I stumbled across a stainless steel Ilsa 1 cup travel model in a thrift store, and it works great with dark roast.
Pre-boiling the water and letting it cool a bit before flipping is definitely the way to go.
A strong rich flavor, compared to immersion brewing in my french press and aeropress, but not quite as strong as my moka pot.
I think astringency comes from using too-light a roast in this thing.
Dark roast definitely works better for me.
If it happened that quickly, it was always going to happen.
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I get the dad being an alien, “the truth is out there”, and him being wholesome, but where does dad also being Dracula factor into the joke?
What I believe is going on:
First clue is the title: “Trendlocity”, which is a mashup of Trend and Velocity which likely hints that this has something to do with the speed at which trends emerge.
Second clue is the first word of dialogue, which refers to mood rings which were a fad from the 1970s.
3rd clue is the character in the red vest’s hat changes in each frame that he’s in:
I’m not super familiar with when any of these may have been entered popular imagination, but this may reflect the trendiness of these various hat styles.
4th clue: The character or cosplay in the center frame with the wide oval face, large eyes, and fur surrounding the face resembles a Labubu, which was this year’s fad toy.
5th clue: The “Raymon” hint that the red vest character has on a sign, reminds the foreground character of what the center oval face character is a reference to.
The name “Raymon” resembles the typical name format for a monster in a Japanese monster raising game, such as Pokemon and Digimon.
Persons above a certain age who didn’t play the games, or persons who played earlier versions of the games may not be familiar with some of the monsters in the games.
The foreground character in the center frame is unable to name the character or cosplay reference.
In the last frame, the foreground character sees red vest’s hint, and is able to name the character, or character reference in the oval face character’s cosplay, giving him relief over the anxiety of not being able to name the character or reference.
This awkward situation that the foreground character finds themselves resembles meeting someone they have met before, and not being able to remember their name, but with the transposition of obscure references to videogames and fads on the situation.
Ergo humor has been wrought.
No, but sometimes I feel like I’m talking to thin air.
I use dry beans all the time, and never refrigerated dry beans.
They’ve gone hard on me after they’ve been kept in storage for a long time, but it just takes longer to boil them tender.
Beans and other legumes are up to $1.29/lb here.
Chickpeas, split peas, any kind of legumes are great!
For soups and chilis, big batches and freezers is the only way to go.
I’m surprised by how much I use this stuff, and the competitor Slap Ya Mama. I started buying a can for red beans and rice, but it’s just perfect for seasoning eggs, marinating chicken, etc.
And also stuffed into emotional baggage.
I almost never make sauce from scratch.
You know that brown stuff that’s stuck to the pan after you sear meat or stir fry meat?
That’s called fond.
Add a little water, heat and stir to dissolve the fond, and add a little pre-dissolved cornstarch,i.e. a slurry, to thicken the boiling broth to make gravy.
It usually tastes just fine as is, but you can add spices, wine, sugar, salt or whatever.
For some reason, I was thinking the ESP was something else, probably the Virtuoso.
Of course the ESP is designed for espresso grinding, so the settings are going to be different, slaps head duh.
You do have to say that this school is preparing students for AI-obsoleted jobs of the future.
I also have a non-ESP Encore, original burrs, and I just leave it set on 10 for everything from French press to moka pot.
Blue doesn’t even get to see Green on the cable channels that he watches.
All Blue sees is Yellow blaming Biden and Obama for everything.
Uhh, they still have to grind beans, brew coffee, and freeze dry it in a factory before it becomes instant…
Freeze dried, get it straight!
In the original post, this was followed by a couple of stories about roaches in Keurigs
I have a Darto No. 25 that feels like it could survive a nuclear bomb.
It’s really heavy, but of course it maintains temperature really well, so it’s great for searing, and being a breakfast griddle.
Some brands have very thin steel: My first carbon steel was a “BK” that has a very thin layer, and therefore heats unevenly on my electric coil burners. I wouldn’t recommend those.
I do like the semi-nonstick seasoning when it’s built up over time, and that is a big advantage over stainless steel.
But of course, stainless steel has its advantages too: Much less fussiness and maintenance to keep them from rusting, worrying about acidic foods, washing and drying immediately after use to prevent rusting, etc.
There’s only so much usable leather you can get from a single animal.
Supposedly the ideal extraction temperature is slightly below boiling point, about 90-95C if I remember correctly. Thus letting the water cool a little after boiling.
I rotate through all of my brewers, so I don’t get bored, because I only have 1 bag of grounds at any moment for freshness reasons.
The brewers all make different tasting brews, and even different feeling viscosities/textures, from the same grounds.
Out of all of them, I like the taste from my Cucumella the best.