Los Angeles/OC/San Diego 🌈

[tight gorge]

Too bad, now you are obligated to move to California and pay our 10% state tax

[tame laurel]

😩

Over here people say “don’t California my Texas”

[tight gorge]

Over here they say “Fresno is our Austin”

[mellow sonnet]

My mom told me if I quit my job I should move to Nevada for no state income tax

[tight gorge]

Why not Puerto Rico for no tax

[vivid violet]

highly don't recommend 😂

health care desert, etc.

[mellow sonnet]

Because she already considering a house out there

[vivid violet]

unless she opts into those doctor on retainer situations which cost $70K/yr on up, getting access to good healthcare there is very hard (mainly talking about Vegas area).

even with those, you're missing out on specialists who are experienced.

can't beat USC and UCLA here..

[tight gorge]

What insurance do I need to access ucla/usc?

[mellow sonnet]

Well they don't even use UCLA/usc

UCLA/uci just go on strike every other year anyways

[vivid violet]

Aetna BCBS, or a bunch of others..

[mellow sonnet]

My outlook on healthcare is warped bc I hate all healthcare now

[tight gorge]

I see, so the fancy ones

[vivid violet]

it's f'd, but still need access to good university hospitals, where best specialist physicians are..

[vivid violet]

nah, Aetna BCBS is not fancy at all

if you opt into your work's PPO, should be covered.

[mellow sonnet]

If ur friends w people who schedule surgeries u can borrow surgeons that you know are good

[tight gorge]

I’m on Obamacare, def more than Kieser

[mellow sonnet]

But also u can talk to nurses and some surgeons have higher rates of infection 🤡

[vivid violet]

yea, best to talk to the residents on the floor to understand who has the best outcomes.

[mellow sonnet]

Also most of them have god complexes and massive egos

I hate all healthcare and that's ignoring insurance problems

[tight gorge]

also opt out from interns performing surgeries lol

I get it they need to learn on the job but

[desert stirrup]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DS5PYYSCM4B/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

I swear if I don’t see my coffee brewed as a V600000000 at Ondo I’m writing a bad yelp review

[cedar otter]

How about oreoreoreoreoreoreorea

[tame laurel]

Idk what it’s like there but looks small on the map

There’s a Fresno in TX too

[desert stirrup]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo

NO WAY

Check this out

Look at what randomly appeared on my fucking feed

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DTl0UH-knNr/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

SLOTH AND PERRY

Insta algorithm too good

[earnest robin]

Is the friend Brian?

[desert stirrup]

Fuck now my feed is all super niche specialty coffee memes

[desert stirrup]

Allen Tran

[mellow sonnet]

im unrecognizable when im not in pleats

[boreal solar]

@cedar otter that Juliana Guevara is intense I did 1:15 and I need to drop to like 1:17.

I was expecting delicate jasmine. Not to be slapped in the face with some intense funky fruit and dried herbs

It’s nice though. I’m sure I’ll be able to dial it in.

[cedar otter]

Do you have really good brewing water? It never felt that loud for me except when I roasted and brewed in Korea with all Quakers removed @boreal solar

But yeah I get the dried jasmine

Almost wanted to put “aroma of hot tea they serve you at Chinese restaurants”

[boreal solar]

I'm using 1 gallon distilled with .5g of baking soda and .5g of epsom salt added.

its my usual espresso water. though not my usual for brewing. I was being lazy

dumped it out of the one gallon jug I have connected to the decent into the kettle. 😅

[cedar otter]

I miss my decent

Next money I make maybe I will do a 49mm conversion

[mellow sonnet]

dont you still have it

👀

whats your SO spros pulled on in hollywood?

[glossy sail]

That's my house...

[desert stirrup]

EAF meetup at your place???

[compact hound]

Which one

[cedar otter]

oof

I might have found an unconventional location for ondo 3

[vivid violet]

derp's uninhabited home ?

[cedar otter]

We would need to purchase the property tho

[vivid violet]

nah, nobody's in there

free rent !

[dull adder]

Aside from the capital required, that's a positive right?

Kinda a major "aside" though

[cedar otter]

i mean yeah, not an "aside"

[dull adder]

@vivid violet how did you respond to my buy/sell post so fast lol

[cedar otter]

but this has a lot of potentials

[cedar otter]

@vivid violet lives here

there's a potential live/work studio upstairs as well

[vivid violet]

I'm making some food, and waiting for the dough to rise..

just happened to see it

[cedar otter]

that we can use for like private events or rent it out as airbnb or to creative ppl

[dull adder]

I found it on Amazon so I deleted it

Turns out they're out of business

[cedar otter]

also has beer/wine license for indoor consumption and bottle sales as well

[vivid violet]

bripe is ??

[cedar otter]

lots of outdoor patio space

[dull adder]

Yeah

[cedar otter]

there's a wine bar in the back as well

[dull adder]

https://briping.com

Dear Bripe Community. It is with sadness we have decided to CLOSE this store. We hope you will continue to love your Bripe! In the meantime some inventory and kits are available at www.equator.ca

[vivid violet]

the world feels different now.

[dull adder]

I was thinking of spending some christmas money on it so I had the tab open for the last month. I regret not buying it for $60

[cedar otter]

there are downsides for the property tho

not having parking is big

lol

[buoyant marlin]

RIP to a legendary coffee product

[buoyant marlin]

I’ve got three I’ve been meaning to post if you still want one haha

[dull adder]

I do.. how much??

[boreal solar]

Finally IE Ondo.

[buoyant marlin]

I was thinking $50 but I can make an actual post later finally to abide by the rules.

[dull adder]

Let me know and I'll cancel my Amazon order. That includes the case and torch?

[buoyant marlin]

Yup, still in box. I bought a four pack and couldn’t convince any friends to join the craziness haha so they’ve been sitting around.

I’ll take photos after work to post and let you know.

I’m have so much stuff to post maybe that will spur me to actually do them all.

[dull adder]

Do you have an OXO rapid brewer too? haha

[buoyant marlin]

Haha not to sell but if it continues to collect dust I might.

I like it but can’t get good brews with lower doses so far and hate using 20+.

[tiny mountain]

Oh yo? I’ll take a Bripe kit too 👀

If you’re taking orders 😂

[glossy sail]

be like a 10 person meetup at most

and itll only be for people named allen tran

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah just drop off the poodle and leave bc ur not Allen tran

Went to holbox today too

[glossy sail]

wheres this at? /s

went to mandarin 2 today

😉

[glossy sail]

you gonna use it at ondo?

[cedar otter]

nah

[mellow sonnet]

Wow Bryan in the backrooms of mandarin 2 /s

How hard is it to clean compared to a French press

[cedar otter]

uhhh

easier? because you can lift the coffee grounds

brewing rn

[cedar otter]

fuhhh that looks so good

so hungry

should I howlin ray again

[civic crest]

al pastor 🔥

[compact hound]

Yes u should

[desert stirrup]

Hahahaha

It’s like Allen Tran daycare

[eternal birch]

its good but on the pricier side

[desert stirrup]

It looks like your roasting space is filling out well!

I remember in the BQ it looked spacious

[mellow sonnet]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DUVitOUAfwM/

Ondo 3 going to look like the floorplan

[cedar otter]

Ehhh we try to keep it empty when we’re not using it bc it’s a shared space

I need a bigger car

[civic crest]

https://tenor.com/view/maximover-001benz-car-gif-12343358

[mellow sonnet]

Collapse the back seats

[cedar otter]

I know haha

I just don’t like the bags flying all over

[mellow sonnet]

I like putting stuff at the foot area of the back row so it doesn't fly around

[civic crest]

can use those trunk organizer blocks

[cedar otter]

Ho boy

I devoured that sando

[solid ferry]

bathroom 💀

[glossy sail]

whyd you share your house's floorplan? lol

anyone have an opinion on the ceado hoop?

