Context

🦄 made a coffee robot poster for the kitchen brew nook for Valentine’s day! Adoration.

Haven’t been outside much yet. February air wasn’t quite as cold in my tshirt as normal when taking out the garbage. Cloudy.

Listened to Peter Steinberger talk about OpenClaw on Lex Friedman while working on some laundry:

Did a few flashcards for tmux keyboard shortcuts.

Listening

Brendel playing Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” again this morning. Brings me back.

Brew Notes

Preheated 209 g purified water and burned off a bit too much.

New Gear RDT Atomizer

It was easy to put together, very slick. Purified water goes in through a tiny metal funnel by squeezing a plastic bellows synringe. Looks like lipstick when compacted.

Two aerosol sprays on the dose before grinding. Unscrewed the Timemore catchment … this RDT aerosolizer works well! Grounds could be tossed and shifted about the grinder catchment cleanly, with little cling on the cup walls.

Ground texture landed right in the workable range: loose enough to move cleanly, tight enough to stay uniform.

Groundsniff

I think the RDT changed the character of the smell of the grounds. It made the particulate matter speak. A tunnel to a vibrant underworld, filed with black purple velvet hairs that are glowing.

New Gear - Hario 03 Brown Cone Filters

Finally ran out of the filters that came with the Hario Switch. After a day or two using Melissa O2 “conical” filters (really more of a prism shape), which worked okay, my new Hario 03 brown cone filters came.

Somehow the brown filters feel more compostable, as the white filters were likely bleeched to achieve its gleam.

Observe

RDT with the aerosolizer reduced winter static significantly.

Setup was quick and low-cost, and the technique felt repeatable.

Tasty

First, sparkled with acidity and caramel.
Second, enjoyable, and at a sideways tilt,
whirling around.
Third, mohagonay veneer.
Some wet splash with bright light glare;
the edge of the tongue with its oils
like a creme brulee film.
n, finer things of life unlocked.

Reflect

Using this aerosolizer is worth it. Cheap and respectful. Ideal in a way. Default going forwards.

[ cup2 · saturday · listening · equipment/new · water/purified ]

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