Neal Wilson ✅ @neal@social.typica.us

Earlier at the event someone asked me if a particular type of control system could be developed (extremely niche use case, but technically possible) and today someone told me about a thing they're developing which would (provided it works) make the initial setup of that quite a bit easier. It's sort of like living slightly in the future of coffee roasting.

One of the odd aspects of how I've positioned myself in the coffee industry is that a lot of people tell me about their cool secret projects and I can't tell anybody about those.

This is the machine I've been teaching at today.

Jim Brady and Rob Hoos delivering another excellent heat transfer in roasting class.

Done with teaching for this event. Time for lunch.

Instructors were all told we'd have HDMI but I was the only one to bring a cable so all the roasting workshops (not CSP) have gone through my cable.

After the Coffee Roasters Guild mixer.

I keep ending up in close proximity to tech companies meeting. I've heard the word blockchain thrown around in entirely too many contexts where 1. the user shouldn't care and 2. it's a terrible way to implement what they're trying to do.

Was given some green coffee. Grown in Veracruz then taken to a drier part of the country for natural processing. Looking forward to roasting and tasting that.

Another #cat pic

State Department email says my new passport is on the way so I'll again be available for international gigs.

Was given a very nice cupping spoon today. Anne gave me one of these last year so now I have a matching set for skimming. Also, a Coffee Roasters Guild member pin.

Daily proof of life photo of the #cat

Very pleased with how the classes today went. Minds were blown.

Students are at the machines. #coffee #roasting Roast Level Exploration and Profile Design

was handed a bunch of hemp milk on my way out of the party. I suppose I'll have to drink that before I leave town.

Coffeea weighed out for tomorrow's class.

Today's cat photo.

One of the manufacturers set their machine on fire while it was empty. #oops No big deal. Well contained.