[mellow sonnet]

Unique filter size and very few variables to control. On paper it sounds like a good consistent brewer, but no room to experiment

Somebody brought one to one of the meets and it just tasted like every other flat bottom imo

[tight gorge]

@short condor loves it

[mellow sonnet]

It also has the same problem as orea z1 where u gotta hunt for a cup for it to fit on

Who emptied out mandarin

This guy in Canada bought a bunch of hydrangea from mandarin and then went back to Canada to sell and then he blocked off all the QR codes for the website bc gotta gatekeep

[short condor]

It’s simple haha not much mess but grind size and uniformity have to be on point for it.

And yeah experimenting is hard with it. But I’ve played with using it like a switch with small disk underneath to steep the bloom. Hate finding the servers but I guess there’s adapter out now for it by someone.

[desert stirrup]

Oh I didn’t know it was a shared space. Is it shared with other roasters?

[cedar otter]

Yessir

[cedar otter]

Ondo’s first kenya

[tight gorge]

Kenya my beloved

[mellow sonnet]

Royal octopus

Kraken

[buoyant marlin]

I'm a simple man, I see Kenya, I buy.

[crude citrus]

Bought an outdoor sink for the meetup

[compact hound]

Rimowa sink

So generous though fr 🙏

[crude citrus]

It dents like one too

[vivid violet]

where in the garage will this be setup

[glossy sail]

i only wash my hands with 40ppm water. will that be supplied?

[crude citrus]

Positioned in a way where if you wash your hands for too long the door will close on top of you

[vivid violet]

I literally choked and lol'd from both those replies. nice one.

[crude citrus]

At 40 you’re welcome to dip your hands in some salt before washing. Same effect

[civic crest]

Is a date set yet

[short condor]

Will it be blackberry or black current or tomato that is the true question dun dunn dunnn

[cedar otter]

tomato

we'll see. Just sample roasted today so will cup tomorrow

[crude citrus]

No, but do you want to decide? 😂

[mellow sonnet]

Just pick 7

😂

[boreal solar]

Royal gems can be hidden bangers sometimes.

I’ve bought a few before

[cedar otter]

the juliana u took was also a crown jewel

[compact hound]

I’d cry if i had this rn

[earnest robin]

You should make it a business

[cedar otter]

my lunch was too big

I usually skip breakfast on roast day

and we wrap up around 2

so went to howlin' and got the sando and fries

and went next door to Sidecar and had 2 donuts

I had to skip dinner

still full

[earnest robin]

That's a lot of food

[crude citrus]

Someone wants to be the next Allen Tran

With that kinda appetite

[cedar otter]

I'm not a 20-something anymore

can't do big meals anymore

[earnest robin]

If you ask for $10 per visitor you can cover the cost for the cleaning

[cedar otter]

I realize I can prob live off of 1 meal a day w/ like light bites for the other two

[cedar otter]

I always try to pitch in haha

either for food or just for their inconveniences

[crude citrus]

Garage door*

[crude citrus]

Do I hear EAF meetup sponsored by Ondo?

[glossy sail]

Which one....? lol

[cedar otter]

you can only brew ondo beans

[crude citrus]

A blue dress code will be strictly enforced

[compact hound]

Lowkey impressed

I got to one up you

[cedar otter]

ugh

[compact hound]

Funny i actually had a somewhat similar dinner

Got a double qpc using my points

And then had 2 krispy kreme donuts

[cedar otter]

Haha

[boreal solar]

I had a quesadilla at 9:30pm after a reluctant three year old passed out. Followed by a day old strawberry cronut from a bakery in Rancho. 😂

[mellow sonnet]

I should dress code my meet w wear ur best fashion fit 🫡

[earnest robin]

I thought LAs fashion is sportswear and baseball hat

[boreal solar]

He said your best fashion fit. Personal best doesn’t have to be impressive. That’s the price of not being specific with dress codes.

Maybe my best fit is a pair of workout shorts and a hockey jersey with a sullied brixton ball cap.

[earnest robin]

Wow, have you been in my closet?

[civic crest]

that's a @compact hound move

[mellow sonnet]

Dress code is "denim" Canadian tuxedo incoming

[compact hound]

Time to bust out my 3sixteen pair with 400+ wears

One wash only

I actually should wash them again

[mellow sonnet]

Freeze is good enough

[compact hound]

Not with the shit i got on it

[mellow sonnet]

Rip my denim

[compact hound]

Also isn’t it proven the freezing doesn’t really do much

[mellow sonnet]

I stopped wearing them after a few years of working bc I could afford pleats like I always wanted now it's not worth buying bc I wont get enough wears in

[mellow sonnet]

I'm an unc with outdated knowledge now

[compact hound]

I cringe at “fashion influencers” praising raw denim

[mellow sonnet]

I cringe at all barrel leg wearers

[compact hound]

99% of them dont even actually wear their denim

Barrel leg is worse than skinny jeans

I was also never a skinny jeans hater

[mellow sonnet]

I cringe at fake whiskering on baggy pants bc there's not actually any tension there for whiskering to happen unless it's straight or slim cut

[compact hound]

Those are so bad

I just wear vintage levis now

[mellow sonnet]

Fake distressing made by people who never worn actual denim

I have a pair of visvims that are baggy bc it won't get any serious distressing anyways

And then I want a pair of kapital denim and then something persimmon dyed

[compact hound]

Visvim is so elite

Kapital is whatever now

[mellow sonnet]

Already got a kapital jacket but I think getting magpie feather as a set is kinda cringe

[compact hound]

I actually never cared for it tbh

[compact hound]

That combo screams ig brainrot fad

[mellow sonnet]

Kapital is for the fashion nerds not the denim nerds I feel like

[compact hound]

I wouldn’t even say fashion nerds for more than half the ppl who enjoy kapital

[vivid violet]

Visemacs is where its at now. or VisVisualStudioCode.

[mellow sonnet]

Visvim borderline same thing but more acceptable for denim

[compact hound]

Visvim’s leather outwear is nuts

[mellow sonnet]

Although now fast fashion is fake selvedge denim somehow too

[compact hound]

True

I stopped buying clothes for 2 years to have a full mental reset towards building my wardrobe

I know what i truly like

[mellow sonnet]

My denim from margiela low-key my fave but also way overpriced

[compact hound]

I mean all designer is overpriced if were going on a literal level

If its good its good

[mellow sonnet]

All fashion is overpriced

Return to monke and make your own clothes

[compact hound]

Uniqlo is a prime example

Everything expensive

[vivid violet]

found some great deals at Uniqlo BKK

for the low low cost of a flight across the world..

[mellow sonnet]

Uniqlo good

[cedar otter]

They obv never drove cars with leather seats

[crude citrus]

Skinny anything is so uncomfortable

When that trend returns I will remain an unc with my baggy pants and oversized tees

[cedar otter]

Still a line at holbox

[compact hound]

Is that the first or second location

[compact hound]

Sherry needs to get on big sur wave

[boreal solar]

Meh, I’m slightly too stocky for baggy jeans. I look like I weigh 300lbs when I wear them 😅

[earnest robin]

2nd

1st one is just a big food court with nothing inside

But I didn't know they have 2 locations

[mellow sonnet]

she cupped big sur after her china/japan trip

she knows

maybe we get more big sur soon

[compact hound]

Oh yeah i forgot

[glossy sail]

I did talk to her about the big sur. Lerida > Elida

Was agreed upon lol

[compact hound]

Ez

[boreal solar]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1239299821474947/?mibextid=wwXIfr someone in the OC should investigate this.

