#song of the day: Temper Temper - Lime Cordiale

[crnl-chicken-tots]

Push and pull, yeah that's our arrangement

[ravenplaylist]

February 17, 2022 - Temper Temper by Lime Cordiale

[pads-and-moons]

songs i associate with the marauders / think they would like

sirius

- parents by yungblud

- 18 by arnabor

- sex with a ghost by teddy hyde

- verbatim by mother mother

- post break up sex by the vaccines

- ziggy stardust by david bowie

- harness your hopes by pavement

- devil town by cavetown

- paint it, black by the rolling stones

- adderall by max frost

- can she dance by dr dog

- pierre by ryn weaver

- ivy by frank ocean

- sex drugs etc by beach weather

- monolith by t. rex

- good old fashioned lover boy by queen

- sign of the times by harry styles

- temper temper by lime cordiale

- wires by the neighbourhood

- black sheep by gin wigmore

remus

- eleanor rigby by the beatles

- leaves by cheers elephant

- dear friend, by dayglow

- creep by radiohead

- despair in the departure lounge by the arctic monkeys

- where is my mind by pixies

- my heart is buried in venice by ricky montgomery

- chit chat by beach weather

- moondust (stripped) by jaymes young

- willow tree march by the paper kites

- come and be alone with me by the jungle giants

- a world alone by lorde

- dope on a rope by the growlers

- six months in a leaky boat by split enz

- martha my dear by the beatles

- mardy bum by arctic monkeys

- walking the dog by fun

- hazy miss daisy by kid bloom

- chapstick by hippo campus

- space song by beach house

- freakin out on the interstate by briston maroney

james

- say you like me by we the kings

- take a walk by passion pit

- pumpin blood by nonono

- please notice by christian leave

- give me a try by the wombats

- out of my league by fitz and the tantrums

- shark attack by grouplove

- honey by coastal club

- robbery by lime cordiale

- poison drum by gang of youths

- pursuit of happiness (nightmare) by kid cudi

- 1955 by hilltop hoods

- be okay by oh honey

- young dumb and broke by khalid

- octopus’s garden by the beatles

- renegades by x ambassadors

- scrawny by wallows

- san francisco by the mowgli’s

- kids by mgmt

- fun by troye sivan

lily

- there she goes by the la’s

- televised by hunny

- she’s so high by tal bachmann

- sunbleached girl by shag rock

- chasin honey by wild party

- seventeen by peach pit

- dog days are over by florence and the machine

- friends by blaise moore

- she’s so lovely by scouting for girls

- above the clouds by sÿde and olivia reid

- chateau by angus and julia stone

- boys ain’t shit by saygrace

- heartbreak radio by abbie ozard

- kiwi by harry styles

- accidentally kelly street by frente

- pink lemonade by the wombats

- kilby girl by the backseat lovers

- darling by christian leave

- low blows by meg mac

- nothing to regret by robinson

wolfstar

- the prettiest star by david bowie

- she’s a riot by the jungle giants

- peace train by cat stevens

- too much time together by san cisco

- love you so bad by ezra furman

- i melt with you by modern english

- talking to the moon by bruno mars

- all the young dudes by mott the hoople

- us by regina spektor

- talk is overrated by jeremy zucker and blackbear

- somewhere only we know by keane

- if u wanna stay by sweatcult

- low by cracker

- ivy by frank ocean

- boys don’t cry by the cure

- i want you to want me by cheap trick

- trouble by cage the elephant

- martha my dear by the beatles

- sweat by the technicolours

- like real people do by hozier

jily

- friday i’m in love by the cure

- best friend by rex orange county

- kiss her you fool by kids that fly

- my girlfriend is a witch by october country

- banana pancakes by jack johnson

- there’s no way by lauv and julia michaels

- lucky by jason mraz and colbie caillat

- say it just say it by the mowgli’s

- toothpaste kisses by the maccabees

- halcyon by the paper kites

- the louvre by lorde

- light a roman candle with me by fun

- without you by oh wonder

- unchained melody by the righteous brothers

- be my baby by the ronettes

- your song by elton john

- my girl by the temptations

- l-o-v-e by nat king cole

- dress by taylor swift

- me & you together song by the 1975

[liquidcoffees]

A sphere that explodes in your mouth is just one of the wild drinks this experimental coffee shop is

Ryan Castelaz is a storyteller.

