Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 20/9/2024 - eviltoast

Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

  • Something interesting that happened to you
  • Something humourous that happened to you
  • Something frustrating that happened to you
  • A quick question
  • A request for recommendations
  • Pictures of your pet
  • A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
  • Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

So how’s it going?

  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
    2·
    2 months ago

    My machine instructions says water pooling on the portafilter is a sign you’re doing something wrong 😆

    certainly not a plug and play!!!

    I had no idea how much this was going to be true! It looks so easy in the cafes 😆

    • FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz
      2·
      2 months ago

      I guess cafes need to run dozens, if not hundreds, of shots a day. Once they establish their process, and that’s typically biased to saving money, that’s when you find your home coffee tastes a million miles better than that from the local cafe.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
        1·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, also the personal taste thing. Plus they probably do it much quicker because they already have their machines and grinders set to the beans.

        Definitely a lot of variance in cafes. My wife laughs at me for swapping my order between long black and flat whites depending on the cafe. Often based on a snap judgement of a place I’ve never been before.

        • FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz
          2·
          2 months ago

          Time to get into the only “drink at home” principle. I have to admit, we have several friends and locals who often visit us, seemingly primarily for our coffee. Got a visitor coming tomorrow, they’ll get a taste of our new Deadly Sin blend. Won’t say anything, just ask about how they like our “new” coffee.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
            2·
            2 months ago

            Haha well I don’t go to cafes because they do coffee better than I do. I also don’t go to cafes because they do better food than I do.

            Sounds a bit like you’re running a cafe yourself

            • FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz
              2·
              2 months ago

              Crickey, that’s an interesting response. I guess I should ask, why do you go there then?

              I was ready to take on a cafe about 10 years back, but the business owners still wanted full control of how the cafe was run, so my answer was no.

              • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
                2·
                2 months ago

                The same reason I go to the pub instead of drinking at home! Because that’s where everyone else is drinking 😆

                I guess for a cafe there’s also the benefit of not having to cook. I don’t often find anything in a cafe that I couldn’t make better myself. And by better I mean more in line with my own tastes, which aren’t necessarily objectively better.

                • FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz
                  2·
                  2 months ago

                  I fully understand the social aspects of your comments. That said, your coffee made from your own machine will be a bit more personal and need to be as best as possible aligned to your personal taste.