Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

The medium roast doesn't have the issue of drying the mouth out, smoother, a little more intensity on the fruit notes and overall perceived sweetness. Expression of distinct flavor notes is still mild, but overall intensity of the coffee is good. This is something that I can sell.

In production test batches, the light roast I'd selected is mild and sweet, but it dries the mouth out, especially as the coffee cools. This is a bit lighter than I typically go for even a cupping roast. The main problem is that distinguishing flavor characteristics are understated enough that I don't think the roast is worth what I'd need to charge for it, so I won't be putting the light roast on the shelf. Slighly tart, a bit of melon, pleasant aroma.

Tasting production test roasts of the new coffee from El Salvador. The initial test set covered a very broad range from very light to very dark and the coffee performed decently across the whole range, so I think home roasters can pretty much do whatever they want with this and are likely to not go too far wrong. They should just do whatever generally aligns with their preferences.

Updated my #GenshinImpact character tier list for the new version.

If anyone needs me I'll be petting my cat.

It has come to my attention that I am making some people feel stupid. This is not my intent and likely means that I'm not explaining something well enough.

Today's coffee tasting was a new coffee from El Salvador. Natural process, Pacamara from a farm that my sister has visited. This performed pretty well across the whole range so I'm going to do production test batches of a light, a medium, and a dark roast, brew full pots of those, and decide what I'll sell based on how those perform.

Today's junk mail was of a religious nature. It wanted me to imagine a world with no healthcare and no medicine and tried to spin that dystopian nightmare in which I would have died several times over by now as a hopeful vision of the future. Sorry, but if I wanted the be fed that kind of shit I'd become a Republican.

Cat says it's time for cuddles.

My supplier would have taken the extra coffee back if this didn't work out, but it's easier for everybody if I don't have to do that.

Production test batch using the new coffee from Nicaragua as a French Roast turned out good. I wasn't planning on roasting the coffee like that, but a warehouse mis-pick means I have twice as much of that coffee as I ordered so being able to use it for something that I sell a lot of will help me use the excess in a reasonable amount of time.

Finally got through to someone and my coffee supplier will send the coffee that I didn't get. I'll do some tasting and figure out of I can use the extra Nicaraguan coffee. If that's not going to work I can send the extra back, but if I can make it work that's just easier for everybody.

Got far enough on the current chunk of code to find more bugs to fix. There's a little more functionality to add, but I want to do a bit of clean up first.

My pack of free COVID tests arrived in the mail today.

I think I might order a pizza for dinner tonight.

Grr... the coffee that I ordered is not quite the coffee that was delivered and the one that I wanted most urgently is the one that got replaced with double of a different coffee. Hopefully they didn't double sell my coffee and I'll still be able to get it, but the person responsible isn't answering the phone so hopefully they notice and respond to an email promptly.

The cat wanted hugs last night.

Expecting some new coffees to be delivered tomorrow and then another new coffee next week. One of the coffees showing up tomorrow needs to wait while I sell out of the coffee it's replacing, but the other three I can start working on right away.

It seems that I've been drafted into another guild. I've worked with at least three members in their leadership on some project or other over the years so I'm assuming they want me to work on something again.