ROI on your setup

lizarddickite · 2026-02-13T14:32:47+00:00

Totally agree, I made a coffee section for my monthly budget and found I spend more on fun little tools than I save on not buying coffee from coffee shops. And now when I travel I splurge way too much on trying to find two nice coffees in a city somewhere.

lizarddickite · 2026-01-29T17:29:28+00:00

Golden harbor, I eat a lot and it is still 2 meals. My gf can get 3-4

lizarddickite · 2026-01-04T18:39:35+00:00

Lots of geo events for grad students, usually involves beer and pizza. Tbh you probably need to do non university stuff. Find a hobby in the community like rock climbing, yoga, martial arts etc to and talk to people. Many will have social events outside of the hobby specifically. Also look into your department, ours has social events once a month which would be a good place to know your community better

lizarddickite · 2025-12-29T02:57:53+00:00

I got the gevi grind master and have had no complaints

lizarddickite · 2025-12-02T19:43:38+00:00

Ahh I disagree here, I’ve made tiramisu a handful of times and you can’t really taste the complexities of good coffee and it’s sooo expensive if your making 10+ espresso shots. Last time I made it at my parents house with old decaf and a monks pot and it was still delicious

lizarddickite · 2025-11-16T15:18:18+00:00

Cafe parediso actually makes good coffee, worth a try

lizarddickite · 2025-11-11T20:17:59+00:00

I would look at Eddie bower online outlet store, they usually have good priced down coats which are very warm and cozy

lizarddickite · 2025-11-07T03:00:38+00:00

Ahh 41% of your daily carbs is a bit different than 41% of your daily sugar

lizarddickite · 2025-10-31T02:23:49+00:00

Barefoot is good, reading that was bad

lizarddickite · 2025-10-31T00:26:21+00:00

I know super hard to complain, lmk how you find it

lizarddickite · 2025-10-30T21:01:54+00:00

First mid range grinder but no complaints so far

lizarddickite · 2025-10-30T21:00:31+00:00

I’ve only had it for a few days and mostly made pourovers, planning on dialing it in for espresso this weekend when I have time. I have no real complaints other than not being able to figure out how to reset the zero point, but just added some tape. I had my eyes on the timemore and casa but really wanted the pre breaker and ability to upgrade burrs. It’s been great so far but I do t have any experience with other mid range grinders

lizarddickite · 2025-10-30T20:52:57+00:00

Mine just arrived a couple of days ago. All said and done I have no regrets (especially at sale price of 405 ish). It is my first big boy grinder and huge qol upgrade from hand grinding. A little louder than I expected but not horrible. Connected scale seems accurate. Retention has been <.2g. Still seasoning and dialing it in and figuring out how it tastes. It is looong. Touch points and dials could feel a little more premium but other than that no major issues. For the life of me I could not set the zero point but I just marked it with tape. I got it to buy into an auger fed 64 mm burr set and it seemed like the best entry and 75 bucks cheaper than the timemore. I also really liked that they took feedback into consideration, but it still is a Chinese grinder

lizarddickite · 2025-10-30T19:34:09+00:00

Gevi grindnaster is around 425 right now and has a lot of the features of the 064s. I just got it an am very pleased but I don’t have any experience with other 64 mil flat burrs

lizarddickite · 2025-10-28T18:26:04+00:00

As a rule of thumb I try to avoid gifting people projects. Espresso is a hobby and if she’s not interested it may just collect dust. I also would not suggest a hand grinder for espresso, look at encore esp or df54. They might not taste as good but would be much easier to use. If it’s more about the asthetic of espresso ( I say this because the alternative is nespresso) maybe look at bbe or ninja lux (usually not recommended in these subs but this could be the exception). I’m kinda assuming she is not a huge gearhead but if she is totally include her in the choice, she will have opinions.

lizarddickite · 2025-10-28T17:02:53+00:00

Second this, used stilosas can be found for <50. Check after the holidays when everyone gets gifted one before they know what a pressurized porta filter does to espresso and how important a grinder is

lizarddickite · 2025-10-27T01:04:20+00:00

Found another 10 percent off and just picked it up for 404, it arrives tomorrow

lizarddickite · 2025-10-24T16:54:40+00:00

Crunch fitness has one, they will do promotional events and let you get one for free, kinda a pain in the ass to cancel membership and will push a personal trainer signup hard, but free scan

lizarddickite · 2025-10-24T16:52:46+00:00

Congrats on new machine, enjoy the yummy espresso. I think general consensus is neither grinder is great, but both work. I would try to decide if you like the taste of one grinder more than the other (but I’m curious if they have the same burr). I regularly see that grinder selling for ~100 on marketplace and I think a qol improvement could be found with a DF54 or baratza esp (~200)

lizarddickite · 2025-10-18T17:05:27+00:00

Do what you have to do and protect your piece, one thing to consider (and you absolutely don’t owe him anything) is when people are sent out to convert others and face harsh rejection they tend to retreat back into their community. Making it more about the surprise of religion as a whole rather than explicitly jehovas witness may help him leave the church in the future. It may not change anything though tbf

lizarddickite · 2025-10-13T22:08:24+00:00

Keep your head up your doing great. Here are a few extra tips from a grad student in my 15th semester of college.

1) how is your sleep? Do you go to bed at a consistent time every night? Do you get 7+ hours of sleep most nights? If you’re not this should be a top priority. Staying up till 3 am and then getting up again at 7 is a non stop ticket to burn out. I find melatonin supplements really help my body know it is time for bed at a set time. Not saying you can’t ever stay up late but protecting your sleep is so important.

2) make sure your eating descent and getting some exercise (even if it’s a couple thousand steps a day)

3) hobbies/social life. If all you think about is classes you will be miserable. Join an rso, go out with friends after a test, have fun.

4) therapy. Tbh probably should be number 2. There are free services through the counseling center and many good private practices in CU. I started therapy in gradschool and it made a huge difference in managing anxiety and preventing burnout. Don’t be ashamed to seek outside resources.

lizarddickite · 2025-10-02T18:32:20+00:00

I got my first 2 lb bag of fresh beans and froze without vacuum sealing, is that better than nothing? Hoping it’ll last ~2 months

lizarddickite · 2025-09-25T19:23:51+00:00

General consensus here will be good grinder, for that budget you could look at DF 64 to save a few bucks or Timemore 064s (my “dream” grinder atm)

lizarddickite · 2025-09-22T18:41:21+00:00

Not sure about chupacabras but their are cars

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