the menu

jk

custom blend

[tight gorge]

lol no

I do see sey and September on the anko menu though

[bronze mural]

Hey everyone, I’m new here—just wanted to say hello and wish you all a happy New Year!

[vivid violet]

welcome, Happy New Year ! 🎈🎉🥳

good pun username

[mellow sonnet]

Welcome to the food channel

[crude citrus]

👋 stick around! We should have a meetup coming soon-ish

[desert stirrup]

This channel = (mostly) LA Food + Coffee + random funny talks

[mellow sonnet]

What if I hosted a meetup before I bought furniture for my house

[crude citrus]

More standing space

[crude citrus]

What would be more interesting is if you hosted a meetup before you have a house

[mellow sonnet]

you've seen my place it's smol af

Or we can host with my partial walls

Just be wary of nails on the ground

[desert stirrup]

Bro can we please have a meet up on some foundation and wood framing around us?

[mellow sonnet]

Fresh with tetanus from the rust and rain

[desert stirrup]

It would be so bad ass

[tight gorge]

Joe Rogan said tetanus is not real

just let your wound heal naturally

Quite funny

[mellow sonnet]

I had this discussion in another server a while ago

Is JRE ||Joe Rogan Experience|| or ||Jerry Rig Everything||

[desert stirrup]

Joe Rogan experience

I’ve never seen JRE = the bald guy who breaks phones

Also

A L S O

Rice!

I stuck it in some rice for a few hours and now it works

P O G

[mellow sonnet]

You purge onto the scale

💀

[weary chasm]

Did you spill water on it or something?

[desert stirrup]

God no!

I’m no baboon

I think my drip tray was too full and when I moved it for emptying maybe some water splashed up into the crack of the scale

That’s my hypothesis at least

I didn’t see any water dripping from the scale when it pooped out on me this morning

I just stuck it in rice as a last ditch effort before sending that email to support tomorrow morning

Lucky lucky lucky

[bronze mural]

How many people were at the last meet up?

[weary chasm]

Come and go. But I saw like 30+

Was more excited for the food people brought than the coffee. 😂

[crude citrus]

Need more tables next time for all the food

[mellow sonnet]

Need more kettles and scales too

[bronze mural]

Good to know!

[crude citrus]

Maybe we just need to grinder coarser

[mellow sonnet]

[vivid violet]

ungh, i get Oracle shivers when i see JRE / JDK.

they wanted to charge us $13 MM for Java support, wtf

[mellow sonnet]

that's also JRE I guess

Larry Ellison wants his money I guess

[vivid violet]

that was for ONE year. bastards.

[weary chasm]

This is why there's open jdk or something right?

But i see that... I heard stories about how licensing changed

And then bill happened.

[vivid violet]

on the flip side, if you pay out the nose and have a CVE occur, they will be on 1 hour SLA support replies.. so..

[desert stirrup]

O.R.A.C.L.E

O ne
R ich
A sshole
C alled
L arry
E llison

[civic crest]

Had kids and family with me so was in a rush. Mediocre spro but it’s what I expected haha

[short condor]

Is the paragon set up worth buying ?

[short condor]

The lunar has more stable value than the US dollar. Those bastards are never on sale and always resale for close original value. Gotta love em, I’ve been using my Felicia scale for years now and am surprised it’s still kicking.

[short condor]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTAoo8riVNQ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

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Interesting idea, makes me think of sifting the same ground coffee of its fines and rest of the grounds to be able to brew side by side simultaneously.

Or blending two coffees that might pair well.

[lunar fjord]

anecdotally I think it makes a difference

worth is subjective

went way back to the freezer stash today for Glitch Tamiru Tadesse Under Screen 2023

just an amazing coffee

[weary chasm]

Do you use it to chill to room temp?

[lunar fjord]

I can't tell if that's a little dig at the paragon or a difference in process

[boreal solar]

Better than somisomi?

[compact hound]

Its not even close

Anko is a million times better

[neon scaffold]

I inhaled a full order alone a few months ago. No regrets

[eternal birch]

good

uncle fung

[mellow sonnet]

has anybody here tried nuo mochi yet

in alhambra

[vivid violet]

mmm, not yet. sounds tasty.

[eternal birch]

75min wait, im waiting for hype to die

[opal junco]

Y'all made me do it (Long Beach)

[desert stirrup]

Oh good heavens

What do we have here?

A pic

A name

And oh what is this???

¿¡An opinion?!

We live in grand times

[crude citrus]

Mandarin 2 I think

[desert stirrup]

Shouldn’t you be stopping your household from drinking out of the toilet or something?

[crude citrus]

They’ve taught me that there’s a lot of great tasting minerals that can help with coffee

[bronze mural]

This pour over from Stereoscope (Buena Park) is slapping so hard on this rainy day. Just the right amount of funk. I honestly feel like the tea pot enhances the experience for me 😂 Hope you all are brewing something tasty!

[dull adder]

I started today with Shoebox Ethiopia Chelchele Washed
And just now brewed my last of Aviary 010

And you reminded me it's raining so I opened my blinds to enjoy the rain

[mellow sonnet]

Pourover in a teapot

Interesting

[runic heath]

What drink did you get? Was there last week the espresso sounded like coal but one of the Indonesian POs was decent

[desert stirrup]

I just brewed a S&W Burundi I’ve had multiple times as spro and V60 as French press.

It reminded me how immersion kind of slaps

I was getting notes I never tasted!

[mellow sonnet]

I was at dune complaining about not having good Indonesian coffee and the girl Infront of me holding a bag of dune Indonesia turned around to tell me how the bag she was holding smelled really good 💀

[short condor]

Couldn’t resist the suica 2.0 so I cupped it, the passion fruit pursuit, and mate matiwos. The mate is almost two months old and still so good. But that suica kicks you in the face even only being a week off roast.

[cedar otter]

wait Mate shouldn't be two months old

lol

first roast was 12/4

and I roasted a new one 12/20

29*

[boreal solar]

Tww is pricey.

[short condor]

@cedar otter
My bad the mate I’m talking about is from traffic, I froze some cause I liked it a lot, soo peachy.

