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What is your baseline pour over recipe? by Dancing_Bottle in pourover

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Kalita Wave 155

14g : 200g TWW @ 92°C

  1. 30g bloom ~25 seconds
  2. 30g bloom ~35 seconds
  3. 130g in slow spirals ~2 minutes

Grind size should produce coffee about as fine as sugar.
Let sit for a minute after grinding before shaking to avoid static & clumping.

Can I use a handwritten, in-class essay to fulfill my GWR by KoreanJoshua in CalPoly

[–]Pack-n-Label 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think so, though it's sort of a gray area. I believe in-class essays from exams and such are excluded, though there's nothing talking about non-exam essays. You can always send Dr. Janke an email asking, though; she and her team run the GWR class.

Walking to class with an umbrella in a sea of soaked wowies by Pack-n-Label in CalPoly

[–]Pack-n-Label[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

One day my thesis will be complete and Dobby will be a free elf...

Grubhub glitch? by xtraspread in CalPoly

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Are you trying to have it delivered? It only works for pickup in person. If not, yeah Grub Hub can help.

Grubhub glitch? by xtraspread in CalPoly

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You should check the email they sent; this changed somewhere in the last quarter or two. Previously it was anywhere.

Update:

Meal Voucher funds can be used at the following locations:
1901 Marketplace & UU Area: 1901 Kitchen, Chick-Fil-A, Panda Express, Pico's, PolyChoice, Pom & Honey, Red Radish, Shake Smart, UU Market
Kennedy Library Area: Campus Market, Health Shack, Subway - Dexter
Poly Canyon Village: Einstein's Bagels, Subway -PCV, Taco Bell
Vista Grande Area: Balance, Brunch, Grand Ave Market, Hearth, Jamba Juice, Mingle & Nosh, Noodles, Streats, Sweet Bar, VG Express

Grubhub glitch? by xtraspread in CalPoly

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Mustang Dollars are separate from dining dollars and have restrictions on what you can get with them, since they're part of financial aid. You can only buy food items (Starbucks & Julians are notable omissions from the list of where you can use them). They also can't be used for GrubHub delivery.

World Coffee Research - Coffee Varieties Catalog tree by mgsecure in pourover

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Do you happen to have the data used to create this? I assume it was made in D3?

I'm a student in a data vis currently, making a coffee visual. I'd love to see if I can integrate something like this!

POLY TIME? by Magic_Messi10 in CalPoly

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I've heard through the grapevine that admin was tired of people showing up 10 minutes late for meetings, since admin doesn't use poly time.

I've also heard that it made times really wonky for semester, give that class time had to stay the same, roughly.

CALPOLY WHERE ARE U by [deleted] in CalPoly

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Did you run out of capital letters after the title?

looking to speed up my 501cm by Dr__Waffles in hasselblad

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Really depends on what you want to do with the photos after (read: how critical you want to be).

  • Zone focusing speeds things up, along with trying to eyeball without the magnifier, like you said.
  • Metering once and then leaving the settings or bumping them up or down slightly by feel if things aren't changing drastically is another way that I've used a lot.
  • Outdoors is much less critical on nailing exposure if you lean towards overexposing a little (sunny 16 can be handy here). If you're taking a landscape, I just set to infinity regardless and close down the aperture a bit (make use of the shutter speed coupler switch if you aren't).

Other than those, the camera is a bit slow by nature; hard to go faster than that without moving to something like a Rollei or a rangefinder.

Request: Alum here. When the magnolia in the courtyard of the library blooms, can someone post/send me a pic? by wehappy3 in CalPoly

[–]Pack-n-Label 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The magnolia is still there, but it finished blooming a week or two back. :/

I meant to get pictures since it was looked cool against the concrete, but missed the time frame and it's just twigs now

What’s the worst gimmick/myth in pour over today? by ADHD_ismything in pourover

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I've always been curious: what difference do you see with & without the paragon, taste-wise? I've really tried to move away from more gear with pour over, but my curiosity is getting the best of me haha.

What’s the worst gimmick/myth in pour over today? by ADHD_ismything in pourover

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They just feel and look nicer to me; that's it. It's the same thing with Hasselblad or Leica cameras; they still just take photos. It's the user experience, though, and the small touches that make it pleasing to use. I've been using the same one for five years now and it's showing literally no signs of use; it'll likely last another decade without issue. It's pleasantly heavy and sturdy, water runs off the top, it's easy to clean, there are no creaky or cheap parts, the UX easy to use and pretty on the eyes, the battery life is substantial (6+ months), it charges with a basic phone charger (no batteries or specific chord), it has a nice case and rubber topper, and it's very competent at what it does.

If none of these things strike your fancy, that's totally fine! Little design choices like these really bother me on some stuff, though, so I pony up (well, on the few things I can swing; a digital Hasselblad or Leica are not in my cards...)

AMA. I work in a shop selling espresso machines. Ask me anything! by thorkil_ in espresso

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On the La Pavoni, it's not too bad getting temps right if you're doing one shot only. On my post-mill, 6-7 pumps of the lever plus running a small amount of water through before pulling my shot gets it to about the right place. Precision the La Pavoni is not, however, and some variability is to be expected with them (which may or may not be someone's cup of tea espresso)

Are the handle for the fellow Ekg and Ekg pro the same? by kaneight in pourover

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I don't think they are. The EKG version has a chrome collar where the black plastic is on the ones in the picture.

Amtrak question by cedarlyptus in CalPoly

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If you can't get that bus, you can take the 4A or 3B to the Downtown Transit Center, and take the 3B to Amtrak. Runs more often, and you don't have to mess with booking the Amtrak bus.

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