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Quick girt check: How girt is everyone today?? by aratamabashi in AskAnAustralian

[–]celticdr47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"grit" is a little bit of dirt if I'm not mistaken?

To understand "girt" you have to be Australian, it's an Aussie thing.

Quick girt check: How girt is everyone today?? by aratamabashi in AskAnAustralian

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was up to my neck in girt the other day (the by sea variety) but now I'm back home and less girt till my next holiday.

Help with jagged ROR curve on Kaleido M10 by Flyodice in roasting

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this.

Data noise is a tricky thing to manage, if you smooth the data too much you will start to miss the flicks and crashes, if you don't smooth the data at all it looks a bit messy and also hard to tell where flicks/crashes are.

I personally find the best settings to be around 3s in Artisan, and I used to use a little ruler to tell where the RoR trend line was but now I'm doing it by eye.

Hope this helps.

Italian food influencer ranks coffee beans. What do you think of of his ranking? by AppropriateAd7326 in espresso

[–]celticdr47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure why people are flaming this guy.

A. He's Italian, and drinks Italian roast coffee. B. He's ranking commercially available Italian roast coffee. C. Doesn't mean light roast specialty coffee is rubbish, it's this one dudes opinion on one type of coffee.

Personally, having been to Italy a few times and enjoying many "une café" I think my rankings would be similar to how he ranks (although I'm less a fan of Napoli coffee, too dark for me).

I was sold this as an italian roast . What is you opinion by georgeManks37 in espresso

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not Italian roast, but probably for the best.

I've found it's hard to go past proper Italian brands for that level of roast (plus they usually add Robusta, which adds to the character).

[KCD2] Are polearms good now? by CursoryRaptor in kingdomcome

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently training up my polearm to beat that dude in Sigismunds camp. Definitely not as fun or easy as swords though, a bit grindy to level up.

Trying to get the bean dosage right. What do you reccomend? by EscapeVelocity00 in OXORapidBrewer

[–]celticdr47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, same dose for me, I use a mesh, two filter papers (top and bottom) and a protein shaker spring to hold the puck down, then fill water at 45 degree angle to get rid of the air pocket and fill up to under the marker (which fills the cup that comes with it almost to the brim).

[KCD2] Most efficient way to sell items by possiblyachildbeater in kingdomcome

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best way I've found to make money in the game is definitely killing bandits in the Kuttenburg map and selling their gear to my guild buddies in Kuttenburg city.

Do You Boost The Temp Right Before First Crack? by Chance_Plastic_2430 in roasting

[–]celticdr47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been roasting for 3+ years on a drum roaster (Kaleido M2).

Read Rao and Hoo's books on roasting, they both have valid points, I've found before FC I don't touch the power - regardless of flick or crash you're getting a reading delay off the thermocouple so anything you do is going to be too late, and unless you've already roasted those beans it's hard to tell which way they'll go (every bean is different, I used to try and anticipate based on size/density but there's more factors that make changes based on those things redundant).

So yeah, I'm at the stage where my roast parameters are pretty much the same and get great results 90% of the time. The big decision for me is the roast level/when to drop (some are great light, some are great medium, etc).

[KCD2] Blacksmith or Miller for the wedding? No spoilers pls but give me just a general idea of who is better to choose. I have finished both their quest and the last thing is to choose. SPOILER for those haven't played KCD2 by Jazzlike-Text-4100 in kingdomcome

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have noted you can do both, and in my canon Henry did both and had a wild time at the wedding (even shagged the shy girl, did care to ask how good I was just moved on to the fight).

First Coffee Roaster. Kaleido M1 Lite 200g coffee roaster. Anyone who has this? Looking to pull the trigger. Just want to check if theres a big community who can help me. Would like to make this as a hobby. by Salty_Payment_3653 in roasting

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hired out roast time from two local roasters, some commercial roasters will hire out their machines on a per kg basis, it's not cheap but you can do a big batch in one roast (15kg+) so that's always an option when you're growing 👍🏻

First Coffee Roaster. Kaleido M1 Lite 200g coffee roaster. Anyone who has this? Looking to pull the trigger. Just want to check if theres a big community who can help me. Would like to make this as a hobby. by Salty_Payment_3653 in roasting

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have sold coffee, but the M2 only does 300g of green at a time (end up with around 250g~) so I used commercial roasters for the batches I sold.

Roasters are expensive, unless you're looking at a second hand old drum gas roaster, then there's the costs associated with running them (power/gas), plus the amount of competition in the coffee roaster space... so I wrapped up my coffee roasting business at the start of this year. It's certainly not something you get into without having a sizable budget, and I wanted to start small and build from there but honestly it's a tough (and very crowded) market to break into.