[cedar otter]

ahhh

You gotta get the Ondo Mate now

[eternal birch]

kopi susu I think? tastes very similar to viet coffee

[eternal birch]

didnt see this but it depends, if you haven't tasted it I don't think you need to buy it but if you have and you think you like it, go ahead

its not good for everything

[boreal solar]

I thought it was viet coffee from the pic. I wonder how similar the ingredients and ratio are.

[dull adder]

I went to Wood Ranch BBQ with low expectations and was disappointed 😔
Is there good BBQ in LA?

That's not at my house 😈

[vivid violet]

we’ll come over, you don’t have to be pushy

[tight gorge]

this is the only one I can honestly say is actually great https://www.instagram.com/aglscraftmeats/?hl=en

[weary chasm]

i like the one near redondo

https://www.yelp.com/biz/willinghams-world-champion-bbq-redondo-beach-2?osq=bbq

[tight gorge]

I have yet to try APL

[weary chasm]

APL or AGL?

[compact hound]

My sis and bro in law went a few years ago and said it was not good

Didn’t try that big of a spread though iirc

Maybe an off day idk

[tight gorge]

epstein island ago or more recent?

[compact hound]

More recent

[tight gorge]

https://www.instagram.com/adamperrylang/?hl=en

[compact hound]

I’d only try it if i could go in a group of 6 minimum

Whos joining the APL groupbuy

[tight gorge]

its like buying BOP, most likely not worth it

been wanting to try https://www.instagram.com/ants_backyard_bbq/?hl=en curious if any of they valley folk have

[glossy sail]

opening a soup kitchen I guess

[short condor]

Ooo this is also my ballpark, the swinging door in north Hollywood. It is by far some of the best bbq in LA I wouldn’t say it’s the best but definetely up there and mybpersonal favorite. Fair price great sauces and two types of ribs. Their Mac and cheese is crack and they serve burnt ends and iykyk nuff said.

[short condor]

I do a full second “pull” or “push”I guess you could call it through the spent grounds and then mix the two brews together. I haven’t had a bad experience with this method yet but that’s just my personal taste and texture preference.

[desert stirrup]

I heard bludso is good but I haven’t tried it yet

[drowsy knot]

BBQ here is some of the best in the world and super inexpensive (except for the plane tix): https://www.lexbbq.com

[dull adder]

Idk what comes on a large sliced tray but it's only $14

Thanks all for the reqs, going to have to try some of these

[tight gorge]

@tough locust have you had their bbq? They post up at monkish often

[tough locust]

yessir, their smoked burgs are also 👌

I'm at the Anaheim spot, so we don't get as many popups, but AGL and Novas are both great

I think my BBQ is pretty decent too

[tight gorge]

Good bark

[tough locust]

I used to like hood Bludsos in Compton before some of you were born /s. Styro container drenched in sauce, fed 4 for $34. Current Bludsos tries to be modern Central Texas style, but I think it's incredibly mid

Moo's is probably best brick n mortar spot around here

[mellow sonnet]

calling out the younglings

[tight gorge]

Since we are sharing our bbq

[tough locust]

Hell yeah I'm gonna do some short ribs soon too

[tight gorge]

I get them at Costco. Apparently asking the butcher for the uncut block is now a TikTok thing so it might be hard to get them

[tough locust]

Costco Business Center

[tight gorge]

Do they have prime too?

[tough locust]

I think it depends on the day, mostly choice, sometimes prime

But they always have em, 2 racks of 3-4 bones

[tight gorge]

Hmm I’m a prime maxi. If I’m gonna spend way too long smoking meat I want the good stuff

Plus it’s more forgiving

Reduces my anxiety of overcooking it

[tough locust]

How much is prime going for these days?

I think the choice was like 5.79/lb or something like that

[tight gorge]

Haven’t smoked in a while. Moved to west side and my space didn’t have the ideal conditions. Looking to get back into it now

I was only doing beef cheeks which are way faster to smoke. AGLs had some great ones so I was inspired

Then again my current debate is getting either a gaucho grill or offset.

[tough locust]

I love beef cheeks, but trimming them is kind of a pain

[desert stirrup]

Has anyone tried Smoke Queen BBQ?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KMnTSvka9hkLsRc58?g_st=ic

[glossy sail]

lol i just saw that on my youtube

i was kinda wondering about it

[desert stirrup]

Also as a native Texan I’ll be honest. BBQ is cool and tasty but it’s like a once or twice a year thing.

[glossy sail]

as a cantonese person, i have high expectations that i dont think smoke queen can hit lol

[mellow sonnet]

Idk if I would ever trust bbq in GG

[desert stirrup]

I never met anyone, even super white multi generational Texans, who got BBQ more than once a season

Sloppy Joes tho

Sloppy Joes and Frito Pies

All day baby

[glossy sail]

Heritage BBQ in San Juan Capistrano is really good - mainly their housemade bbq sauce and mustard. they should really bottle that to sell

[drowsy knot]

a ton of chopped pork and vinegar slaw - the rolls and hushpuppies you can ignore. Fwiw bubba used to have lexington bbq delivered to the white house 😂

From their “about” page: at Lexington Barbecue, the sides, turkey, and peach cobbler desserts are secondary.

[desert stirrup]

Who’s bubba?

[tough locust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433-nmcWw8E

[dull adder]

This makes me feel a bit better about only smoking like 5 times a year

[tough locust]

I honestly don't eat much BBQ, even when I used to host monthly dinners back in the day. definitely checks out

[tight gorge]

Canton does Texas style bbq?

That would be some Japanese type shit

[tight gorge]

Qpr is not great in LA

[boreal solar]

It’s a lot easier to just smoke your own ribs/brisket in this area. It’s pretty hard to find authentic bbq.

It’s mostly places like Lucille’s with middle of the road.

[boreal solar]

Maybe middle of the road is generous. But you get the idea.

[crude citrus]

Which sonoratown location is this

[tough locust]

qpr? my brain isnt working

[dull adder]

Nah I couldn't figure out what that meant either

[glossy sail]

Not Texas way, but this Smoke Queen BBQ is by a Cantonese lady who smokes the meat texas BBQ style - so she has BBQ meats with very Cantonese flavors.

[trail tiger]

That's interesting like a cantonese bbq pork but smoked texas styled?

idk if that sounds good either tbh....

