EAFlorida 🐊

[fossil cobalt]

Set my buttons to program light/med/dark (yes my coworkers drink dark roast)

I think they’ll get the idea

[crisp oxide]

Had to label for the MIL, and she still wouldn't even make the coffee herself during her visit [and she owns/uses a XB at home]

She uses the Azeo cards though and never changes/adjusts a single thing

[fossil cobalt]

That’s funny

I’m gonna run out of coffee so soon. I still haven’t tried PERC Up I’m scared

[crisp oxide]

If anyone in the FL area is interested in a Londinium R24 or Timemore 078, let me know. I can bring either/both to the meet up if someone's interested in them

Could possibly be interested in a F58 <-> R24 related trade

[fossil cobalt]

What are you thinking for the 078?

I’m interested but on a tight budget. I’d have to sell some gear 🤣

Speaking of selling some gear, I have a tamping station (photo) and weber moonraker if anyone is interested.

[crisp oxide]

It's in buy/sell for $620 shipped - definitely worth a convo though if you're anywhere in the vicinity

I [myself] got a great deal on the R24, so if anyone is seriously interested, I'm not necessarily shooting for the stars lol

[fossil cobalt]

Hmmmm I will definitely be at the meetup

I will think on it

[radiant quartz]

Want it back? 😆

[crisp oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/lowkey-yeah-karreuche-ridiculousness-yup-a-little-gif-17397299

You still have it? Haven't sold it yet?

[radiant quartz]

Yep, still have it

DM?

[limber stag]

Anyone interested in the Pietro w/ base and both burrs? Planned to list for sale later next week

[fossil cobalt]

Whatcha thinking for list price?

[limber stag]

$475

[plucky imp]

chat

[fossil cobalt]

chat

[plucky imp]

what are we doing at the meetup

[fossil cobalt]

making coffee, drinking coffee, talking about coffee lololol

among other things

[plucky imp]

what should i bring?

[crisp oxide]

About $4,300. In small bills please

[plucky imp]

remove a couple zeroes

[thorn spoke]

I'm stoked about trying some gear and drinking some good coffee but just as stoked to just chat coffee and be surrounded by people who are enthusiast ish as myself

Obviously a very small niche thing at the level we are all into it so it'll be nice to just have similar company because that rarely happens

That was meant as a reply to @plucky imp as to what we are doing

[plucky imp]

i'd like to possibly come

i just want to know what i should bring

[limber stag]

We’d love to have you! Details are here in the spreadsheet as is a running list of what attendees plan to bring

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10791mf2WkiZ7MBhShFPSvUcGQPOyi4cTNeLUf9bHMzg/edit?usp=drivesdk

Ah looks like you found it!

[plucky imp]

well i put all that stuff in there just because i have it

but is there any recommended thing i should bring

like my spro machine?

i can bring it

but if everyone else is also bringing their machine i dont have to

but i can regardless if it's something to talk about

and mess around with

[fossil cobalt]

You can bring whatever you want pretty much. I haven’t entered anything in the sheet, I feel like everyone’s already bringing whatever I have 😂😂 not that there can’t be duplicates

[plucky imp]

oh okay

ill just bring everything i have

because why not

[limber stag]

Def bring a glass and if you have a carafe it could be helpful

[plucky imp]

worst case scenario i leave it in my car

[limber stag]

https://tenor.com/view/approve-startrek-approval-gif-13339459

[plucky imp]

rn im setting up my smart plug

[fossil canopy]

All of the home roast I'm bringing to the meet is finished and resting. I took it a little more seriously this time and I roasted several dozen batches between profile development on older green, profiling these ones, and then the finalized roasts.

The Kamagogo I'm particularly proud of. Assuming it ages well, it is up there with some of my favorite coffees I've ever had let alone my own roasts. I managed to get the goldilocks perfect roast on it but only have 1 dialed in roast since I only ordered 1 pound of it. I might split it up into 6 15g samples rather than 3 30g so more people can try it.

The Kinini I had 2 different but good roasts of. One a hair darker than intended one a bit lighter but both good in their own way but that's why there is two different labels.

I might also bring a couple other one-off roasts of older green if they have anything good going for them.

On a side note, @limber stag do we have any more food plans this time?

My Wife can make some more baked goods again. It seems like we'll get a big turn out so she can make a couple dozen muffins or something like that. Maybe I can make a poll on flavors or something.

I think we mentioned possibly doing lunch or something too? Maybe people can pitch in and we can get something catered. Last time we went into the afternoon and all (at least me lol) left hungry and highly caffeinated lol.

[limber stag]

Love the baked goods idea! It was a hit last time. Pizza maybe easiest but def open to more elaborate options if others are so inclined!

[safe bison]

Def down for pizza with my coffee bros

[fossil canopy]

Agreed, pizza is probably easy the easiest option. Could also do pub sub platter or something like that too although not sure they have a vegetarian if anyone is concerned about that. If I was vegetarian I would probably prefer a cheese pizza over a meatless sub lol.

[safe bison]

I’m not a vegetarian but I prefer cheese pizza to subs haha

[slim ridge]

pizza better for the crowd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9fbdJyd08g&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive haha this is also relevant for pizza orders

[plucky imp]

how about IceCreamPizza

[fossil cobalt]

[stable summit]

Chicken and rice 🤓

[limber stag]

You know it

[limber stag]

Wait, so you’re joining us?!

[stable summit]

Time will tell

Depends if everything lines up right for me

[thorn spoke]

I'm vegan but I'm not expecting anything, being the only vegan there I assume I wouldn't want to sway anything foodwise, I'll bring some stuff for myself

Can I add to that link some stuff I'm bringing ?

The Google doc I mean

[limber stag]

Definitely

[crisp oxide]

I know this is a weird, longshot but if anyone has a brass/gold La Pavoni [preferably Pre-mill] and is looking to upgrade to a big lever [Londinium R24] at the meet up, reach out to me

ETA: doesn't have to be in good shape fwiw

[radiant quartz]

I have a late model chrome pre-mill in pretty decent shape going up for sale soon

If you're open to chrome, that is

[crisp oxide]

I'm stuck on Brass this time haha

Don't even care if it works tbh

[radiant quartz]

They're practically indestructible

[slim ridge]

Resident coffee in gville is good. They use 98 brew for filter. Roast is still American light, but solid

[thorn spoke]

I need to get out there to check out the new space

[clever thistle]

Just generally great people as well. Owners are rad people 🙂

[slim ridge]

Food menu also stellar

[urban night]

Hey all, been slacking on keeping up with the meetup. I saw the google sheet and am feeling like my gear pales in comparison. What should I bring? What is needed?

[limber stag]

No sweat! Beans 🫘, a cup

[urban night]

Can definitely do that! Should I bring extra cups? I have some regular fellow cups (10/12 oz) and some espresso/cortado sized cups.

I can also snag some bakery goods from Buttermilk Bakery is that's desired? They are very good.

[limber stag]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-to-all-of-it-dr-max-goodwin-new-amsterdam-we-got-it-all-all-in-gif-23646282

[urban night]

Oh also, is the location chosen? I saw an address on that google sheet, not sure if that was for last time or not.

[safe bison]

@fossil canopy do you think you could bring your R24 to the meetup ? Or is that a huge ask. I’m dying to try one

No worries if not. Totally understand

[crisp oxide]

He has a Strega, but bhfp and I have R24s

[safe bison]

Oh!

My bad!

Can you bring it plz

Haha

[crisp oxide]

I think bhfp lives much closer than I do, so maybe he can be convinced 😉

[safe bison]

☺️

[crisp oxide]

I'm about 1.5hr drive and wife wants to go to Disney afterwards haha so I'd prefer not to leave it in my car

[safe bison]

Ohhh no worries!

I live near universal. You can leave it at my apt. Permanently jk

I’d like to try the strega too tho

I’ve only ever used a flair 58 lever and I’m debating buying a actual machine

[crisp oxide]

I've been debating selling mine, but can't decide because it's so nice to use

Have to make space for the Peppina this weekend lol

[safe bison]

I regret selling my Argos pre order last year. I would have it by now

[fossil canopy]

I can still bring my Strega if @limber stag doesn't bring his R24. I don't thing we need multiple spring levers though.

Pretty similar overall to the Londinium. Other than general dimensions I think the biggest differences are the Rotary + digital controller and the thermosiphon on the londonium.

[crisp oxide]

Watch, there'll be 5 big SL there and we'll blow all the circuits

[safe bison]

That’s cool. I totally understand. I think the Strega would fit on my husky tool bench coffee bar better probably

It is 18 inches deep

[fossil canopy]

Yeah I think it's taller and more shallow than the R24. Downside is it's easier to tip over a bit lol. It's not a worry since I removed the inner spring though.

[safe bison]

Yeah, I would like to try it out so if you could bring it, that would be amazing. But I totally get it if you can’t, no pressure!

[limber stag]

There’s a chance I’ll be able to bring the LR24. I should have access to the key the night before @fossil canopy @safe bison if you want to drop stuff off and/or set up in advance. Depending, I maybe able to lug some of my heavier equipment

It’d be cool to get representation from 64, 80 and 98 mm burrs.

[fossil canopy]

I planned on bringing the zerno and then maybe the casa too unless someone else has a big conical.

Might still bring the Strega since I have the 49mm + low pressure to differentiate maybe? Been liking soup a ton with it the last few days

[safe bison]

I’m brining my Zerno too. I have blind HU in it now but I also have blind MP we can quickly throw in

[fossil canopy]

I only have umv1 in there so that's a nice foil to the HU. I actually wouldn't mind comparing your Z1 with HU and the lagom casa for more trad espresso.

When my Z2 comes in I'll be using it for filter with ULF and the casa or Z1 with HU for milk drinks/boomer spro and selling the other.

[safe bison]

Z2!! Nice!!

[fossil canopy]

So hype, a few of the QOL changes seem like they'll be nice maybe the burrs will be better who knows. Hard to improve on the Z1 though. The only issues there really were have been improved. I think some of the improvements are coming back into the Z1 at some point and will be able to retrofit.

[plucky imp]

what the hell

i was there today

[plucky imp]

i literally have the "A love letter to gainesville" coffee in my grinder hopper rn

LMFAO

discord gettin too local

[fossil cobalt]

@limber stag do v60 filters fit in your funnex?

[limber stag]

yep just need to fold em

[fossil cobalt]

Epic

I have some Amazon credit and trying to find something fun

It’s funnex or oxo rapid or something else…

[crisp oxide]

If anyone is interested, or might know of someone interested:
https://discord.com/channels/726985544038612993/1405166811795951751

[clever thistle]

Don't have access to buy/sell, whatchu offloading? 🤣

[crisp oxide]

Londinium R24

[limber stag]

Does anyone coming to the meetup either have extra or want to split an order (I can place) for potassium citrate and calcium citrate?

[limber stag]

Water nerdery

https://tenor.com/view/nothing-to-see-here-comedy-gif-10364502

[uneven ravine]

@limber stag if you cover a few dollars for shipping, I can send you some calcium citrate

As long as it arrives on time

[limber stag]

gladly! fantastic and thank you, and it's no rush

[thorn spoke]

Damn I would but I just bought some calcium citrate

Gonna make some calcium citrate/calcium carbonate water

[limber stag]

do you have extra? 🙂

i just ordered potassium citrate

[thorn spoke]

I ordered 1lb of it, I can break ya off some at the meet if you want

[clever thistle]

I have a bunch I can bring to the meetup as well. I have moved to just using Aviary emperical water (lazy AF)

[safe bison]

I’m also in the lazy club. Currently using TWW lol

[clever thistle]

basically most of this. Also have some TWW dark and medium to give away

[clever thistle]

There is a science joke in here that I am not sure people gonna get 🙁

[thorn spoke]

@limber stag What is your experiences with citrate so far? I have yet to dabble with it

[thorn spoke]

You are correct, I don't get 😂

[limber stag]

More than happy to take the powders off your hands!

