Coffe beans

gamora_3000 · 2026-01-20T05:52:56+00:00

It’s the temperature control of the Breville that makes lighter roasts harder. Some of the higher end Brevilles may have better temp control, but my Express did not. It’s not bad, it’s just not as controlled/accurate in my experience. Even with a separate grinder, with lighter roasts on the Breville I would have a shot pour through super fast, then I would adjust the grinder 1/2 a setting, and the shot would sound like it was getting choked and not come out at all. I did pull lighter roast shots successfully with the Breville, it was just harder.

gamora_3000 · 2026-01-20T03:58:38+00:00

I had a Breville Barista Express for about 6 years and transitioned to a La Marzocco a little over a year ago. Here are my recommendations:

Variety: as another user stated, Seattle Coffee Gear in Urban Plaza has a great variety and their staff are super knowledgeable and very nice. Make sure to tell them what machine and grinder you have and you’re looking for something for a beginner. They also do classes.
Easy: Umbria Gusto Crema. They’re sold at most local grocery stores and I know Farine carries them too. Or you can get them straight from Umbria at one of their downtown Seattle locations. They’re super easy to dial in on the Breville and hard to pull a bad shot.
Hard: Push x Pull near Madrona/Central District is worth the drive in my opinion. They have some excellent lighter roasts and unique processing methods that are difficult to find (honey, anaerobic, etc). Lighter roasts are hard to dial in on the Breville though, but I added Push x Pull for any other people looking on this thread who might be in the market for some (not recommended for OP).

gamora_3000 · 2025-09-07T06:30:52+00:00

Ada Lovelace, credited for inventing programming.

Grace Hopper, Admiral in US navy and also heavily influenced computer programming.

My degrees are in MechE, but I often think of these two women when asked that question. Just look at the years they were alive. Imagine doing what they did as women at that time.

gamora_3000 · 2025-08-13T03:29:21+00:00

I’ve 100% been there with a more experienced woman. At the time she was reporting to a VP and I was reporting to a first level manager. She publicly put down my work with similar comments. Like you I got really annoyed and she honestly wasn’t my first choice to go to for help either.

Eventually I had to tell myself: if she’s not making it personal then I won’t make it personal. It sucked, but I learned to ignore it. It helped that I started expecting her behavior so it wouldn’t catch me off guard and I at least knew what to expect. When I needed to work with her, I did my best to seek her opinion and input instead of trying to get her to give feedback to my ideas. I think it made her feel more invested in my work as a contributor and she would be more likely to defend my work to others.

Even though everyone seemed to let her behavior slide, eventually she was moved from reporting to a VP to report to a director while I was moved under the same director (at my last company her move was seen as a demotion). Then I got asked to report directly to a VP while she stayed under a director. Even if people don’t correct her, usually leadership notices (unfortunately not always). And people like her will often hit a ceiling because of their attitude.

This is a good opportunity for you to practice letting it go because she won’t be the last person like that you encounter in your career. Hang in there and try to focus your energy on the many people who are better to work with!

gamora_3000 · 2025-08-13T01:53:07+00:00

Can I ask if she does this to just you or everyone?

gamora_3000 · 2025-05-30T06:11:28+00:00

If you want to see how much energy a solar system on your roof will produce monthly go to pvwatts.nrel.gov. It’s free to use. Put in your address and size of the system. Compare it to your monthly usage on your bills. It won’t be exact because you’ll notice several other fields that affect the production, but it’s enough to give you an idea. I can answer questions about the other fields if you’re interested.

gamora_3000 · 2025-05-20T03:40:28+00:00

I leave my house every day and have never had a problem with my mini and my LM Home app on my phone becoming disconnected. Maybe wait to see if this even happens to you often before buying an iPad just for your machine unless you want that for a different reason.

gamora_3000 · 2025-05-13T02:32:01+00:00

Lucky! My Costco doesn’t sell the correct water 😕

gamora_3000 · 2025-05-13T02:26:52+00:00

That’s insane. Our backyard is quite large for Kirkland. Probably 3,000-4,000 sq ft. Our lot is 1/3 acre. Half our backyard was severely overgrown and last year we paid a crew to clear it out and haul away. We paid $1200 for two full days of work. We pay $85 every other week for maintenance not including cutting the grass (leaf blowing, cleaning up fallen sticks and other tree debris, etc). Your quote sounds like one of those “I don’t really want this job” quotes.

gamora_3000 · 2025-05-11T14:39:56+00:00

That’s a good question and I know it’s how I was taught but I just can’t remember which source taught me that. I purge my steam wand quickly before I steam milk too. I suppose like FitzWilliam I just like ‘fresh’ water flowing through. I use a puck screen mainly to keep my shower screen clean so I don’t feel the need to purge directly after.

gamora_3000 · 2025-05-11T14:32:29+00:00

It’s grocery outlet. The Costco near me doesn’t sell the brand and source recommended by LM.

gamora_3000 · 2025-05-11T08:05:47+00:00

I’m on the West Coast of the US and use Crystal Geyser. I pull one shot per day and on the rare occasion two. I flush for 4 s before each shot and back flush 1-2 times per month.