[tight gorge]

Quality to price ratio

[tough locust]

I still haven't been to smoke queen, but I love playing with familiar flavor profiles. I've done pork ribs with a korean spicy pork marinade and beef ribs with galbi marinade and they turn out great

[lunar fjord]

are you on FTC

I don't think I've heard the acronym anywhere else

[compact hound]

Where is this? -avo

[mellow sonnet]

i think thats endorffeine

[tight gorge]

Nah, I saw it somewhere on the internet and use it since.

[lunar fjord]

it's a good one

[civic crest]

Smoke queen was ok. Okay to try but not worth going out of your way

[civic crest]

I enjoyed this spot

[crude citrus]

Federal trade commission?

[lunar fjord]

foodtalkcentral

offshoot of chowhound

FTC has some very active LA users and was probably responsible for why I ate so well when I lived there

[cedar otter]

New benches

[mellow sonnet]

Palisade bench?

👀

[tight gorge]

Ok I remember where. In wine forums, wineberserkers

[cedar otter]

Chalisade

[tough locust]

free?

[cedar otter]

From china

Very cheap

[short condor]

Now that’s a burger 🤤

[mellow sonnet]

I almost bought a set of palisade bench and table when I was at dwr outlet lol

If it got in my car I might've

[civic crest]

Some overlap there and FTC for sure haha

Have you ordered flannery beef

[desert stirrup]

If I’m correct, it’s Mandarin 2 cuz of the bright yellow round table

Thanks to @crude citrus for teaching me #1228081171649400912 message

[keen talon]

Pretty good

[tight gorge]

Nope just learned about it. Worth it?

[civic crest]

Yea it’s good just wait for the sales

[tight gorge]

I guess this makes me ask where yall get your steaks from? I usually get either grass fed from Sprouts or Costco pack. Costco is very hit or miss for me so I dont get them often. I also used to get Pavillions Harris ranch since they were heavily discounted but not so much recently

[boreal solar]

https://cornerbutchershop.com/ when I’m looking for something nice. But to be honest I go to winco or Cardenas for carne asada.

I like sprouts for a lot of things but the price to quality ratio for beef was always a little off for me. Costco simply sells too large of a package for me to want at a time. I generally end up eating chicken more.

[tight gorge]

I should eat more chicken

[cedar otter]

I used to go to costco business center and get a whole cut (usually cheaper per lb too) and come home and trim/cut them myself

skirt steaks, picanha (get a whole top sirloin and trim), new york strip, tenderloin, etc

[surreal pivot]

Only thing I could think of was Queens Park Rangers 😂

[boreal solar]

Buying whole chickens is legit.

I like to spatchcock them and either grill or smoke them for meal prep.

[earnest robin]

You can also cook heart, stomach and liver with onions and garlic 🙂

[trail tiger]

Anyone tried miopane yet?? I think it’s going through the TikTok hype cycle but Taiwanese bagels??

[cedar otter]

miopane caught my eyes but I saw the lines on tiktok vids

[eternal birch]

no dunsmoor resy available so booked loreto

[tight gorge]

Heard good things,night time restaurant of za za za. So expect a range of mediocre to amazing

[compact hound]

RIP horses on sunset

Never been

Never cared to go

Curious if anybody here has

[mellow sonnet]

I was thinking of hitting it up on Tuesday

[tough locust]

i went during their friends and family soft open. really enjoyed it overall, bangin porkchop

(i am neither friend nor family, but my friend did photos for them)

[civic crest]

lol saw a few of these in Taipei didn’t get any though

[cedar otter]

@eternal birch did u watch the current season of culinary class wars

[eternal birch]

yeah, I think im on ep 10? or 9

[cedar otter]

There was one guy who reminds me of you lol

[eternal birch]

white chef?

[cedar otter]

안녕 봉주르

[eternal birch]

oh lmaoo

I can kinda see it

[weary chasm]

What a timeline

(1) buy trader Joe bag
(2) fly to Japan or Korea or anywhere they have demand.
(3) sell them and fund your travels.

[glossy sail]

on it lol

thats crazy

exchange a trader joe bag for an Ozik

[eternal birch]

ebay always has bs prices lol

[rough crypt]

i just opened my bag of suica 2.0 this morning and it's magic

i need to stock up on more ondo beans

[weary chasm]

A friend told me that the wsj is a news outlet run by grandpa's.

So I would say that since I shared it, it's probably old news.

Though, why it's a new article released in the last day I can't tell due to pay wall

[runic heath]

do they have sources on the $10K bids? like placed bids, not asking. that seems unreasonable.

[tough locust]

it's probably ask set at 10k and no one slapping it

[cedar otter]

tbh I saw SO many trader joe's tote bags in seoul

and I was in sungsoo (one of the tourist traps but for younger/western crowd) and saw a Korean girl with a Courage Bagel hat

[earnest robin]

When my mom was visiting she liked the tote bags because they are big and sturdy and I got her couple to take back to Moscow. And now some people see her there coming from the grocery shop think she is some kind of fashion follower

[halcyon notch]

Amen.
Former 996tt owner, but love my Cayman so much more
Better iin town, better on the track and more fun

[solid ferry]

I'm the hypebeast that takes his ikea bag to shop at trader joes

[weary chasm]

Wow. The advent?

I went the cheapest option and got green bags.

I guess the blue bags is one tier above

[solid ferry]

all the same 😋 beans!

[eternal birch]

which one did you like most?

[solid ferry]

I'm biased to #3, but I also haven't brewed #4 yet

[eternal birch]

I liked 4 the most, you gotta brew it

[solid ferry]

Yep, I don't expect sadness from it 😁

[mellow sonnet]

Hmmmmm

[glossy sail]

Do it

[boreal solar]

How much is it out of curiosity?

[mellow sonnet]

I didn't even bother checking 💀

[boreal solar]

I wonder who white labels it.

[tight gorge]

Where at

[earnest robin]

Peet's?:)

[glossy sail]

Classic pho 79 with oxtail

[vivid violet]

ah, these are the ones which come with every drink and won’t be stolen ?

[mellow sonnet]

Should get these w a spoon attached

[eternal birch]

spoon share time

[runic heath]

can just do what some places used to do with the restroom keys and attach it to a metal sign 5x the size of the spoon

[cedar otter]

attach to a 15lb dumbbell

[rough crypt]

these are really pretty!