His medium de él, however, is not a pen and paper, a computer or a stage (well, sometimes it's a stage).

But usually, it's coffee.

And not just your standard lattes or macchiatos. They're carefully crafted works of art.

These concoctions have a similar look and presentation to craft cocktails, with similar wait times and prices.

One type of drink Castelaz does is a "Crenn," which I have described as a "spherified" liquid. His inspiration for this came from renowned chef Dominique Crenn.

To create his latest version of it, called "Two Trees," he freezes matcha and lime cordial in a spherical ice mold. Then, the frozen spheres are dipped into melted cocoa butter. They temper back down to room temperature, and are topped off with a fermented kiwi purée and a touch of CBD oil, he said.

The sphere is placed atop a nest in a glass egg server with cedar leaf vapor filling the dish.

And all of this isn't just for show; it's also about the taste.

"What you have is a cold liquid inside of a soft sphere," he said. "As soon as that sphere hits your tongue, it explodes ... It's a really wild, super fun textural experience."

Castelaz started selling creations like these in 2017 in Sister Bay, when he opened Discourse: a Liquid Workshop.

Now, he's bidding Door County adieu and bringing his unique beverages to Milwaukee with the help of his business partner, Olivia Molter, an experienced barista. Discourse will begin putting on recurring pop-ups at Two Trees MKE later this summer.

"Since the beginning, we've really just been trying to create coffee for conversation," Castelaz said. "We want to make things that challenge the paradigm of what the coffee experience can, should and will be."

Castelaz, who grew up in New Berlin, got into the idea of "artistic" and "creative" drinks while watching the show "Chef's Table" years ago.

"To see chefs who were telling stories just like musicians told stories in their songs was really crazy to me and mind-blowing and inspirational and exciting," said Castelaz, who's a musician himself.

From hating coffee to becoming 'obsessed'

Surprisingly, Castelaz spent most of his life hating coffee.

"My mom was a Folgers liquid coffee drinker, so that was my interpretation of what coffee was," he said.

But a college practicum made him realize the necessity of the caffeinated drink. When he studied abroad in Italy, he became "obsessed with espresso and espresso culture." When he returned to his dorm, he got his own espresso machine.

"I loved it," he said. "I loved the practice of it. I loved the ritual of it."

When he moved to Door County after studying psychology and opera at Iowa's Luther College, he bought a semi-professional espresso machine.

Before opening his own coffee shop in the summer of 2017, Castelaz only had five months of professional barista experience - at Milwaukee's Valentine Coffee in 2015.

At first, a "good day" for Discourse was $ 100 to $ 200, he said. But after being featured on "Wisconsin Foodie," the shop experienced an uptick that hasn't stopped.

A twist of fate

Molter met Castelaz when she was on a family trip to Door County a couple of years ago and stopped into Discourse.

"I swung in to grab to-go drinks - just a real quick in-and-out thing - and I ended up sitting there for an hour and a half just talking," Molter said. "We hit it off right away."

Molter started working as a barista in her hometown of Appleton when she was a teenager. After moving to Milwaukee for college, she worked at Likewise Coffee (formerly Kickapoo and Wonderstate), then Interval.

Earlier this year, when Molter went to check out a pop-up Castelaz was doing solo at Milwaukee's Dandy, she was met with a line out the door.

When she made it to the front a half hour later, Castelaz was "panicking, spilling, shaking."

"I was like, 'Do you need help? I can go back there and help you,'" Molter said.

"We worked really well together that day and I was like, 'I'm not going to do this alone again,'" Castelaz said.

Two sides to the menu

While Castelaz's passion is telling stories and creating experiences through coffee, Molter - a graphic designer and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student - is focused on making sure the drinks taste good.

Discourse's menu will be split into two parts: "art" and "craft."

Molter will run the "craft" program, which primarily features "typical coffee shop fare with a twist" and Discourse staples.

One drink that will be under this section is the "Channel Orange": a classic latte with whole or oat milk, oaked and smoked vanilla, orange Oleo-Saccharum, and Bittercube Bolivar bitters. It's topped with candied orange powder.

"This is one that I really love," Molter said. "It's nice because it's exciting, and sounds very cool and eloquent, but it just tastes so good that it's an incredibly accessible drink."

Castelaz - who also works full-time as an associate flavor scientist in Beloit - will focus on the menu's "art" beverages. I have