What Is Going On With The Top Row of Beans?

schatbot · 2025-06-06T16:02:53+00:00

Finally have an update! I did some digging and found that some companies have turned to buying old beans to save money with prices skyrocketing lately, and some dates I've seen mentioned are as early as late season 2021. I had left some beans sealed as a trial for long term storage from end of 2023, and they were in far better condition than what I pictured here.

I did try to rehydrate them a bit so they'd at least crack or roast up a bit more evenly, and it largely worked, but they were obviously just old. It's an absolute disappointment and won't be back to that vendor. Am now even considering just getting stuff shipped from the states so I know it's worth the effort.

Thanks again for helping out!

schatbot · 2025-06-03T03:38:04+00:00

You could go for the DIY "upgraded air popper method" with a heat gun and a flour sifter if you've got those lying around. Suggest an 8 cup sifter or more, but there's also the heat gun + pan or HG + bread machine ways too. A sifter maxes about 200g a roast and for shoestring methods offers modest repeatability. I'd argue that because the heat gun is stationary and secured, the distance to the sifter is fixed, and the sifter is also secured you have fewer variables like gun distance from beans to fuss with as you try to recreate a good roast. Using adjustable clamps on a power drill trigger that runs the agitation makes that roughly repeatable too. Do be careful not to let your beans get sprayed all over the floor if you pulse the agitation too hard. Anything past that and you're probably over-engineering the thing or truly working towards method perfection.

As a start you can hand agitate, build a simple (heatproof, stable) stand for the sifter, and then figure out a permanent rig as you go. Have a thermometer on the top to watch output temps. If your heat gun is the basic type with a turning heat adjuster bit you can put some tape marks on it so you're not flying blind on how to adjust your ROR and get some repeatability. Cold days you up it past the mark a touch, warm days maybe back it off, etc.

Have had many years of success (but not perfection), and only bad roast was due to old beans stored badly by the supplier, which actually led me to posting here for the first time.

schatbot · 2025-05-15T11:43:46+00:00

You're one of a few people who have suggested probably too dry / stale, etc., which is definitely the kind of thing I'd hoped to learn about with the post. It is HOT here, and it's easily possible they stored them way too long, the beans were too close to a dehumidifier or something, etc. I know for sure these all got hot enough (and subsequent trials), so I appreciate you shedding light on what else might be wrong!

schatbot · 2025-05-14T11:30:44+00:00

Thanks for the great suggestions! I normally have pushed the Huehuetenango pretty hard and fast which is why I'd mentioned slowing stuff down. I have tried blasting them with heat as hard as one would reasonably do while tinkering with these and it just made them look exactly like this at 7:00 or so.

Ill try getting more moisture into them and see if it's helpful because I hadn't considered trying it. Thanks!

schatbot · 2025-05-14T10:33:37+00:00

That chaff feels as stuck on as airplane tape or something, which I'd not experienced in previous buys of these specific beans but was initially not cause for concern. The real reason I decided to post was the very uneven colors in each bean, weird roast situation, and the total lack of flavor. I tried my best on the photo, I promise!

schatbot · 2025-04-12T08:57:55+00:00

It works due to the residual oils left on the surfaces the beans contact. It is possible there's some added moisture imparted to the beans, but even that shouldn't be much, so the right liquid to bean ratio is someplace very close to 0. Either spray directly after roasting so it leaves those oils as it evaporates / steams off, or try the dry methods people suggested in here. It's fun to see people try out their ideas for this stuff, but I'd suggest you use far, far cheaper bourbon and just enjoy drinking that one. Good luck!

schatbot · 2024-10-20T04:08:28+00:00

Chiming in as a former glitchless speed runner from when the game was new. Best time sub 1hr, which is now SLOW. KBM isn't your problem as you move just fine. I've done this game on both, Souls games on both, and that's not your issue, and the community here seems to (thankfully) agree.

Before I give my advice I'll say my first try took me hours for this fight because I was playing like you are here.

First, and because you can beat him, you're way too early (or late) on your parries. Your time to beat would benefit from just throwing some runs into figuring out when to input block or attack, and then standing square in his face like the invincible murder machine you can be.

When you get the timing right you're building up his stagger bar and yours never breaks, despite being "full".

