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  • One scoop (measured, came with one of my machines) of Barcelona Espresso beans (Roast and Post for the win, hit me up if you want a code) into the grinder. Boil the kettle and start the espresso machine heating.

    Head to cupboard and choose my cup for this morning. I have a few different sizes from long black down to single espresso.

    Back to machine, warm the cup from the kettle, then clean out group and load it with the fresh grounds.

    Tip out the water from the cup, add 1/4 tsp brown sugar, and then attach the group and get the cup in place.

    Start water - 2 - 3.

    Stop - 2 - 3.

    Start - 2 - 3 - … - 13.

    That about makes an espresso, then its a swirl of hot from the kettle if the cup is a little larger.

    Grinder: Encore Baratza. Loud as hell and no timer, but works well.

    Espresso machine: Gaggia Cubika Plus. Had it about 15 years, never gone wrong.


  • m15otw@feddit.uktoUKCasual@lemmy.worldThursday complaints
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    1 year ago

    Yesterday (Thursday) I spent the day shifting stuff out of the garage (about to be knocked down) into a self store. The room we’ve got there is up some steps.

    After a long day, I dropped a heavy thing on my foot. Felt like a fool, and also in amazing pain. Took my sock off there sat on/in the car boot to have a look (gross is all I’ll say). That’s all my race training postponed for a week at least (supposed to be Triathloning).

    Then had to hulk the rest of the stuff up the stairs and finish up, because it was just me! Luckily that was the last car load.

    Learned my lesson, next time I’m bringing a friend. And possibly steel capped boots.







  • I actually use a dice (D6, 50:50 choice usually) to decide between two options sometimes.

    The idea is to fool my brain into revealing what it really wants. Like, if I can’t decide, I’ll assign each choice odds or evens, then roll.

    If I’m OK with the result, then it decided for me no problem. Maybe I didn’t care, maybe I preferred what I rolled.

    If I don’t like it, then RNG just showed me what I really wanted – now I can go with the other option.

    Reduces decision fatigue, and speeds up my life. I’ve been teaching it to my kids (although their favourite RNG is the Chwazi app.)








  • m15otw@feddit.uktoCasual UK@feddit.ukAnd the rain begins
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    1 year ago

    Interesting. I will watch out for that.

    Generally, it gets better or worse very slowly for me, now that I’m on Loratadine all year. (Used to miss the start of the season and start taking too late, and it would take a month to calm down). So its a day or more after we get rain that the sneezes drop off.


  • m15otw@feddit.uktoFeddit UK@feddit.ukPlease promote Lemmy to Reddit
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    1 year ago

    There are quite a few communities I’d love to see migrate, and I’ll be posting a few messages if I see a non-spammy chance. I won’t be randomly commenting on all posts though, that’s a way to get banned.

    Of the communities with no equivalent here yet, some are just continuing with posts as normal (so I could post), while others have been dark since the protest, so no way to ping them.