Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

This is how the batch with the highest mass loss ended up looking. The numbers in the notes hanging off the graph are all generated directly from the underlying roasting data. Measurements in the table are mostly interpolated since it's rare to get measurements exactly on the second. They end up based on 2 measurements less than half a second on either side, so not much difference compared with taking either the previous or next measurement.

The custom program is a C++/QML mash up and I tweaked that to also output to the console the LaTeX table so I could just copy/paste that.

Sent everybody the roasting data for the workshop I'm teaching online on Friday. What I did with that is I took the data logged in Typica, loaded that into a custom program that gives me a more flexible graph that I can programatically annotate as seen in many of my videos. Save a PNG of the marked up graph, use XeLaTeX to arrange the name of the batch, percent mass loss, the graph, and a table showing time/temp/rate every 30 seconds (plus the last measurement).

Got to watch a giant black cat wander through the yard while I was washing dishes.

The cat thinks I should stop eating dinner and pet the cat instead.

Printed a bunch of CDC posters for the shop. There's one supposedly for middle schools that's pretty scary.

New coffee is available through the web site now.

https://wilsonscoffee.com/

I'm thinking $20 is the right price for my shop.

Decided to take a look at what other shops were selling the coffee I'm currently tasting for and wow, it's all over the place. The first four roasters I checked had prices (different bag sizes, adjusted to per pound rates) ranging from $18.50 for something that's way too light (opinion) for this coffee up through $40, which seems a bit insane given that I know what they're paying for this. I won't be pricing it the cheapest, but it'll be on the lower side of that range for both medium and dark.

@mrbill0@mastodon.technology If you're bad at creative names, go for an uncreative name. It'll make all the rest of your marketing easier, too.

The new coffees from Yemen and Java along with Mocha Java Blend are now available to buy on the web site. Hopefully I'll be able to add the new coffee from Costa Rica tomorrow.

https://wilsonscoffee.com/

Silver polished. Figured I may as well just do it while I was thinking of it.

While I'm not one to bring my own spoons to events (I'll use whatever is at the venue), for cupping in my shop I only use gift spoons. Which reminds me, I should make some time to polish the silver ones soon.

These are the cupping spoons I used today. One has a black bowl and features the Coffee Roasters Guild logo. The other is from the Coffee Championships event in Knoxville. Both spoons were gifts.

@tessaracked I just thought it was over at the end of season 1. Everything after that would have been accidentally happening on an episode at random and thinking, "wait, wasn't this finished?"

The person who reported a bug in my code yesterday has let me know that the fix I sent (also yesterday) corrects the problem. It's always nice to get that confirmation.

It's a 2 cat day.

I get to eat fish soon.