[limber stag]

I haven’t dabbled with them much. I just use lotus drops when lazy but usually do baking soda and epsom salt. I’ve heard good things about citrates and figured that was in lotus but prob should’ve checked that first

[thorn spoke]

I don't think citrates are, I could be wrong

Citrates are however in TWW

[queen prairie]

Lotus uses magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate so no citrates.

[thorn spoke]

As far as I know, only TWW uses citrate

[limber stag]

https://tenor.com/view/mean-girls-embarrassed-hiding-gif-5094641

[clever thistle]

Not the first time I've heard that.

[thorn spoke]

Well... We do live in Florida

[limber stag]

https://tenor.com/view/gif-gif-16954458907927675818

[limber stag]

@upper basin are you in the FL thread?

[upper basin]

Im here!

[limber stag]

Anyone interested in a green barista robot? Found someone willing to ship one from WA for $300+ shipping

(mostly if you’re coming to meetup)

[fossil cobalt]

The robot manual machine?

Finally made it over to Bad Mother in St. Pete this morning and am caffeinated to the nines after an espresso, cortado, and pour over… had to try everything while I was there lmao. Also grabbed this coffee from DAK, super excited to try it

[queen prairie]

I'm in the Netherlands and was able to visit the DAK Showroom in Amsterdam

[thorn spoke]

Nice!

Bad mother is nice, I think their pours overs are just immersion which I don't love but good cups none the less

[fossil cobalt]

Yeah it was all pretty good

It was nice to see a coffee shop that used specialty and was knowledgable about the coffee. I asked the barista about the coffee and he explained exactly how it was processed step-by-step, very cool

[limber stag]

Yea

[fossil cobalt]

You're selling yours?!

I'm confused 🤣

[limber stag]

No I have a lead on another

[sand iron]

I live in Tallahassee. Started down the rabbit hole two years ago. I would like to somehow get a good community going. If you live in Tallahassee or know someone who is, get in touch. Thanks!

[uneven ravine]

That would be me!

You are not in FSU, aren't you?

[sand iron]

Not in FSU. Graduated from there before internet. Catch you later 🙂

[undone tusk]

That's ironic, I was just there on monday. My wife and I shared a cortado, americano, and a Golden Hour on pour-over. My wife really loved the coffees, especially the Golden Hour.
I've got mixed feelings, unsurprisingly. The Americano was a really really long ratio, i honestly dont think ive evered been served that large a americano before. The Golden Hour, which is a thermal shock was suprisingly muted(which is explained by the immersion), and the cortado was fine. One of the better coffee shop experiences I've had, but there is always that disappointment of how amazing those coffees would have been if I'd brewed them myself.

[fossil cobalt]

Aw, yeah that’s always tough

I don’t remember exactly what pour over I had (some sort of geisha) but it was a very different taste profile than what I drink at home/work so I don’t really know if it was “good” 😂😂 but I’ll be back for sure. It’s probably the best coffee shop I’ve been to even if it’s not 10/10 if that makes sense

[thorn spoke]

It's a really good shop, immersion vs percolation is just a preference thing

[clever thistle]

It's a repeatability choice. The idea was to pair it with coffees that are fine around 19-21% extraction. Relatively coarse grind due to grinder constraints (Guatemala)

[limber stag]

i'm headed over to Seminole and have packed my trusty ZP6 and ORB. Forecast of a coffee detour with a slight chance (5%) of Bad Mother. Are there any other cafes worth checking out?

[clever thistle]

Hi friend, welcome to my hood!

Bad Mother, Elevenses (in Tampa on your way), LPCX (up north in Tampa, on your way), Daycation (sweet treat and excellent hospitality), Intermezzo (Kyoto Tower), and Paradecco (Instagram photo, no coffee)

[limber stag]

Thank you! 🙏

[fossil canopy]

Got all of the home roast samples labeled and packaged up last night. They've already been resting several weeks so should be close(r) to their peak at the meet.

[limber stag]

Label game is
Excited to try the latest!
Thanks for putting in the work

[ripe onyx]

Hey y'all! Any friends down here in SWFL who'd want to grab a cup/have any recommendations on where to go?

[safe bison]

Hey guys, sorry if I missed this, but do we have an address for the meet up?

[limber stag]

yes, 3rd tab in the signup spreadsheet!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10791mf2WkiZ7MBhShFPSvUcGQPOyi4cTNeLUf9bHMzg/edit?gid=1404812629#gid=1404812629

who's getting stoked? this guy

https://tenor.com/view/oh-yeah-oh-yeah-gif-oh-yeah-meme-kool-aid-kool-aid-man-gif-18211119326397565445

get your L-theanine ready folks

[crisp oxide]

Might help to add the date/time to the spreadsheet lol

[limber stag]

Great catch!
Date, time and address are in 3rd tab.

[crisp oxide]

I really like the empirical water stuff, but just did the math before re ordering and it's tough

[crisp oxide]

Took the plunge on self made actually haha

[queen prairie]

Where have you seen the aviary recipe? Empirical lists the mineral composition, https://empiricalwater.com/pages/mineral-composition. You won't get any calcium or chlorides from epsom salt and baking soda so I believe it has calcium chloride in it.

However, in the recipe page Arby talks about an Aviary hardness and buffer and lists several recipes. The mineral composition represents one recipe but I haven't seen where he disclosed how much hardness and buffer results in that recipe.

For glacial and spring he specifies the mineral composition are for the general coffee and tea recipes, but there's no similar note on the Aviary one.

This is the recipe for a gallon that creates the mineral composition he listed if that helps:

Note this is using calcium chloride dihydrate

[crisp oxide]

My spreadsheet is saying Aviary Coffee [as Empirical], not homemade

There's the Aviary recipe from Christopher's site though

The "homemade water" was just to get a vibe check on the costs - it assumes the highest amounts needed per gallon from the water calculator

If you wanted to buy for the recipe, NaHCO3 is around $14/8oz on Amazon and NaCL2 is around $5/lb from home brewing sources

[queen prairie]

Looks like Arby's is a little different. I scaled up Christopher's concentrate to match the epsom salt and calcium chloride anhydrous matches but baking soda is off a little:

[crisp oxide]

tbh this might as well be hieroglyphics to me lol
Just putting my toes in the water at the moment

[queen prairie]

In your screenshot he mentioned calcium chloride. He used anhydrous but that is a lot more hygroscopic than dihydrate.

[queen prairie]

Oh sorry. If you click on the empirical link you'll see this:

My screenshots match that

[crisp oxide]

I meant a generic that I'm ||talking out of my ass. I didn't fail my chem classes, but I'm not a chemist for reasons :D||

[queen prairie]

Let us know how it tastes

[crisp oxide]

I'm probably not emulating Aviary water tbf
Because I'm just starting with epsom/baking soda

[queen prairie]

Fun to play around with. Enjoy

[crisp oxide]

Now you've got me thinking I need to buy some CaCL2 lol

Any idea whether this would be anhydrous or dihydrate?
https://www.amazon.com/Earthborn-Elements-Winemaking-Cheesemaking-Preservative/dp/B07K7TCJC9/ref=sr_1_8?crid=39I02KCZXCVIP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pf8Rm5iLkZe2bLOXe9gVj8I80ovqP34roXULyLf0zQzi2qwudZAlUyYedmc6IDvMwVByYwH8LMHvuUhZDslAopKqirQ90z4VowcsHksspf_WeTrxvV6JdCEtAXQF0mmcafLGfN7Pxx4BIn1xaHBCqPso18Vr1tKMa5pmYpBHIq9SXqEl0DT8xZ9UzwLjCXKp_jtwrgcwIcYuJGCV1E0kZhmgTXPSISVwN9VeC_aZP2hyZGWZMevvbW1zQc1WHdM-ZmwLcNKXtxyUs4A2EnocDA0crll5gQRh7qfSVpvsOOs.ZA1CtlnoxqB1qaAgzKWp81ppYwQUhHXwXLubbHlECvw&dib_tag=se&keywords=calcium%2Bchloride%2Bfood%2Bgrade&qid=1756495033&s=grocery&sprefix=calcium%2Bchloride%2Cgrocery%2C118&sr=1-8&th=1

Can't figure out how to make the link less ugly

[limber stag]

I know @clever thistle offered to bring some compounds too

I've been doing epsom + baking soda for about a year w/ good results

[crisp oxide]

Haha I Yolo'd it

I've become used to Aviary water, so it seems I should probably try to replicate

[limber stag]

def lmk what recipe you're playing with and how it goes, been doing 70/20 'holy water' approximation

water table here you come

https://tenor.com/view/han-solo-force-star-wars-salute-good-luck-gif-5709099555182896439

[crisp oxide]

Empirical Water Aviary for PO
TWW Espresso 1/2 strength for Spro

That's my current setup - we'll see how it evolves

[queen prairie]

Dihydrate absorbs less water but recipe you shared was anhydrous

[crisp oxide]

Yeah, that listing/product container doesn't specify

[clever thistle]

do you have your time in there? I don't see the hourly rate 😛

I am going to bring some stuff with me, BHFP claimed it but there is A LOT so I am sure sharing is fine. You need SO little.

Just gonna bring my whole resting shelf ;-). Think it pretty much all hits 4+ weeks next week sometime

Couple sneaky Thankfully Kenyas 😉

[upper basin]

Becomes even cheaper if you buy the 5gallon TWW sticks

I dilute those in 500mls

Keep it in the fridge, and does 33mls per gallon of zero water for 1/3 strength

[crisp oxide]

I have to mix the others too lol it's just a slight difference b/w what I'm weighing

Still have to measure the EW
Have to mix the TWW in a larger jug [can't do 1 gallon at a time to my liking]

[crisp oxide]

This could work for me tbh - only just learned about the 5 gallon sticks today though when I looked up the price to place an order [and decided to go DIY]

[upper basin]

I did the baking soda and epsom salt for a while, then lotus drops for a while

So far the diluted 5G sticks seems the best option to me workflow wise

Measuring out 33mls of liquid

Is much easier than weighing tenths of a gram of powder

Or counting out 60 drops of whatever for that matter

[clever thistle]

I've found Aviary to be pretty easy for me now. I have a 1L bottle I refill to 989.5ml (ish) then 10ml hardness .5ml buffer. I like that it's on demand where TWW is not.

Salts are going to take time to dissolve and...

I sometimes make 5-gal jugs for events and I just use 2- 1gal TWW packs and that is a pretty good dilution. Ends up like 70~ppm

[limber stag]

this is interesting, need to look into this. still have 1 set of lotus drops from last year black friday (i think?) but still just make my own water out of habit

[limber stag]

does the 33mL go into 1 gal? then what's the GH KH?

[crisp oxide]

same question - what's the volume of the concentrate?

[thorn spoke]

@crisp oxide what minerals did you end up ordering ?

[crisp oxide]

CaCl2 [for aviary]
Epsom [generic/general]
Baking soda [general/Aviary]

[thorn spoke]

My water is those two minerals and potassium chloride, I go 60/18.

