#coffee hobby

[queerbeanenjoyer]

We did a coffee cupping and it was a lot of fun!

I ordered a flight of different roast levels and processing methods from Alma Coffee.

It was my first time doing a cupping so I tried to make sure I followed procedure as best I could. I watched James Hoffmann's videos on methods as well as tasting.

My wife was kind enough to join me even though she's not a coffee person. She also watched the tasting video.

We didn't go into it with the expectation that we'd be able to nail every tasting note. Just kind of wanted to understand what sorts of flavors we do and don't like and put them in the context of other flavors.

My wife loves Mountain Dew so I really thought she'd go for the lighter roasts. But not so! She found them kind of weird. She opted for medium-dark flavors. I ended up liking the lighter roasts and more fermented stuff as well as darker roasts. Generally, I've found I don't really know what to do with medium roasts. So I avoid them lol

I like making light roasts as Aeropress or pour over. Dark roasts I use for French press, espresso, and Turkish coffee. A few of my brewing methods really need some more refining. But it was a lot of fun to do a tasting at home!

[oceanwithouthermoon]

saikis powers are a vital part of him so it makes sense that people who dont know about them cant truly understand his whole self, but its also very silly to me when people act like its the ONLY important part of him... people act like his friends that arent in the know are completely blind to who saiki is, but i feel like that kinda means you missed some major points... he cant keep his powers a secret forever and it DOES matter, but he can still be loved and KNOWN without knowing about them... hes still human, he still has a personality, he still has regular likes and dislikes, etcetc

his friends perspectives on him may have been wrong at first, but they CHANGED... they know him and love him, and theyll KEEP loving him the SAME once they know of his powers...

​some people cough cough cough in this fandom like to reduce saiki to JUST his powers and its so obvious that you just. missed everything. you didnt absorb anything from the show, you just saw it and went "ha, everyone thinks hes just a guy when hes actually super cool and powerful" no no no, he IS cool and powerful but look a little closer and at his core he is still LITERALLY JUST A GUY 😭😭😭

hes such a guy.....

[wigglebox]

Suptober - Day 8 | Witch’s Brew

[teaboot]

Theoretically I enjoy living with people but unfortunately when you tell people you're a neuroatypical raccoon with twelve ongoing hobbies, completely random work hours, and a series of admittedly unusual lifelong compulsions they tend to hear that and go "oh haha you're trying to be Quirky okay" and then save their ten million questions and concerns for when you can't run away

[teyrnacousland]

Thinking about post game Illario again and the mental state he must be in. He's literally lost everything.

Things will never be the same between him and Lucanis. Even if they do get better someday, they can never be the same.

He is never going to be First Talon now. He's actually gone down the ladder, which I don't think he even considered as a possibility, since he figured it was a success or death kind of deal. The man who loves being admired and adored now has to face a future full of disdain and hatred.

He has to watch Lucanis become First Talon. Something he wanted (needed). And worse, something he knows Lucanis doesn't want. He has to watch Lucanis continue to be suffocated under Caterina's grasp and the weight of her expectations until it kills him. He's back to having to watch and wait for Lucanis to die. He was able to justify killing Lucanis in part to prevent this exact fate and now he has even less power to stop it than he did before.

Where do you even go from there?

[emgoesmed]

3/13/2024

The weather has been so nice lately, so we took a walk to one of our favorite cafes. 🥰

30 nym challenge day 27: What are your non-academic hobbies?

I enjoy knitting, playing piano (although I don't play as much as I used to), playing tennis, running, reading, going to cafes and eating little treats.

[andromedasummer]

you know the market is fucked when youre told the number of people who applied to this job through the site youre using alone and youre one of 300+ nearly every time

[artykyn]

My friend mentioned the other day that she has started playing "coffee shop jazz music" in her apartment, and doing her best to essentially mimic the vibes of a chill artisan coffee shop in her own home.

And I thought that idea was BRILLIANT so for the last few days I've been playing jazz in my apartment throughout the day, and... well...

Sometimes making one tiny little change to your life really does make a significant difference.

[gideonisms]

Me every time I'm sad and I don't know why: well an iced coffee probably won't fix this but let's find out

[bobrova]

[queerbeanenjoyer]

I’m so happy my newest bag of coffee was delivered yesterday oh my god. I’ve been trying REALLY HARD to make this one pre-ground light roast I was given work by making it in my aeropress. It just kept tasting SO SOUR no matter what I did.

I’ve been trying to teach myself to appreciate lighter roasts and not use any cream or sugar. I fully believe I can do it but god that one coffee is not good !

Made a cup this morning with the dark roast I got yesterday. Freshly ground and brewed in the French press, served with cream and sugar as usual. It was so comforting and good TT^TT

[brehaaorgana]

People joke about ADHD all the time, even swear up and down they totally think they also have it, but then if you ask for an accommodation, to please please please provide things in fucking writing, EXACTLY what they want and need, you will even work it out WITH them, like they promised they would do — repeatedly over and over, and then you don't get it people really will fucking be like:

I am using the incorrect bathroom (TM) to place my shelving and store my things. Homegirl literally removed various sundries and toiletries from a CLOSED CABINET and SHELF because she's interested in boundaries and accountability for my mess.

I said months ago I wanted to improve things for her comfort level and needed a written list of what precisely that fucking looked like in order to achieve it and not miss anything she deemed important. I explained how ADHD works, why I needed a written reference. Why I had to have it laid out, and if something needed changing we needed to write it all out. I would've made the list myself, but they said they would make it for the whole house to hold up their end of things. And, thinking this was a very reasonable adult solution to keeping the house in good shape, I said okay, come up with the list of expectations and what is needed and that way we can update how we handle chores. Awesome. I will do that to uphold my end.

No list ever gets made or drafted or anything despite my bringing it up, knowing we need to do it, but I DO get berated for failing to meet expectations and boundaries that were never fucking provided or delivered and include "don't store toiletries in this particular bathroom because I don't like it."

I can't believe I am a goddamn adult who gets treated like an idiot child for expecting adult communication instead of snide ass passive aggressive bullshit and basic respect for my things.

Because when I fucking get home, my shelving has been removed and a cabinet emptied of my things and placed in the "correct" bathroom.

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Oh shit she solved it, this doesn't look cluttered at all!

What a vast improvement to storing things in appropriate storage!

[chromaticramblings]

if you feel guilty about something you love because it contributes to capitalism:

don’t.

capitalism needs you to be tired. it needs you to be so exhausted that you can barely think of anything outside of work, so that you can’t imagine how things could be better.

if you do things you love, you keep that energy for yourself. that’s energy you can turn outwards. that’s energy you can use to grow and help others and be human.

obviously we wanna harm reduce. obviously in an ideal world, that thing you love has zero negative impact. but you can’t work towards that world if you aren’t working on liberating yourself first.

[retroautomaton]

🍒🛸🧨

[how-to-get-away-with-study]

finally on holiday! and glad to have time to draw a bit 🌟

Hobby on gret.a.rt if you want ✍🏼

[hobbiesovercoffee]

Starting The Familiar today. let’s see how this goes.