Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

  • Something interesting that happened to you
  • Something humourous that happened to you
  • Something frustrating that happened to you
  • A quick question
  • A request for recommendations
  • Pictures of your pet
  • A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
  • Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

So how’s it going?

  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
    2·
    1 month ago

    My machine instructions says water pooling on the portafilter is a sign you’re doing something wrong 😆

    certainly not a plug and play!!!

    I had no idea how much this was going to be true! It looks so easy in the cafes 😆

    • FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz
      2·
      1 month ago

      I guess cafes need to run dozens, if not hundreds, of shots a day. Once they establish their process, and that’s typically biased to saving money, that’s when you find your home coffee tastes a million miles better than that from the local cafe.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
        1·
        1 month ago

        Yeah, also the personal taste thing. Plus they probably do it much quicker because they already have their machines and grinders set to the beans.

        Definitely a lot of variance in cafes. My wife laughs at me for swapping my order between long black and flat whites depending on the cafe. Often based on a snap judgement of a place I’ve never been before.

        • FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz
          2·
          1 month ago

          Time to get into the only “drink at home” principle. I have to admit, we have several friends and locals who often visit us, seemingly primarily for our coffee. Got a visitor coming tomorrow, they’ll get a taste of our new Deadly Sin blend. Won’t say anything, just ask about how they like our “new” coffee.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
            2·
            1 month ago

            Haha well I don’t go to cafes because they do coffee better than I do. I also don’t go to cafes because they do better food than I do.

            Sounds a bit like you’re running a cafe yourself

            • FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz
              2·
              1 month ago

              Crickey, that’s an interesting response. I guess I should ask, why do you go there then?

              I was ready to take on a cafe about 10 years back, but the business owners still wanted full control of how the cafe was run, so my answer was no.

              • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
                2·
                1 month ago

                The same reason I go to the pub instead of drinking at home! Because that’s where everyone else is drinking 😆

                I guess for a cafe there’s also the benefit of not having to cook. I don’t often find anything in a cafe that I couldn’t make better myself. And by better I mean more in line with my own tastes, which aren’t necessarily objectively better.

                • FloofahNZ@lemmy.nz
                  2·
                  1 month ago

                  I fully understand the social aspects of your comments. That said, your coffee made from your own machine will be a bit more personal and need to be as best as possible aligned to your personal taste.