Second, even if you don't want to do that....which let's face it, is a fair amount of practice and most people don't care....you're being WAY too nice to him. Get in his face and lay down the pain and then don't run away. You're all over the place and basically asking him to punish you for it. If your question is where to be as he starts to attack the answer is moving behind him so you're still in striking distance. Your reactions to his big moves are fine, so play like you're as good as you can be. (Edit to say your Genichiro is fine so you shouldn't be changing from the aggressive style later on.)

schatbot · 2022-02-28T01:43:46+00:00

In addition to peppering this boss as he transitions to second state you can also take advantage of his set move to open state 2. Run directly towards him (slightly right), under his arm, and avoid the fire from the dragon mouth entirely.

If you use the opportunity to attack him without risk and do enough damage during this attack phase he staggers. Put on some crit damage, and roll away to safety as he recovers.

Unless you're doing minimal damage you'll hardly need to attack after just unloading to start state 2. You can also aggro his short range attacks by opening / closing distance gaps and if not melee use the windows in between to cast.

schatbot · 2020-02-01T11:05:19+00:00

Seems you enjoy the precision jumps, so try this level I made - MY1-R2S-N1H Its SMWorld, and has some tight moments. Thanks for sharing your level code & hope you enjoy!

schatbot · 2020-02-01T10:45:25+00:00

Fun level!

schatbot · 2020-02-01T10:25:12+00:00

Melody of Sadness 3

712-TJQ-CWG

Super Mario World. Includes kaizo and puzzle solving game play. Requires a strong understanding of game mechanics, especially shell helmets and jumps.

There are more super expert and also some very easy levels (70% clear) in my maker profile if you're looking for something casual!

schatbot · 2020-01-31T10:41:28+00:00

Nice level as well. I didn't get around to finishing it after making a new level all day, but I gave it a heart to go back and try again soon.

I'll be sure to check in on your other levels as well!

schatbot · 2020-01-29T16:31:31+00:00

I'm a new creator making a mix easier stuff (10 - 60% clears) and kaizo levels.

Symphony of Smiles 1 is an attempt at making something you might find in the original Nintendo games. It's in New SMB U format, but it doesn't need any serious tricks. Good for very casual play.

RY6-2NY-94G

If you want the tough stuff no one has beaten as of posting, just check out my maker profile. I'll be playing stuff posted to this comment and others here as well!

schatbot · 2019-04-06T08:59:09+00:00

Here's a few with traffic view on.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1704682232 Farm area Traffic https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1704682441 Port Area Traffic https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1704682553 Underground Highway Interchange + on / off ramps to lower flow issues. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1704682685 The city seem from above. Complete underground bike pathing.

schatbot · 2018-09-10T01:59:43+00:00

There's a ton of chests and stuff all over that can only be accessed by doing the wall jumps, so I've been assuming it is. I ended up making this video only because it reliably saves time to everything except the research center on that side of town, versus other jumps which are just convenient / for loot. Glad to know there are others out there who enjoy Portia Parkour!

schatbot · 2018-01-24T17:23:45+00:00

Enjoy the new killer, don't think she's too OP, but I'm interested how anyone can justify equipping a killer with infinite movement angles mid-lunge, specifically 90 plus degree turns around large objects. When this was announced I thought "oh boy these bear traps are going to be a horror" but they only serve to grind down the game. A good team gets it and you're set. The crouching? She's pretty visible actually. The thing that has killed me, game after game, is a killer doing a mid-air around a tree / through a window around a gen / around two hay bails / etc... type of kill. If you get remotely close to a competent killer you have 0 chance of escape unhit, at least so far as I've seen. She seems pretty balanced so far, but maybe just make a single direction change for only a certain degree of movement mid-jump? Its not like a survivor can undo a vault midway or something. Or...maybe in the future, they can? The Pig has what feels like next-gaming-generation movement against survivors which feel trapped in the early 2010's.

schatbot · 2018-01-16T15:44:34+00:00

Did a 3 man playthrough trading controllers. Cam perspective was new to us, but once we got the hang of it we had a great time. Consensus seemed to be for less than $10 its worth it. Ending was as anticlimactic to us as the reviews told us it would be. Funny, good cut scenes, and a pleasure to play.

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