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Saturday, Oct 6, 2012
Today is five years since I left Albuquerque to go to Alamogordo to help my parents. Thank God it’s over and I’m back home :) I found my old buddy Nina on Facebook and I am very excited to have her over. She used to be a regular fixture at my place when I lived…
Read More Saturday, Oct 6, 2012Adjusting Gaggia’s OPV to compensate for altitude?
All of the following is explained in the video… Alamogordo, NM = 4336ft Rio Rancho, NM = 5282ft March 2010, 1 3/4 turn CCW = -1.75 July 2010, 1/2 turn CW = -1.25 Oct 2012, 1/2 turn CCW = -1.75 UPDATE: I turned it another 1/2 turn CCW, so it’s now at what I’ll assume…
Read More Adjusting Gaggia’s OPV to compensate for altitude?Thursday, Oct 4, 2012
Tuesday, sept 18, 2012
This morning was pretty chilly, but the rest of the day was quite warm – to warm for my taste. It got to 82 inside without me noticing – AC was off while I was doing house work. Now that I finally got some idea of how to pull decent shots of those Satellite beans,…
Read More Tuesday, sept 18, 2012Monday, Sept 17, 2012 – Terra’s first day at her new job
I think I may have got it. I got a grind that smells great, dosed 16.5g and got a very foamy shot that tasted good. So, I updosed to 18 and got a substantially less foamy shot that tasted the same. Next I will try updosing to 19g. I haven’t mentioned the weather in a…
Read More Monday, Sept 17, 2012 – Terra’s first day at her new jobSept 16, 2012 – our last Sunday
Spent over an hour trying to dial in the beans we got from Satellite – tried TEN times. Got fast, huge bubbles or choked shots for the most part. Changed grind and dose over and over. A coarser grind smelled and tasted best but I couldn’t get the right dose. Tried a range from 16g…
Read More Sept 16, 2012 – our last SundayThursday, Sept 13, 2012
Moogle threw up his breakfast this morning – on the tile floor, fortunately – he hadn’t done that since before we moved in here and we’ve feared it. I guess we’ll start locking the kitties out a little while after their breakfast from now on. It was quite chilly this morning at Wesley’s bus stop. …
Read More Thursday, Sept 13, 2012Monday, Sept 10
I swapped out the lock nut type thing from my old Kyocera grinder into the new Porlex grinder. The internals of the two seem to be identical yet we can’t seem to get as fine a grind. With this old nut in, it does cinch down tighter and I almost choked my espresso machine this…
Read More Monday, Sept 10my caffeine blessing
O Lord, I dost thank Thee for the bounty of this espresso shot and pray that it wouldst be perkifying to mine body and mind, in Thy mercy.
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