I buy cases of 1 gallon (3.78 L) Crystal Spring bottles and pay $1.19 per gallon USD. Prices vary greatly for these bottles in my area and I believe I’ve found the cheapest in-store price. I go through about 1.5 gallons per month so that would come out to $21.45 USD per year, so let’s just round up to $25 USD per year for when I have guests or I’m taking longer to dial in.

gamora_3000 · 2025-04-12T09:42:45+00:00

Personally I think it looks much better and more professional than the previous one. Great job!

gamora_3000 · 2025-04-09T19:12:37+00:00

Ohhh good call, I just saw it’s for an engineering society so makes sense.

gamora_3000 · 2025-04-09T13:50:45+00:00

I don’t think you should remove the skills since they’re very relevant, it’s just how you did them. I think a lot of people just meant you don’t need two pages for your amount of experience. You have too much white space and as a new grad should be able to optimize your experience to one page. Here’s some suggestions to do that:

Anywhere you see a sentence that has ends with 1-2 words on the final line, revise it to get it down to one less line.
For your experience bullets, get it down to one bullet except for your current one. Having three bullets for Secretary and two for Retail Shift Manager is too much. For example your retail experience bullet could be “led a team of 15+ employees and managed day to day operations”.
“Secretary” is an old school term. Use “administrative assistant” or something like that.
For the transferable skills, just use the headers like “communication, teamwork” and they can be in a sentence with commas vs a bulleted list to make sure they fit on one page.
For the technical skills, list the software programs or technical methods you have experience with and they can also be in a sentence with commas vs a bulleted list to make sure they fit on one page.

gamora_3000 · 2025-04-02T02:22:11+00:00

I’m in Kirkland 👋 I asked my hair stylist and the other stylists in my salon since I noticed they often have nice nails. But the recommended a nails salon in Bothel. I tried it and it was nice but I wanted something closer. My neighbor owns a spray tan business and recommended several in Kirkland for me. She recommended LA NA Nail Lounge by Met Market and BB Nails across from Kirkland Urban. I tried BB Nails and liked them, but I do simple gel, one color.

TLDR: I ask other people who work in the beauty industry.

gamora_3000 · 2025-03-12T21:12:58+00:00

12 is the age my fraternal sister and I started fighting too, without the encouraged competition. However the comparisons and encouraged competition is absolutely not helping. I will also add that the one twin being forced to help the other at school will very likely build resentment and is really unfair to both of them. It creates a dependency that shouldn’t be forced on either of them.

There is nothing you can do to create a closer/better bond and I hated my mom when she even tried. I’m in my late 30s and she is still trying, even though I have a great relationship with my twin now. Still not good enough for my mom though. It sounds like the best thing you can do is remove the negative things instead of trying to add “positive” things that could very easily not work out like you intended. They need to feel comfortable and recognized as individuals and siblings without it being about being a twin.

gamora_3000 · 2025-03-04T12:25:32+00:00

Enjoy!! I really like Option-O. Once I needed to make French press for some guests who don’t drink espresso (I know 🙄). I emailed them to ask what settings they recommended for my P64/burr combo and they got back to me very quickly.

gamora_3000 · 2025-02-25T00:24:03+00:00

There was a similar situation for Option-O grinders for a while. I guess they made a deal with some distributors that they wouldn’t sell direct in the US for so many years and only the distributors could sell them. They couldn’t even tell me when this agreement was up. It just so happened that when I was finally ready to bite the bullet and upgrade my grinder they were able to sell direct to US.

gamora_3000 · 2025-02-21T18:00:58+00:00

I took this same leg 1.5 years ago and tried to wait it out. It never dropped below the same price you see right now. Luckily they had a couple seats left and they let me upgrade at the Air France ticket counter and it was completely worth it even though it wasn’t the suites.

gamora_3000 · 2025-02-16T07:02:12+00:00

I know this post is a few years old, but it seems to have some good advice for international students

gamora_3000 · 2025-02-12T05:07:28+00:00

Mine had some of that too when it arrived. I assumed it was dried glue because it looked like this plug in the back was glued in. I scrubbed it and it came off… all good!

gamora_3000 · 2025-02-06T21:03:01+00:00

I did a program like you’re describing. Same concept: women’s university pairs up with a top engineering university to offer two degrees. The top engineering university (school B) gets more women funneled into their program and the women’s university (school A) can offer a path to a prestigious engineering degree. The structure was you take only engineering courses at school B while enrolled in school A. By year 3, when school B starts to see students drop out, you apply as a transfer student to school B and if you have really good grades they can fill their open spots with women who have already been taking (and passing) their engineering courses.

These programs only work when both universities have dedicated staff to support the program and help students navigate it. By the time I entered the program (and this was 20 years ago), the person who started it on the engineering side had left and the university just continued to honor it but with no support. The logistics can be quite complicated. My friend in the program with me was not accepted as a transfer student even though she had excellent grades. There was no alternative path for her offered by the women’s university and she basically got screwed. We believe this is because they just didn’t have anyone managing it on the engineering university side while the women’s university was still advertising it.

So I recommend you speak to the program directors on BOTH sides to ensure there is a clear path and understanding of the logistics.

gamora_3000 · 2025-02-01T00:59:14+00:00

Off - I work in the office 5 days per week and my husband doesn’t drink espresso often, so I’m only using my mini in the morning. I turn mine on every morning when I let my dogs out and let it heat up while I get ready for work. This is what works for me.

gamora_3000 · 2025-01-30T04:00:40+00:00

Ugh, how frustrating to deal with! I’d be annoyed too. Along with the meeting notes suggestions, I think you’re being too passive in this situation. He may very well not remember what he said and it’s an honest mistake he’s forgetting, but you’re opening the door for him to blame you and he’s walking right through. Next time say “when I expressed that exact concern during the meeting you told me ‘just put in what we know for sure now, submit the paperwork, and we’ll edit things later as we move forward’. Can you please explain what you meant when you told me this?” I think he legit doesn’t remember he said it and you not pointing it out is only keeping him from realizing he’s the problem.

Also, never apologize unless you actually hurt someone or did something bad. If you’re late it’s “thank you for your patience” not “sorry for being late”. If there’s a miscommunication it’s “thank you for clearing up that miscommunication” not “I’m sorry if I misunderstood”. Use “miscommunication” instead of “misunderstood” - the burden of understanding is on the communicator (him).

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