Feels too likely to be a scam for me to bother. But someone could get a steal

[earnest robin]

Is it stolen

[mellow sonnet]

machine is prob super abused

[compact hound]

Tempting now that my mondays are somewhat open

[cedar otter]

Not bad for aguacate + jack

[tight gorge]

Yeah those were my thoughts

[glossy sail]

Gonna normalize drinking from Chinese-styled drinkware from 2000 BC.

[glossy sail]

Downright cheap. Thought it'll start at 3 digits.

[cedar otter]

Not sure about flash brew AND cold brew tho

[glossy sail]

Didn't even know Jack uses native.

He a sey stan lol

[tight gorge]

His Wednesday brews are usually native

only time he will serve non washed

[lunar fjord]

Would

[glossy sail]

This the cup I bring to meetup. Won't make any mistakes that it's not mine. Lol

[compact hound]

This is sick

[cedar otter]

This is mine

[glossy sail]

if i brought my glitch, it MIGHT get mixed up lol

[cedar otter]

I’ll bring a non-glitch one then

[mellow sonnet]

The boba shop is now a pastry bar

[tight gorge]

Hopefully better than sugar bloom or whatever mandarin serves

[mellow sonnet]

Mandarin 2 has a nice pretzel croissant but yeah OG pastries are meh

It's the same but diff selection I think

[cedar otter]

Whoa

Kinda wanna take over that Float space

Open a matcha bar

But no lattes and no syrups

🫣

[boreal solar]

Do people in socal even like matcha?(other than syrups and lattes)

I guess thats a hypocritical thing to say given coffee is similarly unpopular

[mellow sonnet]

Strawberry matcha latte is like everywhere on social media

I think it's pretty visually but meh taste wise

[cedar otter]

Ours is pretty good bc we make the strawberry puree inhouse

[compact hound]

Think yours and rikka fikka are my favorites

Chainsaw’s looks pretty good too but can’t see myself actually ordering it

Need to go with someone to just bum a sip or else it’d be a waste

[crude citrus]

Does any place actually serve matcha? Not a latte

[compact hound]

Think plenty of places do

Nobody orders it

[mellow sonnet]

I would trust rok for a matcha I think

[compact hound]

There’s this spot going viral not sure if its here or NY but the bait is $4 matcha latte made with 5g

Just getting culinary grade matcha concentrate

[lunar fjord]

This is my daily driver after I broke my glitch soba chaco;-;

[cedar otter]

Honestly if you are adding milk and sugar you don’t need the highest grade

As long as it’s greeeeeen

[short condor]

I think you could do a very cool slow bar there but idk if people would dig the a no latte matcha bar solely because LA has made them a gold standard necessity for matcha places.

[tight gorge]

dena chat, is ry’s poke good?

[mellow sonnet]

My friend from Oahu told me to try

[cedar otter]

Looks funny kinda

[mellow sonnet]

Does it help w stalling

[weary chasm]

Stereoscope offers it

I also asked for a matcha shot once. Lol.

They obliged

Just do the matcha, not adding milk or water. In a cup

[cedar otter]

No but less chaff spraying everywhere

[weary chasm]

Local Tokyo central

[mellow sonnet]

Your employees were wiping the eg-1 every 15min

[weary chasm]

Am I dumb for considering $120 cups?

[mellow sonnet]

I'm not a cup addict so I would say yes

[desert stirrup]

Tea Master Matcha Cafe and Green Tea Shop! Served in the chawan too!

Their softserve is top notch too!

So thick and luxurious

[crude citrus]

Get the tuna. Don’t get the hot shoyu bc it was just sriracha overpowering everything

[short condor]

If you’re ever In Carson etc poke is goated. Big portions, bold island flavors done right.

[weary chasm]

What about kettl

[crude citrus]

I was genuinely asking bc idk. Not to be an elitist

[weary chasm]

I'm bringing up kettl because they serve matcha flights

I also don't know. But they were in a NY times article about the matcha craze

I just know that matcha + cream top = 💵💵💵

[weary chasm]

Who sells $4 lattes

[boreal solar]

711

[weary chasm]

I guess we can be having Japanese 711

[boreal solar]

Actually I think they have matcha now.

Hmmm guess it’s a Canadian menu item.

[tight gorge]

@compact hound renjifo a scam or nah?

Also the TPC GV is v v gud

Better than the esmeralda

( i realized i never talk coffee here sooo I just hit my quota with this)

[cedar otter]

Where do u talk coffee then

[tight gorge]

In the DMssss📬

[vivid violet]

let us know ! never gone..

always go to Bay Poké, off Sierra Madre

[compact hound]

I really like it

Its a touch brown but not enough for it to tank the cup

Only brewed once

Im sure i could get it to have even less brown

But putushio is still the winner for sure

[tight gorge]

My dirty poke spot that I like is all about poke in eagle rock

Poke salad bar in south pas is also dece

[tight gorge]

How can it be a touch brown but also really like it

I need to get you to try empirical water shit is a cheat code

[compact hound]

Haven’t had that in a min

[mellow sonnet]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DUcciQtkYco/

Rate the Kaiser strike

[surreal pivot]

FWIW- that’s also what the line there looks like when there isn’t a strike.

I had to wait at that location to pick up my ex’s prescription one time and it was worse.

[tight gorge]

Dang is purp single now

or a man of many exes

[surreal pivot]

The latter 😂

[mellow sonnet]

I think 24/7 pharmacy got the worst patients and the worst staffing too tbh

[earnest robin]

I didn't know there were all day pharmacies

Are you on nightshift

[mellow sonnet]

Thank fuck my hospital doesn't do outpatient

I do second shift so I end at 11pm 🤡

[earnest robin]

Are you a nurse?

[mellow sonnet]

I'm IV pharmacy

[earnest robin]

Is it a pharmacy for IV drugs?

[mellow sonnet]

Yeah I compound IVs 💀

[earnest robin]

What's your favorite mix

[mellow sonnet]

I've made my own buffer water in the clean room for coffee before

Anything that's already a liquid so I just push in the right amount

[earnest robin]

Do you hold pharma shares

[mellow sonnet]

Not in my main portfolio

I have some in my dividends account but that hardly counts

[earnest robin]

I suppose no insights then

[mellow sonnet]

I had some HIMS last year but sold out a long time ago

[short condor]

What defines brown ?

[earnest robin]

@tight gorge did you split the gesha yet

[mellow sonnet]

I have my eyes on medline but they just IPO and I want to see a few quarters of revenue before I buy

[earnest robin]

Did you sell anything recently

[mellow sonnet]

I sold a lot of stuff recently 🤡

[earnest robin]

Followed the hedge fund shorts on AI replaceable companies?

[mellow sonnet]

I sold all my metals at the peak the day before the drop somehow

[earnest robin]

Wow, you won

The silver price was crazy recently

[short condor]

I was gonna ask if that silver dip hit ya

[mellow sonnet]

I bought early December and sold out pretty decently

[earnest robin]

https://wilsoniumite.com/2026/01/27/surely-it-has-to-be-soon

[mellow sonnet]

Honestly my first time touching commodities so it's all luck 💀 idk what I doing

[earnest robin]

I knew a guy who bought wheat futures and then they were like "hey, so where do we deliver this"

But I think he was lying lol

[civic crest]

I got it from him yesterday

[earnest robin]

Was my share discussed lol or you want all of it

[civic crest]

Yeah I got half of the gesha for you

[earnest robin]

Oo, I'll DM you

[mellow sonnet]

Well futures does force you the actual commodity if ur dumb and hold until expiry

Most brokerages will liquidate your position for u so it doesn't happen though

[compact hound]

In short when most people are referring to a maillard sweetness that comes from “more developed” roasts. Probat roasts are probably the easiest way to taste/understand brown

There’s more to it than that but don’t really feel like typing a bunch here

I personally try to minimize my usage of throwing around brown now though

Brown can also come from the way you brew as well

[short condor]

Makes sense and I think you put it well

[short condor]

For those of you who make milk based drinks at home or cream top style drinks how large do you usually make your drinks proportion wise.