I do 40 of GH from magnesium sulfate, and 20 GH from calcium chloride. 18 KH from potassium bicarb

Give it a go if ya want, I play with water quite a bit, having a hard time coming up with anything I prefer more than that

[crisp oxide]

I'm starting off super simple haha

Gonna try some holy water/general recipes from the calculator and also replicate Aviary since that's what I've been liking/used to

I know these compounds by name, but get lost in the letters tbh... Got the 3 things coming and might branch out if something doesn't quite line up for my taste

[thorn spoke]

It's basically holy water with a little less KH

But a better balance of chlorides to sulfates in my opinion

[upper basin]

So the full workflow is:

Dilute one 5 gallon stick into a container with 500ml of zero/distilled water.

Then when you want to make water, fill an empty gallon container with one gallon of zero/distilled water, and then I dose 33mls from the concentrate into the gallon to get 1/3 strength third wave water. Or if you wanted full strength then do 100ml

I like that you dont really need to be that precise given the quantities and can just use a typical .1 grame scale rather than a drug dealer one where the AC current might affect your measurement etc

[limber stag]

Ah nice! Seems convenient and i know lots of folks seem to like the TWW

[upper basin]

full strength TWW is supposed to be about GH 180, KH 55, so youd be around 60/18 at 1/3

[errant geyser]

Looks like I might be making it to the meetup 👀

[limber stag]

Does anyone coming to the meetup have the graph step down basket?

I’m particularly interested in trying it because it will likely fit in the stock LR24 bottomless PF (47.25mm aperature) unlike the sworks 58-49mm step down

[crisp oxide]

Nope! Planning to bring my step-down basket + tamper to the meet up in case anyone wanted to try it out though

Definitely doesn't fit stock pf

https://discord.com/channels/726985544038612993/1405166811795951751

I posted before, but in case anyone's interested in upgrading their setup/machine, send me a chat! If we can work something out, I can bring it to the meet up

[crisp oxide]

Bringing some Aviary 016 to the meet up in case anyone was interested in trying it just as fyi

[undone tusk]

I used this site for making my water, and im loving the work flow and results. Super easy and I can make 2-3 1 gallon jugs in just a few minutes.
https://awasteof.coffee/how-to/mixing-water/

I labeled the jugs with the recipe to make the concentrates, and 1 label for the mix. Then I just use a syringe to apply to the gallon of distilled.

[undone tusk]

What do you have available? Can't see the channel

[crisp oxide]

#1228117431889826036 message

[undone tusk]

Ah, I love levers but I prefer boilers-less platforms.

[crisp oxide]

Wife just sent me this if anyone was interested, figured I'd pass it on to the group
https://tampabattles.com/tampa/tampa-coffee-battle?fbclid=PAVERDUAMjLpxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp8tOt4UpGVxfI6ZASgjrxWdVGCZl-hpITo3WboIjn4UB0dC_mF25FZWdyQKV_aem_r9sbA1uEoy0NiWJkR50yHg

[crisp oxide]

If anyone's wanting to do a cup swap, here's what I have that I'd be open to trading at the meet up [not shipping]

[thorn spoke]

I need to get my cup game up

I be breaking shit tho

[slim ridge]

will probably stop by early and drop off some bags of coffee

[limber stag]

that would be awesome, any idea what time?

thanks!

imagine i'll be there around 8 but can meetup earlier if needed

[slim ridge]

This, but will definitely dm you the day before too

[limber stag]

ok cool, sounds good

[crisp oxide]

Gonna just miss the timing on shardor Pro brew vs Pietro

[limber stag]

@idle gulch are you in this thread? We’re meeting on Saturday in Orlando

[idle gulch]

I’ve moved up to the Pensacola area, but thanks for the info!

[thorn spoke]

I'm unfortunately not going to be able to make it, super bummed, had some unexpected vet bills and a sick cat to deal with

[safe bison]

Oh no!! Hope the kitty is ok!

[thorn spoke]

Thanks! I think she is on her way out but we have had her for 17 years so she has had a good run

I also said that like a year ago and she is still around so 🤷‍♂️

[limber stag]

Sorry to hear it - we’ll miss you and hope to see you at the next one.

My wife is excited an has agreed to make a charcuterie board and bring some banana bread.

Did we plan to do pizza? 🍕 I forgot

[fossil canopy]

I think we had planned to. We might have enough food though already it sounds like lol. My wife settled on her long-proofed cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing, I think someone is bringing stuff from buttermilk bakery, and now we have banana bread and charcuterie

Also she may do her pretzels that are very tasty too it sounds like

Sample pics

[safe bison]

I love cinnamon rolls so much

[fossil cobalt]

those look incredible

[limber stag]

good morning EAFLers, excited for tomorrow's event!
looks like things are shaping up nicely.

don't forget to bring your favorite cup(s), scales, carafes, etc. and some fun beans if you can.

Signup link to help us ensure there isn't redundant gear: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10791mf2WkiZ7MBhShFPSvUcGQPOyi4cTNeLUf9bHMzg/edit?gid=1927526478#gid=1927526478

We will certainly have a nice assortment of drippers and at least a few espresso machines to play with..

Location posted in 3rd tab and we'll likely have soft open for setup at 8am on Saturday with the official opening scheduled to start at 9am. Feel free to DM me with any questions too.

If you have an Oxo Rapid Brewer , please bring it so we can try to set the national record. || Kilo or bust ... Looking at you @fossil canopy @safe bison and any others), I have 3 bodies and can bring adapter for Robo basket||

[limber stag]

Also, please bring baggies/containers for splits if interested! Carl was GOATed for bringing them last time 🙂

[safe bison]

Looking at the spreadsheet, I don’t need to bring my F58 right?

Is anyone else bringing any other levers?

[limber stag]

I think @fossil canopy is planning on lugging the Strega and I’ll bring the robot

[crisp oxide]

I'm bringing the Peppina

Wife convinced me lol

[limber stag]

is she coming too? if we didn't have a kid's birthday party my wife would stay the whole time. she'll prob be there early to help me set up

[limber stag]

big stonks

[crisp oxide]

no she's staying home with the kids
she thought about doing Disney, but didn't want to do 2 kids alone

[limber stag]

Bring your own milks yall!

[crisp oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/milk-thirsty-thursday-steve-austin-gif-23763187

[clever thistle]

Updated the sheet with what I decided to bring. 🙂

[fossil canopy]

On our way in a few min with the fresh baked pretzels and cinnamon rolls!

[queen prairie]

Sorry I'll miss it this time

[crisp oxide]

Late start for me, be there a little after 10 according to GPS

[safe bison]

I’m heading out. Also I should get there around 9:30.

[fossil canopy]

We hope to see you next time!

[urban night]

I plan to be there around 10 or so!

[thorn spoke]

Have fun, getting serious fomo

[fossil cobalt]

My ride fell through this morning :( see y’all next time!!!

[errant geyser]

Work called for me :(

[slim ridge]

Few of the coffees we brewed

I had to leave early

[safe bison]

It was great meeting you Carl!!

Didn’t get to say bye!

[slim ridge]

Likewise 💚

[sudden heron]

Carl is good people

[clever thistle]

Yooooo! Thanks all, was an excellent time. If people have photos please share, too busy brewing to take em 🤣

[safe bison]

I’ll post them here and on IG! Today was so much fun!!

[urban night]

Yea thanks everyone! Appreciate all the knowledge and coffee. Josh you were a machine cranking out coffee. I might try my first soup shots soon.

[safe bison]

These are my iPhone pics. I have more on my camera that I’ll post later!

[fossil canopy]

Here's a few of my phone pics

[safe bison]

Chika is glad to have the Zerno back

[fossil cobalt]

Looks incredible! I NEED to be at the next one!!

[safe bison]

What were the specs on the jumbo oxo experiment again, like coffee per basket lol

[limber stag]

70g per basket x6, 1 water chamber and robot basket with 60g

Thanks for making this event so special everyone!

Had a blast and was honored to be able to host the second (ever) quarterly EAFlorida gathering

[fossil canopy]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention how rested the beans I gave out are.

They are all 30g and ~at 5 weeks of rest. I had planned to do small labels for the back but had a busy week at work.

I'd brew or freeze within the next month or so.

Thanks everyone for coming I had a great time. Hoping we can do it again in a few months. @limber stag thanks for hosting again! I really appreciate all the effort you've put into organizing/hosting.

[safe bison]

The cinnamon rolls were so delicious. I ate one at the meetup and brought one home for Amanda but ended up eating the whole thing myself! lol

[limber stag]

All the food was
I took way too much coffee home

[limber stag]

Lmk how it goes

Pm

[safe bison]

Damn these are great pics. It actually makes what we created look legitimate lol

[safe bison]

Care if I steal these for an insta story? I’m @rustybrews on there. I’ll tag who I can!

[crisp oxide]

That was your reaction to the OXO brew... Looks like you liked it

[clever thistle]

It was... An experience 🤣

[thorn spoke]

Looks like a fun time, I'll be there next year

[clever thistle]

Thank you, again, @limber stag for being an awesome host.

[clever thistle]

"Someone take the kettle out of Josh's hand" 🤣

[limber stag]

Believe I said it twice and no one could do it!

[limber stag]

Both Justin @urban night and I literally got goosebumps after 1 sip

[fossil canopy]

Of course, feel free to use any pictures I posted for anything

[limber stag]

@crisp oxide https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNXS_TkoHv4/?igsh=cGh4bW02b2Z1aDR1

I think I took 2 coferm from you

50percentarabica

Credit: @alcheng88 ☕️

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[normal zenith]

Calico gatas love their Zernos

Sorry, Zerno just shared your story on IG and as soon as I clicked on your profile it was obvious you'd be on EAF 😅

You have a fluffy version of our Luna

[safe bison]

Luna is GORGEOUS

[opaque brook]

Who's cursed idea was this, who do I need to ban?

[crisp oxide]

🤐

[limber stag]

[crisp oxide]

Learned during our meetup that I'm brewing notably different than all of y'all. What are your go-to general approaches/pour methodologies?

Want to compare to see if I actually prefer my way or not - Mine are notably thinner/lighter than what I was tasting from your brews

V60, T90, Aviary water, Feran V60 method
Or, recently
XBloom [flat bottom, Kalita 155 style XB filters] with "The Bird" Aviary recipe [still using Aviary water]

Pietro in both cases, but I'm brewing very coarse with minimal agitation with both V60 and XBloom recipe

[limber stag]

these days I start with a gentle bloom that's 3x the dose and waiting anywhere from 30 to 60s (closed switch, but sometimes do it open), then dividing the rest of the water volume into 3 or 4 more pours depending on the total volume/ratio. typically sticking to a 5 total pour structure (including the bloom in that count) but adapt as the brew proceeds. sometimes i find i need to reduce a pour and agitate more on the penultimate pour and employ a more "zen" approach as for when i do a pour (meaning less focused on time, more on where the water column is relative to the bed) - as the bed is ~0-2cm saturated, begin next pour. typically target 2:30-3:30
switch as v60, abacas, 60/20ish water - used to do a lot of coffee chronicler switch but have been doing a lot more trad v60 pour structure

ratio is usually around 1:16-17

[limber stag]

idk if that's helpful

basically will adaptively toggle pour ferocity to slow down brew or use melodrip if i want less agitation

[fossil canopy]

I typically go for higher extraction brew methods and that allows me to back off temperature, grind ratio, etc to find balance rather than feel the need to push things. I feel like it's a more flexible.

However even my v60/bare kettle brews are not too far off intensity wise. I typically get similar extraction as with my sworks and melodrip but need a good bit of agitation to get there. It's a bit of a different profile though. Typically less clean of a finish (from the agitation maybe?) but thinner and Sharper up front.

If I had to guess the coarser + low agitation is what's getting you the light brews. I feel loke most people who grind really coarse are bigger into kettle agitation or have flow control/low bypass like pulsar.

