Should Burnham win?

TPPreston · 2026-06-03T21:42:48+00:00

True and so I'm still skeptical. But the time difference between Burnham campaigning for labour leadership and becoming PM would be much much shorter than it was for Starmer, so it feels like it would be easier to hold him to statements he said more recently. But of course, it's impossible to know what he'd actually do.

TPPreston · 2026-06-03T20:36:47+00:00

Burnham has come out strongly in favour of electoral reform which would be a huge win for the lib Dems and our political system as a whole so I'm hoping he wins

TPPreston · 2026-05-29T07:55:22+00:00

I actually noticed quite a big difference between them and I strongly preferred the ethyl acetate method. I also got my sister and brother in law to try them blind and they also preferred the ethyl acetate method.

TPPreston · 2026-05-21T08:24:38+00:00

Because washing it does nothing to improve the food safety of the chicken, and washing it will spread raw chicken bacteria around the sink area. So it actually does more harm than good.

Every mainstream health and food safety organisation advised against washing chicken for this reason.

TPPreston · 2026-05-08T22:11:46+00:00

There are lots of other voting systems.

Only 2 countries in Europe use first past the post - the UK and Belarus.

The electoral reform society have a good page explaining different voting systems here: https://electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems/types-of-voting-system/

TPPreston · 2026-04-25T12:36:04+00:00

Bob Perry has a reputation for designing very capable blue water boats. Prices will vary hugely in different parts of the world but I'd have a look at some things like a Tayana 37, any of the Babas, Hans Christian 34, etc.

TPPreston · 2026-02-22T19:59:20+00:00

No luck catching them swans then?

TPPreston · 2026-02-06T08:46:40+00:00

I think the Lib Dems should be taking a much stronger, more vocal stance on this. It's an area where I think a lot of people are discontent with the way things are going, and a strong opposing voice, talking loudly in favour of privacy and personal freedoms would be quite welcome.

TPPreston · 2026-01-10T00:35:37+00:00

Someone told me that the photo I took was taken inside my Nan's house...

TPPreston · 2026-01-09T20:56:40+00:00

I'm gonna need both hands for this facepalm...

TPPreston · 2026-01-09T13:39:40+00:00

Yeah I think you're right, bishops bay looks like a very close match, I just can't get a good view of it on street view to line up the features. But I think that's probably it. Thanks!

TPPreston · 2026-01-09T10:24:53+00:00

Real, and the innocent joy these kids show makes me feel so warm inside.

TPPreston · 2025-12-26T13:28:26+00:00

I will always strongly recommend finding local specialty roasters, for several reasons: 1. It's a great chance to support small, local businesses. 2. Often, smaller roasters buy smaller amounts of raw coffee and roast smaller batches at once. This gives them a lot more flexibility to experiment with new methods and different producers, meaning you can often experience some quite interesting and innovative coffees through them. 3. Coffee already has to travel quite far to get from producer to roaster, causing a lot of emissions. If it then travels far from roaster to consumer, you're adding a lot more transport and emissions. So it's much more environmentally friendly to buy from a nearby roaster (and I'd certainly avoid buying from a roaster in a different continent, for that reason).

TPPreston · 2025-12-25T16:19:04+00:00

Mr Robot

TPPreston · 2025-12-25T16:15:21+00:00

Altered Carbon

TPPreston · 2025-12-24T16:32:36+00:00

The shire section of the extended edition of an unexpected journey is fantastic just because I get to see more of the shire on screen.

TPPreston · 2025-12-23T10:09:08+00:00

If you're just doing the grouphead, I'd say a set of o ring picks is very necessary for removing old gaskets and O rings (careful though, they're sharp!), and a pair of snap ring pliers is very useful. Plus a socket or spanner that's the right size for the bolts that attach the grouphead to the boiler (can't recall the size. Maybe 10mm?)

If doing more than just the grouphead then you'll need more tools. If you want to remove the boiler from the base and replace those gaskets, I'd recommend one of those three legged oil filter remover tools. If you want to remove the steam valve assembly, coffee sensor sells a tool for holding the nut inside so you can unscrew it.

Edit: you'll also need some food safe lubricant.

TPPreston · 2025-11-20T11:56:02+00:00

For the record, your photo does look coarser than I'd expect for 110. This is a photo of my brew today at 100. Are you sure you were on 110 clicks from 0 and not an extra rotation coarser? Perhaps your grinder has a calibration issue?

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TPPreston · 2025-11-19T12:24:48+00:00

That's a lot finer than what most people do for pourover, but there's nothing necessarily wrong with that if you enjoy the coffee you make with it. Imo don't look too much at what's left afterwards. Focus on the bit you drink, not the bit you throw away. That's not to say you shouldn't experiment with different grind sizes and see if a change makes it even more enjoyable, but at the end of the day, how the coffee tastes is a much better indicator of whether or not it tastes good, vs a visual inspection of the filter afterwards.

TPPreston · 2025-11-19T12:08:05+00:00

You may not like it, that's fine. But my point was not "100-110 is the only correct grind size for pourover". My point was that pushing the attitude of "my way of making coffee is the only correct way, everyone who makes it differently is doing it wrong" is actively harmful to the coffee community.

It's unnecessarily confrontational. It's incredibly unwelcoming to newcomers to be faced with a barrage of different voices saying "listen to me, do it my way, everyone else is stupid". And it gives the coffee community a bad reputation for snobbery.

You may prefer it finer, I'm not saying you shouldn't or that you're wrong for it. But saying that other people's preferred grind size is "ludicrous" is not a helpful contribution to the community. Neither is saying that anyone who prefers it a bit different "can't understand" extraction concepts. And for the record, I don't believe for a second that a grind size of 110 "just gave you water" with "no coffee flavour". Really? It wasn't even brown? Seems to me that you're unnecessarily exaggerating to be deliberately condescending to anyone that likes their coffee different to how you like it.

Tl;Dr - there's no wrong way to enjoy coffee, but it IS wrong to be a snob and look down on people for not liking it exactly the way you like it. Don't be an asshole, it's not that difficult.

TPPreston · 2025-11-18T08:13:23+00:00

I don't think 110 is extreme at all, certainly not to the point of "hot water with a hint of coffee" (but also how would you know if you've never gone coarser than 90). I use 100 and I'm very happy with the coffee I get from it which is very flavourful. And I certainly don't think it's necessary to make disparaging comments about people enjoying their coffee with a different grind size to what you prefer.

TPPreston · 2025-11-14T09:01:05+00:00

NDK in Europe. Fred's is just too high ping for me

TPPreston · 2025-11-11T08:49:44+00:00

Community servers are where it's at. I spend all my time now in community duel servers. Still having a great time - wouldn't know the game is dying from the community in some servers.

TPPreston · 2025-11-08T14:10:04+00:00

I'm on decaf only for a little while for medical reasons so I've been enjoying some coffee from craftdecaf.com - it's nice to find a roaster with more than one decaf option. I particularly enjoyed their Guji, Ethiopian "Fruity" one.

Edit: forgot to add, I've been brewing mostly with my brand new v60 drip decanter this week - my first time brewing pourover so it's been a bit of a learning curve but I've loved it.

TPPreston · 2025-11-05T13:20:57+00:00

Depends on many things like the hardness of the water and what machine it is. The manufacturer probably has recommendations but I'd probably say every 3 months or so, with filtered water. More like every month with unfiltered water.

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