[cedar otter]

on sale from tomorrow

[rough crypt]

nice! i ordered some retail bags to pick up this weekend, i'll check them out while i'm there

[cedar otter]

❤️

Just saw your order come in. Thanks a lot@

[rough crypt]

for sure, really happy to have a local roaster to support

[eternal birch]

whats everyones favorite flat bottom brewer?

[boreal solar]

B75 is probably the sweet spot for me price to performance wise.

But from a pure quality perspective the sworks dripper is nice

Z1 is also sort of cool if you’re looking for less effort due to the built in mellowdrip.

[surreal pivot]

Timemore refuses to sell the ceramic version of b75 in the US market which is super annoying.

Sworks is nice but plastic ☹️

I still like glass Kalita

[eternal birch]

sworks legit looks 3d printed

[weary chasm]

Well. If you get the glass version, the bottom part is still plastic

[surreal pivot]

Yeah that’s what I have

[weary chasm]

Probably. The bottom part is made from delrin. Probably cnc...

[eternal birch]

3 axis cnc coded

[weary chasm]

I liked it over the pulsar

Pulsar cleaning is terrible

Right now I'm back to using the Gabi master a

But it's also plastic

[eternal birch]

so o1 vs z1, o1 is a bit more flexible and doesnt come with built in melodrip

and z1 comes with it but you need to use sibarist filters?

[desert stirrup]

Eat more fish!

[weary chasm]

I'll find out later when I bought an nt cutter to cut my own... Lol

[cedar otter]

Orea o1

[weary chasm]

But sibarist is the intended way I guess

[eternal birch]

choice paralysis

too many to choose

[buoyant marlin]

https://www.notneutral.com/products/gino-pour-over-collection

[boreal solar]

I actually really like my plastic b75 tbh 😂

But i understand the fear

[glossy sail]

Z1 what im rocking

[eternal birch]

microplastics in yo ballz

[glossy sail]

sibarist papers actually nice

[eternal birch]

(i also daily a plastic ufo )

they are

[glossy sail]

but sibarist is a premium i guess i have to absorb

[eternal birch]

but theyre also going to make me go broke

although I think if I get z1 as well I'll have enough drippers to rotate where I wont be bleeding out sibarist paper money every month

[civic crest]

lol I’ve seen a few of these in Tokyo, Seoul, and Taipei and was thinking no way these people were from USA

[eternal birch]

everyone I know just buys like 20 of them to give out to family and friends in korea

[boreal solar]

Meh, I’m already snipped.

Tritan is also pretty durable. It’s not like cheaper plastics

[bronze mural]

How have you liked it in comparison to the Origami? What do you find to be the most notable difference (if any), in taste?

[cedar otter]

We used to use the SOLO drippers, then I brought in the O1. Brewed the same coffee side to side, same filters and everything. Immediately noticed more vibrancy and cleaner flavors

[tight gorge]

I’m going back to kalita wave

and glass v60 01

[crude citrus]

Next meetup I’m returning this to you. But until then it’s been great for me to learn on

[tight gorge]

lol keep it, I have moved on to better and smaller things

@cedar otter do you sell smol or big april filters?

[cedar otter]

Big

Smol I just carry xbloom filters

[plush patio]

Hello frendz.
Im here for any potential meetups that may or may not get planned around april during WOC

[cedar otter]

Better bang for ur buck

[cedar otter]

Not a meetup but I’m planning guest barista events and other fun coffee stuff during/before WOC week

[weary chasm]

There's a woc in Los Angeles?

[boreal solar]

Small xbloom filters aren’t bad if you haven’t tried them.

[tight gorge]

I want to minimize clogs in kalita, would xbloom be better?

[surreal pivot]

X bloom filters are fast and don’t clog on Kalita

Unless it’s the bogus metal Kalita

Non tsubame

[mellow sonnet]

San Diego in april

[tight gorge]

Yup bogus

[boreal solar]

Slower than sibarist and faster than kalita 175s in the stagg, Omni, and b75. Haven’t tried other flat bottom drippers.

[mellow sonnet]

Sounds like a job for a sibarist booster 🤡

I would just use a puck screen and call it a day

[surreal pivot]

Sworks dripper screens work really well as a “booster”

[mellow sonnet]

Well if u have those then just use the sworks dripper

[desert stirrup]

https://youtu.be/vdNxMkWvp9Q

Truth on top of truth

[weary fern]

the ai voice

[vivid violet]

who hurt them

[boreal solar]

That’s what I use 😂

With the b75

Someone gifted me one

[short condor]

Love the orea V4 with the interchangeable bottoms but I’m a ho for the kalita and the hoop brewer is easy but can’t change too many variables. And you can cut any type of filters to fit.

[boreal solar]

I really like the Rao filter3 filters which are supposedly pretty similar for the hoop.

But if I had one I’d probably just use aeropress papers 😅

Since I have way too many

[desert stirrup]

I was wondering why the audio shifted a few times back and forth throughout the video

I’m not on social media often so my ear and eye for AI stuff is not as sharp

[weary fern]

lot of ai in that video from what i saw before stopping it

[desert stirrup]

Oh no

Did I just spread AI slop without knowing???

[boreal solar]

I’m not sure the audio was the problem for me so much as the poorly generated ai graphics.

I still enjoyed watching it though.

[vivid violet]

i'm not well-attuned to it either. thought it was just a ranty person.

[boreal solar]

AI is pretty convincing these days. I wouldn’t feel bad.

[desert stirrup]

POG

You sell the neon green O1

[boreal solar]

For a second I thought Ondo had a neon green P01 and got excited to see the massacre

[desert stirrup]

But also, every time I buy a brewer I go back to the V60

[short condor]

Is WOC San Diego not gonna be open for general admission? I thought they were opening in December for buying passes but haven’t seen anything yet and they were open like 6 months prior when it was under expo name.

[desert stirrup]

Oh dude they don’t make the V3 Glass anymore

Orea wut tho heck

[short condor]

I do love me the switch and wanna try it with the neo when it’s out in the US

[compact hound]

Also don’t know why there’s no GA yet

Curious if anybody knows

@cedar otter you got any intel?

Im going to be there this year though

[short condor]

Just got done looking into it and it looks like they haven’t opened up for releasing passes yet. All the other sites for different country’s aren’t up except for dubais.

[cedar otter]

You can buy the tickets

But yeah not released yet

I booked an airbnb so my staff can come in and out

[compact hound]

Omg sick

Are you boothing?

