I might have a bit more time to gather my nuts and berries. Here's a shot from a couple of weeks ago:



I stopped by the site yesterday to check on progress. This is a close up of the coffee booth. You can see the outline of the bar going up and the right side wall in the background. The area in the foreground is an outside courtyard. It seems the Athena might be visible from the street.

Clint Orchuk wrote:... Bottomless is the way to go. Much better for diagnostics and much cleaner....

I just changed my order with Londinium from spouted to bottomless. Thankfully it hadn't shipped yet and Reiss was accommodating. I think the extra clearance will be very useful. That's the way it was used in its former life. I'll keep a double spouted one handy just in case.

Another piece of the puzzle has arrived.



It came with the precision dial.



Next to the K10 I can't help but hear Crocodial Dundee saying, "That's not a grinder...THIS is a grinder".

It's fun to lift and move around isn't it?

I don't know who is more excited, me...or my chiropractor!

They had it calibrated kind of funky. The burrs started rubbing at about 100. I moved it up a few clicks and coffee didn't even come out. I turned a few more clicks and I got talcum powder. Twisting the dial to the coarsest setting I got fine drip. So I opened the machine and recalibrated so that at 0 I got what I would call Turkish, definitely too fine for espresso. At that calibration I got some very nice coarse grinds for FP. I'm not sure how much coffee has gone through, but it might need some more break in.

So the board of health is rearing their ugly head. I had originally spec'd for an EK43 and a Baratza Forte and both were rejected for not being ETL or NSF. Good thing the R120 is. Good thing I never submitted the Fuji R220. Not sure what I'm going to do for my pour over grinder.

Ideally I want as large a flat burr grinder as possible in as small a package as possible. I will also be single dosing so I like the sliding hopper cover. It's nice to be able to dump the beans in and flip the hatch closed to prevent a shower. The Fuji R220 is perfect, but I can't use it.

I'm thinking Compak F8 with a small hopper.

I was thinking along those lines too, Ira. But Bucks County is treating this venue as if it was an outdoor farmers market. And from talking to BC marketeers, they literally come out every weekend to inspect! Also, they made it quite clear that all equipment must be ETL or NSF. I cannot get away with playing dumb. In all likelihood I would not get fined if I smuggled the R220 in, but they could come in on a Saturday morning and make me remove it. I still need a contingency if that happened.

Like you said, the R120 can do everything and do it very well. Last night I was putting 20g in and getting 20g out, regardless of grind level. I was very impressed. But I need a grinder up near the front bar for pour overs. And while it would definitely make a statement up by the front bar, it might be a bit overwhelming. Compak is giving me a pretty good deal on a polished F8. We'll see.

And for anyone interested, the website is now up. I still need to update my bio.

http://www.theferrymarket.com

I just got to don a hard hat and visit the plumber, carpenter and GC at the site. The plumber was unclear on the RO system. Fortunately, the GC just installed one in his home so he knew the concept. We ironed out some confusion wrinkles and we should be good to go.

I got to stand inside the raw frame out and get a feel for the space. Most of the other vendor booths were framed out as well so the place is slowly coming to life. Very exciting.