I can’t seem to find a ratio I like versus what I get at shops, my cream tops are exactly how I like them texture, flavor, and sweetness wise but I always feel I never add the right milk/alt milk to ice proportions.

4oz milk, 2oz oat milk, 2oz spro (40-50 grams depending on bean, 2oz ice, and cream top to desired taste or cup fill.

[mellow sonnet]

5-6oz cup only

Anything more is drowning the coffee which is only done for bad shots

[buoyant marlin]

Same, I use a 230ml cup and rarely fill it past 75%

To be more helpful in terms of ratio that’s with a 40-45g shot and then foamed oat milk.

I don’t know what that’s technically called, I just generically refer to it as a latte haha

[glossy sail]

for lighter roasted stuff i generally prefer cortado to capp size only. but i also much prefer freeze distilling organic whole milk.

[eternal birch]

I thought mandarin 2 was pas

its pretty much in arcadia wtf

[vivid violet]

LOLLLL, it's just east pas, not too bad

still.. far enough east to where i haven't ever gone

[boreal solar]

Y’all for me excited by saying it was really far east. Still too far for my Rancho butt to go a lot

38 minutes right now

[weary chasm]

arcadia is pretty far

whats far east enough?

puente hills

?

oh. thats still far. lol.

[vivid violet]

i usually think of San Dimas as "pretty far east" 😅

[mellow sonnet]

Little Ripper mandarin 2

[weary chasm]

is this smoked salmon toast

[mellow sonnet]

Goldie Lox Toast

[bronze mural]

Not at all! I was looking at K.H. Würtz Cups the other day and they are definitely not cheap, but beautiful and feel great to hold

[weary chasm]

https://us.lacabra.com/products/k-h-wurtz-reduction?srsltid=AfmBOopTNV9di66TnO23U_mOy0unDE3zZqpV0kdgMgnFbRANHNS57STU&showBanner=false&lastClicked=1770520248770

Like this?

[cedar otter]

Anyone on that clawd bot thing here

I wonder if it can automate certain tasks for me

[weary chasm]

A quick search says it's 3 names..

[cedar otter]

Molt=clawd

[dull adder]

Anyone at the Taeko Onuki show tonight?

[neon scaffold]

i couldn't make it rip--but ill be at both takanaka shows

[dull adder]

"For fifty years I've been making music. I've never done a show outside of Japan. My wish came true" 😭😭

[tight gorge]

my mac mini arrives on monday

[cedar otter]

I have a mac mini at Artesia

[tight gorge]

im gonna fuck around but fully expect someone to release a SaaS product that does the same with minimal technical onboarding. So if you just wait around a bit it will be much easier to use

only benefit I see is running the bot locally for privacy reasons

[short condor]

10000% agree I told my friend to go there and he asked why I sent him to Arcadia haha

[short condor]

God I love my Mac mini, ive had them since 2012 and just continued to buy them over time.

[short condor]

My favorite drink to make is a double ristretto pulled over a chilled SS ball with freeze distilled milk. Now they call it a dirty but I’ve always known is a play on an undertow. I add a little bit of dark cherry syrup to that and call it a Betty White. Short, sweet, tart and can slap the shit out of ya.
RIP to that goat of a woman

[bronze mural]

Yes!

[desert stirrup]

Wait, please talk coffee here more. I need more roasters with people vouching for them.

[desert stirrup]

Soooooooooooo expensive tho

[upbeat wyvern]

I know what I’m making next weekend

[tight gorge]

Buddy/my guy/vato, I’m not your guy then.

Also, are there really that many good roasters? I feel like you should go down the green path vs roaster path, more rewarding imo

[bronze mural]

To anyone in the Costa Mesa area: I’m stopping by a couple of spots for spro and some beans, let me know if anyone is down to join!

[compact hound]

@tight gorge have you had the putushio? Shit is so good

Better than TPC’s putushio IMO but not a fair comparison

[weary chasm]

Can also just use tap water

I source South San Francisco tap water

It's nice

[mellow sonnet]

We should play coffee bingo one day

[earnest robin]

Who made this

Alfred is so mediocre and overpriced

How did they become so popular

[mellow sonnet]

No idea found it on xhs

Klatch is on there too lmao

[earnest robin]

What are interesting desert in ktown or Sawtelle or somewhere near

And not ice cream

[mellow sonnet]

Indigo cow but that's ice cream

And uncle tetsu

[solid ferry]

I defer to anyone’s recent visits, but I’d pick between oakobing and ooyoo cafe with a lean towards the latter because hotteok

[civic crest]

melo melo

[earnest robin]

I was there yesterday lol

[civic crest]

Did you get the durian lol

[earnest robin]

Of course not, I'm not Asian

[boreal solar]

Just buy cheap distilled and add epsom salt and baking soda.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kXKjrdYV-ZkORxWX0aDqgQlSlXu85WtJE7eFR5PwlJE/edit?usp=drivesdk

[cedar otter]

Ondo not on here

[cedar otter]

Anko

Mewame

[cedar otter]

Anyone want oops too light kenya

[tight gorge]

Yeah I crushed it, perhaps too early

[rough crypt]

yess

[tight gorge]

I fuck with this even though it’s hella pricy

[civic crest]

Yeah lol

[crude citrus]

I have casted the deciding vote

[compact hound]

wtf LMAO

[tight gorge]

The only restraint I have is with TPC but only because it’s actually an obscene price

I also think there’s always someone drinking it fresh so I can’t be alone

[boreal solar]

Having nook and no ondo is criminal, lol

[desert stirrup]

I’ve always been allured to the stainless steel balls in PO and spro. Do they help contain more aromatics in the drink or is it mostly for rapidly chilling the brew?

[desert stirrup]

Brother. I can not embark on more expensive and skill issue prone hobbies

Life is just too short

[desert stirrup]

How do you source this?

[desert stirrup]

How deeply upsetting that I do not see Ondo on the bingo card

[desert stirrup]

Alright guys. When I say Empirical is expensive I don’t I use LA tap water. I make my own water. I’m no monkey 💀

[boreal solar]

Whiskey stones/balls are theorized to help with aeration as well as chilling without dilution. I imagine it’s a similar effect with coffee

[desert stirrup]

Also I am embarking on the dreaded journey of post brew mineralization

Please wish me good fortune

Actually wish me very bad fortune

I really don’t want to like it and become a post brew mineralization fanatic who only mineralizes post brew

[cedar otter]

DM address

[desert stirrup]

That life just seems so damn chaotic and anxiety inducing due to the infinite possibilities

[cedar otter]

Or lmk if u wanna pickup

[desert stirrup]

Damn this file slaps

Thanks for sharing

I’ve never seen this one before

[boreal solar]

One of my mods on SCE posted it awhile back in our water channel. Unclear if it’s him or someone else who created it.

[weary chasm]

Just mix tap water with distilled / ro

Get somewhere at 100 ppm

Try it.