[short condor]

Hotels aren’t too badly priced right now but parking everywhere is gonna be absolute hell.

[tight gorge]

I enjoyed it. well researched.

i also think that channel might actually grow into something. hobby bashing is actually a pretty good use case for AI

[short condor]

I liked it and the Reddit line about boulders in the grind size had me laughing. Made me think rate my chives and the soul crushing comments.

[cedar otter]

I thought about it but it’s so expensive

I pitched the idea to Sherry and maybe Jack

We should get a booth and do like an LA multiroaster experience

Ondo x Mandarin x Endorffeine can u imagine

[tight gorge]

@surreal pivot making fun of my kalita wave and making me add a $60 copper tsubame to my amazon cart

[surreal pivot]

Less making fun and more trying to spare you my 2014 nightmare that almost made me quit the cult

[desert stirrup]

Yeah I was pretty surprised how well it told the story almost every coffee nerd goes through

[desert stirrup]

The copper Tsubame was actually the closest dripper to dethrone the V60

However!

The glass Kalita also has the slightly domed bottom just like the Tsubame

And and and, the new Mino Kalita have a drastically improved bottom to deter filter blockage

You should just avoid the stainless steel ribbed (for yours and her/his pleasure - no apologies; I had to) version. That one is fucked

[tight gorge]

i see, my brother gifted me two glass v6 01 so I will use those for now

[tight gorge]

I have two of these, was my daily before getting two april drippers. BK made fun of me so I switched to plastic v60. trying to mark myself safe from microplastics so gonna give the glass 01 a try.

plastic sooo good though

ugh

[desert stirrup]

Who is BK?

[short condor]

The microplastics are already there with ya, making sure you’re never truly alone and will be there till bitter end. A few more friends won’t hurt them 🫡

[desert stirrup]

I found the glass Switch and my current ceramic V60 02 identical to my plastic one

So hopefully you will too!

[tight gorge]

norml ppl ( hi I know you search your name) aka minmax aka bk beans

[desert stirrup]

@bkbeans @minmax @normalppl

Show thyself

[short condor]

Now that would be interesting but It kills me knowing there will be a dozen coffee/lifestyle influencer who will probably get invited for a free 3 day badge to make a video a hotel/cc/rental car service the used for the event 🤦‍♂️

[short condor]

I just choked on my drink haha what a call out 👏

[compact hound]

Where rasarumah spread @cedar otter

[tough locust]

2015 me feels very unwelcome here with the kalita hate

[surreal pivot]

It’s just that one Kalita

[weary chasm]

feels weird. i'm on the other side to see if can hire influencers to spread the word about a shop. lol.

they're actually pretty effective.

[weary chasm]

i love my stainless steel kalita wave tsubame

the copper one is too pretty... i can't use it.

is maritz like across the street from the convention center?

oh. wait thats just the program/etc

[short condor]

I don’t doubt the usefulness of social media and influencers. My ||wife’s|| job is social media management at the corporate level. Two sides to that coin one where they employ people to do just that and the other where it’s content moderation.

I’m grown enough to know when I’m PB&Jelly (which I currently am) but can acknowledge that they have their place. I just wish more of them actually knew what they were talking about coffee wise and cared less about what places had the trendiest cream top.

[weary chasm]

please use ||

you need to use Double

pipe

|| like this ||

example comes out || like this ||

but yeah. there's coffee. and then there's making money. :/

cream tops make money.

i'm a believer

if i were to ever make a cafe that makes coffee the way i want it, i would probably do it as a hobby. a money losing venture.

[short condor]

Can’t deny that

[weary chasm]

ondo coffee and mandarin and similar, cater to a certain few selection.

lol....

[cedar otter]

Too drunk I forgot to take pix

[desert stirrup]

I have heard great things about this place!

[civic crest]

Good spot, been following Johnny since Pearl River Deli

[desert stirrup]

yes!

spread the gospel my apostle

[cedar otter]

Rasarumah so underrated

Flying out to tokyo in 13 hours

[weary chasm]

you buy wifi on the plane?

or you disconnecting

[tough locust]

boss is out of town. spoons are back on the menu boiz

[weary chasm]

i thought new spoons supposed to show up

[weary chasm]

Bring some trader Joe bags to offset your costs

[cedar otter]

Wait

[compact hound]

Sundae is my favorite item

Now i want a sundae

[civic crest]

I miss my bed, still in Taiwan

[vivid violet]

what's the occasion for the extended trip ?

[civic crest]

I don’t miss LA restaurant prices though

[civic crest]

Kids have 3 weeks for winter break so we usually visit family in Taiwan every other year

[vivid violet]

it's okay, you can just say you're addicted to pineapple cakes

[desert stirrup]

The special ondo cupping spoons???👀

[short condor]

There’s one up for grabs in the buy sell group if your interested

[weary chasm]

do you buy more 1zpresso gear???

[surreal pivot]

Thank you!

Kinda funny that he bought it from the store that won’t ship to me

[short condor]

Much faster shipping or a potential local pick up for you this way.

[mellow sonnet]

The website said it would open in jan

[short condor]

I just noticed that a little while ago, but someone did a rush job on that site. There are spots that still say SCA Expo Houston 2025 on it.

[civic crest]

I don’t have any lol. I did buy a kinto tray

[weary chasm]

i guess there's always that 1zpresso zp6 special.

or their new grinders. too boxy though...

[untold quartz]

I do hello

[untold quartz]

Hello I'm Burger King

[desert stirrup]

I didn’t get to see Santa this winter but I did get to see BK

Lucky me :’)

[boreal solar]

Let us know when you’ve smuggled us back some tariff free AG/Glitch 😅

[cedar otter]

Funny enough AG and Glitch are not on my itinerary

[boreal solar]

Nozy got anything interesting? Maybe hearts light?

Kidding of course. If it’s leisure enjoy the time with the fam.

[eternal birch]

acid?

[solid ferry]

Ondo 3 😅

[cedar otter]

Maybe. I’ve all been there last trip

Made rezzy at fuglen sangubashi, mameya kakeru, and kuromame

[mellow sonnet]

Miopane time

Half the ppl in the line are talking about applying to jobs

[glossy sail]

anyone try Nuo Mochi in monterey park yet? always see a line

[mellow sonnet]

Line wasn't long but still waited over half an hour 💀

[boreal solar]

Surprised that many people still apply in person. I guess Im a little detached

[mellow sonnet]

Lol idk if they're applying to the bakery or just in general

[coral hazel]

I remember 10 - 15 years ago seeing partitioned espresso filters that you'd fill each section with different coffees. Reminds me of this.

