coffee

good start to the day, pretty decent shot

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if you come for the queen you best not miss

well, spent about 7 years making espresso at home with a beat up Rancilio Silvia that I bought from a Brazilian exchange student. added a PID which helped with temp stability. found a dusty Mazzer Super Jolly on ebay for like $300 and replaced the burrs. got some VST baskets, all of the usual stuff.

eventually moved to a new place and was getting tired of the single boiler workflow. so finally jumped in and built this crazy setup, which admittedly looks more like a laboratory than a coffee station:

https://farcaster.xyz/matthewb/0x2ddb2a56

so, 10+ years total. probably closer to 15yr at this point.

How long? I worked in a coffee shop for 3 years. I can say my coffee tastes good but I cannooot make it look nice 😓

to be fair I’ve been practicing for a long time 😂