[crisp oxide]

Yeah I'm certainly light brew camp [that's what I've been liking though tbf, not by accident]. I don't do much agitation though [aside from doing 5 pours].

If doing V60 I'm generally around 196-202f

[fossil canopy]

I do the adaptive stuff too I pretty much never pour off timings any more.

[fossil canopy]

Sounds like you're doing what you like then, nothing wrong with that. I was brewing 1:18 for a lot of coffee for a long time and slowly backed off ratio and temp. Then recently started creeping back up in temp again. I'm guessing it mostly has to do with just shift in preference over time.

Like my ratios getting lower definitely coincided with me drinking more espresso again lol

[crisp oxide]

Yeah for sure, all of the brews there were notably different than what I make so I want to try more of what others are liking 😄

I suspect part of my preference comes from the Pietro being my main grinder tbf

[thorn spoke]

I mess around so much it's hard to say but with my Pietro I often go coarse and brew with and without aggitation and just see which prefer, can get light cups out of it either way depending on the grind setting/ratio

Also you can go bigger blooms and finer and get something similar, low ey

[crisp oxide]

Intended to soup/turbo but forgot about the coarseness needed on 45mm and ended up 15:45 in 42s from pietro pro brew

Bright, floral and very nice @fossil canopy

[thorn spoke]

What grind setting on the Pietro

[fossil canopy]

Sometimes those weird shots that "shouldn't" taste good end up working out anyways tbh. I've had 1 min and 5 seconds shots on the same coffee taste great.

Glad you like the coffee! That one was a huge pain to sort and roast but I think I got some good stuff out of it after a bunch of iterations.

[crisp oxide]

That was a 2 with paper filter

[crisp oxide]

Honestly I'd attribute it to the Peppina and low temp. It's pretty hard to get bad results from it since the temp is so controllable and the spring profile is so gentle. Couple that with 45mm and it's amazing how badly things can be out of wack and still turn out great.

I'd say the same for the R24, but it's a long ways away from the forgiveness of the pepp

[fossil canopy]

That's cool, I'm not really familiar with the Peppina, I didn't know it had lower spring pressure.

That's what I noticed with the Strega/spring levers in general probably is they are very forgiving. Technically you could replicated with a direct lever too but that requires not having .

The 5 seconds vs 1 minute comparison I made was on the Strega. Can't say I've managed to salvage shots that were that far off with my Flair before.

[crisp oxide]

Yeah I'm a spring lever convert for sure

[fossil canopy]

It also doesn't hurt that they look cool and are way more fun to use.

[safe bison]

We made it

[limber stag]

https://tenor.com/view/tempo-tempo-storm-hey-we-just-got-sponsored-just-got-sponsored-got-sponsored-gif-18888897

[lost umbra]

@clever thistle I finally found the chat. 🤣

Good evening all, Orlando here.

[limber stag]

Welcome!

I have another Orlando specific DM group if interested in meeting up subregionally before q4 meetup. I know we got quite a few folks here in the central FL/orlando metroplex area

Just give me a thumbs up or DM so I can add you to the chat if interested

[errant geyser]

I need some more St Pete buddies lol

[fossil canopy]

The Bona Zuria roast I gave out at the meet is starting to open up.

I reccomend a moderately high extration as it's pretty dense. My brew right now has really strong lily and some jasmine and lots of jade oolong. With some more rest and or a shorter ratio the citrus should be more prominent.

[clever thistle]

Right or wrong, A LOT of the brews at the meetup were me :-).
V60-02, Cafec papers - Abaca, and we were using Aviary Empirical water.
I was brewing almost everything on the Ozik @500 burr gap,
A few of the brews were done with the EK W Titus Brew burrs/carrier which I usually leave around the same
I brewed like 7 different roasters coffees.
I was changing kettle temp based upon processing method and the expected level of roast from the particular roaster, but living in the 89-94 range.
I was not moving grind at all, this is my general approach to brewing when I am using a new grinder (which this one was for me)
I do a pretty standard 4-5 pour recipe and just respond to the brew to see if I can keep my TBT around 2:30-3:10.
Running slow - 4 pour and possibly pull out my drip assist
running fast - force fines migration to slow drawdown

[crisp oxide]

what ratio?

[clever thistle]

um..... like 15.5-17:1

tighter for more processed and longer for more dense stuff

archers natural was 15.5:1 @90c, for example.

shoebox was 94c like 17~:1

september EL washed falls somewhere in the middle.

[crisp oxide]

Contact time/extraction seems to be the biggest difference to how I brew then

xBloom is set to 202 but I imagine it's actually closer to 198

So 94 ish but faster brews

[clever thistle]

that is the range I am in, ish

yeah

[crisp oxide]

91-94 is my typical hand pour temp, but most brews are done under 2:30 using feran pour

[clever thistle]

where I am normally 2:30-3

[crisp oxide]

Pretty much always at 1:17 too. Tighter ratios bolden the cup notably but I don't prefer them that way typically

[clever thistle]

very coffee/roaster dependent for me.

I think Archers favors a tighter ratio, the expression in the cup feel full

[crisp oxide]

I almost never buy naturals though so it's likely hyper specific to what I normally drink

[clever thistle]

most light roast washed I am 16.5+:1

but still a longer contact time

[crisp oxide]

Pietro + long ratio and clean washed gives me a nice nuanced, bright and tea like cup

[clever thistle]

the brews can be a bit brutal at those longer ratios, a lot of coffee just doesn't hold up

the Ozik didn't seem as clinical?

Grinds looked like actual bolders at 500um, but behaved not dissimilar in drawdown to a ZP6 at similar agitation levels.

[crisp oxide]

Compared to my normal brewing? Totally different cups lol

It's like comparing a 1:15 and a 1:17 brewed the same way

Yeah more extraction on the 17 but it starts to fade away into thin and watery (not necessarily in a bad way)

Comparatively

I'm mostly brewing home roasts, shoebox, aviary lately so pretty light examples

Sometimes I tangle with needing more rest time, especially for shoebox and my home roasts

I'm typically in the high 7 to low 9 range weight loss by volume

[clever thistle]

yeah that is light 😉

lol

[crisp oxide]

Also assuming not into astringency on the 1:17 and also not under extracted on the 1:15

[clever thistle]

for sure

[crisp oxide]

I should have gotten there on time and brought my brewing stuff too haha

I suspect my kettle brews differently too. It's just a cheap Amazon one

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09G3BZSKC?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

[limber stag]

Come early next time!

[limber stag]

Yall and your huge white bags of September

[limber stag]

What’s your typical WL

[crisp oxide]

That's a pic I took from the meet up so I could remember what it was haha

Whoever brought it, thanks! Think it might have been @safe bison ?

[crisp oxide]

7.6-9.2 ish

[limber stag]

You may be giving @fossil canopy a run for his money on a race to the bottom

Peanut gang

[crisp oxide]

I started roasting because everyone was way too dark for me lol

Aviary is roasty to my palate fwiw
Still like the roasts though, just wish they were a little less developed

[fossil canopy]

This is the WL is for the coffees I brought. WL for a given roast level is very green dependant as most available moisture is lost during drying.

The sumava Gesha for instance is wildy high WL compared to my usual because it's a honey process with more moisture I'd guess and I've had the green a bit in a humid environment. The coffee itself though is pretty light.

The Francisco Giraldo on the other hand is a shade more soluble than I usually go for. Definitely would not call it dark by any means but needed a longer roast as it was a more sensitive coffee to burning and roasting unevenly.

Kenya AA always lose more moisture for me. Not sure why tbh but those are definitely pretty light. I think it may have to do with the bean size/structure and the way it interacts with heat more than moisture but idk.

And then of course super dry hard Washed ethiopian coffees end up with comically low WL. I've had great roasts of Getachew, Bona Zuria , and Layo Teraga all in the 7% range.

Kamagogo - 9.3%
Gititu - 9.4%
Francisco Giraldo Gesha- 9.9%
Alo Bona Zuria- 7.5%
Sumava Gesha - 10.4%
Kinini village (light green) - 8.9%
Kinini village (dark green) 8.4%

Shit I didn't realize I was writing up so much until I hit send sorry lmao

[crisp oxide]

You retain much more info than I do about what I'm doing lol I'm mostly YOLO and FAFO

I tracked things better on the Kaldi Fortis, but only because I used artisan

[fossil canopy]

Yeah I've taken roasting more seriously than brewing or anything else coffee related.

It kinda scratches a technical/problem solving thing in my brain at the same time as the more artistic part or whatever. I have spreadsheets and dozens (100+?) Pages of notes lol. Hundreds of profiles with lots of iterations and I make a new profile for every individual roast often with paragraphs of research, justification references to previous coffees etc.

It's gotten fatiguing though I got worn out doing things to that extent with the dozens of roast required to practice and then profile the coffees I brought lol.

It's nice when I roast like once a week though spend an hour or two being super nerdy for 1 120g roast.

But FAFO is a good portion of roasting and the notes and data are just for repeatability IMO

[crisp oxide]

If FL had better cottage industry laws, you could go for some micro roasting

[crisp oxide]

I'm FAFO(AF) - And Forget

[fossil canopy]

My wife has actually looked into this a few times for some other hobbies and from how it looks you definitely can sell coffee under cottage law. You just can't sold it brewed at a farmers market or wherever. You also can't sell wholesale to cafes.

And then there's nothing saying you can't ship so theoretically I could roast and ship coffee. It just needs to be under some amount of revenue per year and have a label saying it was produced under cottage law not in a certified kitchen.

I might sell my extra coffee at some point as an excuse to try more green who knows lmao. If I ever actually sold for real I'd need to do limited drops and stuff bc my real job has to take much higher priority and I wouldn't want to ruin my love of coffee by making it a source of income.

[crisp oxide]

Ah when I looked at it I found some info suggesting you needed a commercially cleared kitchen as a facility to do the roasting in [requiring an inspection and verification of sanitation/safety etc.] even for roasted coffee. I could have mis-read it though

I ran into that and just said "nope" and stopped looking lol

I read some folks did convert their garages to have the sink/drain/safety requirements for roasting but from what I recall it had specific requirements and an inspection

To be clear though, I only researched the surface and no further when the answer wasn't what I hoped... I am likely to roast and sell [locally at least] when I get up to MI next year though

[fossil canopy]

Looks like it was revised specifically in 2021 to allow online sales and other provisions and does specifically include roasted coffee as cotrage foods which don't need a licensed/inspected facility.

When I look it up half of the stuff that comes up is dated before 2021 though. It seems like there's a lot of uncertain information. Tbh if I had to guess it's not wildy enforced or anything, just gives a legal avenue to sell stuff people were probably selling anyways.

If someone did get questioned by any regulating authorities l about permits you then can show your cottage law compliance and you're good to go I assume.

[slim ridge]

I enjoyed all the brews at the meetup

[fossil canopy]

Agreed, I felt the same with the first meet too. I was suprised initially because I thought everyone else's preferences might be different enough that I might not like their brews. but well dialed coffee by other enthusiests is good regardless of palate/preferences I guess.

[limber stag]

Does anyone need some calcium chloride?

[clever thistle]

Appreciate ya'll helping me fight the imposter syndrome ;-). Doesn't matter how many people I brew for, still critical of myself.

I am sad there is no more of the ET Ethiopia that was brewed at the meetup tho. That shit was 🔥

[crisp oxide]

Before I consider offers on Facebook, was anyone local interested in the R24? Would prefer someone in the group get a deal than some Facebook random
https://discord.com/channels/726985544038612993/1405166811795951751

[urban night]

I think it was @clever thistle who told me to mix the TWW packet into a half gallon or the other way around?