[boreal solar]

I’d probably go closer to 70ppm for espresso if using tap. Just because of the undesirable mineral types in our tap. But yeah

Diluting tap is cheap and effective

My problem is consistency with it though

[weary chasm]

I drive up and fill up a lot of gallons

Lol

Or just ask family visiting to bring me water

[cedar otter]

Ehhh should get rid of chlorine

[cedar otter]

You should join bq discord and there’s a whole water subchannel

[weary chasm]

I guess can try the taste first if CL is really affecting your brew

If yes then maybe you do treat it with like Brita

Then dilute

[weary chasm]

Cheaper than buying new grinders

I'm embarking on trying to make a milk tea recipe

Trying to make my molly tea at home...

[desert stirrup]

Dawgg there’s a subchannel about water here! #water-table

I learned a lot and it’s been very helpful !

[surreal pivot]

Yes!!

[short condor]

Alfred coffee and cafe luxxe have a surprisingly long LA history, they both suck for sure. There’s no doubting that but they’ve been around for some time.

[weary chasm]

I first saw Caffe Luxxe at my local mitsuwa

I was very early specialty though. So I didnt know what was good or not.

[short condor]

I haven’t played around to much with it in terms of pour over so I can’t speak too much there but for spro I think it unlocks a whole lot. In my opinion it opens up the sweeter notes and can help take coffee that’s harder to dial in more approachable.

[earnest robin]

I remember seeing only a few spots for Alfred but in the last 3 years they seem to be everywhere where I live

[boreal solar]

I was curious. And my god https://locations.alfred.la/

There’s a lot more of them than I thought.

I’ve also never happened upon the LAX location

[short condor]

They definitely got that PE / VC money boost within the last few years for sure, profitable chain for sure especially with it trying to stick local mostly. Not sure if they officially trade marked “but first coffee” and got it registered or not but the slogan helped that company expand fairly quickly.

[mellow sonnet]

Mandarin 2 Omakase today

[earnest robin]

In the evening?

[weary chasm]

https://www.yelp.com/biz/granada-los-angeles?uid=sfItEqzMxJ5kCr-ai5GK_Q&utm_source=ishare

anyone try this?

someone's home lol.

literally

[mellow sonnet]

Wasn't somebody having discussions about home permit recently bc of that shop

[cedar otter]

weren't they pulling shots on a lelit bianca or something

[earnest robin]

Yes

[short condor]

I saw the videos on TikTok and insta showing them use the Bianca and was mystified it hasn’t crapped out yet. Like at-least use a LM mini or micra or something a bit more comparable. I’d imagine it’s atleast pulling a 100 a day when they’re open.

I also wondered how’d that work for restrooms, I’d imagine that’d have to be open for people to use. The worry alone on that kind of damage, water usage, wear and tear on the home. My ||wife|| mentioned something I didn’t even think about and that’s foot traffic on the floors whether is fake wood floors, wood floors, carpet. Even just like 50 people a day over a few weeks could probably start a drag path.

I thinks it’s a great idea for starting a small business in the right circumstance’s but i think I’d only run it in an ADU setting versus my actual home.

I also feel like the neighbors gotta fucking hate them. Or love them if there’s free coffee involved 🙃

[cedar otter]

I heard they're upgrading to a LM

but yeah home electricity so prob LMLM

[boreal solar]

Sort of giving me vigil vibes.

[boreal solar]

Wasn’t blue bottle started in someone’s garage?

[mellow sonnet]

Kinkan crabs 🤧

[boreal solar]

I don’t think I’ve ever been served lobster like that. Is it safe to serve at that internal temp?

[mellow sonnet]

Its sashimi grade and was cooked in the tomyum soup after

The big crab and lobster was presentation for the next dish

Would be crazy for 2 ppl to eat 💀

[glossy sail]

@mellow sonnet what was the damage at kinkan lol

nvm i see it haha

worth it?

[mellow sonnet]

I think it's worth if u genuinely enjoy seafood

Chawanmushi was def my fave

The tomyum with the lobster a second

Got a food baby now thou

[eternal birch]

finally having coffee

after 2 weeks of being off

[drowsy knot]

Friend just asked for a recommendation for a coffee grinder at $100. Kingrinder?

[boreal solar]

Pour over or spro?

or unicorn?

Probably the Kingrinder k6 though.

[drowsy knot]

pourover med/dark roast

K6 was my thought as well, thanks

[dull adder]

I got my 1zpresso Q Air for about $60 and it's pretty great

Ah K6 is nicer though with a metal body and easier grind setting

It looks to me like the K6 is more like $150 though?

Make sure you're not browsing a scam website. Or getting confused by AliExpress

[drowsy knot]

https://www.amazon.com/Recommended】KINGrinder-Straight-Handle-Consistency-Stainless/dp/B0CY1XFXB8?ref_=ast_sto_dp

maybe on sale bc k7 coming?

[dull adder]

That's what I get for going straight to AliExpress

[boreal solar]

I bought the q air for my trip to Hawaii in December. It did a good job with my aeropress for the duration of the trip.

Though if they’re doing medium or dark, I sort of wonder if a jx pro or similar would make them happier.

What’s the current kingrinders knockoff…errrm….competitor for the j series?

[weary chasm]

Feels like it's perma on sale at $100

If it's on there for $130, there's a $30 coupon

[bitter kestrel]

If anyone needs Cafec filters of any type and wants to avoid the flat shipping rate, gonna do an order from RogueWaveCoffee.ca. Way cheaper than direct from Cafec. (They also sell most other gear.) Or I'll buy from an LA shop if anyone knows of any selling the T-90s.

[boreal solar]

@cedar otter has some on his website. So I assume Artesia Ondo has them. Maybe the Hollywood shop too? https://ondocoffeeco.square.site/?item=457

[cedar otter]

We have T-90s in both sizes and Abaca as well

[bitter kestrel]

Yippee. Any chance you have them (or will) in E. Hollywood? (out of stock on Square). I promise I will book my flight to Artesia some day. 😅

[cedar otter]

yeah we should always have them

[bitter kestrel]

Nifty. See y'all on Friday. Thanks!

[cedar otter]

it's funny that it says out of stock on square

because on myend I see them in stock

[bitter kestrel]

You fixed it? Can't replicate it now. There was a banner in the cart that said it wasn't available at that location for pickup. Anyway, 🖕🏻 to import duties.

[cedar otter]

were u trying to buy multiple?

we had 1 in stock in the system lol

it should be fixed now

[eternal birch]

your website I think lists beans twice

im not sure if its just on my side or if it actually is listed twice

[cedar otter]

They keep changing shit without telling the users

Like I can’t organize the categories anymore

[weary chasm]

I feel this too

[tight gorge]

lowkey surprised aviary drop didnt sell out

grabed one just now

not getting the sub looking quite smart rn

[civic crest]

I actually enjoyed the Yemen that was sent a while ago

[tight gorge]

Same! But I def would have opted out of the first one this season

[compact hound]

Surprised too but my guess is some folks got turned off by previous season performance. I feel like this release will really set the tone on whether or not aviary comes back

[tight gorge]

they had 55% retention rate last year, so yeah needs to be higher to keep things sustainable. I for one dont mind fomoing on the drops I really want vs locked in for a whole year

[crystal skiff]

maybe it’s cause fade concerns

[tight gorge]

oh fack, should I cancel

last time this was a concern it was true.

[civic crest]

I ordered one too a few hours ago

[tight gorge]

ok terabat forgot to mention its fade in aroma which I am fine with, will keep my order and roll the dice

lets see what this roest is all about

ok enoug coffee talk, back to scheduled programming

[crystal skiff]

yeah he said fade in the aroma

i bought it after that

but product listing also mentions it for transparency

I have enjoyed the p3000 roasts a lot

[tight gorge]

yeah, excited about that.