[mellow sonnet]

Sibarist brought them back last year

[earnest robin]

The audio needs some cross feed

[mellow sonnet]

the crossaint was burnt on the bottom sad

the flakeyness was okay though? helms was def better

[untold quartz]

I'm usually active on that thread that changes names a lot on this server, BK sightings are not a rare occurrence

[solid ferry]

Liar. BK sightings super rarae limited

[compact hound]

Goldburger

[vivid violet]

have any of you put a spring on an Argos ?

@dull adder , i know you have an Argos, and possibly had mentioned the spring thing, but i don’t remember whether it was on at the last meetup at Perry’s..

was curious how that is..

[tight gorge]

Classic grease ball. Taste good though

[dull adder]

I've never changed mine from spring to direct 😅

I've always been rocking the 6 bar spring

[vivid violet]

ahhh, it comes with spring. thought it came direct..

[compact hound]

Yep was on the greasier side but tasty

Nice to refresh my memory on it

[vivid violet]

how does it compare to Shake Shack, w.r.t. greasiness ?

[tight gorge]

More

lol

[vivid violet]

that gif was a bit much

oigh, don’t think my intestines could take a Goldburger. never had one..

[dull adder]

You can buy it in either configuration. And it can be switched when you want

Looks like if you buy it direct, they put an 8 bar spring in the box

[vivid violet]

yeah, i just saw that too.

surprised it’s still “pre-order”

and there’s a 7 mo wait

[dull adder]

Yeah. It's made in Colorado so Ross has been scaling up slowly, last I checked. He doesn't want to hire people and then fire them when the backlog is cleared

[vivid violet]

responsible biz owner. is that purple ross ?

[dull adder]

At the time it was under $1k, assembled in USA, 58mm, direct or spring, optional pressure transducer, and great PID system. And the build was pretty great

[dull adder]

Yeah with the dog

[vivid violet]

holy crap, no wonder he’s so busy and gets no sleep

[dull adder]

Oh and it will at some point have a water refill kit. Which overcomes the small boiler

[vivid violet]

wow, that’ll be really neat

[dull adder]

Yeah it ticked all the boxes

[boreal solar]

The BK near my house hasn’t really moved. It’s always there. Always a little empty. But always there. Recently switched to 24 hours according to the sign.

Personally I prefer in n out or Mooyah if I’m going to a chain though.

[civic crest]

It’s easy

[vivid violet]

ah, I was curious more about the shots you get with vs without the spring..

but it's coming back to me now, where theavatar showed us how easy it was with the 6-bar spring..

[boreal solar]

There was one at the last meatup we did at Erik’s. I think it was using the spring. I forgot who it was though. Was that the avatar?

[vivid violet]

yeah, it’s coming back to me now 😅

[dull adder]

Yeep

It's so small it's easy to bring anywhere

I bring it on vacations if we drive there

[vivid violet]

that’s so nice. definitely a step above something mobile

(OutIn Nano has been good to me, but i can see how Argos would be nicer 😅 granted, i pop mine in my carry-on)

[civic crest]

[bronze mural]

Evening all — quick question: how do you stay updated on community events in the LA/OC/SD areas outside of this Discord? It’d be nice to attend more events and meet more folks in the coffee community, especially anything local to OC 😎

[compact hound]

Instagram

Just follow local shops

Follow coffee ppl

[vivid violet]

unfortunately, seems like the best option 😅

[crude citrus]

Follow all the Allen Trans on ig

But really though there’s a lot of coffee popups just maybe not enough for an aggregate account. I’d start by following some shops. Some of my favorites in OC are Ondo and Recaphe

Ondo sounds like they will be doing more cuppings at Artesia

[mellow sonnet]

Ondo, recaphe, play are the main specialty coffee places

And then stereoscope and cassel earth are ok too

And long black and cortado

Altho they kinda just serve onyx beans which I find incredibly underwhelming

Does play even do public cuppings anymore

[tight gorge]

there is an OC cabal with baller gear that seems to meet often, but its secretive so idk how easy it is to infiltrate

[compact hound]

Seems even more circlejerky than this

Wack

[tight gorge]

they are all around us here, just keep to themselves

[compact hound]

Still wack

[eternal birch]

how packed does proof get on sat morning

[tight gorge]

been a minute but not long, maybe 10 min wait max

[eternal birch]

thank u

[tight gorge]

unless it has gone viral recently

[eternal birch]

debating on proof or trying mandarin 2

[eternal birch]

nah, dont think it has

theres a new taiwan bakery chain that came in, probably a line

miopane

[crude citrus]

You get in by buying gear from within

[trail tiger]

Line does start to form at like 10am ime before that it’s no line

[tight gorge]

derp went, called it mid

in a kind derp kinda way

[eternal birch]

tbh it looked like mid

probably drop in for scallion stuff whenever it dies down

[bronze mural]

They do, but not often. Thank you for your suggestions!

[cedar otter]

I know these ppl

[vivid violet]

so like.. the newest OXO brewers ? damn.

[cedar otter]

Konnichiwassup

[short condor]

It can get packed quickly but allot of their stuff is just okay, coffee is simple and smaller pastry items are better like cookies imho. I’d say stop by highlight in Glendale or quat for some coffee pre or post treat.

[vivid violet]

for CA residents, can ask to be dropped by data brokers to reduce spam calls:

• https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/

ref article:

• https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/california-dodge-spam-calls-texts-21278306.php

[drowsy knot]

The site seems to be a little hit or miss for people right now and the data brokers don’t have to start deleting until August so if you have issues just wait a week or two and try again

[dull adder]

I wish there was some way to know who has your data.
I just found out that a dealership used a third party that kept my info (name, address, ssn, etc) and I only found out because they were hacked

[eternal birch]

I was also part of that

got the mail like 2-3 days ago

[dull adder]

Let's go!