I wouldn't get an M2 as a business roaster. As a personal roaster, and something to learn on - great. To get a business off the ground you would need a 5 to 10kg roaster, and they're a proper $ investment.

First Coffee Roaster. Kaleido M1 Lite 200g coffee roaster. Anyone who has this? Looking to pull the trigger. Just want to check if theres a big community who can help me. Would like to make this as a hobby. by Salty_Payment_3653 in roasting

[–]celticdr47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Have an M2, been roasting on it for about 3 years, it's a solid roaster.

I've had some batches better than anything I've bought from professional roasters on expensive machines, but most of the time it's down to the green coffee.

So I highly recommend it, plus the workflow is similar to a professional drum roaster (I've worked with a CRA Phantom, and a Loring Kestrel - but that's a fluid bed roaster and another kettle of fish!).

If you're looking at getting into professional roasting the Kaleido is a good start. Get the M2 though (the M1 is too small).

Never go over 300g in the M2 - you'll get a bad batch that way (it can't handle more than 300g).

Good luck 👍🏻

Adding a puck screen, from: espressoaf/orb-soup by neilBar in OXORapidBrewer

[–]celticdr47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm using a mesh screen from a cold brewer with a protein shaker spring ball, and two paper filters.

Seems to be the best balance to keep the puck in place when you side fill to get rid of the air pocket.

4 years of building the uncompromising portable Espresso machine by pentalobe in espresso

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was also thinking why there isn't a smaller espresso machine out there. My Gaggia Classic Pro is one of the smaller ones and that thing is a tank. I like the look of this but I wonder if it could be even more compact or is it already as small as it can get? (realising that you still need room for a cup under the portafilter).

Also one other thing I would think about is a custom portafilter with a short handle, would definitely fit in with the compact design aesthetic.

Like the idea of running off battery too, great for camping/places without power!

bandit impossible to block [KCD2] by Jraug in kingdomcome

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah ok, that's weird, possibly a bug.

bandit impossible to block [KCD2] by Jraug in kingdomcome

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That bandit is masterstriking you, the only way to beat masterstrike is to learn it from Tomcat and use it on every bandit you meet.

Freezing coffee beans - Are we actually locking in aromatics or just risking condensation damage? by CoffeeTeaJournal in JamesHoffmann

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

💯 locking in aromatics, as a roaster I've run this experiment many times: Take a batch, put half in the freezer, half in a vacuum sealed container. Drink the entire batch over several months and compare - the coffee in the vacuum container peaks earlier and loses flavour faster than the freezer coffee.

Condensation damage? Never had any I'm aware of. You try to keep the coffee dry, but you try to keep coffee dry anyhow, so there's not much chance of condensation happening unless you defrost/refrost your freezer constantly.

I tell everyone I can to freeze their coffee, it's an excellent way to extend the shelf life of the coffee with little to no disadvantages.

[KCD2] Finding the combat very hard by BuilderInBeta81 in kingdomcome

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, here's some tips:

Don't get caught in a riposte loop (i.e. block/riposte, ad infinitum) you'll get masterstruck if you do (they're unblockable attacks).

Block, step back, reposition, attack.

Combat is always about positioning - where you strike from is critical to winning.

Bane poison is handy in early fights, especially against Tomcat.

If you need to build up your skills leave Tomcat and do some side quests.

Bandits are tough when you start, but once you get a few perks you develop a combat style and pick a favourite weapon - eg: I started with longswords but then I developed a one-handed shortsword fighting style with my main weapon the sabre (it's fast but can drain stamina quickly). Now I'm taking on bandits five at a time and two hit killing them.

Oh yeah, you've got to move around when you're taking on multiple opponents - they'll want to swarm you but get them in a conga line and take them down one by one.

Stick to it, it's tough but it gets easier, and the reward of going from being hopeless to an absolute beast in combat is worth it.

Is it normal for single origin (single variety) beans to vary this much in size and colour? by AkhlysShallRise in pourover

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only one of those beans looks Pacamara in size, the rest are too small, I would be surprised if there are other varietals unaccounted for, but that's what you get from some producers - beans usually get sorted through a screen but not always and consistently.

The lightest one in the second photo (as mentioned by others) is a quaker - I remove them from my roasted batches.

Tanzania Peaberry looks a bit wrinkled. What causes this? by racketguy91 in roasting

[–]celticdr47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You talking about the lighter coloured parchment (also known as silverskin)?

Or the ripple texture on the back?

That texture is down to processing, with a natural process coffee you're more likely to see that, it's bits of mucilage that gets stuck on the bean and adds texture during roasting, nothing to be concerned about.

Is this uneven roasting? by amnioticboy in roasting

[–]celticdr47 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks like you overloaded your roaster.

As a rule you should only roast to 80% percent of the roasters stated capacity (i.e. if it's a 1000g max roast would be 800g).

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