[tight gorge]

which roaster is it closest to?

pls dont say shoey lmao

[earnest robin]

Sboey

[crystal skiff]

It's like a lighter sey, fully developed, lot of articulate acidity, great aromatics. It's like early aviary 4+ in '24 but a touch lighter without being too light for me

[tight gorge]

hooo boi, right up my alley

aciditymaxxxing

[crude citrus]

Finding more about your coffee preferences in the past week compared to the last couple years

[tight gorge]

hey guys I drink coffee, I swear

[cedar otter]

You should take some of my kenya

When it’s hot it tastes like barley

But when it cools it opens up to nice juicy kenya

Excited to see how this opens up with rest

Day 1 (today) was hot barley

[crude citrus]

I love barley. Should I brew at 110C?

Ok enough trolling. Here’s the signup sheet for the meetup on 3/7 (sorry @civic crest)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hRptzD-zjKY6GHk0u8HhuUt6zsEYIpJS1lUmSftjl48/edit?usp=drivesdk

[vivid violet]

let us know when access perms are set for folks to edit

[tight gorge]

I bet Rory was the kinda guy to never share a locked doc, always on top of it

[vivid violet]

you give me too much credit.

[crude citrus]

You’re too fast

Should be changed now

[tight gorge]

Rory developed a claude bot to always check for permissions

[crude citrus]

I thought duplicating the last sheet would keep the same permissions as last

TIL, it doesn’t

[vivid violet]

oh shit. i'll be out of town that day family member getting surgery, and i've gotta go do caretaker duty

didn't get solidified till today 😐

damn, was really looking forward to this one. thx for hosting, Perry.

[civic crest]

did you vote for 3/7 lol

[vivid violet]

yeah, the surgery was supposed to be late Feb 🙁 got moved..

[civic crest]

ah bummer, nice of you to assist though

hopefully nothing too serious

[vivid violet]

not that simple, my sis will be there for 6 days, and then i'll be there for 2 wks

[civic crest]

oh are you going back to chicago

[vivid violet]

yep

frozen tundra

back to shoveling snow at -10 F

[civic crest]

shit i forgot it's february too

like the coldest month

[vivid violet]

it was down to -40 F when i was there last

[civic crest]

i grew up in west michigan lol

[vivid violet]

midwesterners are the best.

[cedar otter]

Yikes

[vivid violet]

it was -12 F , but with wind chill went down to -40 F

frostbite in a few mins

luckily it didn't snow that day

[crude citrus]

Family comes first. There will always be another meetup 😃

[weary chasm]

-40 is when F meets C

[short condor]

Still locked?

[crude citrus]

Hm I don’t think so? I see a couple of entries on there and I just doubled checked permissions

Says anyone with the link can edit

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hRptzD-zjKY6GHk0u8HhuUt6zsEYIpJS1lUmSftjl48/edit?usp=drivesdk

[vivid violet]

i hear Claude says it's open

[short condor]

Side note anybody read the updates for the discord platform? It seems very show me your papers..

[cedar otter]

[drowsy knot]

especially troubling coupled with the “this time we really probably won’t lose that data in a breach we pinkie swear”

[buoyant marlin]

Seems super sketch. Curious how many communities are going to migrate to other options. Sadly the open source alternatives aren't as robust but maybe this will spur development.

[boreal solar]

On the positive side it’s supposedly only for mature content

But it’s a slippery slope

And it’s hard to determine what is mature

My guess is that a lot of communities like this will be mostly unaffected by the change. As coffee isn’t really something they will censor

[eternal birch]

back to IRC

[crude citrus]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1340398967781453/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[compact hound]

It’s been listed for awhile

[crude citrus]

Oh then I will offer $1.5k. (Jk I hate lowballers)

[mellow sonnet]

im more curious why he has like stuff from 4 diff cities

[mellow sonnet]

https://www.uuinstagram.com/p/DUiHb_PEf4r/

Hm

It's ok tbh

[eternal birch]

yeem

[cedar otter]

Mandarin 1

[compact hound]

Omg yall both went today haha

[civic crest]

i've seen him around in various communities can't remember which, i think cremina or some lever one

[mellow sonnet]

yeah hes in the flair one

[civic crest]

i'm sad i can't go to the meet up in my canadian tux

[crude citrus]

Last year we had a meetup in March and again in July

[civic crest]

i'll be okay haha

trying to sell a bunch of old pbj and rgt on grailed recently which is why i brought it up

[compact hound]

Feel like you’ll have better luck on eBay

[mellow sonnet]

Grailed fees are insane no?

Half the people say to DM them so they can sell off platform

[boreal solar]

I see that whatnot had some dev postings the other day and gave them a download. Feels sort of like a strange concept for me.

Speaking do marketplaces

[mellow sonnet]

Grailed basically died

Everyone on depop now

But depop is like a shithole of no restrictions

Lots of fake stuff

[civic crest]

they are pretty bad, but i've already got the usual lowball offers and annoying ass questions from people that I forgot why i hate selling this shit lol

[mellow sonnet]

That "eBay replacement" with the yellow logo that starts w W is also ass I forgot what it's called

https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2026-02-09/nuo-mochi-stuffed-mochi-san-gabriel-valley

The grape one was p good

Went on sunday

It was too big tbh good thing I split it 💀

The black sesame one is gone for foreseeable future bc the guy is having hard time getting supply

And the pork floss was sold out when I went

Which were the 2 main ones I wanted to try

[compact hound]

Actually god awful plus you have to pay tax as a buyer now which is wack af

Lose lose for both buyer and seller

But yeah everybody deals outside of platform

It’s not like grailed gives any sort of special protection

[desert stirrup]

Does anybody have a tent and a camping chair I can borrow for one night next week?

I have a bunch of friends getting together in the desert and I don’t want to navigate the hell that is FB marketplace

[mellow sonnet]

I don't touch grass

I guess that's dirt. I don't touch dirt

[bitter kestrel]

I have lots of barely used camping stuff collecting dust … and even a Nanopresso if you want your friends to make fun of you.

[desert stirrup]

I DM’d you!

For the camping gear

Not the nanopresso

[dull adder]

What size?

[civic crest]

size rgt small shirts, pbj's are 30 or 31 i have to double check

[dull adder]

Oh man don't worry about checking 😂

I'd need a 34

[weary chasm]

https://roguewavecoffee.ca/products/orea-o1-steel-brewer?variant=62517745549683

Looks cool

For those that don't want plastics

[drowsy knot]

It does! I hope they make it in the two larger sizes 🤞🤞

[mellow sonnet]

The raw silver looks nice

[eternal birch]

thought it was 35$ for entire thing

$70

[mellow sonnet]

Lol I was there on Saturday

[earnest robin]

I eat pla for breakfast

And especially at dinner, makes nice pasta with some resin sauce

[eternal birch]

its just meh, another restaurant to prove BCD is king

[vivid violet]

BCD is so good. damn, haven't been there in years, tho.. prob 20 years

[neon scaffold]

Ever since Beverly soon close I go to surawon sometimes too

[boreal solar]

$35 would be a steal.

[eternal birch]

I thought I was getting a steal, $70 is an ok deal though

[boreal solar]

Plastic is a feature. No preheat is amazing. Besides, the earth is going to be inhabitable before plastic kills us at this rate.

[tight gorge]

man I think about this place often

sooo good and they cooked the meal for you which I strongly prefer

so will check out surawon

[neon scaffold]

yea they rocked i miss em

[compact hound]

Pretty much exact same price you’d pay at most spots

[compact hound]

Surawon has the best tofu but the soup itself was underwhelming when i tried it

Banchan and meats were meh too imo

Kaju is my personal fav

Young dong good too

[neon scaffold]

i trust your rec over mine gonna hit up both

[civic crest]

Kaju good but OC

[neon scaffold]

young dong in alhambra or the restaurant on wilshire?

