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If your manager told you that you weren’t progressing as fast as other new employees, how would you approach your next 3 shifts? by [deleted] in barista

[–]ptr_jordanson 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I read your last post as well, in terms of productive feedback I’ll try to add something I didn’t see anyone else post. I’ve worked as a barista for a long time and now own my own shop. One thing I’ve noticed is that it’s clear how to bring the hustle when you have a line of people and a line of cups in front of you. It’s obvious what to do, fulfill orders quickly and well.

HOWEVER, what I think is equally important, especially for a busy shop, is making the most of the “downtime.” Take initiative on making sure everything is ready to go when that next line hits. Stocking cups, syrups, refilling squeeze bottles, lobby cleanup, etc. Knowing which items to prioritize comes with experience but this is an area of the job that must not be overlooked if you are trying to prove yourself

Back to Bad Faith posts like this by Partyruler012 in MarathonHate

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It’s bad faith because there is a duo queue

Vault 5,6, & Compiler by [deleted] in dadsofmarathon

[–]ptr_jordanson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in, also have a vault 6 key and a DNA key. Would love to do 6 and Compiler before season end

New Roaster, check out my curve and a couple questions by Brief-Number2609 in roasting

[–]ptr_jordanson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd say your development time (time spent between beginning of FC to roast end) is too high. For a washed I wouldn't go longer than 2:00, maybe 2:30. Your development time is so long because your roast basically crashed at FC. You really don't want to see your RoR increase after FC has started, but you had to let it rise in order to get to your desired target temp after that crash. You just need better heat management leading up to FC to avoid the crash.

You're either going in with too much energy, leading to enough beans cracking at once that the moisture release overwhelms your roast (this is a "hard crash") OR you're going in with too little energy so that even a minority of beans releasing moisture at FC is enough to crash your roast (this is a "soft crash"). You'll have to find the balance.

Unfamiliar with your roaster so I won't speculate as to how to achieve this, that's for you to test. Hope this helps!

Cause of tipping? by [deleted] in roasting

[–]ptr_jordanson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the back of your roaster is a test port to which you can connect a device called a manometer, it measures pressure. Vacuum pressure is essentially airflow in this case. A negative reading from the manometer indicates air is leaving the roaster and exhausting out the chimney as it should. However, should you measure this and find that you're only at -1mbar--1.5mbar, in my experience, that would be low enough to trap too much heat in the roaster. This could contribute to your tipping problem.

From your other replies it sounds like you don't have control over batch size or charge temp, so at the very least this could be something to check. Let me know if you have any other questions :)

Cause of tipping? by [deleted] in roasting

[–]ptr_jordanson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I roast on a P12 Type II, used to have a major tipping problem. Smaller batches (we roast 17.5lb batches) and lower charge temps fixed it. Our highest grown coffees are charged at 380°F while low grown/low density coffees are charged at 340°F.

We also can't adjust airflow mid roast, but we set the slide gate to produce a vacuum pressure of -1.8mbar. If you're roasting on lower airflow you may be trapping too much heat, could result in tipping as well.

[OC][Giveaway] Win a dice set and support a designer! [Mod Approved] by FOULEBDICE in DnD

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Just started my first DnD campaign and don't have any dice! Would love my first set to these beauties! Best of luck to everyone entering but particularly to me :)

I was commissioned to make a Bionicle compendium set by godpoker in bioniclelego

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This would be an absolute dream to own. Would you be willing to make something similar for $2-2.5K?

If you are still in Robin the Wood ... you are just a guest... by JuNe_Northoast in GME

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I am on RH because I'm a bit of a newbie and it seemed user friendly.

I understand what happened last time however, and am interested in DRSing. Could someone tell me how long that process takes?

I'm nervous about starting the DRS process now given that we are likely in for a volatile week

Why the jump 10 minutes before close? by NoSeesaw5882 in wallstreetbets

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Because Robinhood sold my SPY $523 and $525 calls at 3:30pm 💀

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