I just got the email notice from UPS that my Caravel and hand grinder from Orphan Espresso have been delivered. They're at home. I'm at work, and the odds of getting out of here early are looking slimmer. I've got a blend of Yemen Mokha Mattari and Sumatra Lake Toba +19 Extra Bold that I roasted about 2 1/2 days ago should be rested enough to start dialing it in. If only the boss was a coffee drinker, he might understand. They say patience is a virtue, and I'm not feeling terribly virtuous today.

I feel your pain. I'm on a week long trip to Chicago, and I have to wait to order my new machine until I get home, and then probably another week for delivery. That is of course assuming I make up my mind....

George, even from here I can see you're looking a little pale. Are those beads of sweat on your forehead? You'd better head home and take care of yourself, don't want to let whatever you're coming down with spread to anyone else....

Tell the people who say patience is a virtue that espresso, computers, cars and airplanes wouldn't have existed if someone told:
Luigi Bezzera to be patient while the workers finished their coffee
Konrad Zuse to be patient while he did math with an abacus
François Isaac to be patient while the kids were nagging in the back of the horse carriage "are we there yet"
the Wright brothers to be patient while the kids were nagging in the back of the car "are we there yet".

Patience isn't a virtue.

The Wright Bros. never married.

espressoed wrote:George, even from here I can see you're looking a little pale. Are those beads of sweat on your forehead? You'd better head home and take care of yourself, don't want to let whatever you're coming down with spread to anyone else....

I finished up copy for two outstanding pieces with a sudden burst of inspiration (wonder where that come from?), then, knowing that the current book is coming back from proofing tomorrow, told my boss that I was taking off early. Admittedly this was only 50 minutes early, but...

Got home, unboxed it (it's real purdy), set things up, and am currently waiting for it to warm up (not doing the fill it with already hot water thing to begin with, as I want to see how long it takes to get up to temp running off a 120v circuit). I'll post pictures of it sitting next to my Synchrony later in the appropriate thread, and pull a couple of shots tonight to see just how much I have to learn (which will, I'm sure, be more than I think right now).

cafeIKE wrote:The Wright Bros. never married.

AND, it probably would have been "the back of the bike"!

At least for the Wright Bros.

( Richard Pearse )

The first powered flight was bound to happen with the invention of the internal combustion engine.
The Wright bros. however were the first to tackle the aerodynamical problems in a proper way. As a result of that, their propeller was 20 years (!) ahead of the competition's. They built a windtunnel, did the right experiments and on the basis of that built a plane. That is their main feat. Actually flying is easy when you've got the science behind it covered. Their engine sucked badly tho'.

Gustave Whitehead flew even before Richard Pearse.

GVDub wrote:I just got the email notice from UPS that my Caravel and hand grinder from Orphan Espresso have been delivered. They're at home. I'm at work, and the odds of getting out of here early are looking slimmer. I've got a blend of Yemen Mokha Mattari and Sumatra Lake Toba +19 Extra Bold that I roasted about 2 1/2 days ago should be rested enough to start dialing it in. If only the boss was a coffee drinker, he might understand. They say patience is a virtue, and I'm not feeling terribly virtuous today.

George, your blend needed a couple more hours rest, anyway!
You'll like the Yemen even more 3 days from now.
The little orange Caravel spent some time with me, and I grew to like her very much.
She's in great shape now.
No biggie to electric kettle heat your water just to the begin of boil. Then dump it in to the Caravel.
My trick is preheat the Caravel with a few ounces of water while waiting for the kettle.
The act of pouring the water in will cool you down to 202-203.
pull a couple of warming water shots, with the PF and basket inserted.
Get that grinder loosened a bit, remember don't choke you first shot. It's discouraging, and we wouldn't want that.
Even a 1012- second pull will be drinkable...sort of.
Keep us posted.
BTW, in answer to a statement you made on another thread:
You were worried about posting your "new" adventures in coffee.
I enjoy your posts, and in a way it's a bit of Deja Vu. Been there, done that.
Enjoy the journey...it NEVER ends.



whoops...meant to say a "10 to 12 second pour.
I'd say a 1012 second pour( 16 minutes +) would probably put you in the hospital with an aneurysm

GVDub wrote:as I want to see how long it takes to get up to temp running off a 120v circuit). .

Doug at Orphan Espresso has a transformer for $65 that I've found really useful. The Caravel works so smoothly on 240 I don't think I'd struggle along with the 120.

Thanks for the recommendation, Hal. I had pretty much come to that conclusion after the first couple of mornings. I'm still figuring out that the best physical setup is, so am holding off on getting the transformer until I know just where I've got to put it. In the meantime, I'm using the pour-over method and the Caravel seems to be able to keep things at temp pretty well limping along on 120v.

Out of curiosity, what's you warm-up time with the 240v xformer?