I hope your credit files are frozen

[eternal birch]

yeah theyre always frozen

hope nothing too bad comes from this

[dull adder]

It's okay Equifax already leaked that for every adult in the US

[eternal birch]

also I dont think you're on the stellantis/ford stuff but

I remember they track literally everything you do

there's LexisNexis

and some other ones

[dull adder]

Basically every car manufacturer records data on you and uses and sells it. I know for sure JDM, USDM. Pretty sure Korean and German too

[mellow sonnet]

https://www.uuinstagram.com/p/DTNkfDRDbit/

New donut

[dull adder]

It says Matter, but not what wireless protocol. I'm sure it's Thread

I only have Zigbee right now so I'd need a new antenna

I want one though

[earnest robin]

The DROP doesn't seem to be related to that
It's only for data acquired by your behavior (eg ad preferences)

Also, our data is already on dark web, so I don't think this drop will do much

[desert stirrup]

Damn no way

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/883294887610750/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Untouched too

Curse my broke ass

[boreal solar]

They never opened the box after they bought it from the Amazon bin store in Fontana.

How’s the hunt going btw?

[mellow sonnet]

theyre selling 1k$ cables

[desert stirrup]

How do you know this? Is that info from the barcode?

[desert stirrup]

Slow. I’m mainly focusing on building my PCB design skills. I think that will help me get into the positions I want

[vivid violet]

Post Coffee Baller skills ? NICE.

[boreal solar]

Hopefully something pans out soon. I’m in talks for something now that I’m hopeful for now that holiday is over. Actually excited for once. Hopefully it pans out 🤞 I’d probably start applying for positions in your shoes btw. Job markets are weird right now.

[civic crest]

Been brewing this Fritz the last two mornings, it’s a really good coffee

Nester Lasso

[desert stirrup]

Isn’t it always tho?

I feel as if that’s a perpetual state that I’ve been hearing since I’ve been alive

[boreal solar]

Right now they’re exceptionally bad 😅

[desert stirrup]

I’m aiming to only apply to startups and to figure out how to leverage my engineering skills to make money on my terms

Hopefully all is well for both of us in 3 months

You’ll be chilling you got yourself a ||wife|| to bum off of

Me? I gotta get married real quick to be that fortunate

[boreal solar]

Yeah, I’m feeling good about this one. Had lunch with some employees yesterday and they really took a liking to me. The hurdle is going to be another interview though.

[tight gorge]

If there’s a will there’s a way

[earnest robin]

I thought fritz is coal

[tight gorge]

The funk neutralizes the coal I guess

[mellow sonnet]

Fritz single origin is ok sometimes

[earnest robin]

Last time I had it was 4 years ago

[mellow sonnet]

I think Fritz is fun regardless every once in a while but I def keep lower expectations

[tight gorge]

Also I need to open a coffee shop so I can expense a trip to Japan

[mellow sonnet]

Going to open an LLC for my Japan trip and then expense it as market research when in reality I just want to do the yen carry trade

[boreal solar]

There’s been a few cheap flights from lax over the last two years. I’d just keep an eye on it. When we went two years ago it was under $2000 round for my wife, myself and the then one and a half year old. That included a lot of bags and things for the kiddo.

[trail tiger]

You can make a Japan trip pretty cheap from LAX

Zipair RT can go low as like 550 (but it’s Narita)

[cedar otter]

It’s not even 2 and I had 7 cups of coffees

Maybe more

[tight gorge]

Blessed

[boreal solar]

Even American can be under $600 round. We all know @tight gorge spends that on strawberries every year.

[cedar otter]

And we have another coffee omakase rezy at 3pm

Need to eat

[tight gorge]

Mameya?

[cedar otter]

Naw kuromame

It’s Mame Zurich’s Tokyo shop

No menu

[tight gorge]

Tbh strawberries were mid this year, on the other hand stone fruit…

[cedar otter]

Mameya tomorrow’s

[cedar otter]

Andy’s orchards fire

My parents went crazy

They were like how good can peach be HOLY SHIT

[tight gorge]

Andy’s selling the farm after this crop, so tell them to double up

[cedar otter]

Also I didn’t know u were following me on my personal ig @tight gorge

[tight gorge]

👁️

[mellow sonnet]

Woa b&o CEO stepped down

La brews be lurking your stories

[tight gorge]

I have a empty shell ig account since I need one for work

[mellow sonnet]

Damn

U on the incognito account

I have 2 accounts where one is to follow brands

[tight gorge]

my dogs accounts is that

Food and brands

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I used to have them all on one but it felt like every post was an ad at some point

[tight gorge]

Hmm, will prob skip temptation to go to Japan again this year, maybe Vietnam / Thailand

[mellow sonnet]

But then my second account has more pics than my main

I been getting Taiwan cafe reels and I wanna go back to Taiwan now

[tight gorge]

do it before trump takes over Greenland

[mellow sonnet]

If I go my mom will want to go w me but then that means I can't go crazy on coffee

[trail tiger]

Convert mom into the cult

[civic crest]

Why?

[mellow sonnet]

She drinks boba at 10am and then can't sleep at night

[boreal solar]

Most of the berries from the IE were a little meh too. I think the best I had were grown near Riverside. I could never bring myself to spring for Andy’s. My kiddo is the one that eats most of my berries and it felt like too much.

[boreal solar]

Caffeine from boba joints usually doesn’t even register with me anymore.

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I forget boba even has caffeine

I just get sugar high and sugar crash

[boreal solar]

Heh now I sort of want a mango milk tea.

[weary chasm]

inb4 LA boba meetup.

still not sure why Molly Tea is hype. is it branding? maybe need to go there a couple more times.

[compact hound]

I might go to VN this year

[tight gorge]

I only want to go cuz nutter went and I know he will have banger recs, plus the food is fire so I can only image the levels there

apparently feb-aprl is dry season so maybe ill have to wait for next year

I refuse to take vacations during wet season.

[glossy sail]

Do it! Foooood.

