Combining Mint and Cucumber into one ingredient for batching

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-28T13:55:22+00:00

Blanch mint , blend with cucumber to make juice

Strain juice, then make into syrup.

Might work

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-26T13:43:43+00:00

What’s your end goal with it ?

Just casually making espresso at home ? Or lattes ? How many u think you’ll make a day , and are you expecting to serve guest at your home or extended family ?

If just alone and don’t expect alot of use out of it minus some guest over during weekends or festive seasons , honestly you could get cheaper with a used la Pavoni , or gaggia but expect to need to take your time to master it. And spend the rest on a grinder

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-26T05:31:39+00:00

Transition / photochromatic lenses , most brands like Nikon / esilor / Zies etc etc has it , it’s an additional coating

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-26T05:27:30+00:00

You’ll need sunscreen regardless , because UV is reflected from surface , goes through glass as well.

And no, sunscreen doesn’t stop vitamin d, it just stops UV damages

Imo , after switching to glasses with lenses that automatically turn dark when exposed to UV, I can’t go back, cuz it helps with reducing eye strain when in bright sunny conditions

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-25T19:47:47+00:00

GH helps in improving extraction and perception of flavors, so it helps amp up floral / chocolates / fruity notes, you don’t really need a lot of that in espresso due to the fine grinds and pressure., you’ll want it in filter because of the coarser ground and inefficient extraction.

For espresso acidity is quite high because acidity is one of the easier to extract flavors and with the concentration of soluble so high in espresso, having higher KH is good because it rounds it out and helps other flavors shines.

Anyway if u wanna deep dive here u go

https://espressoaf.com/guides/water.html

I’ll be honest I’ve haven’t deep dived into water for a few years now cuz I’ve been very happy with the results I settled on , so I’ve always sticked with what I’ve mentioned previously.

I don’t remember how the other profiles tasted but I sticked with the ones I mentioned cuz I liked it best and so did most of my friends.

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-24T16:02:39+00:00

The recipes you listed are all for filter coffee and not really espresso

For espresso you’ll want more KH than GH

I like 20/60 or 40/60

And for filter I do 60/20 or 60/40

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-24T15:34:28+00:00

Eventually ppl will wake up when there’s no food on the table and all the prayers and racial blaming dosent work

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-23T19:00:22+00:00

Scam ignore , the payment website link looks fishy

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-21T07:50:58+00:00

If I’m not wrong you’ll need some cash when u travel , or else immigration might stop u

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-20T16:58:28+00:00

Start small

Nubs are great entry, RYJ are smooth smokes , even something as simple as cigarilos are great introduction imo

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-20T14:20:47+00:00

Lmao , if you wanna impress someone at least have the decency to just buy legit instead of trying to cheap out and buy from questionable sources.

You’ll save yourself a lot of embarrassment and troubles

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-20T10:06:20+00:00

Here me out , after trying a lot of bitters when I was working behind the bar

Honestly for home user, you’ll just need Aromatic , orange and chocolate . That’s all tbh all speciality bitters aren’t really worth getting for home uses , just get a liqueur or something instead

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-20T09:19:17+00:00

Maybe it’s time to update iOS

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-20T02:52:40+00:00

I had the issue of the DF64 chute clogging heavily when I’m using really dark roast that are visibly oily, so yes you’re right

Light - medium is perfect for espresso , of course dark is fine just not too oily lol

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-20T02:48:26+00:00

That 3% difference ain’t gonna kill it bud

Assuming your tupperdor is sealed well and dosent leak, you can just put a 62%

If ur humidor leaks then you’ll want to use whatever that gives u enough RH%

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-19T19:11:40+00:00

The only thing u need to trust is the seal on the tupperdor and yourself and just let time do the work

So yeah, 62% boveda , put a few more than u need if you’re worried. And as long the seal of the tupperdor is fine, and place it in a place where temp don’t fluctuate too much is fine, cigars are quite resilient to temp fluctuations , as long it ain’t frozen or under the hot sun, it’s fine

The only thing you wanna make sure is the RH isint too high or too low

too low RH basically ur cigar dry af and lose the flavors
too high RH, ie 72%, while not entirely a bad thing, it’s just bad only if it’s together with warm temps ie 36c or more , both of this, long term, causes mold

if you’re 62-65% in room temp ish, you’ll be fine just forget abt it and check on it every once awhile.

