Test batch of the new Ethiopian coffee turned out delicious. Yesterday I was tasting different roast levels on the cupping table. The first 5 cups (from about 2/5 to 4/5 between cracks) smelled like what I wanted and there was a clear progression where as I went through that range the coffee got sweeter and crisper, then (still pre-2C) it just went flat until it started to get toward the darker side where if it weren't so expensive it would be a nice dark blender.
cancer
Last night my father was doing the best I've seen him since he went into the hospital. Glad I could see him while he wasn't completely miserable. He had a lot of visitors yesterday. While I was there my alderman and the mayor came out. Apparently yesterday was Wilson's Coffee & Tea Day by mayoral proclamation.
Zeppelins
I think we should bring back zeppelins to replace aeroplanes. Hear me out...
• Uses hydrogen for lift, which can easily be produced by electrolysing water using photovoltaic energy
• Can be driven by electric motors, which are much more efficient than any combustion engine
• Lots of area for thin film solar panels to power them
• Can be designed in ways to prevent potential Hindenburg-like incidents
• Air travel without huge CO2 emissions
• Quieter and less hazardous to birds
It's been about three years since I did a new video in that series. I'm very selective with which coffees I choose for that. It has to be something where I think the product development process is informative in a way that I haven't covered previously in the series.
My next episode of Roast Profile Development is drafted. I still need to put together the visuals, edit the script, record, edit, &c but this should come together reasonably quickly. It's about the 2 coffees from Burundi I have right now and how you can use large differences in roast to better differentiate otherwise similar coffees in a product line.
@gnomon That sounds like a reasonable mix for what I'd like to do with it.
One of the great tragedies of our time is that the words "discord" and "slack" have been taken over by dumb companies to use on their shitty closed chat apps.
Have you made the harvest latté yet? https://video.typica.us/videos/watch/a498e220-5e0f-4f6a-9991-f2f5777c8f06
family, cancer
My father is not doing well against the cancer (which surprised nobody after the 40+ years of smoking). Things could turn around, but my mother is doing her usual calling all the family to see the dying person while they still can thing. On the plus side, I'll get to see my nephew again who I guess is like a proper adult now.
@taweret Deleting my account was pretty effective at that.
Author of Typica software for coffee roasters.