[mellow sonnet]

I was planning a NY trip but the issey store is moving so they're closed

[tough locust]

i've been itching to go to ny to make a jb prince visit

spoon and tweezer shopping

[desert stirrup]

g e s t u r a

[tough locust]

you like em? they almost feel gimmicky to me

but i've never used one

[desert stirrup]

I have some gold ones you can borrow if not have

I've been itching to get the stainless steel option

however since they don't sell the gold option, I'm thinking I should hold onto it for the "rarity" of it

[tough locust]

cant have too many spoons

[desert stirrup]

I met Gabe (the man behind Gestura) when he did a small pop up/meet & greet in LA. He's a chill dude and, like every other serious or professional cook I know, is really into spoons. Like really into spoons. He can practically name the company, where it was manufactured, and when it was released of any spoon

The man knows spoons

I only dream of stumbling on a Lady Hamilton by Community without paying $30+

[tough locust]

lmao that was gonna be my next joke

im only deep enough into the spoon rabbit hole with lady hamilton community vs community plate

[desert stirrup]

My man

The Milady

God I had how I know vintage spoons

[glossy sail]

Issey store in full force in Shenzhen by songmont lol

[mellow sonnet]

[desert stirrup]

Remind before the next meet up and I'll bring the Gestura spoons. If you like em I might even give them to you

[mellow sonnet]

And then there's a few art galleries of issey in Japan I really want to see too

And then there's some other galleries that the design team worked on but it's not exhibiting issey

Got some cool architecture worth looking at

[tough locust]

word, happy to just check em out! thanks!

[fallen gulch]

I have made it back to Denver, and LA traffic gave me a kick on the way out with an almost hour long stoppage on the 15 this morning whee

[trail tiger]

its pretty good jasmine tea thats about it; im sure there's is better tea quality but just a grab and go (after 30 min wait) option is not bad

[weary chasm]

and its more that you can plan that 30 minute wait?

like order online

app

[trail tiger]

yup you could order online, but i have been going in to wait since i think online you can order only one drink per person

[short condor]

She a pretty bitch, she fine 👌

@desert stirrup have you seen the star cooking spoon from little dinhware? It’s different and interesting, almost the opposite of what the gestura looks like. Unrelated note everytime i say gestura i have to stop myself from saying getsuga tensho.

[tough locust]

i just looked up the star cooking spoon and it comes fulls circle to stealing spoons

[vivid violet]

now that everyone has mastered pourovers, it’s time to start using this:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTKwiJiFINL/

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[neon scaffold]

By 2030: “imagine just drinking one coffee “

[desert stirrup]

Oh dude this spoon is fucking fuego

Check this out Jinzo! @tough locust

https://littledinhware.com/products/cooking-spoon-the-star?srsltid=AfmBOoqtjO2_EkKhaDnH4akq16eKeMM78EaCRzcX_Btiu3Z7pQJKb0Wp

@short condor also I know who you’re talking about but know very little about bleach

I follow the strict rule of “if the show is ongoing, I’m not watching”

I’ve been strung along for many years due to Naruto, AOT, and GOT

I refuse to be subjugated to such whims

[dull adder]

You're never going to watch One Piece with that mindset

[desert stirrup]

Oh yeah

I’ll consider it again in 2030

Supposedly it will end in 2032

[dull adder]

You've got all the time to do it now

[desert stirrup]

But it was supposed to end in 2026 buuuuuut that didn’t happen

[desert stirrup]

I started and am finishing MHA rn!

Lots of holes and dumb coincidences

But I gotta admit

h y p e

[desert stirrup]

Ok I just am scrolling down enough to see you already checked it out

Forgive my ignorance

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah idk why anyone would start one piece tbh

I started in middle school

I'm now a working adult

I stopped suggesting one piece to friends at chapter like 700

U either already started it or u never will

[boreal solar]

Would you watch the live action if you never watched the og?

[mellow sonnet]

I've never had a Netflix so I have no idea

A few friends have enjoyed the live action without following the actual tho

[boreal solar]

Banh mi?

[tight gorge]

Yee dank

[eternal birch]

u go to endorffeine after?

[tight gorge]

Yea about to

[boreal solar]

Bread looks softer and less crusty than I’m used to. How was it?

[tight gorge]

Fuego. *This is only for the pork sando.

[boreal solar]

Pork belly?

[tight gorge]

I think so

[vivid violet]

it's dank/moist and on fire

is it located in the same plaza as Endorffeine ? I've never seen the other stores open

[short condor]

To be fair bleach was done then they decided to do the final arch. But
I understand the struggle with ongoing, but gotta love a good anime anime old or new. Now I just gotta get you on to that OG shit, 80s early 90s anime is just exquisite. Back when there were no rules to the anime realm.

[mellow sonnet]

mandarin 2 today

[boreal solar]

Drove by two sprouts today and noticed both have a klatch in them now. I didn’t realize they were expanding that much.next step towards mass appeal I suppose

They’re slowly turning into an IE Starbucks

[surreal pivot]

What’s the red drink in the middle? I had it a couple weeks ago and forgot what it was.

It was better than the cortado

[mellow sonnet]

they need a longer ratio or osmething

cortado was too much milk i think

[surreal pivot]

Ok good so it wasn’t just me. I was thinking wtf is going on here

[mellow sonnet]

spro was ok too? idk i think ill stick to their pourovers

[surreal pivot]

Spro was on point

[mellow sonnet]

sherry hired a bunch of new ppl

i didnt recognize any of the employees today somehow

usually i know them

[boreal solar]

I’ve only tried their pour overs. I’ve been tempted to try their matcha though

[tight gorge]

cortado guuud, had jacks for the first time and prefer M2

[mellow sonnet]

my coworker complained to me the new location didnt have the vienna latte

[boreal solar]

Is M2 better than the og? I haven’t been yet.

[mellow sonnet]

i never noticed 🤡

ive never had the vienna lmao

[boreal solar]

I’ve only been to original Mandarin.

[tight gorge]

jaymie the one making your cortado, she the coach for most world barista competitors coming from LA

https://www.instagram.com/jaymielol/

[mellow sonnet]

oh yeah i recognized her but the other ppl i didnt

[tight gorge]

you know which cortado is whack af, og kumquat

like wtf is that

[compact hound]

Moim guy behind bar too

[boreal solar]

Klatch legit gives you a cappuccino.

[mellow sonnet]

oh thats moim guy?

[compact hound]

Three books popup guy well

[mellow sonnet]

never met him

[tight gorge]

damn derp an unc now

[mellow sonnet]

i been unc 💀

not young and hip like sloth

[compact hound]

Just young unfortunately

[boreal solar]

Wait, are you not the cool Allen Tran?

[mellow sonnet]

we have young allen tran, unc allen tran