[crisp oxide]

Probably suggested half strength, so tww packet to 2 gallons
Unless you like meaty coffee $0.02

Or maybe half gallon makes a concentrate for dilution?

[clever thistle]

Yes this. I would dissolve into a gallon, then split. Ending with around half strength TWW.

[novel venture]

y'all got room for one more?

I'm late to the party but I'm ordering a MHW Rain, Eggonaut, and a RapidBrewer.

all thanks to Carl tbh

[slim ridge]

You could skip the egg tbh, but the rest are goated. Egg works, but kinda more for a fun thing to use time to time

[novel venture]

it looked fun lol.. i figured why not

[soft forge]

Just now getting into EA Discord and found this - plz include me in (East) Orlando shenanigans

[limber stag]

What part of Florida are you in?

[clever thistle]

For Tampa's favorite coffee person, fuck yes!

[limber stag]

[crisp oxide]

@slim ridge you're up in the Ocala area right? We're camping at silver springs and just realized we forgot to bring our coffee LOL

And local recs?

[slim ridge]

Pretty rough here.. but if you don’t mind some specialty milk drinks try the locations downtown

[crisp oxide]

Mostly looking for whole bean better than Publix

[slim ridge]

Target for some intelli or blue bottle.

[fossil cobalt]

Are intelligentsia limited releases any good?

Stuff like this

[safe bison]

Their takesi last year was one of my favorites

[fossil cobalt]

Nice. I have $10 off $25 with Shop

[uneven ravine]

I assume driving an hour to Gainesville is a bit too much?

[crisp oxide]

Haha yeah we'll see what happens. Sonny's did not have whole beans availability, in case anyone didn't know. 😄

[uneven ravine]

It looks like I gave you the worst suggestion ever

https://www.wcjb.com/2025/09/26/i-75-lanes-blocked-due-multi-vehicle-wreck-ocala/

[crisp oxide]

Yeah we drove right passed a bit of it on the other side and got off the highway right before getting to it on our side

[thorn spoke]

Jeez

That sucks

[crisp oxide]

@clever thistle this Savage Enigma you brought is straight tropical juice lol

[clever thistle]

It's pretty fun stuff 🤣.

[safe bison]

Wonder how bad this V60 will be on this Disney Cruise

[uneven ravine]

Is it also Joffrey's?

[safe bison]

I think so

[limber stag]

I’m excited to try it

[limber stag]

R u alive? Was good?

https://tenor.com/view/duh-well-snl-what-now-gif-16197688

[safe bison]

Haha I got a nice latte instead.

[crisp oxide]

The only thing from Joffrey's that I can stomach at Disney is a caramel/hazelnut latte

[limber stag]

https://tenor.com/view/the-foxxy-nft-sol-the-foxxy-nft-the-foxxy-sol-foxxy-sol-ill-take-everything-gif-8817315225883575970

@crisp oxide walking into Joffreys like

[crisp oxide]

First and only time I tried cold brew was at Joffreys and I was appalled
Nitro cold brew iirc

[limber stag]

appalled?

[clever thistle]

Speaking of juice... Have I got a cold brew for you to try 😉

[crisp oxide]

Made a little more progress on the garage lolol

Maybe lathe by the end of the year

[void snow]

Same! Mine was basically water with a spritz of “coffee” essence 😏

[crisp oxide]

Stopped by Concord today and picked up a couple bags, cortado, pumpkin spiced latte and a giant cookie

[limber stag]

https://tenor.com/view/gauss-gang-gauss-gif-26485936

Who is ready for a Q4 meetup:
yes
no
why wait for quarterly meetups

November
December

Cast your votes

[thorn spoke]

Definitely will make it out to the next one, was bummed about missing it

[slim ridge]

December

[crisp oxide]

I probably can't make either, so I'll refrain from voting hahaha

[limber stag]

https://tenor.com/view/survivor-jeff-probst-tribe-gif-5473072

[limber stag]

https://tenor.com/view/wrong-attitude-johnny-rose-eugene-levy-schitts-creek-not-with-that-attitude-gif-20099588

[sharp heart]

I’m in for the next one.

[errant geyser]

Next one should be on the West side

[limber stag]

I’m down to host again, we’ve got a fair amount of folks in the central Florida area. Selfishly it dramatically increases my likelihood of attendance

How’s 8am-1p on Saturday dec 13
for yes
for no

@sharp heart @safe bison @clever thistle

@crisp oxide @fossil canopy @slim ridge

@queen prairie @fossil cobalt Hopefully not missing anyone - tag a friend!

[errant steppe]

Down in palm beach county 🫠

[slim ridge]

Will probably be able to let you know closer to November

[fossil cobalt]

Nooooo I can’t make it on the 13th!!!

[soft forge]

I missed the last one but in Central / east Orlando.

[soft forge]

Where are you located again?

[limber stag]

d’oh It’s not definite yet but leaning that way depending on if we can hit critical mass

[limber stag]

Longwood

[soft forge]

8am on a Saturday is a bit early for me 😂 but I’m interested in coming out for it!

[limber stag]

I figure it’s soft open time for setup etc and the festivities will begin at 9a

[limber stag]

Does anyone have a lead on the Core burr set? I created a WTB https://discord.com/channels/726985544038612993/1429619943384547348

[crisp oxide]

One or two of you if I remember correctly had used the Meraki machine - can't remember your thoughts on it?

[crisp oxide]

Nevermind - I thought it had flow profiling lol

[clever thistle]

My actual birthday, and while this would be a great way to spend it I think my lady made plans for us.

[crisp oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/i-think-you-should-leave-tim-robinson-you-sure-sure-sure-about-that-gif-10141155136692995405

[clever thistle]

I will be over in Orlando next weekend though at CoffeeFest if anyone is planning on attending 🙂

[limber stag]

Unfortunately, it’s limited to businesses only right?

Why aren’t you purple bro?

[clever thistle]

Primarily B2B yeah, but it's kinda fun as a consumer.

[clever thistle]

Cause I'm EAF stupid and don't know how to even do that

[fossil cobalt]

Where at?? Maybe I’ll come

[clever thistle]

OC Convention Center
Attend Coffee Fest Orlando 2025 https://share.google/trcAFOPwPMowMoyn8

[limber stag]

$90

That’s like 1.5 boxes of datura

[clever thistle]

It's like a brew of TPC after shipping and tariffs. 🤣

[sharp heart]

Speaking of, my Datura is almost 5 weeks off roast. Just threw them in the freezer. Once the weekend comes I’ll be opening one of them.

[fossil cobalt]

Anybody know of any good matcha places around the Tampa/Lutz area?

I need to figure out if I like matcha ASAP and starbucks cannot be my introduction to it lol

[clever thistle]

https://share.google/eF8PvPRz2kkX5BPFb

https://tenor.com/view/rickroll-roll-rick-never-gonna-give-you-up-never-gonna-gif-22954713

[fossil cobalt]

You lost me

[clever thistle]

It's a (bad) joke about matcha tasting like grass 😉

[fossil cobalt]

That’s so funny😭😭😭

I ended up trying the matcha at Elevation Coffee Roasters, pretty good

It does kinda taste like grassy tea but there’s definitely some sweetness to it, I’m betting from the steamed milk

[thorn spoke]

Alot of matcha's coffee shops buy have a small amount of sugar premixed in them as well

[limber stag]

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/florida-coffee-festival-tickets-1444239401929

[soft forge]

I think I’m going to check it out. Anyone been to it before?

[novel venture]

howdy friends

i downloaded discord for this and disappeared, sorry

@limber stag thanks for the switch boss

[novel venture]

Yeah! Ran 3 cuppings between the event and a pre-festival roasters gathering.. we'll be doing more/similar again.

Highly recommend going, especially for consumers/aficionados. Probably one of the few events you'll see as many FL roasters in one place.

Last year was their first one.. had no idea what to expect and it ended up being a huge turnout.

[limber stag]

Glad you found/joined us here!

[novel venture]

i was confused seeing people on instagram talk about Ethyl Acetate Floridians meeting up until I realized all the ULBs (ultralight bros, my affectionate term) talking about Espresso Aficionados

[compact pine]

Any of you guys live in St. Pete or the surrounding areas? I'm moving there in December, wondering what your top picks are

[errant geyser]

I live downtown St Pete. Bad Mother is the best down here

[compact pine]

yeah I've been there a couple of times. definitely a gem. I see that Savage has a pop up, I know they produce super high quality coffee, but I'm not sure how they roast.

[errant geyser]

I’ve heard Savage is pretty good. I haven’t tried them yet

[fossil canopy]

@clever thistle gave out samples of Savage Enigma at the last EAFlorida meetup.

It was a lot darker than what I usually go for (on the light end of Ultra light usually) but took well to dialing back on extraction and tasted pretty good for the roast level/process despite both not being what I usually reach for.

[clever thistle]

I appreciate your kind assessment 🤣. Coffee for the masses is often much further developed than what we all drink. For right or wrong, we are not the target market for most coffee

We're also in an interesting position where we sell green and roasted, so we're not trying to eat our partners food 😉

[clever thistle]

Also in St Pete, mentioned before but
Daycation, Hogg Batch, Bad Mother, and Coffee Concrete are all doing different and fun things worth a visit (I don't mention Savage cause I'm not here to promote my client 🤣). The best cup you will get, will likely be at home though

[thorn spoke]

Does savage have a shop now in St Pete?

[clever thistle]

Cafe is in process, there is a pop-up trailer outside of it right now. Serving a very limited menu :-).

[thorn spoke]

Ahh gotchu, will check out next time I'm out there

[queen prairie]

GoodSwitch makes the big time! https://youtu.be/LGW7nR36x90

Congratulations @limber stag

[limber stag]

Thank you! 🙏

Shameless influencer plugs unlocked 🤣

[clever thistle]

If you have any feedback, please reach out. Always happy to listen and try and do better 😊

[thorn spoke]

Oh, it's your cart? Cool, will definitely swing by next time I'm out there

[novel venture]

@thorn spoke come visit and we can go get savage coffees from @clever thistle

[clever thistle]

Na, I work closely with the team though.

[thorn spoke]

Sounds like a plan, I'll hit ya up next time I'm out there

[fossil cobalt]

Dude that's wild!!!

When did this happen???

[limber stag]

In August, went to Portugal for a good friends wedding and lined up a meetup!

[clever thistle]

I Kamagogo-ed this morning 🤌

Beans is more herbal/floral, Shoebox is a bit more round and balanced, thankfully is sweeter and slightly fruiter. Thankfully had the thicc-est mouthful, Beans the lightest.

There are NO wrong choices here. All pretty excellent. The Apricot is just 👨‍🍳💋

[fossil canopy]

Kamagogo was definitely light, I wish I had made it a bit more soluble as a normal 4 pour v60 did not work out as nicely as the high extraction sworks/melodrip thing I usually do. A little more juicyness to help those pink/red fruits pop probably would have been ideal.

Awesome green though I wish I bought more of it

[clever thistle]

I actually loved the herbal/florals still being intact. Shoebox got quite frutier as it cooled, which was fun.

[fossil canopy]

Yeah the very floral/herbal think was fairly intentional as I really liked some of the H&S from early this year that was like that (la papaya mejo and gesha particularly).

However when I went to come up with a v60 recipe that would work with my coffee I couldn't dial it how I wanted lol. Reminded me of how a lot of people would say they struggle to dial H&S when I never had issues with it bc of my setup.

I'm hoping to find a nice balance now and have been working on an updated roast approach. I'd say it's a bit less green/fresh but in exchange more juicy, easier to brew and roast, and similarly light.

[clever thistle]

I did a fairly standard 1:17 @94c, Titus brew on EK @around 450 gap, V60 with cafec Abaca. Only change coffee to coffee was the Thankfully I brewed @ 93°.

