i generally don't stick to any one source of beans in particular. i like to mix it up so i rotate between beans from te aro/pilot, manic, fahrenheit (roasted by te aro), and recently tried some beans from the black canary. i haven't been back to lit since they stopped carrying stumptown but am looki...

another yyzer here. working through some "burnout" and an SO from al savador from te aro at the moment. still having fun with the lever, no plans for upgrade anytime soon

31, no kids ("that i know of" is the answer in our biz), a broken xbox and generally end up with about half of the month off which gives me lots of time to play with coffee. haven't invested a whole lot into espresso machinery and probably won't expand the operation anytime soon given the space cons...

portlandia's baristas make a manifesto to take third wave to the next level (wave?) video clip at the bottom of the link {link}

snow day latte {image}

ok i take it all back...pavoni steam seems fine {image}

i've come to terms with the fact that my microfoam woes are about 85% user error

thanks all but tbh, art-friendly microfoam still eludes me more often than not. i am using the stock tip with toothpicks in two of the holes (leaving the one pointing into "eye" of the vortex free). i'm finding that having two holes plugged gives a lot more control to tip surf and get a circular mot...

nothing terribly special here... finally getting a feel for stretching milk on the stradivari {image}

i tell my wife that the two interests (lever espresso and mechanical watches) stem from the same fascination of unnecessarily complicated things