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fuck yeah it's coffee time got the lido today, everything i read online is pretty much on point. adjusted the dials twice and brewed a medium-dark Kenya AA, very well rounded cup when it got a few ticks above room temp. most interesting is my yield was noticeably better with this lido compared to the hario. my bypass/water addition was like a third of what i'd been adding before. i think this made the cup a bit heftier overall. afterwards i did adjust the grind to a little less fine for my brew tomorrow morning, a little more coarse should dial this in. fun stuff, also got some Ethiopian in from Heart Coffee in Portland so i need to rush through the remainder of this Kenyan which should be easy since i'm drinking twice my normal amount since i got the aeropress.

supposedly taubman's punishment effectively equals a permanent ban but the same should have been applied to other folks or they should have taken many more picks away. NBA took away like 5+ years of picks from minnesota for something way less damaging. feels closer to a slap on the wrist. not surprised.

was never much into Rush but i'll give a few spins this weekend. starting this morning with one of those albums where every time i listen to it, i can't believe i don't work through it as last once every few months. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...

ironically, my hario skerton seems to do worse with coarse grind for french press than it does with medium/medium-fine grind for aeropress. the wider the gap for the burrs, the more variance it seems in the grounds. hoping the lido 3 alleviates this (reviews online suggest that is the case).

^yessir. what carafe do you use? was thinking maybe this 600ml hario as the matching kalita carafe is 500ml and might be better to have a slightly larger volume. (this is assuming carafes are interchangeable)

added a proper scale (jennings cj-4000). needed to have precise measuring on my bean-to-water ratio (starting with 1:16 after bypassing and will play around with that). i now have everything i would need to do pour over except for that actual pour over device, something i said i wouldn't go off the deep end for... i'll give it a couple months before i end up with a kalita wave or hario v60. more interested in kalita, seems a bit easier to use and more consistent.

thanks for this link, Rob. i noticed that inverted method produces a smaller volume and a more concentrated pour so i tried bypassing this morning with a few different volumes and that worked quite well. balances out the pour.

finally got around to grabbing an aeropress this weekend. used three times with three different test runs (Old Bisbee Kenya AA beans) including one inverted pour and it's just a killer cup each time. it will be quite a while before i french press again.

since i just bought tickets to see sleep... Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain

Thanks, friends! (((Hugs)))

\m/onday Lord Mantis - Universal Death Church

how in the fuck did i miss that this has been released? FKA twigs - MAGDALENE

went for the extra 8th egg and slightly increased the amounts of everything... netted exactly a half gallon. should be far more manageable this season. Old Grand Dad should add some spice with slightly elevated rye in the mashbill.

i skipped a nog batch last year and really need to get cracking if i'm going to have anything this year... i'm thinking a half batch with 7 yolks and half the amount of booze. also need to do both brandy and rum this time, i skipped on rum last batch and felt like it was missing some depth. ~5 weeks is a bit short on mellowing it out but would be good enough.

Happy birthday, Stretch!

Tool - Fear Inoculum decided i wouldn't listen until i had the physical copy in hand. already waited so many years, a number of days wasn't an issue.

since we're seeing them at riot fest in a couple days... Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

my 8 plus is feeling dated. i'd thought about holding out for next year with rumors of 5G, return of touch ID, etc. but most likely i'll end up with with a 256GB 11 Pro Max.

\m/ tonight... deaf kids, bell witch, and neurosis. mostly here for bell witch but neurosis ain't exactly chopped liver.

^FUCK OFF THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story OST [50th Anniversary Remastered]

in honor of purchasing tickets to see her in august... Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely [2018 stereo]

Enemies - Embark, Embrace

truly ridiculous end to 2019. very happy for toronto. Kawhi is well on his way to a legendary career be it in canada or (most likely) elsewhere. board man deserves a lot of make-up respect from social media and other fuckers from last season's injury debate. speaking of which... can't believe the bad luck for golden state. 2020 will be weird for them, Steph in particular.