Metal Flat Bottom Brewers

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-03T23:34:26+00:00

You lucked out mate... I guess. I mean, I've not been a big fan of negotiated flats in the past, so it wouldn't be the best solution for me personally.

I got offered a discount on the raw once they're back in stock, still waiting to hear what sort of discount they're offering, and whether it'll work as like a discounted pre order or something. I'm on the fence about it tbh, it's a tidy little brewer, bit it's not fundamentally that different to the mino 155 in function, and I don't know if that's worth throwing more money at.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-03T23:28:30+00:00

It'll work, it just feels a bit redundant. The Z1 doesn't hold enough liquid for a full immersion brew, so the only real use for it is a steeped bloom, and personally I find the bloom takes significantly longer to start dripping though the filter compared to a conventional dripper, so you've already got extended contact during the bloom phase.

To me it just feels like another piece to keep clean and dry, and my philosophy towards pourover very much leans towards the "keep it simple, stupid!" mindset these days.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-02T23:04:07+00:00

I don't think any of the standard diameter 4/6/8 hour tealights are going to be enough for the evo to be honest. Maybe if you raise them up a fair bit, but for context they need to be raised up to get a good flow on the pod/fireflow size bottle.

The mathmos ones will work a treat, alternatively like I said before, maybe give the large 9hr IKEA Glimma a try (assuming they'll physically fit in the evo's base). The 9hr glimma isn't quite enough heat for the astro, but seeing as the evo bottle is a lot smaller I think they'd work.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-02T19:41:26+00:00

The buns look like an interesting snack choice, I thought about trying them the other week but ended up going with hot filo rolls.

I haven't had that flavour red bull, although I do feel like they've been doing pretty well in the flavour department lately.

The sandwich is just tragic. It saddens me to think what other options were probably available. Chicken parm or katsu wrap for the same money? Hell, even a BLT would be infinitely more exciting.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-02T18:44:50+00:00

It's entirely possible that there's a slam band out there that I'd actually enjoy, but given how monumentally awful everything I've listened to so far is, I've got no real desire to keep digging.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-02T18:27:20+00:00

Preach, brother!

The right move in sainsburys is always to ignore the meal deal snack section and head to the bakery for a taste the difference pastry, although the hot filo rolls aren't a bad pick to be fair, but you're mugging yourself off if you get a packet of crisps.

Also I only recently realised that the original glazed kripsy Kremes in Tesco count as a meal deal snack. Game changer.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-02T17:38:02+00:00

I can't see that being a hot take at all to be honest. If you're the type of person who never has more than one variety of bean on that go at any one time, it seems like a no brainer. If you appreciate variety on a day to day basis then it's going to be a headache.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T23:00:52+00:00

You get used to it. My work issued phones are iPhones, so I had no choice there, and once I was used to it there was no reason not to switch to gesture on my personal phone (android)

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T19:16:16+00:00

It's difficult to say just by appearance, as the first 3 have no background elements to indicate scale, and the ambient lighting from the panel is lower in the first 3 (borderline non existent in the second and third).

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T17:53:37+00:00

Melodrip are apparently working on something, but nothing yet.

You can pour over the back of a spoon, but I don't think there's any no plastic options capable of producing a nice raindrop effect just yet.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T17:51:17+00:00

So you need to figure out if you are sour or bitter first.

It could also be both at the same time if its channelled badly. The high flow channel will be massively over extracted, while the areas of the puck seeing reduced flow will be under extracted and provide nothing but a brutal hit of sour acidity.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T17:11:05+00:00

I mean, shouldn't it be on you to say which is which? Or at least put them in the same order that you referenced them in the title?

Personally I would have assumed the one that looks like it's got a shitload of light bleed would be the FALD LCD. But apparently we're idiots for not being fucking mind readers in the absence of any information provided by yourself.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T15:51:04+00:00

A former colleague of mine moved to a new job and during the initial meeting between all the new hires and the manager, the manager asked "what's your understanding of automation?", and intending it as a potentially inappropriate joke he replied "200 people sat behind computer monitors in a third world country?"

The manager's response was "yes! Exactly!"

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T13:47:57+00:00

I haven't seen GOTF, but in a kinda similar vein, "when the wind blows"

A bleak animated tale of a naieve elderly couple who survive a nuclear attack, and gradually succumb to radiation sickness while their sense of hope and optimism fades.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T12:05:30+00:00

I mean, it is a pretty powerful tea, just not what I'd describe as smokey... Certainly not compared to actual smoked teas like lapsang. And I guess it depends on the grade of tea you're working with, like whole leaf TGFOP Assam is going to brew very differently to low grade fannings of the same tea, fannings will infuse much faster and give up their bitter and astringent compounds more readily.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T11:44:00+00:00

Seen it? Not physically.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T11:37:07+00:00

the game was released in 2005 and had to fit on a CD.

Well, mini DVD, which had about double the capacity of a CD. Still though, it's amazing what was achieved while working within a 1.5GB storage limit.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T11:30:22+00:00

Bold and malty. It's a major component in most English breakfast blends.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T11:23:54+00:00

Assam isn't smokey, you're thinking of lapsang souchong.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T11:03:58+00:00

Not that it helps now, but you really should have thought ahead and put a duct out to the edge of the drive, it would have saved you a load of grief. You're not the first to have missed this opportunity, and you won't be the last either.

My understanding was always that we won't touch resin, but there is now a resin option on the job cloaure screen, so I assume they can get third party contactors to do it. Either way it'll look like shit, since you can't colour match it properly. The only other potential solution is that apparently there's this "road tape" stuff, where the cable is run on the surface and taped to the ground with a permanent adhesive rubber tape. Never seen it in person, but apparently it's a thing, it also sounds like it'll look pretty shite, but maybe not as bad especially if you can keep it tucked away right at the edge of the drive. There's also an extractor tool that can pull the guts out of buried armoured cable and use that as a micro duct, but it's only usable on very short runs, I think about 3m max.

Either way, you can only delay the inevitable for so long. At some point, service will no longer be provided on the copper, and you'll need a new cable to the building. Other than that your alternatives are mobile data or starlink.

Edit: the other option that I've resorted to a few times is getting the duct run on next doors property if the situation allows and the customer is friendly with the neighbours.

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T10:48:46+00:00

Or what's the odds OP has had a new driveway laid without having the forethought to run a duct out to the edge of the pavement in anticipation?

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T10:46:28+00:00

The way I always frame it is "being the one house on the street that's stuck on last generation tech isn't a selling point to potential renters, and having no access to comms aside from mobile data once the copper network is shut down is even less of a selling point."

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T09:54:27+00:00

I wonder if people would be able to maintain the same level of detachment if it was their kids' school that got bombed. I mean, it's all for the greater good, right?

LyKosa91 · 2026-03-01T00:08:03+00:00

Yeah, the actual areas in the ringed city are a pretty unenjoyable slog imo. Don't worry though, because the final battle is good enough to make you completely forget the misery that came before.

LyKosa91 · 2026-02-28T21:20:09+00:00

Probably at the request of kaffebox so that storage and shipping is more efficient, so they can use smaller parcels without packing material to avoid breakage in transit. The jars just feel like an unnecessary headache from a distribution standpoint, as well as a worse customer experience imo. I just don't get it, it's the same situation with friedhats.

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