I didn't find your coffee responded quite like some of the H&S I've had, need to be pushed to the extreme (1:18, 95°+, ECT). It rested a WHILE tho, so YMMV

[plucky imp]

chat do we like soup here in florida

[uneven ravine]

#1228117431889826036 message

[plucky imp]

what the helly

[fossil canopy]

I've found recent H&S to be a bit more soluble compared to early this year for the most part.

I'd say most of those coffees were pretty insoluble compared to most coffees with 5 minute roast times given the way I approached it but yeah it still should be a step down from most H&S in brewing ease.

Not sure where my current roasts land in that spectrum but I'm getting higher wait loss and bean expansion across the board. Still pretty bright too but presents a bit different. This Gesha came out very Exposure therapy like (too much actually, I want a bit more juicyness and less soft tea).

[queen prairie]

https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/11/06/florida-coffee-chain-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/

[crisp oxide]

@plucky imp @narrow coral

[plucky imp]

sup dawg

[crisp oxide]

Ah sorry icp just saw you're already here

Just saw Florida mentioned lol

[plucky imp]

help me find

a single dose grinder with clarity and low retention

that doesnt look like shit

and isnt 10 million dollars

[narrow coral]

What about a Turin CF64V with SSP burrs?

[plucky imp]

just look at it tho

😔

this thing

looks like hot garbage

THIS i'm okay with

[narrow coral]

You ever get your WW Core's?

According to the Zerno thread, Boyt makes some with the same geometry. I emailed them today to see if he would make me a set of them but blind...

https://boytenterprises.com/collections/burrs/products/ditting-804

[narrow coral]

Vertical burrs > horizontals for taste...

[limber stag]

No, not yet. Thanks for the tip and curious if Boyt will do it. I had planned to pick up a Weber set and modify them

$600!?

What carrier are you looking to put them in?

[narrow coral]

On the Z2 natively, just take out the sweets that I bought it with.

I did buy a set of DB3 Bases (used) as well to compare them.

I haven't bought the boyt's yet, I'm trying to convince him to make me a set of them...but in blinds for the Z2 🙂

[limber stag]

Db1 is core -Did you get the base/db3? They’re discontinued - had a chance to try them

[limber stag]

unfamiliar with the z2 mounting mechanism but figure for Ozik the mod should be fairly straightforward using cores

[limber stag]

Well should we simply shoot for Jan at this point?

[fossil canopy]

I'm able to do December but I think it's a difficult time to get people together because of the holidays.

January might be more practical idk.

[narrow coral]

Ah yes Base I mean

[narrow coral]

The Z2 is blinds by default, but they have holes for all the major burr mounting types

[slim ridge]

I do agree that January would make more sense

[soft forge]

I’m fine with either

[sharp heart]

I’m the same, can likely make Dec work, but if not Jan should be doable

[eternal terrace]

Anyone in the Tampa area interested in a DE1?

[crisp oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/austinpowers-drevil-mike-myers-evil-laugh-ohhh-gif-1844237405041066709

[eternal terrace]

I wish I was that rich to let it go for that much

[crisp oxide]

From what I'm seeing, DE1 values are starting to drop notably, so I'd probably get it listed sooner rather than later tbh

[eternal terrace]

Good to know

Might as well keep it if too low. I was just looking to sell it for some $$

I only use it to make the kids hot chocolate now

[crisp oxide]

Can post it up here: https://discord.com/channels/726985544038612993/1021971239406927882

It's abour $100-120 to ship in the suitcase the last I saw

Oh I see, you haven't been active enough since the changes

[eternal terrace]

Great to know the shipping. Thanks.

[crisp oxide]

HB or coffeeswap maybe

[eternal terrace]

I have no idea what's going on in the coffee world

[crisp oxide]

They put BST access behind a participation thresh hold to filter out scammers. It'll auto-assign to you once you hit the message count

[eternal terrace]

Interesting. I'll spam shotwell

[narrow coral]

OK...250...and I'll come get it...and lunch is on me? 🙂

[safe bison]

Before I post this, does anyone local want any of this? I’m in Orlando

[fossil canopy]

Highly recommend someone pick up the sworks dripper from Rusty if there's any need for a 1 cup flow control flat bottom.

I use mine every day as it's the perfect dripper for my brewing style.

It's like 90 with shipping from sworks and the negotiator is like 30 shipped from moonwake so that's an awesome deal.

[safe bison]

Just sold it! Well, it’s pending PayPal payment

[limber stag]

wish i saw this sooner

would've loved to try the sworks dripper if it was glass

[fossil cobalt]

Do we have a tentative date for the meetup?

Or is it not tentative anymore

[narrow coral]

Oh man it's so damn cold today.

[limber stag]

Not yet - sometime in Jan, date TBD

[soft forge]

I was gonna bring you all some B&W Halloween Candy but I don’t think it will last THAT long

[plucky imp]

jan?

in miami?

[limber stag]

January, Longwood FL exit 94 on i4!

[plucky imp]

Longwood FL is 🔥

[fossil cobalt]

I’ve got a couple of single-cup samples of different coffees set aside for the next meetup 👀

Some wacky stuff…. grape soda, mixed berry ombligon (both b&w) and soon some others

[sharp heart]

Funky

[fossil cobalt]

How are yall brewing that on spro? I haven’t cracked my bag open yet.

[sharp heart]

My wife likes it as a latte. On an MC6 1:2.5 in around 20s. I’ve been doing a 1:15 v60 on a Pietro with a 35/15 water comp and TBT ~2 mins

[soft forge]

I tend to prefer these types in spro milk drinks personally

[clever thistle]

This was intensely aggressive. I brewed it at Fest Orlando for people. @limber stag was there

Had to send A LOT of coffee through the grinder after that one.

[narrow coral]

That kind of sounds awesome...

Where did you guys get that from?

[clever thistle]

I ordered when B&W posted/dropped it.

I knew what I was in for. It delivered. It's more intense than Candy Crush, IMO. Which is wild

[sharp heart]

Yeah, B&W is good for these seasonal themed funk editions

[narrow coral]

Oh man never heard of them, just ordered 2 bags. That looks awesome

[thorn spoke]

In Tallahassee for the day, any shops worth checking out?

[uneven ravine]

Short answer is no. Patchwork on campus seems fun, but with the game you can have hard time finding parking

Ology and Paper Fox may have a better drip; if you want to enjoy Lake Ella you can stop by Black Dog

Paper Fox will make you a steep and release brew (on a Yama), but I am not sure it's worth the price (it's ok though)

[thorn spoke]

Fair enough, I appreciate the feedback

[soft forge]

Now that it’s closer who all is going to the coffee fest this weekend

[limber stag]

I plan to go

[limber stag]

anyone else? @safe bison maybe or @fossil canopy or perhaps even @slim ridge

or some other peeps like @sharp heart or @narrow coral - sorry for at'ing y'all

[thorn spoke]

I'm gonna swing thru this time for sure

[safe bison]

Coffee fest? I’m not going be able to make it. I plan to come to the meetup in January tho

[thorn spoke]

Oh nevermind, oops

I thought we were talking about the next meetup

[slim ridge]

not tis weekend

[fossil canopy]

I won't be able to make it to coffee fest but thanks for the heads up.

[sharp heart]

I can’t make coffee fest. Getting on a plane for cold weather up north toward the end of the week.

[soft forge]

I don’t know who all will be pouring at the fest but if you all know of any that definitely need to be sampled let me know

[narrow coral]

I want to, but my Mom and stepdad are down visiting from our of state, and he's not very mobile, so they vetoed it due to the walking, and he's too proud to use a wheelchair like the disabled elderly dude he actually fucking is. NGL, I'm kinda salty about it. I almost told them I'm going without them but my wife told me she'd be pissed, and happy wife happy life...

[fossil cobalt]

I'm so sad I won't be there! Next year 😔

[fossil cobalt]

I have been addicted to this on pour over

Gave it one try on spro and spat it out, feels like a waste trying to dial it in

I just recently started trying turbo shots but I have heard processed coffees don't go well with turbos, idk

[narrow coral]

I loved my Edwin Norena Cinnamon coferment in my 24/72 turbos!

[stable summit]

Anyone located in the Tampa area that has a Zerno grinder? I’m looking to retrofit my Ion beam mount to the Zerno, been getting a lot of requests. Looking for someone close to me so I can take some measurements and test fit. And for a bonus you’ll get a free mount. Just need to buy the ion beam from Acaia

[limber stag]

@fossil canopy is in Central Florida, but maybe we can sync up in Jan? Otherwise I figure he's pretty handy with a micrometer - not to volunteer him

[fossil canopy]

I should be at the next EAFlorida get together and will have my Zerno with me if you want to take some measurements and test fit then.

[narrow coral]

I'll have a Z2 in December, and I can use a set of Mics if you want me to take measurements. 🙂

[stable summit]

How far are you from Tampa? I like to be there and measure since I need to draw it all out and visualize where it’s aiming so will be a couple iterations and visits most likely

[narrow coral]

I'm actually like 45 minutes NW of Orlando

[limber stag]

Did you get tix? I’m looking into a promo code for VIP tickets

[soft forge]

I got the regular ticket but wondering if it will be crazy busy

[limber stag]

Initially, I thought it would not but it’s being marketed as the Super Bowl of coffee. I tried to buy VIP tickets last night and they were actually sold out. Apparently, there were over 450 vendor applicants.

[limber stag]

Wouldn’t be surprised. My brother said last year was “meh” but he’s not off the deep into coffee

[sharp heart]

most people aren't as deep as those of us on eaf,

report back how it was. maybe worth marking the calendar for next year

[limber stag]

I will surveil and report back! The normies prob still like the sample coffees - there are a ton of roasters coming too

I thought about wearing an EK burr on a necklace a la Flavor Flav but realized it’d be lost on most.

https://tenor.com/view/flavorflav-crystalgeyser-gif-22631934

[soft forge]

I need a ”got soup” hat

[sharp heart]

In Jax @thorn spoke and I met up for some coffee. His beans are good. The Peruvian Gesha he brewed me was delicious.

[thorn spoke]

Had fun yappin' about coffee

[sharp heart]

Yeah, man, it was awesome

[thorn spoke]

Definitely brew some beans you are familiar with and report back how you like that water, excited to get some feedback on it

[limber stag]

@mighty raptor welcome!!

[mighty raptor]

Hey there!!!

[soft forge]

Good lord I’ve sampled a lot of coffee. I might not sleep again

[limber stag]

Same!

[soft forge]

Was a pretty nice event not too crazy and easy to get a lot of samples

[limber stag]

Ok team!

I’m proposing the third ever EAFlorida meetup (same location in Longwood) on Saturday, Jan 17.

Proper start 9am, 8am doors/setup. Families invited!

for yes
for no

[sharp heart]

Ah yeah, lets go

[slim ridge]

I will be there

[soft forge]

I’ll be there with an Orb and a ZP6

[dusk oasis]

What location? I'd like to find out more about this!

[queen prairie]

#1228117431889826036 message

[dusk oasis]

Whoops scrolled up just not far enough thanks!

Didn't have my coffee yet this mornin 😅

[limber stag]

@zealous hinge - FL thread here! Unsure if you’ve found us already

[zealous hinge]

I don’t think I had!

I’m in Fort Lauderdale. 🤘🏻

[limber stag]

Welcome! A fellow lever head too woot

[zealous hinge]

Thanks! I’m still very new to them but I’ve been enjoying the process a lot lately.

Is there a secret handshake? Do we meet on Saturdays for fight club or what?

