demesisx

joined 1 year ago
[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I use xmonad and won't switch until there's a viable alternative (probably never).

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Remove the subsidies on agricultural products that get sprayed with glyphosate to increase yield. Corn, wheat, and potatoes in this country are poison because of the chemicals they spray them with....then they go and put that tainted product into sugars like HCFS.

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I have MPV setup to play any YouTube link when I press ctrl cmd m with a YouTube video url in my clipboard.

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is a barely-disguised ad.

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

If they’re storing it right, it is content addressed, meaning that their servers are aware of duplicates because each file is hashed.

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No problem. Glad to share. I derived my method from one given to me by a barista named Jay Presto in Boston, MA 12 years ago.

He, from what I recall, liked to cut cloth to size and found that to be the best method if the cloth is pre-soaked. That might compliment your Americano method well.

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

but had never heard of the inverted method until this thread (obvs, I don’t hang out in coffee communities much…)

So I tried it, and while I will say it was night-and-day different, I prefer the standard method. The inverted method just loses the two attributes that I value most from the Aeropress: it was grittier and more bitter than the standard method.

To each their own.

I have a few differences in how I make mine that would probably make it more enjoyable inverted for you:

- the inverted method will get fairly close to a latte. So, that's perhaps why you're expecting the other method's more tea-like extraction rather than the super-concentrated shots I use.

- It sounds like you're using the paper filters. I suggest the SUPER fine metal screens.

Here's my aerolatte protocol (that has evolved over the past 10 years):

  1. grind 30g of beans fairly fine (like table salt).

  2. pull the plunger out until it is between the 3 and 4 and place inverted with funnel

  3. pour in the ground coffee

  4. pour in water 209 F water enough to saturate all the coffee (by the time it hits the grounds, it is probably around 204 F which is ideal)

  5. stir gently to get all grounds saturated (don't agitate the microfines too much)

  6. add more hot water almost to the top

  7. set the screen into the black plastic screen and pre-wet/heat it into a mug with the hot water

  8. lock the lid and screen on top of the aeropress (the water will cause the screen to stick to the black plastic when you turn it upside down)

  9. plunge down (still upside down) until all the air is purged from the chamber and coffee starts pooling on top of the filter (but not spilling)

  10. let it sit for 165 seconds

  11. flip it onto a properly-fitting mug and apply even pressure aiming to extract over 30 seconds. (if it's too fast, you ground too course; if it's too slow, you ground too fine)

  12. add steamed milk (140 mL at 160 F is what I use)

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

yes. It's a night and day difference.

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Nice aeropress. You should try the inverted method. It’s like 1,000x better.

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I only go there to steal content that I then enhance manually. I always had a kneejerk reaction against the hackernews reposts on Reddit. So, I try to make my content cloning less conspicuous and I make sure to enhance the content with more depth when I bring it here.

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

It's kind of a ghost town so far. But if we can wrestle control of social media away from corporate control, democracy across the world will be stronger for it. Regardless, I'm here for the long haul, making contributions FAR exceeding my efforts on Reddit.

[–] demesisx@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why the fuck is Plex even a company? Attention venture capitalists: Get your money grubbing fingers the fuck off decent technologies that should in no way be tied to profit-seeking. We live in a dystopian hellscape.

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