We went and got five pounds of Espresso Italiano from Red Rock Roasters here in Albuquerque. These beans are old faithful to us. Our favorite and most reliable, so we’re back in business :) We picked up The Walking Dead issue #102 (it just came out today) and didn’t get around to reading it yet. …
Read More Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012Spent 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 SundayMy sleep debt is down to 7:38 thanks to not taking my phone to bed. But, I woke up very early and had a hard time getting back to sleep. Well, we go to bed at 9 and get up at 7 most days. So, a change will have to be made. But, I think…
Read More Wednesday, sept 12, 2012We got a couple small bottles of Torani syrup at Walmart the other day, caramel and vanilla. This morning, I made Terra an iced vanilla latte and I had an iced caramel Americano. We really do avoid flavoring coffee – we see it as what people do to cover the taste of bad coffee –…
Read More Tuesday, sept 11, 2012I 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 10Woke up (late – I guess lack of sleep caught up to me) to find the breakfast crock pot casserole thing turned out pretty good. We love this new house, new dining room set, and loved eating a nice breakfast as a family in the morning light in a nice dining room at a nice…
Read More What a great day :)So, my sleep debt is 8hrs 43mins, s of today. Here’s my sleep trend graph. What a mess. But, again, I think I should change my sleep requirement to 7 hours instead of 8. It seems to be what I do, even on a day there’s no reason to get up.
Read More me & Sleepbot for AndroidHome fellowship was canceled tonight, so we spent some quality time with the PS3 YouTube app – watched a bunch of coffee videos and the 14 episodes released so far of H+. I made iced Americanos at breakfast – they were good enough and the shots are going well. This grinder doesn’t have enough steps…
Read More Thursday, Sept 6I made iced coffee with espresso shots (“depth charges”) this morning. It’s good to have the new grinder. Stayed caught up on laundry. Swept the rocks of the sidewalk. Did some long overdue video editing. Made a deer roast in the new crock pot with frozen mixed veg and tater tots. Served with Texas toast.…
Read More Wednesday, Sept 5