eramseth @ eramseth @lemmy.world

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Yes I used to roast at home several times a week on a Behmor machine. There's a reason all the at-home machines (and commercial machines for that matter) have smoke suppression...

Edit to add that I started with a popcorn popper (which is the usual entry into the hobby) then built a roaster out of a heat gun and a flour sifter before I went on to get the Behmor. All of my roasting was done outside or in the garage with fume hood and exhaust fan.

Do whatever you like but there's a reason there are things like occupational safety regulations and the like.

Not to be a downer, but you're gonna get a lot of smoke roasting beans in your electric oven (gas would have an exhaust to the outside). That smoke really isn't good for you to breathe in either. Prolonged exposure will lead to "popcorn lung". It's also going to make your stove very dirty in the inside in short fashion. Also, you're gonna melt some plastic colanders if you drop coffee beans into them right out of a 400-500 degree oven. Not to mention that plastic + heat = not good (even without the melting)

If you want to try roasting coffee beans at home once or twice on the cheap, you're better off "pan roasting" them outside on a camp stove or something similar if you don't have an exhaust fan right above your stove that connects to outside.

Specialized at-home electric roasters exist and aren't that expensive. Certainly cheaper than smoke mitigation.

Oh I missed that small detail thanks.

Is your oven electric or gas?

On lemmy you mean? I think the boardgames community on feddit.de is active.

It is super fun but you're right it's a time commitment.

FWIW there's a pc/ios/android version that is a good way to get familiar with the game, although I can't quite imagine conceptualizing the digital version if you haven't already seen all the parts of the physical version.

Terraforming Mars is great. A lot more going on than with Catan, but it does have aspects of the same sort of tile/game piece placement. Aspects of engine building, drafting (optional), deck building, and resource management too.

Usually its a 1.5-3hr play through, depending on how experienced the players are and how many people are playing (1-5).

One big plus over Catan is it plays well with just 2 people.

Makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.

Maybe it's me misunderstanding, but 127 is considered room temp?

Nice yeah I mean if it's tasty foe you it doesn't matter. It was pribably under extracted in some way or another (just guessing based on thr fact that contact time with water + heat = extraction)

Oh ok for some reason I was imagining nut milk bags having a more loose weave.

FWIW there is (or at least used to be) something called a coffee sock that is (was?) basically a reusable fabric sock you fill with grounds and put in a pitcher or large Mason jar to make cold brew. Same idea, but might give better results than the nut bags...

I actually don't like to be that guy but if you're brewing with hot water over ice, that's iced coffee.

If you're doing a 2 minute aeropress with cold water.... you're probably getting super- under-extracted cold brew.

Either way, if you like the result it doesn't really matter. But cold brew has a certain quality that some people really don't like (see: James Hoffman).

Some medium roasted Guatemalan from a local roaster.

Brewed over ice on my new Aeropress XL.

Nope. Just on steam deck.

Honestly, even when my TV mount can reach two studs, I still attach a 2"x3" to the studs, then attach the mount to the 2"x3". Reasons:

• Studs aren't always going to be centered on the mount. Yes I know some are meant to handle this, but it seems less than ideal.
• The 1.5" or so gap you get between the mount and the wall because of the 2"x3" is useful for cable management.
• Seems way stronger (haven't tested but it just feels that way)
• if you need to move the TV left and right, you're just putting more holes in the 2x3, not the wall (yes I know some mounting brackets allow for a level of left-right adjustment, but not all of them do)

You'll need 2-2x3 (or 2x4... but 2x3 is cheaper and plenty strong enough) that is long enough to span between 2 or more studs. 1 is for the top of the mount. 1 is for the bottom of the mount. Attach them to the studs so they are level and parallel and the spacing between the 2x3s is the same as the spacing between the spots on the TV mount that where the bolts/screws go through.

Note: you have to use structural wood screws or lag screws that are of sufficient length to go through the 2x3, through the drywall, and attach sufficiently to the stud in the wall. You'll likely want 3.5"-4" structural wood screws or lag screws. It won't hurt to also use flat washers so the structural wood screws/lag bolts hold even better and don't pull themselves through into the 2x3.

Good luck! Have mounted several TVs for myself and others (up to 92" screens) and haven't had one fall off yet!

Pour over, aeropress, and French press are probably your go-to options. Pourover is probably the simplest, easiest, and cleanest... but any of the three is a great idea.

You'll need a source of hot water. Can be electric kettle or stove top kettle.

Ideally you should buy whole beans and grind right before brewing. Blade grinder can work but burr grinder will be much better.

If possible, buy beans that were roasted no more than 2 weeks ago. Not all beans will have a "rosted on date" on the bag. Anything bought at a coffee shop/ Cafe or from a nicer grocery store (whole foods, etc) has a higher likelihood of having a roasted on date printed on the bag.

As black coffee vs with milk vs latte... thats up to you. Don't be scared of black coffee based on old stale folders or something from a keurig machine though. Milk/cream/half-and-half in black coffee can bring out certain flavors in the cup. Latte is only made with espresso, and none of the methods I mention above make espresso (although aeropress can make something nearly as strong... but it won't have all the characteristics of a true espresso).

The good thing is that for the price of a weeks worth of fancy drinks from Starbucks or dunkin you can get a decent bag of fresh roasted coffee beans and a pourover (maybe hario V60) / aeropress/ French press and start experimenting!

I mean they have their own app i guess. I believe if you enable remote access then the video streams from your home internet to your device if it's paired with an NVR. Not 100% sure though.

Night Owl makes a doorbell camera. Haven't used it but it's one of the few I found when looking for them that doesn't force cloud services on you.

Hard to tell what kinda business it is, but if it's a bar or restaurant, the "can't take a joke" and "not crying" things could have a lot more to do with customer interaction than management interaction.

Also, working in "the industry" also comes with a certain lifestyle (even just in regards to when prime working hours and free time fall within the day)... so yeah... "bout that life" could just be about that.

I dunno... agree to disagree but I've seen "now hiring" flyers that are a lot worse.

Probably using too many brain cells on this though honestly.