Another nice thing is it takes up a lot less counterspace than our ninja coffee maker and random grinder.
I went ahead and grabbed some Starbucks beans to start with and random sugar free syrups to try before switching to sugarry ones.
Not sure if it’s just a low/high type of setting or if it’s in degrees. Most people are generally around 195-200F for darker roasts. Lighter roasts are harder to extract so more like 200-205F.
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My machine is huge, my grinder isn’t small, and then I have the tamper out there, plus the milk pitcher. I totally appreciate how compact the fully automatic machines are.
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Interesting, sounds like you still get a few of the important things to adjust. I watched one of the review videos in the amazon link, kinda cool how it makes all the steps happen internally.
I do make a bit of a mess with mine throughout the week…the grinder sometimes tosses a few grounds off the portafilter that end up on the machine drain and elsewhere around it. Not a big deal (and easy for me to clean up where I have it), but I think it would be a bit much to have in the kitchen on top of the regular coffee stuff (my SO prefers the drip stuff).
huh, good to know. That probably explains why I have not enjoyed those as much. Maybe I need to fiddle with temp some more.
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It’s also a personal preference thing beyond the brewing temp. Would you like your coffee more toward floral and fruity, or more towards the chocolaty, smoky, and nutty? No wrong answers. I used to make exclusively dark roasts, but mix it up a little. I still generally prefer dark roasts or medium dark roasts. My current beans were labeled “medium-dark” roast which I generally like but I think might have been mislabeled. Seems light-medium to me, so I cranked up the temp and steep time.
There is zero consistency in how this gets labeled.
The other related thing I’ve noticed is what people label ‘espresso’ beans varies widely, as tastes have changed. Historically it would be a very dark roast, but modern espresso beans are lighter, so YMMV buying ‘espresso’ beans.
Jaspess is ready to fight our hand mixer. (More bc the accessory tub is a super pain to snap on than its actual function.) So I’m potentially in the market for a new one. Anyone have experience with a cordless one? If not, which one do you like?
I have no useful advice, but you got a cordless drill? The sawdust residue will add a little texture to your muffins.
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Drill and driver. I would love to slap one of those on the driver. arr are arr, More Power!
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I think I have a Kitchen Aid. Not cordless. Don’t use it a ton, but it’s held up fine over the decades.
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Spouse has a kitchen aid as well. Loves it.
Speaking of merging hand tools with kitchen utensils, I bought fillet knives for that 1970’s looking electric knife we had lying around that never gets used. Now I use it to fillet fish. Noice.
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Support for the old one stopped altogether; and I started noticing a need to reboot more frequently to keep things running smoothly.
“bought” (well, renting) a T-Mobile home internet box over the weekend. $50 / month for 5G home internet vs. $107 for Spectrum using an attached line. We’re testing it out. So far I haven’t had any issues with either speed or bandwidth. I had one TV showing Hulu, a laptop with Netflix playing, and another laptop with 2 YouTube browsers playing Gordon Ramsay, so seemed like enough for what I would ever want to do.
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Finally upgrading from the garage sale desk I bought at the start of COVID. Self-reward for writing an exam, pass or fail.
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Just bought a nice ($340) chess set for my friend’s bday. I don’t usually get him or anyone anything, but it seemed like a good fit. Anyway, it was due to arrive Sunday, but we got a knock from our door today, from our friendly neighbor to tell us that it was being carted off by a random drunk. So we ran after the guy, took back the stuff. And left him with his cart, and a definitely stolen turntable.
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I need new sunglasses. Haven’t bought a pair in about 15 years, looking at the Maui Jim aviator styles, I see Costco sells some of these for way below what MJ sell for at other shops. Anyone ever bought these from Costco? Is the quality on par with the rest of them?
ended up getting the cordless KitchenAid one. It’s fantastic. 
Only minor downside is I had to order the whisk and dough hook attachments separately.
For Teacher Appreciation, since she isn’t appreciated at her current school (she’s an intervention specialist, so basically just a “helper teacher” in the eyes of most kids and adults alike 
), I also got her a Ninja Blast portable blender, and her mom got her a sick-looking Stanley mug in her school’s colors.
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