[civic crest]

This is why I got the cookbook

[mellow sonnet]

Youngdong in sgv got hit w roaches from inspector

[cedar otter]

There's someone on tiktok who just goes on the LA county health dept website and blasts restaurants that got shut down

[eternal birch]

yah I see her on insta as well

but also like... there's nowhere to eat given at the rate of places she posts

[cedar otter]

Right lol

eat at home

[tight gorge]

Better than the one that says everything is a scam

Blocked her after a while lol

[cedar otter]

Ondo is a scam

[desert stirrup]

I agree. She's dumb af.

My issue is how people don't differentiate from "I wasn't blown away but it's not bad food." to "This is actually bad food and bad hospitality"

Not every place can be a fucking banger and that's completely chill. That doesn't make food spots any less worthy of being great neighbord spots where community can be built.

I also despise it when someone just says "I don't like it" with no further explanation or reasoning. If you can't explain it, say so. Refusing to do so and repeating "I don't like it" just makes you immensely immature and not that intellectual

As you can tell

She and many other food people on social media grind my fucking gears

Ok back to chill coffee chit chat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lHbAEVf6SM

@cedar otter Have you been to any of these? Are the spots he featured good good?

[neon scaffold]

Content creation isn’t about posting things that are true it’s about posting things that get engagement

Sucks but it be like that

[desert stirrup]

Yeah that's why I think The Zuck needs to be hung or exiled to a remote island

[cedar otter]

been to about half of them

one I went to are good

[weary chasm]

Ooo. South Korea trip soon?

[desert stirrup]

My man. I'm down to travel for the dumbest reasons if my product passes some testing and is well recieved by the consumer

Rn though

I'm dirt poor :/

[boreal solar]

You’re just putting Starbucks beans into empty glitch bags and telling us they’re imported?

[weary chasm]

But not poor in time. Not bound by much.

[desert stirrup]

wise words as always

I'm trying!

I aspire to travel for coffee and to host an EAF meetup with my many dogs

It'll most likely just be Momo but I do aspire to get to at least one more dog in the next year

[weary chasm]

I've only been unemployed a while ago (I am currently employed) . Kind of takes a toll on your mental load.

I was gonna suggest a change of scenary, like your Seoul Coffee Shop hopping. But I guess that might induce another form of financial stress.

Anyhow, you have freedom of time currently. (and hopefully unemployment benefits, even if it's chump change)

Sorry for wording. I'm just trying to cheer you up.

[cedar otter]

Hey coffee is always imported

[weary chasm]

What about them California beans

[cedar otter]

Funemployment time is scary but use it to your advantage. Try to check up on your mental/physical health, get into hobbies (that don't cost too much money), travel, etc

[cedar otter]

oh speaking of which... I learned last night that the owner of Frinj Coffee just passed away from an accident. RIP

[vivid violet]

shit !! he was such a nice guy.

and tried to help lots of farmers

the coffee tours they did of their plantation in Santa Barbara were so nice.

I hope his wife can keep it going.

[dull adder]

That's terrible news

[cedar otter]

both him and his wife passed...

[vivid violet]

omfg

[cedar otter]

yeah. kinda wild

[vivid violet]

that is horrendous

poor kids 😭

[cedar otter]

he came by the shop once and we had nice convos

he even shared his coffees that were rolling around in his truck bed

[vivid violet]

he was a kind and generous guy

as far as I had interacted with him

[weary chasm]

https://www.independent.com/2026/02/10/goleta-farming-visionaries-jay-and-kristen-ruskey-both-die/

[bitter kestrel]

Jesus. I have a Frinj coffee tree. I loved what they were starting, even though I could barely afford most of it.

[vivid violet]

poor kids are too young to be dealing with the coroner and all the shit involved. so sad.

[desert stirrup]

That's why I'm prioritizing trying to start my own buisness! I no longer want to be a corporate slave

I never heard of Frinj until now however the idea is crazy cool. It is atrocious to hear the bad news.

Is there a way to help the kiddos out or to help his buisness?

[bitter kestrel]

I have a friend who works for Jason Mraz, who grows for Frinj. Hope he steps in with a chunk of change.

[desert stirrup]

oh I see there's a GoFundMe for them. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-ruskey-kids-in-memory-of-jay-and-kristen

[desert stirrup]

Jason Mraz like the guitarist ?

[bitter kestrel]

... cuz most of us can't afford $50/oz for meh coffee.

[bitter kestrel]

Yeah he has a coffee and avocado farm in SD. Also co-owner of Jitters shop. Very big coffee nerd. I pray every day he invests more in CA coffee ... and hires me.

[weary chasm]

That one that has that popular love song

https://youtu.be/EkHTsc9PU2A?si=dt_0Kh1CnMglsp3s

[bitter kestrel]

Very nice dude. Real-deal. Wants to farm coffee instead of playing music ... but loses money on coffee.

[cedar otter]

He also had mrazberries

[bitter kestrel]

Never been given a free sample 😭 https://frinjcoffee.com/products/mraz-family-farms-field-blend?goal=0_fe06d4bdb4-f041414753-485790248&mc_cid=f041414753

Also know Frinj is involved with those harvesting events in SB. Hope all of the good progress keeps going. Upside of global warming = CA coffee.

[weary chasm]

I guess brings back memories.

Acapella at college.

Lol year was 2008

That's like 18 years ago.

[bitter kestrel]

Between IRC talk and now this ... feeling 👴🏻

[dull adder]

Hey IRC isn't dead

[bitter kestrel]

ASL?

[dull adder]

Lool

[surreal pivot]

What’s worse overuse of the word scam or Gen Z referring to everything they like as “GOATED” ?

[dull adder]

Or anyone who likes something is glazing

I'm afraid they're worse about the binary, all or nothing, thinking

They're not better that's for sure

[tight gorge]

I fuck with all three so i abstain from commenting

Ive been getting scammed for over a decade though

[surreal pivot]

Goated drives me insane. Everything can’t be the greatest of all time 😂

[tight gorge]

as long as you only goat a single thing per category its all good though

goats can change over time, there just cant be two goats in the same category

[surreal pivot]

That’s the problem- they don’t

[mellow sonnet]

Just go so niche that everything is goated

[surreal pivot]

If everything is goated nothing can be the greatest

[tight gorge]

Ondo is the east hollywood, korea born, kenya roasting, on a stronghold GOAT

[mellow sonnet]

Yes

[tight gorge]

ive def caught Sloth slipping on this, but I have let it slide

[surreal pivot]

Sloth is a major offender but passes are generously granted here

The kids will understand one day

[mellow sonnet]

As if u weren't calling things rad back in your day

[surreal pivot]

I’m not Gen X

[boreal solar]

Totally tubular dude.

He’s a radical rat.

[cedar otter]

Siiiick

[tight gorge]

Sick and tight

[cedar otter]

https://tenor.com/view/tight-tight-gif-6396435647108975705

[short condor]

Don’t get me wrong this is a tragic incident but a go fund me for this is a bit much. They just got a massive round of funding for the company and they were never anything shy of well off. I met him prior to Covid because of his car, Porsche said frinj on the license plate and that got me talking about the coffee stuff and he let me know that was him. As a couple of you said super duper nice and educating. But hell I see people on lifelines on go fund that can’t scratch that kind of money in 90 days and they have it 24 hrs. My parents are 70 and they’ve had a set will I. Place since they were late 50’s and update it every few years just to be safe even if nothing changes much. I’d wager they had one in place especially out here in Cali. Once again a true hellish nightmare just surprised by the go fund me.