[limber stag]

Just quarterly meetups. If you have instagram I post the updates more formally there @ EAFloridah
We have the next one planned for Jan 17

[zealous hinge]

Followed. 👍🏻

[stable summit]

I’m in Gainesville next week are you close to there?

[errant steppe]

Nice im in Delray

[narrow coral]

That will be like 2 hours south of me.

[zealous hinge]

I haven't been to much outside Delray, but it's a cool city!

[narrow coral]

I know it's a longshot, but anyone in FL have a Niche Zero they want to sell?

[crisp oxide]

Anyone local who might be interested in a Gaggia Classic Pro [2019] with Gaggimate Pro installed?

I'm headed up to Michigan for christmas and planning to leave it up there to sell but if someone here was interested, I'd keep it here [or sell sooner]. I'll post up a BST when I'm ready to sell it [from MI] but figured I'd throw it out here to locals in case it lined up with anyone

[narrow coral]

I have a Gaggimate modded Turin Legato V2 and it's great

Definitely gonna hold me over until I can see some actual reviews for the Series 1

[crisp oxide]

I truly do hope I'm wrong, but I have next to zero faith that Fellow will pull off Series 1

[narrow coral]

I didn't preorder one...I'm skeptical, but hopeful that it's awesome, at the 1500 dollar price point, if it does what they say it will, it'll be disruptive

[crisp oxide]

It's missing too much on launch and they half-bake their software [ex Aiden] and never finish it IMO

[narrow coral]

I want a meticulious, but their shady business practices make me nervous that I'll give them 1800 bucks, and maybe, perhaps, in 2029 I'll get one...

[narrow coral]

Fellow is a big enough company that hopefully they pull it off though...

[crisp oxide]

Haven't followed S1 very closely after initially hearing about it though tbh

Well they haven't fixed, adjusted or acknowledged half of my qualms with the Aiden so I am not holding my breath

[narrow coral]

I'm very happy with my stagg pro kettle

[crisp oxide]

Kettle is surely equivalent to Espresso machine

[narrow coral]

I just mean that they have income 🙂

to keep developing without relying on one product without going bust

[crisp oxide]

Yeah I get what you meant lol

just poking out of frustration and abandonment

Maybe S3 will be what S1 should have been

That's my prediction [if it makes it that far]

[narrow coral]

Meticulous looks cool AF, but I just worry it'll never get to anyone's hands before the company goes belly up and half the people are left holding the bag.

The give us 1800 bucks, no refunds...but you can skip the line from the OG backers makes me think they're fishing for revenue to get to the finish line..and just hoping they make it there.

[fossil cobalt]

I’m curious about it

I have a Gaggiuino and like it, but Gaggimate looks quite nice

[crisp oxide]

Yeah it works great but I'd say you wouldn't see much difference between Gaggiuino and Gaggimate tbh

I think Gaggiuino is a bit more open with more control/options but at the expense of "finish"? tbh I've never used Gaggiuino so I can't really compare very well

[queen prairie]

Anyone want a free 5000 watt Step Up/Down transformer to try out EU gear? It's this one from Amazon and too heavy to move to Portugal, https://a.co/d/6T4DkuD. I'm in Sebastian if anyone wants it

[errant steppe]

Love my aiden

[undone tusk]

The aiden is great, but the build leaves a lot wanting. I feel the series 1 will be in the same boat.

[errant steppe]

Aiden and Lagom mini 2 is my office setup

[north raft]

I preordered one. My credit card protects my purchase: if it doesn't arrive, I'll get the money back.

[narrow coral]

I hope you get it!

My only concern is that if I buy it today, and it takes a year before I get told "too bad so sad" then my CC won't let me do a chargeback that far.

[fossil cobalt]

I used Aiden for a month or two, I liked it

Definitely some frustrating quirks

I feel like most brewers have frustrating quirks though lol, I ended up on the xbloom but I NEVER use the included dripper because the grinder makes a mess all around the waves in the filter lol

Which is arguably more irritating than some dribbles when you remove the carafe on the Aiden… XD

[errant steppe]

I keep it pretty simple with the way I use it but it does a decent job on light roasts and I can easily brew right into my cup for single serves

[narrow coral]

Do we have any coffee roasters in the Orlando area? I'm looking for some seasoning beans, I've got a Z2 comming with 5 burr sets to season, and although I could use like costco beans, it may be less expensive to get some which didn't come out salable for someone locally

[crisp oxide]

Could try Lineage - they are probably big enough to have reject batches around

[narrow coral]

Thanks

[soft forge]

Maybe Kos

Of 5lbs for $25 from Good Brothers

[limber stag]

Leatherback in Longwood may have some too

[narrow coral]

Thanks, anyone ever use the Espresso Outlet seasoning beans? 10 pounds for 40 bucks.
https://espressooutlet.com/products/seasoning-roasted-coffee-beans?variant=41410745270347

[limber stag]

I've used Shoebox, S&W and was generously gifted some by Jeff at the Q2 meetup (prodigal)

I think the price is pretty good though at $4/lb

[narrow coral]

Thanks

I figure if I can find them locally, I'd rather support a roaster in central FL, but if I can't then online it is 🙂

[crisp oxide]

I've used the Prodigal, and if you pick up a bag or two too it's not bad total cost

https://getprodigal.com/products/grinder-seasoning-beans?_pos=1&_sid=55d107578&_ss=r

I prefer Prodigal's to the Amazon cheap-o beans. The Amazon ones were quite oily

lol looks like they might have changed shipping rates - maybe not worthwhile now

[sharp heart]

In addition to Prodigal, Good Brothers is also good.

[crisp oxide]

https://discord.com/channels/726985544038612993/1445475000738906243

Posted in case there was any local interest

[limber stag]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10791mf2WkiZ7MBhShFPSvUcGQPOyi4cTNeLUf9bHMzg/edit?usp=drivesdk

Signup for Jan 17 Q1 ‘26 meetup!!

[soft forge]

This being my first meetup… are you looking for anything specific for folks to bring or just whatever they feel like

[limber stag]

Excited to have you! Please bring a cup, if you have any beans you would like to share that would be wonderful!

On the second tab, you can see the sign-up sheet for the next one, which provides some loose guidance. It may be helpful to take a look at some of the prior event sign-up sheets, which are in the workbook.

Really just want to make sure that we don’t have an event where we are missing critical stuff.

Last time I think we had two kettles and it was more than enough, for the # of people present. Something that really makes the event nice, especially with so much caffeine is that folks brought food, which was a hit! Can’t go wrong there for sure.

Others brought grinders, a plethora of drippers, beans, water for brewing, etc.

I’ll be able to provide electricity and tables.

[limber stag]

TLDR basically anything you want to share or let others experience!

[fossil canopy]

I think it's pretty much guarantee my wife will be baking again.

It's becoming tradition at this point I roast and bring coffee and she bakes.

[fossil cobalt]

Anybody in here interested in a Fellow Tally, Moonraker, Ember mug or walnut tamping station?

Gonna end up listing those items on the marketplace at some point. If y'all can save on shipping and I don't have to worry about packing it up, would love to sell it then!!

[narrow coral]

I'm gonna have to bring my Muvna 8 to the Meetup 🙂

[soft forge]

I assume folks are interested if I bring some frozen beans like B&W and Native

[queen prairie]

Gratz on the Daddy Got Coffee GoodSwitch mention @limber stag, https://youtu.be/5JxysoMjIME?t=8m46s.

[fossil cobalt]

I was just about to say that!!

I'm seeing GoodSwitch organically on youtube pretty frequently now 🤣

[slim ridge]

good news, I am bringing some finca sophia and other stuff to the coffee meetup, bad news I gotta dip by noon.

[limber stag]

Thanks! 🙏 I am so humbled
feels quite surreal

[narrow coral]

Happy New Years Eve fellow Floridians!

[crisp oxide]

Is anyone in the tampa area roasting and interested in some green? Hoping not to ship but I'm moving and the movers won't take "agricultural goods or food product" so they won't move it for me. It's in my deep freezer lol

[narrow coral]

I'm in Mount Dora....but I'd always love some green beans 🙂

I just got a Kalido M2 I need to teach myself to use

[crisp oxide]

That's further than the meet up 😄

Think it was 1:40 there and 2:10 home last meet up for me

[narrow coral]

You moving before the January meetup?

[crisp oxide]

final stages with a company up in MI now. The timeline is currently unknown 😄

[limber stag]

I’m also willing to rehome/split if no one locally claims!

[narrow coral]

Anyone roast with an M2 willing to share some lighter profiles?

So far, my coffee is coming out drinkable, but a bit over toasted for my preference, a bit too roasty, and it overpowers the origin notes.

[undone tusk]

I'd be interested

[limber stag]

Does anyone have the M01?

Millab hand grinder

[fossil canopy]

I've was interested in it for a while but never bought it. Even anyone brings one to the meet I'd love to do a zp6/M01 comparison. Unfortunately I don't think the Z2 will be done before the meet with the delays

[limber stag]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pourover/comments/1m9tq3q/timemore_millab_m01_review_stunning_flawed_and/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10791mf2WkiZ7MBhShFPSvUcGQPOyi4cTNeLUf9bHMzg/edit?usp=drivesdk

reminder to RSVP by signing up in the Jan tab.

We’re just under two weeks out! Hope everyone can make it.

[limber stag]

@thorn spoke maybe?

[sharp heart]

not entirely sure I'm coming back to Jax after the meetup, so this will determine what I bring. If I'm coming back, I might bring the 01 102HU. But If I'm not coming back home the same day, then I'm going to contribute by bringing lots of beans and water. I listed out a lot of my freezer storage in spreadsheet. If there are specific requests let me know.

[thorn spoke]

I unfortunately won't be able to make it again

Or at least it doesn't look like it, it may change

[fossil cobalt]

I'll definitely be there, is there a need for an additional scale(s), kettle, dripper, etc? I have an Ode and KUltra but don't think they'll get much use with a Z1 and ZP6 around 🤣

[limber stag]

Would love to try a KUltra personally but don’t feel compelled!

[limber stag]

Hope it changes!

[fossil cobalt]

I'll bring it then! I put down TBD for kettle / scale / dripper, probably re-eval if it's needed once we get closer

[zealous hinge]

Sadly won’t be able to make this one. Maybe next time!

[covert oriole]

I'm in the Tampa area, Brandon / Valrico to be specific, and interested if the other guy didn't take you up on it.

[narrow coral]

Is the January meet still happening? If so, when and where?

[limber stag]

yes!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10791mf2WkiZ7MBhShFPSvUcGQPOyi4cTNeLUf9bHMzg/edit?gid=2128982977#gid=2128982977

[narrow coral]

Nice it's close!

[narrow coral]

Anyone have a sworks 30-32g 58mm they could bring, i wanna try one for a big turbo

[limber stag]

https://ikapestore.com/products/ikape-variable-diameter-espresso-basket

anyone interested in 1 or more of these? We can do a group buy if others want to try convex and do a handoff at the meetup in a few weeks

I think it’s ~15g for smaller 58 size and ~18g

[narrow coral]

I'm in for one of each if we do it

[limber stag]

Ok we did it!

[soft forge]

Would this work with an Orb?

[limber stag]

I think so- I placed an order and can let you know what I find. I have two ORB, one with chopped bottom and one stock

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTMVmtQkRm9/?igsh=MTYxODh6dDVjaXFt

eafloridah

Less than two weeks… get hyped!

Instagram

[limber stag]

@neat citrus forgot if you’re in this thread

I do my best to tag any other Floridians I see posting in BST, but please lmk if there are others.

