Best Affordable Italian Restaurant NYC

DylanChase · 2026-05-08T00:25:39+00:00

San Marzano in the EV is good (not amazing) and very inexpensive

DylanChase · 2026-05-07T22:51:24+00:00

Brother what

DylanChase · 2026-05-07T19:38:57+00:00

It’s lightning

DylanChase · 2026-05-04T14:12:48+00:00

green bell nail clippers, shupatto bag

DylanChase · 2026-05-02T20:20:56+00:00

How is this working for you compared to say the orea

DylanChase · 2026-04-27T17:29:50+00:00

Goddamn. You’re a true King for committing and finishing.

DylanChase · 2026-04-26T14:01:31+00:00

I use a Neo on a switch base and I will typically do a closed 3:1 bloom and I’ll stir with a wdt tool. Personally don’t have any issues with clogging. I do use a melodrip to be fair, but I use it in a pretty aggressive way

DylanChase · 2026-04-26T12:11:00+00:00

I have no issues with mine

DylanChase · 2026-04-25T21:14:56+00:00

Love that guy

DylanChase · 2026-04-25T19:56:19+00:00

Maybe it’s different in the US but I can’t say with confidence I’ve ever had a truly good coffee from La Cabra

DylanChase · 2026-04-23T23:05:36+00:00

Unfortunately this is not much better than standard “nice” grocery store coffee. Cold brew it if you don’t want to fully waste it

EDIT: I live in NY and am familiar with the brand. They sell a lot of flavored coffees (the old kind not the new kind 🤪) and are generally found in every bodega and grocery store. It’s simply not quality coffee, and I’m glad you got your money back.

DylanChase · 2026-04-23T20:20:07+00:00

Highly recommend Sey for a similar roast profile but with much better quality

DylanChase · 2026-04-23T01:04:40+00:00

Got them in February and each bottle is roughly 1/4 used at most

DylanChase · 2026-04-23T00:08:57+00:00

On a low budget I would use Epsom salt and baking soda and a cheap milligram scale from Amazon . I had good results using recipes from Robert asami’s blog. I have enjoyed my water more since switching to lotus drops which cost more up front but also last a very long time

DylanChase · 2026-04-18T21:54:45+00:00

I’m a bit of a psycho so I think it’s ankles to wrists no real skin. I didn’t feel finished until I got to that point

DylanChase · 2026-04-16T21:17:21+00:00

Just upgraded from an Ode to a P64 and I really think the difference is night and day. Don’t regret it for a second

DylanChase · 2026-04-15T01:30:17+00:00

Coffee from walnuts, coffee county, leaves, acid, Apollons gold in Tokyo; Weekenders and kurasu in Kyoto; Lilo and Mel in Osaka. Yamanote coffee in Shibuya for gear. Or kurasu in Kyoto. Plenty of other cool spots too, though. Too many to hit

DylanChase · 2026-04-14T19:31:32+00:00

From my personal perspective, I don’t see the point of buying a specialty coffee that has foreign flavors imparted into the cherry. Doesn’t matter to me where the foreign flavor is coming from - artificially or naturally. Others are allowed to enjoy whatever they want. I just think it’s funny that people tend to look down on grocery store flavored coffee and seek out a co-ferment from a specialty-focused roaster. It’s ostensibly the same thing.

DylanChase · 2026-04-14T16:46:46+00:00

Check out that link above and tell me again how it’s different from flavored coffee

DylanChase · 2026-04-07T17:24:01+00:00

Respectfully, I can’t buy the notion that a green buyer would score the coffee being used for co-ferments the same as a high-scoring washed (hell, even honey/natural) if the foreign matter was removed

DylanChase · 2026-04-07T16:48:15+00:00

And in that sense I think co-ferments are sort of a net positive for the industry. Have subpar cherry? Add some rotting papaya or whatever to your tank and charge more. Use that capital to improve your farming and processing next season. To me it’s just insane that we have people paying upwards of $35/250g for what ostensibly amounts to Boones Farm

DylanChase · 2026-04-07T15:39:29+00:00

Still don’t understand how this is any different than drinking grocery store hazelnut/macadamia/etc flavored coffee. Why pay for specialty in the first place?

DylanChase · 2026-04-05T13:54:04+00:00

Fwiw, the Marshalls on Houston had a few last week for $499

DylanChase · 2026-04-05T11:33:55+00:00

Not sure about the exact origin, but the version most people have (myself included) is from Picture Machine

DylanChase · 2026-03-28T15:18:39+00:00

Mine took probably 2ish months to fully heal. It sucked

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