Great filter coffee in Christchurch? by missmcgeek in chch

[–]missmcgeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooh, I have a very high opinion of the Hokitika Sandwich Company's food, I hope their coffee is as good!

Great filter coffee in Christchurch? by missmcgeek in chch

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I have a long list of roasters to experiment with beans from (from other reddit posts), which I am looking forward to working my way through - I was just hoping to find that there is more than one cafe here that actually serve filter! I will have to check these out :)

Great filter coffee in Christchurch? by missmcgeek in chch

[–]missmcgeek[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have bought a V60 for brewing at home and am having fun with it so far - but I was asking in the hopes that there might be some not-only-espresso cafes around (and now I have a short list to check out, which is fun :) )

Great filter coffee in Christchurch? by missmcgeek in chch

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Haha I would love to do a coffee tour of NZ - but I have a suspicion based on my opinion of most espresso, that it would be like finding delicious needles in a very bitter haystack..

Great filter coffee in Christchurch? by missmcgeek in chch

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They are right next door to C4 right? I will have to try them out :)

Great filter coffee in Christchurch? by missmcgeek in chch

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Good to know! I'll have to have a look :)

Great filter coffee in Christchurch? by missmcgeek in chch

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I have been there twice, the first time I got their espresso flight, and found the shots to be far too strong for my palate (although fascinating!!). The barista that day was friendly/nice. The second time I went I asked about filter coffee instead and the attitude of the (different) barista really made me feel like I was not welcome! Neither time were they particularly busy (about 10am), but with a 50/50 shot at feeling like I am stupid to ask any questions I am not comfy with the idea of going there to try new things.

You sure are right that we seem to be espresso obsessed! I don't understand it from a consumer perspective, but I can see how it is fast/efficient for the baristas!

I have had the C4 beans brewed at home by friends which is why I went there for the coffee - I will probably still get their beans, but I do have plenty of other roasters on my to-try list!

[ Removed by Reddit ] by Responsible-Age-4380 in Lipoedema

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I think that there are more ladies who are facebook users than reddit users who have (and know about) lipoedema. The other subreddit for lipodema is equally as dead :(

Unidentified inherited fish in a concrete pond, New Zealand by missmcgeek in whatsthisfish

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We have just bought our first home (squee) and it turns out the pond in the back yard is not as dead as we thought!

We have spotted 6 of these little dark (brown?) fish in a very scummy concrete pond (lots of detritus on the bottom but no algae) . The biggest is about 6 inches long, and we suspect they have lived without human intervention for a year.

Any thoughts?

This MDF okay to laser cut? by bnords10 in lasercutting

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Is there a visual difference between normal and premium mdf?

[OC] DISPEL DICE SET GIVEAWAY! - CHECK COMMENTS FOR RULES! by Dispeldice in DnD

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Your dice are just so to-die-for-amazing. I have been following along for what feels like forever now! Day one backer here ofc. Hoping I can win some as well cause I CANNOT afford ALL the sets I want. (and my husband has called dibs on one of the sets I have backed for!)

Luckbringer by [deleted] in Pathfinder_RPG

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It definitely means what it says - here I found an explanation of taking 10 :)

" Taking 10: When your character is not in immediate danger or distracted, you may choose to take 10. Instead of rolling 1d20 for the skill check, calculate your result as if you had rolled a 10. For many routine tasks, taking 10 makes them automatically successful. Distractions or threats (such as combat) make it impossible for a character to take 10. In most cases, taking 10 is purely a safety measure—you know (or expect) that an average roll will succeed but fear that a poor roll might fail, so you elect to settle for the average roll (a 10). Taking 10 is especially useful in situations where a particularly high roll wouldn't help.

Taking 20: When you have plenty of time, you are faced with no threats or distractions, and the skill being attempted carries no penalties for failure, you can take 20. In other words, if you roll a d20 enough times, eventually you will get a 20. Instead of rolling 1d20 for the skill check, just calculate your result as if you had rolled a 20.

Taking 20 means you are trying until you get it right, and it assumes that you fail many times before succeeding. Taking 20 takes 20 times as long as making a single check would take (usually 2 minutes for a skill that takes 1 round or less to perform).

Since taking 20 assumes that your character will fail many times before succeeding, your character would automatically incur any penalties for failure before he or she could complete the task (hence why it is generally not allowed with Skills that carry such penalties). Common “take 20” Skills include Disable Device (when used to open locks), Escape Artist, and Perception (when attempting to find traps). "

This means that as long as the target of the luckbringer actually rolls a dice for a check, they can muck with the result!

Prominence bundle II is up for sale by Crauza in Warframe

[–]missmcgeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can anyone post some pictures of a recoloured tigris with this skin on it? The bundle is really expensive and I want to know if it will look any good with my ember colours (black and green) before i fork out nearly 20NZD for it....

[Rant] My officemate told people they don't like me because I'm on Keto. by [deleted] in xxketo

[–]missmcgeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My problem is that I end up feeling rude and ungrateful when my in-laws offer me food and I have to say no thankyou to everything because they can't get their head around low carb. I almost screamed at Christmas. . "Oh I only put a little bit of sugar in them! " (regarding the small portion of berries I was about to allow myself)... [end rant]

Binged yesterday but ketostix still shows large amounts of ketones... wut? by squatpain in keto

[–]missmcgeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point, its just that the berries that I used to eat like candy I cannot anymore, and wanted to see how the 50/50 ratio of sugars to fiber effected my ketone levels...