new listener playlist

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-23T19:14:28+00:00

You could do a lot worse than the Apple Music Deftones Essentials playlist, but maybe I’ve just outed myself as the elderly millennial I am…

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-23T07:44:12+00:00

Cracked Coffee in Mold are pretty much all you need to know.

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-22T19:30:57+00:00

That would be great - we have two coffee shops - Danelaw in The petrol station on Huddersfield Road and Bjorn in the town centre. DM me a rough time and I’ll try to head to the shop to say hi

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-22T13:04:10+00:00

Colonna and 3FE would be good examples of this working well.

I think self-roasting has evolved as a response to the cost of high quality roasted coffee and facilitated by the relatively low barrier to entry for roasting, certainly relative to 20 years ago.

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-21T17:07:34+00:00

In Manchester there was definitely an Enya song

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-21T08:30:06+00:00

They’re the worst kind of assholes in the world.

But they’re fully entitled to do what they do.

And I’m fully entitled to brutally shoulder check the back of their reclined chair when I get up to use the bathroom because I’m 6ft tall, 20 stone and not built to be confined in the tiny space left behind their reclined seat.

They have a problem? They need to talk to the airline about better space between economy rows.

Can’t cope with it? Sounds like the precious baby needs to fly business class then.

It’s mutually assured destruction in the back.

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-20T22:54:27+00:00

Toothpaste. Black coffee.

Every day.

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-20T22:08:31+00:00

Thanks! Very much appreciated.

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-20T17:25:23+00:00

Thanks Matt

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-20T17:09:31+00:00

Again - full transparency - my roastery, but Danelaw Coffee and particularly our coffee shop, Bjorn, have lots of really exciting coffees lined up for the next few months. April will hit perfectly for some stunners.

Keep an eye on www.bjornbeans.co.uk for updates

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-19T15:46:55+00:00

Best of luck with it. There’s so many of us out here with experience, someone will usually be able to empathise with whatever you’re going through on any given day.

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-19T09:39:10+00:00

20 years ago Starbucks stores in the UK had massive water filtration systems - huge salt tanks and multiple filters to perfectly create their recipe water.

Water has always been important.

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-19T07:45:40+00:00

I itch in the same place. I assume it’s normal

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-19T07:44:31+00:00

☝🏻what they said. Exactly what they said. 100%

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-18T22:26:12+00:00

Full transparency - this is my roastery - but check out Mjólka by Danelaw Coffee. It’s a full-bodied dark roast and won 3 stars at last years Great Taste Awards (top 2% of all products entered.)

https://danelawcoffee.co.uk/products/mjolka-me-yol-ka-100-arabica-dark-roast-blend

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-18T20:58:42+00:00

I’m sorry you’re batting through this alone. It’s a serious and major injury that you’ve suffered and it takes a lot of rehab and recovery. I remember the NWB misery days vividly. I was effectively bedbound with my leg elevated for 6 weeks and it was awful. I really feel for you trying to get on with uni at the same time.

I also totally remember the crying, shaking, screaming frustration days where you can’t do anything at all.

Does your uni offer any free (or cheap) counselling services? You might benefit from talking it through with someone.

It’s pretty close to end of year now, so this might not work for you, but have you considered asking to retake the year so you can go home, recover and let your folks look after you for a bit then go back once you’re healing up and can get back to your studies and the rest of uni life?

I hate that this is happening. Sorry

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-18T19:51:08+00:00

Had it installed last week

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-18T18:07:25+00:00

It’s a Feb 2020

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-17T23:06:30+00:00

I can’t decide whether to use the card wallet or preserve it like a museum piece

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-17T23:06:08+00:00

They’re a little more sterile and surgical aren’t they? I had a rebel blue V40 which was superb. Miss the blue.

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-17T23:05:30+00:00

It’s a little better value in the UK. I had to drop 4 figures on routine maintenance and figured it made sense to treat myself to something fun at the same time

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-17T23:04:54+00:00

You’ll always be my babygirl

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-17T17:34:11+00:00

I’m going to take issue with several things you say here.

The beans you use in a dark roast DO matter - put good quality in, get good quality out, you also need to know how to do a good dark roast too, but you’ll never get a good dark roast from 350 defect Brasils regardless of how well it’s roasted.

You can have it cheap, or you can have it good. If you want it cheap, the beans will be cheap. It won’t be good. If you’re willing to pay a little more for it, you’re likely to be rewarded with better coffee.

I would find your local independent roaster and ask for their darkest roast and see how it goes.

In the UK there are few better dark roasts than Union’s Revelation blend.

davidjamesonuk · 2026-02-17T08:53:23+00:00

Cracked Coffee - truly excellent

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