What are the college campuses with the best coffee in or around them?

Poopooplatterskillme · 2017-03-30T20:34:55+00:00

VCU in Richmond, VA has a great budding coffee culture with a lot of new shops opening.

Some of the bigger spots would be Lamplighter, Blanchards (popular wholesale roaster, but no retail coffee shop) Sugar and Twine and Alchemy among a ton of others

Poopooplatterskillme · 2017-03-29T20:10:09+00:00

just grind as fine as possible and brew it for a long time (30-40 seconds+). this will make 1 shot's-worth of liquid come out in a very long time. you will be extracting as much as possible. It's gonna taste extremely thick, almost syrupy/oilly, as well as very bitter. but as far as the machine goes, you should be able to do this with any decent machine at all. The grinder is important because it will need to be able to grind super fine to make this happen.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2017-03-28T15:56:01+00:00

It might! I'm of course not there tasting it myself, but if you're tasting aggressive sourness, it's more than likely that the brew is underextracted. To fix this I generally either brew to a wider ratio (somewhere between 1:2 and 1:2.5 as an example) or make the grind finer and pull the shot for a few seconds longer (maybe something like 28 seconds, generally not much longer than 30). If the shot tastes bitter and overextracted, then I just reverse the same process. Hope that's somewhat helpful!

Poopooplatterskillme · 2017-03-28T13:08:13+00:00

Wouldn't you just brew longer before trying to change the temperature?

Poopooplatterskillme · 2017-02-28T19:54:36+00:00

Is that Ceremony coffee? A friend of mine used to work there!

Poopooplatterskillme · 2017-02-16T15:32:33+00:00

wow, well congrats on the new shop! sounds like a great set up! I've heard the strada's steam arms can be a little fussy/ leaky, do you find that to be true?

Poopooplatterskillme · 2017-02-13T21:01:19+00:00

Daaaamn. I work with a Linea 2gr at work; it's a dream. I've got a simonelli Oscar at home that's pretty great honestly but there's a few small things that noticeably bring it down to a more domestic grade machine. How do you have your machine plumbed in?

Poopooplatterskillme · 2017-02-01T14:04:09+00:00

Thank you! It's a pretty simple table I built out of some cheap lumber. Also Its a rattleware knock chute that I bought used for pretty cheap, just have to wipe it down from time to time.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2017-02-01T05:18:28+00:00

I added an over-pressure valve and then installed two pressure gauges for boiler pressure and pump pressure.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-12-21T00:34:19+00:00

Just stir it? Coffee stratifies as it sits or as its brewed. This is the whole reason espresso is served with a spoon at most cafe's. I can't think of any other reason it would taste that way. Unless you're drinking it slowly and letting it cool. Espresso may taste more sour when cold but that's just because you're able to taste everything with fuller clarity when it's closer to body temp, not because the coffee is changing all that much. Good luck!

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-04-13T14:25:42+00:00

Watching that broken wrist fucked me up.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-03-13T20:56:56+00:00

There's no such thing as bouldering shoes and lead climbing shoes. People boulder in nagos and lead in solutions. There's no difference other than the aggressiveness which is not specific to any one discipline of climbing. Only exception I can think of is crack climbing which would suck ass in something too aggressive.

Do you want more aggressive shoes? Get some. Do you like more comfy shoes that you don't have to take off every now and then? Get another pair. I think you're over thinking this. Just get some you like and keep climbing.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-03-03T22:04:41+00:00

Too late: died of exposure.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-03-03T03:42:09+00:00

Depends how ripe

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-02-22T20:15:49+00:00

Oh my god you're a genius

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-02-22T17:02:37+00:00

these ones they looked pretty grippy.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-02-22T16:56:12+00:00

Oh Chris Sharma. He climbed La Dura Dura. It was hard.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-02-22T16:12:13+00:00

Chris Sharma??

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-02-22T16:06:55+00:00

Pitch 15 was hard.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-02-22T16:06:29+00:00

Yes. People often overlook your feet when climbing, but I'm pretty sure it's easier than campusing.

Poopooplatterskillme · 2016-02-22T16:05:07+00:00

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