[crude citrus]

Changing the meetup to Sunday so you can bring these

[weary chasm]

Is this from sey direct

[civic crest]

Yea

[bitter kestrel]

I had a similar feeling but didn’t want to say it. Of course, one never knows who starts these things. I did one for a friend’s family that raised a ton and they didn’t even know I was doing it. Also entirely possible they were overextended, despite the WASP-y Santa Barbara appearance. Personally, I would prefer people give their money to needier causes, but guessing some of these donors have plenty to go around.

[vivid violet]

glad you guys wrote how you feel.

i hadn't seen that side of them..

i feel so sad for the kids.

[bitter kestrel]

Wills and life insurance can take months or years to kick in (especially if they are disputed/investigated), so these types of donations can help bridge that gap.

[short condor]

That is very true, I convinced my parents to go the trust route after they did their will stuff over the years. And set up life insurance for the wife. Despite knowing how much she’ll get she hasn’t found a reason to kill me yet haha

[mellow sonnet]

Trusts get so much more done for sure

[glossy sail]

you know who needs a gofundme - that single mom who is a war refugee and has to work a blue collor job and raise 2 young kids alone cause her husband died to cancer.

that might or might not be autobiographical. rather hard for me to feel that much pity if your situation isnt similar to the one above.

[compact hound]

Pls change it bc 3/7 no longer works for me

[lone pier]

anyone got coffee or/and brunch recs within ~15m or so of the getty? i don’t know much on that side of town

[crude citrus]

How fast do you drive?

[lone pier]

tree fiddy

lmao i guess location doesn’t matter ~too~ much. coming from pasadena i just don’t want to get stuck in random west side traffic 😆

[mellow sonnet]

I have bonsai coffee bookmarked in that area but never been and it's more of a matcha shop iirc

Honestly from Brentwood to Pasadena not bad

Just make sure u go up north and then east through Glendale and burbank

[lone pier]

i saw that and it looks vibey! i’m taking gf on a mini date to the museum so just wanted to find some spots to munch and hang

little farther but is maru good 👀

[mellow sonnet]

Maru in Bev hills?

That's prob the only Maru that's good

[bitter kestrel]

Hard to top Sawtelle. For there, I’d prob do 10 Speed + Dan Modern or Killer Noodle.

But 15 min north and you could be in Sherman Oaks. Boy & the Bear for coffee + furniture shop. Lynx (new multi roast) pairs well with Hank’s bagels. The Joint does dry-aged hand rolls + a mini-cafe serving Sightglass.

[lone pier]

so many ideas and yet such little for me to plan 😂

ty for the recs all i’ll lyk what i come up with 🫶

[mellow sonnet]

Mandarin 2 maybe

Sl09 > janson > natty gesha

Will try to buy a bag of the Sl09

[desert stirrup]

Yo

If I bought the raw steel Orea O1 and didn’t like it, would someone here like to buy it off me?

My past as been riddled with trying expensive ass brewers to always go back to V60 + T90s

so I’m very hesitant

But it looks rad af and the O1 is Ondo approved

[weary chasm]

I'll be your fallback

Maybe a slight discount.

If you don't like it

I don't see the difference between this and a kalita wave tsubame

But whatever.

Maybe it's the big hole

[weary chasm]

You getting from roguewave?

I checked ondo, and it seems to be plastic

At least what they have in stock

[desert stirrup]

Yeah it’s the only place the raw steel is in stock

[desert stirrup]

Hopefully I can give it to ya at the meetup if I find it’s not for me!

[weary chasm]

From my understanding, it's kalita 155 size

If this is not the case, I won't be the fallback. Lol

[weary chasm]

If I find time to go to meetups. Time constraints...

[desert stirrup]

Wack. It’s ok we can ship it like the ZP6!

[weary chasm]

We can talk about price and shipping later if it doesn't work out

[desert stirrup]

Or I’ll take the drive and get some good Japanese food

Sick time to buy it and some filters at Ondo + Ondo coffee 🙂

That lavender fields is calling my name

Whoa nvm

Duties make the thing $100

Fuck that

[mellow sonnet]

going to ondo and not the mandarin 2 popup today hmmmmm

[weary chasm]

Just wait til ondo carries it

Not like this is going to be life changing

[desert stirrup]

I'm not sure if the metal version is a limited item or not

Yeah you right

We stan the V60

I also would rather save my measley funds to buy the refill and drain kit for my Decent

1.5L ain't enough man

[cedar otter]

Ours haven’t arrived yet lol

[cedar otter]

Haha I forgot about this. Roasting rn

[mellow sonnet]

the recaphe popup will have diff coffee but too far for me to go smh

[desert stirrup]

POG

more reasons Ondo is rad af

If you allow us to buy before you sell it publicly, please let me know when you get them. I'd most likely be down to buy one!

[weary chasm]

You getting the Bengle?

Lol. Initially I was like. Maybe it's not that good. But the videos of the pump sound improvement.

😂😂

[cedar otter]

raw steel?

oh yeah @weary chasm let me buy the petg from ya

I keep forgetting

[weary chasm]

Oh. Yeah. Will see if I can stop by. Do I drop it off at Artesia location?

I can take store credit or whatever arrangements. I guess that's dm.

[lone pier]

ended up at mandarin 2

[boreal solar]

I feel like I can deal with the decent pump sound to not drop another 4k

[bitter kestrel]

Did they change their interior? I’ve never been, but I’d liked the raw plywood look in photos, which I don’t see here.

[bitter kestrel]

Hold the 📞. You’re at Lynx, no?

[lone pier]

LOL yeah was meming we tried lynx it was great

[bitter kestrel]

Clearly I’m new here. Glad you lyked it.

[surreal pivot]

Was too late for retail bags ☹️

[lone pier]

also new, welcome! from what i have gathered everything is mandarin 2 🤣

[mellow sonnet]

no bags bc they didnt arrive in time

they said the bags would come in 4-5 days

[surreal pivot]

Damn

Mandarin 2 is a little too far for me to come back soon lol

[bitter kestrel]

Yeah. Maybe if Southwest starts flights to Arcadia, I'll make it there.

[crude citrus]

If you’re going to the meetup I can grab a bag for you and give it to you then

[vivid violet]

San Gabriel Valley Airport (EMT) in El Monte is pretty close..

plus, you can take helicopter flying lessons.. with no experience other than a medical clearance.

it's about $300 for 30 min lesson. but i feel confident if my life depended on it, i could fly an R22 out of there 😅

helps to NOT have any small fixed wing plane experience, as muscle memory for a plane can snap the blades off a helicopter.

[eternal birch]

was gonna drop by junia but a funeral precession just ate like 15 minutes of my time

[bitter kestrel]

In that case, I guess I'm highly qualified. I'm walking distance from Van Nuys airport, so kind of a waste to not be sipping ultra-light while following a stolen car.

[vivid violet]

even better ! saw a few heli flight lessons out of Van Nuys too

$500 to $1000 cup of coffee, heli flight from Van Nuys to El Monte included..

[desert stirrup]

I will make the decision between Bengle and Met in 2028 at the earliest

[bitter kestrel]

Hey, I keep hearing how there's no ceiling on luxury goods like coffee. Just add some collagen ...

[desert stirrup]

Yeah there’s this new metal version of the O1. It comes in a raw stainless steel and a black powder coated stainless steel

[desert stirrup]

Yeah man, it’s a joke here because for a bit mandarin 2 was changing their furniture while the homies here kept sharing pics of their visit. I then kept asking “where is this??!” and the answer was always “mandarin 2”

Now the joke as evolved into Holbox == Mandarin 2

Cuz for a week everyone went to Holbox

[mellow sonnet]

everything is mandarin 2 and mandarin 2 is holbox

[desert stirrup]

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