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Coffee At Every Corner

Stopped using my knockbox to get rid of coffee pucks due to the warm weather. The coffee pucks (as a very fertile environment) become mouldy pretty quickly, so I resorted to just knocking them out on my tamping mat. I then started stacking them up to make space for more coffee pucks when I made coffee.

Getting the consistent 55 to 60ml from a double shot these days. I don’t drink nearly enough to practise my shots consistently to improve my skills. 500gm of beans can last me a good two weeks, serving just myself and Vyanne plus the occasional guest.

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Was at St Ali yesterday evening, seeing a latte art sort of smackdown. The barista community in Melbourne seems pretty close knit, and I recognised a few faces in the crowd as they were from the cafes I frequent. It was a pretty chill environment, and you start hearing people tossing technical coffee jargon around.

The amount of control you need to pour a triple rosetta into a cup requires surgical precision, meaning no jittery hands. The cup was poured by a Japanese barista from St Ali called Toshi, and he’s been there for quite a while now.

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Heh, this is definitely not my average rate of posting. It’s just that I’ve been tweaking my blog lately, so I’m more inclined to write stuff these days. A few more things to fix up and I’ll probably not touch it again until after my CPA paper.