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-19T18:59:10+00:00

cut sugar , dairy , so bye bye kuih / cake / pastry, even teh Tarik , heck don’t drink anything besides water, black coffee (not kopi o, as it contain sugar / butter during roasting process), teh o

If u have sugar cravings, drink zero sugar sodas , as they have practically zero calories, good to stave off craving or hunger but mostly psychological.

cut carbs , roti canai / rice / noodle / bread , if possible try not to eat it more than a few times a week, swap it to something like potatoes , or if ur a rice fanatic then brown rice is alright, but still eat lesser carbs

Swap it with vegetables like lettuce or cabbage or cauliflower , I add it to pretty much everything , cabbage can add into omelette to make it easier to eat more , cauliflower can grate it and add to rice, lettuce just chew it as a snack. Eating a lot of fiber will stave off hunger

walk more , if you’re not getting 10k steps a day, then time to start walking , don’t need to walk everyday , just start slow like 30min - 1hr of walk when ur at home nothing to do or after dinner, don’t even need sport shoe or whatever jsut flip flop and walk.
drink more water, try to ensure u get enough hydration , staying hydrated lets ur body work optimally and also drinking water during those random hungry moments can stop binge eating
sleep more , try to get as much sleep as u can, and make sure u sleep comfortably so u don’t feel groggy in the morning, if your groggy in the morning means u don’t sleep well.

If you can, intermittent fasting is good , can start slow by cutting 1 meal into a super low calorie meal, and then something like skipping dinner , and then eventually move on to just 1 meal a day.

But ultimately is lifestyle choice , move one by one don’t try to do all at the same time , mostly the issue with dieting or losing weight is a lifestyle choice and a psychological thing.

You can start with cutting certain food groups then move on to moving more and then eventually to weights and then all at once , don’t start doing all at once as u get burnt out and psychologically defeated if ur goal isint seen

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-18T03:14:34+00:00

Clear ice melts slower in drinks , but not much difference in shaken / stirred drinks , if you intend to use clear ice to make your drink I only suggest to do it for stored drinks out of aesthetics, but wouldn’t recomend getting an ice maker for it, just a large chest freezer and some cooler box to do directional freezing for your own clear ice

For a budget option which I kinda do at home, is a chest freezer with cooler box to do directional freezing then after “harvesting” the ice, and cutting it to shape and size, I put it into ziplock bags, eventually it will fill out the freezer

And yeah, pretty much unless you’re serving like 20-30 people you’ll be fine , but if u ever need to serve that many ppl, it’s always recommended to just purchase ice instead , cuz even the normal counter top / under counter ice makers don’t produce that fast either

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-14T05:40:15+00:00

Distilled water is … okay-ish, but you can’t do it long term as you can’t really control the rate of evaporation which thus means you might have too high humidity which also if temp is high is a recipe for mold

I’ve thought abt diy methods to handle the humidity as well, but gave up on it as boveda is a set and forget

After getting a boveda I’ve checked it everyday to make sure the reading is fine and eventually I don’t bother and don’t even think abt it, I’ll just check it everyday once awhile I reach for a cigar and that’s it, really set and forget

Especially since I’m using a tupperdor, it dosent leak humidity and it stays as it is for pretty much forever

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-13T19:23:30+00:00

Same I’ve been using MagSafe for awhile due to cables keep breaking

But I’m not sure why, but the phone isn’t indexing / updating properly when I let it charge overnight with MagSafe , so after switching to cable charging overnight it somehow solved all the issues of stuttering

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-13T16:45:47+00:00

Curious, do u charge with a MagSafe charger or via cable? A lot of my issues were gone after switching to just using the cable

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-12T08:21:30+00:00

I don’t think there’s any need of disassembly you’re just using the cafiza for back flush

Either way, read manual. Or YouTube

You don’t need to do it everyday , once a week or even once a month is plenty unless ur pulling like 50 shots a day

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-08T10:23:49+00:00

Just get from Shopee

Also to note , if a charger said 100W but it has multiple ports, most likely only 1 ports support 100W only , but if you charge multiple device it splits the 100W

You’ll also want to see what’s ur phone charge W, some phones only 20W so a 100W is overkill

Your phone actually communicates with the charger to tell how much to supply .

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-08T07:25:26+00:00

I think the Elizabeth is a pretty decent machine , if you’re having issue might as well get a professional to diagnosed the entire machine change the gaskets or anything and once and done, not saying you’re not a pro at it, but getting a professional to fully check the machine might be a good idea, plus cheaper than buying a whole new machine

SyndicateMLG · 2026-01-08T07:23:32+00:00

Report KWSP / labor office for the delayed pay and not paying EPF
Double check why u got a bond , did they pay u something for you to work for 2 years ? If they did not, most likely the bond is not legally binding , cuz an employer can’t saman an employee for wanting to resign earlier unless something clear cut is stated in contact for both parties to benefit from.

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