[limber stag]

I think it should with the right combination of gaskets

If it arrives in time, we can test during the meetup, otherwise I’ll let you know once testing is possible

[narrow coral]

yea can't wait to try one on the Muvna 🙂

So far shots seem to rip much faster than on a pump machine

even finer ground on my sworks stepdowns with 24g doses pull in like 18 seconds vs 30 on a pump machine

[fossil cobalt]

What does this mean??

[limber stag]

@clever thistle was kind enough to introduce me to Jamison Savage a few weeks ago when I visited St.Pete/Tampa.

It was a very memorable visit and I'm really looking forward to the Savage Cafe opening up later this year.

Before I left Savage Roastry, Jamison indicated that Savage Coffees would like to ensure this particular meetup is flush with some of the finest Panamanian beans.

[fossil cobalt]

That is incredible

https://tenor.com/view/upgrades-robots-gif-21291099

[clever thistle]

Gonna be heading over Monday to pick what to roast/bring. It'll be roasted to our normal profile, sorry you UL drinkers (me included), but we are roasting a lot lighter than in the past.

[limber stag]

Grab some green 🧱

[ebon gazelle]

Hello everyone! I don’t really drink espresso, but Im active in the FCC community and am glad to be here

@limber stag were you the guy selling the switch upgrades at the festival?

[limber stag]

Yes! 👍

Glad to have you @ebon gazelle - welcome!

The meetup will feature coffee in many formats, pourover and espresso - prob soup too

[ebon gazelle]

Cool, put my info down for that

[frank juniper]

Just moved to north Florida from ct, does anyone have experience with filtered FL water for coffee? In ct using a clearly filtered pitcher did a pretty good job

Just found out there was a Florida sub, cool

[uneven ravine]

How North?

[frank juniper]

Tallahassee

[uneven ravine]

Yay, me too!

So the tap water is way too hard

A few years ago tap+Brita was considered ok, but these days it's frowned upon 🙂

[frank juniper]

Interesting, i do have tww packets, i suppose I'll just test them out

Do under the sink tap filters usually filter out some of the hardness

[uneven ravine]

Yeah, Zero + half TWW is better

Not sure about the filters

Another option is Epsom salt + baking soda, but you'll still need the Zero water pitcher or an RO system

[frank juniper]

I feel like buying purified water is the easiest

Zero pitcher seems like a bit of a hassle

[uneven ravine]

Or this, yes

There are some stores that have these giant water machines, I think you can get RO there

[frank juniper]

Oh that is interesting option to look into

[uneven ravine]

If you are in Killearn area, we should have a meetup 🙂

[frank juniper]

We should, i sent u a pm.
I'm near the FSU area, but i can drive

[ebon gazelle]

Orlando, its bad, and will scale up your kettle fast. Distilled + Lotus Water for me

[narrow coral]

So those machines aren't RO, I have a few of them near me in Mount Dora. I hit them with a TDS and they're low, but not RO low. They seem to be about the same as most bottled purified water.

[thorn spoke]

The Floridian aquifer that Florida sits on top of is primarily limestone and dolemite, so the water is gonna be hard as hell in most of Florida

[frank juniper]

Interesting

[fossil cobalt]

Tampa here, same as the rest... might as well shave some rock into the water before you boil it 🤣

Like "what are these white chunks at the bottom of my cup" bad. LOL

[fossil cobalt]

They make big 'ol countertop ones that hold several gallons of water as well.

And a TDS meter built into the front so you know when to replace the filter. Not sure if they're all like that

5-gallon one is probably most convenient if you go that route

[frank juniper]

Oh, i was literally wondering what the white stuff were lmao

[frank juniper]

That's smart

[narrow coral]

Interesting, that thing looks pretty cool...

[soft forge]

Anyone tried? https://haancoffee.com/collections/coffee/products/colombia-rodrigo-sanchez-laurina

[narrow coral]

I haven't tried that Rodrigo Sanchez coffee, but I have tried some of his others. I really like his cinnamon one.
https://edisoncoffeeco.com/education-journal/co-fermentation

[soft forge]

Interesting variety that is low caffeine

[ebon gazelle]

Yes! Two days ago

[soft forge]

Thoughts?

[narrow coral]

Anyone going to the meetup need a 58/49 stepdown basket? I have an extra sworks stamped that I used once and realized I liked the machined ones better I'm happy to pass along to someone who doesn't have one.

[narrow coral]

Welcome to Florida!!!

[soft forge]

I’d like to try it with my Orb

[narrow coral]

Ok I'll toss it in the bag

If you don't like it or find you don't use it, just pass it along to someone else 🙂

I'm gonna turn these meetups into swap meets...mark my words...i have so much random coffee shit and my wife rolls her eyes every time I buy more because I need to try something new...

[fossil cobalt]

I just tell my wife I could have more expensive hobbies 🤣🤣 she’s lucky I didn’t get into cars or golf or something

[narrow coral]

Ahh my solution is to just "surprise" her with camera gear every time I want to buy something new...

I impulse bought a Z2...so like... surprise!
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1547011-REG/canon_rf_100_500mm_f_4_6_3l_is.html?ap=y&smp=y

now she can't complain...

[fossil cobalt]

That’s crazy 😂

[narrow coral]

I was doing my literal once a day look at the Z1 to see when it would be available for purchase, and the Z2 was just up for sale...Z1 still not available

So I bought it...apparently they accidently listed it on the website for sale for like a couple hours before they noticed and made it comming soon...

[fossil cobalt]

Gotta do what you gotta do

[narrow coral]

If I accidentially buy anything else expensive, I still have one more thing to balance the scales with the wifey

She wants a new R6 3

[fossil cobalt]

Is it a business / side hustle or hobby?

My wife is more of a Sony girl herself but the R6 looks nice

[narrow coral]

She's a housewife, I would LOVE for it to turn into income...but like...that ship has sailed...

[fossil cobalt]

Love that for you. If only

[narrow coral]

My wallet wishes she wanted to work...but...alas...

[narrow coral]

We talked about moving systems this year actually to the new A7 (which is where I wanted to start in mirrorless), just selling what we had and moving systems, but the R6 3 seems like it's just a better video camera than Sony's offering this time around...so sadly...happy wife happy life...

[fossil cobalt]

Lololol

[narrow coral]

yea, I wanted to get an A7 mk2 instead of an R6

but she wanted the cannon....

I just want to get out of the damn RF ecosystem...no third party lenses is hurtful

[fossil cobalt]

Yea I suppose when you’re familiar with the operation

[ebon gazelle]

Haan uses a auto pourover machine that makes super clear cups. Very crisp crabberry flavor, with a lot of sweetness

[soft forge]

I’ll bring some stuff I have in my collection of discards. I have a Hario carafe size 2 that is bigger than I need

[narrow coral]

I have an extra shot mirror too if anyone needs one, these come in 2 packs. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN41SM9S

[tough owl]

Hello from Georgia. How often do yall meet up?

[narrow coral]

Based off the sign up spreadsheet, a few times a year?

[tough owl]

Nice! Would love to know when your next one is if Im able to come down I will!

[narrow coral]

The 17th of January

[tough owl]

Whaat! Where at. Maybe Im not seeing this sign up sheet?

[narrow coral]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10791mf2WkiZ7MBhShFPSvUcGQPOyi4cTNeLUf9bHMzg/edit?gid=2128982977#gid=2128982977

[sharp heart]

Who is roasting when you say we?

[tough owl]

Thanks! Do you mind me asking what city you guys are meeting up in

[tough owl]

Sorry Im an idiot. Got it - thanks

[clever thistle]

Savage Coffeess

[sharp heart]

Got it, thanks. Do you roast with them? You don’t have the purple grapes, so I don’t know, lol.

[clever thistle]

I do not, I am a consultant for a handful of places 😊

[narrow coral]

Any chance you have some pointers for someone who roasts coffee for himself to drink but not to sell? I'm struggling with my M2, I keep like over roasting, the artisan curves seem to look OK, there is no tipping, and it's not burned, but the coffee seems to be losing all the origin notes which were so easy to bring out with a fluid bed.

I'd love a tried and true roast profile for light roast I could load into artesian as a background, and use as a starting point for making light roasts that bring out the origin flavors. For smaller ~200-300g batches.

[queen prairie]

Virtual Coffee Lab on YouTube roasted with a couple Kaleido roasters (M2 and M10 I think). He's got a playlist with 7 videos if that's helpful

[narrow coral]

Thanks!

My pile of "seasoning beans" for my grinders is growing...

[limber stag]

yooo! i'll trade you this unused flat dripper, if interested
https://simplify.coffee/products/brewer?srsltid=AfmBOor2psIiAOJhwq43uXshtslFBRUo7XokhoRaM9EAVhXHL_R-xfhv

[tough owl]

One quick tip that comes to mind is fluid bed roasters generally go a lot faster. Time to yellow and time to FC would need to change on a drum.

[narrow coral]

Hm...that's weird because I'm experiencing the opposite. I had a Roma Pro fluid bed, which has a heating element that seems a bit undersized (which I bet is responsible for this,) I was getting great 10-12 minute cinnamon roasts with that thing consistently, even if I finish in 8 minutes, my M2 roasts are comming out very "generic coffee" like.

[tough owl]

To me 8 mins seems pretty fast on a drum even for a light roast, but of course seeing other m2 owners is a great starting point

[narrow coral]

Maybe my charge temp is too high

or the fan/drum settings are not right

[tough owl]

I’ll DM you

[narrow coral]

Well, bought a new Versalab M4, if it gets here before the meetup I'll bring it with me

[limber stag]

I'm hyped for this weekend!

don't forget to sign up please for attendance/planning purposes
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10791mf2WkiZ7MBhShFPSvUcGQPOyi4cTNeLUf9bHMzg/edit?gid=2128982977#gid=2128982977

[tough owl]

Yall Im sad I won’t be able to make it!!!

[slim ridge]

I will be there early since I have to dip by 10

[narrow coral]

For those who are coming Saturday...any interest in me bringing a roaster, I have a Kalido M2 I could bring if people wanna roast some green coffee.

@clever thistle , you coming Saturday?

[clever thistle]

Yessir

Should be there around 9. Driving from St Pete

[narrow coral]

Up for showing me how not to burn coffee on my Kalido?

https://tenor.com/view/sad-eyes-pretty-please-beg-puss-in-boots-gif-17333475

[clever thistle]

We can take a look at what's going on

[undone tusk]

Damn. Grandpa is committed to seeing the Village People at Bush Gardens on sat so he can't babysit the kids. Otherwise I could have made it to this one.

[narrow coral]

So what you're saying is we need to convince our wives to come to watch the kids...then @neat citrus can come too. 🙂

[neat citrus]

Exactly hahaha

[limber stag]

Families (including kids) are 💯 invited to this event!

[narrow coral]

Dogs too?

[limber stag]

not entirely sure on that one! i've not seen folks bring pets to HOA clubhouse

[narrow coral]

OK, just checking, wifey asked me to check, he's a pug and I swear she likes him more than she likes me. 🙂

[narrow coral]

LOL Ok this was freaking hilarious...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdNxMkWvp9Q

[mighty raptor]

I completely forgot about signing up! I’ll be there early as I do have to leave early for work as well. Would you like me to still sign up?

[limber stag]

No need!

[limber stag]

Don't forget to bring your cup

if you're able to attend tomorrow

[slim ridge]

I am bringing some srs expensive coffee to brew. So let’s get it

[sharp heart]

i'm gutted, its looking like I'm not going to be able to make it tomorrow. I have a parenting thing that I likley need to prioritize.

[narrow coral]

DOH!!

My wife pre-emptively asked me if I'd be annoyed if she bailed on me..I think I'm going solo

[sharp heart]

yeah.... be a good father or drink coffee...