coffee

i didn’t get much sleep lastnight, so i haven’t much to say. it’s coffee. it tastes a little like dirt. somehow that’s ok.

ruled

not so good

oh dear. i’m not sure I like the havana roast. or maybe I need a little more practice…

june 27, 2008 d.d. 097

have you ever used a 42 inch tv set for a computer monitor? it is so deluxe, like working for nasa!

if only the aspect ratio could be adjusted so all the images didn’t appear short and fat. hmmm….

taking this vacation opportunity to process some cups of coffee! hoo-freaking-ray! prepare for the onslaught.

standard capp in the saturday mug

(ooo!!!! pam fixed the aspect ratio! a little less nasa, but still damn cool)

june 25, 2008 d.d. 95

i am too lazy to look up the 25th of june – was it a tuesday? would i be able to glean any interesting tidbit to share about this otherwise ordinary cappuccino if i did look? i dunno.

it is my traditional saturday use coffee mug, it’s rounded shape and squat character lending itself in my mind to relaxing on the weekend, curling up on the couch with coffee and book to read until finally i have to get up with a hunger headache. also, it is opposite in shape to the taller mugs i prefer on weekdays: pulled up to their full height, responsibly attacking the work that waits from the day before.

unless i’ve told you this story already…this is a replacement saturday mug for the original which i inadvertently smashed against the concrete stairway at home when i brought the hapless thing in to work for variety and then back to be washed. i’m sure the first one was just a bit different, and therefore better, than this new one.

from june 25th - cup 95

appropriately enough, here is today’s cup of coffee

the ghost of coffee yet to be

cup number 72 & 73

my hunney just cleaned both my espresso machine and grinder (burr style). in appreciation and sheer joy, i must share some of the resulting coffees. not all, because i drank the last one without thinking and it was delish.

the grinder comes apart almost entirely for the de-oiling process. in the rebuild process, the grind setting was changed making a very fine powder. hunny ran it through for what seemed like 45 to 50 seconds and this totally overextracted but lovely puddle of espresso is all that came out. check out the oil beaded up on the surface of that coffee. the tobacco overtones were practically slapping me in the face they were so strong.

an adjustment or two later, around 10 on the grinder, these darlings were produced from near perfect rat tails:

and one of them became my first proper cappuccino of the day. yummy.

we are working late tonight, so i asked for a few more. while they were brewing, hunney and i threw the second shot in with some leftover steamed milk and the remnants of the over-extracted shot. i almost died.

since i am not convinced you can really see it, take a closer look. does that not look malignant to you?

go on, get in there! ughels!

it cleans up everything

would you believe me if i told you i use a really nice camera? like a professional style single lens reflex ten gazillion pixel whatever it is with auto focus? i just have an incredibly high user error rating.

april 11, 2008

whoops, i missed a day. i came in here to do today’s cup and was faced with friday’s still waiting. so it’s a double header!