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This one is interesting. It's medium funky and my first cup is a little harsh, so maybe next time I'll try a cooler water temp or something. The fruit notes are interesting and seem pretty complex, there's a lot going on there.

From the creator:

What's the difference between a Natural and a Washed coffee? What makes coffee anaerobic? How is an Anaerobic Washed different from a regular standard Washed coffee?

During January through March 2021 I lived on a coffee farm in Kona, Hawai'i. Most of my job involved working with the baby plants in the nursery, but I also got to witness the tail end of harvest and learn about coffee processing firsthand.

I made this video to show the answers to the coffee questions above for anyone who hasn't had the opportunity to see it in person.

Truly ridiculous name.

Anyway, this may be of interest for those who are looking for a single-dosing "all-purpose" grinder in the sub-$500 segment. Most grinders in this space are regarded as either being good for either filter or espresso but not both, or else have a history of mechanical difficulties like the Varia VS3 and to a lesser extent the Lagom Mini.

For anyone who needs a spoon to slurp coffee out of, or just for eating ice cream or cereal or whatever. Chopsticks too. Extremely cool maker, with sliding scale pricing.

Link to the actual routine

Not sure why Rowsell makes a big deal about the winner winning on "home brewing" gear. It's not like there are fancy ultra expensive drippers, and while the ZP6 is cheaper than the Comandante C40 (which, as I understand it, is a competition staple), it's not categorically different. (And through most of its short production lifespan, it's been harder to get than a C40, because it's usually out of stock.)

I imagine this may re-fan some of the hype around the ZP6. (By the way, if you're in North America, looks like [Rogue Wave(https://www.roguewavecoffee.ca/products/1zpresso-zp6-special) still has it.)

Search turns up a ton of groups where the string "tea" appears anywhere in the name (e.g., "team")

May be of interest to the decaf enjoyers. Hard to find really interesting decaf. (My fav is Hydrangea's El Paraiso Decaf.)

It's interesting that they gave it the same name as their lightest roast blend, but it's a medium roast ("moderate"). However, I don't know if that's just because decaf tends to roast a little visually darker.

Infrared photography uses modified cameras, filters, and/or specialized film to capture near infrared light that is outside the visible range. Originally used for scientific, agriculture, and notably for military surveillance, but later was deployed for artistic effect due to its distinctive rendering of foliage and skies.

!infrared_photography@lemmy.blahaj.zone

May be of interest to some folks. Partially about competition brewing, but more about the differences between the kinds of coffees that are brewed for competition and those folks are generally drinking at home, and how a recipe optimized for one doesn't necessarily carry over to the other.

One aspect that I think is only partially surfaced in the video is a partially ideological difference that some folks in coffee are into re: alt process coffees and whether some of the more out there fermentations are "artificially" flavoring the coffee. Hedrick bemoans the ascendency of alt process coffees in competition and has done so in the past, and I assume part of the reason he put out this video is that in this case the routine he consulted on is specifically about re-asserting the value of washed coffees.

There are much stronger versions of this take out there, for example I watched a video from Patrik Rolf of April talking about how alt processing detracts from the "purity" of third wave coffee, and that was so obnoxious it immediately prompted me to order some more coffees with more out there fermentations.

Bonus: Another video from a competitive brewer talking about non-transferability of competition recipes and also just generally about not being beholden to a recipe.

Any communities or instances focused on non-white folks or information/news/organizing against racism and colonialism specifically?

There's a wealth of general lefty communities it seems like but at a glance many of them seem to be preettttyyy white

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I find it very easy to lock myself into one or two different ratios simply because I don't want to do math first thing in the morning. But sometimes, especially if there's coffee that's just finicky, a big swing in ratio can be just the thing.

My most commonly used ratio is 1:18, but I have a coffee (medium-light, washed) currently that I've mostly enjoyed iced and not hot. So I was going to try doing it hot with bypass this morning, but after tasting it at 1:10, it was really good, so problem solved I guess.