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Oct 24, 2026

Real question on roastery ergonomics: What are you doing to save your back?

Quick question for anyone running production: what are you doing before and during a shift to keep from wrecking your body? Are you using pneumatic loaders or lift tables for green, or still muscling buckets? Doing any mobility work...

topher

Oct 20, 2026 Coffee Roasters

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Drinking some Whole bean “Black Rifle” still and waiting a week on my New R36s clone Retro handheld..pretty neat and something I’ll collect.

If you're consuming whole bean coffee imagine that's quite thin and boring...

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shadow745

Oct 21, 2026 Coffee Table

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Hello from Besa Coffee Roasters

Hello everyone. I am Josh, owner and roaster at Besa Coffee Roasters in Houston, Texas. We roast Colombian Huila and Ethiopian Yirgacheffe for home brewers and for cafes. I am...

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BesaCoffee

Oct 23, 2026 Introductions

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Cooperative Coffee Roasters Concepcion Huista (Guatemala)

Anything AI is retarded and I avoid/disable it every chance possible. That sort of crap will only 'take over' if people let it. Regarding taste, it will always be subjective and don't get too...

S shadow745 Oct 24, 2026 Coffee Reviews 🔥 1

Week of

Oct 17, 2026

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Mind Blowing Spro...

Using a 7-8 day old batch of Moka Kadir (dry process Yemen/Brazil/Ethiopia offerings) I took to a Full City range had this extraction earlier. I tag that as an insane ristretto and simply laugh at boring Italian 'guidelines' for proper...

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shadow745

Oct 11, 2026 Coffee Beans & Espresso Beans

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How many espressos is “too many” in one day?

I find my espresso is fairly self-limiting when my hands are shaking too much to line up the pf. Usually at the 3 to 4 doubles point.

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bbqncigars

Oct 15, 2026 Coffee Beans & Espresso Beans

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Outage probably for 72hours+ and Hurricane Isaias in Florida..roughing it out for maybe a week.

Hope you get your power back! I updated the title to fix the typo. Stay safe! True, but dealing with power outages definitely tends to lead to an outrage, bwahaha!

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shadow745

Oct 12, 2026 Coffee Table

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Look at this “Black Rifle” grinding up nicely.

Glad it's working for you! I tried a Black Rifle once, don't remember which one. Got it at Walmart. Wasn't good, haven't tried it again. I remember it being not very fresh / lacking potency...

bvanevery Oct 12, 2026 Coffee Table 🔥 1

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I feel and do you feel psych/psychiatric with coffee and cigarettes..maybe too much coffee and too strong.

I would definitely try to slow down on the cigarettes first... any kind of tobacco really is going to be bad for you. Don't try to cut them both out at the same time though. Just need to slowly...

Admin Oct 13, 2026 Coffee Table 🔥 1

Week of

Oct 10, 2026

Coffee Reviews 🏆 First Place

Joe Van Gogh Coffee Cafe Fem organic blend

I reviewed this coffee on another site several months ago and had a good experience with it. It's a medium roast, tasting notes "apricot, dried fruit, hazelnut". When I finally dialed it in I was able to get the apricot flavors quite...

bvanevery

Oct 4, 2026 Coffee Reviews

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Coffee Reviews 🥈 Second Place

Joe Van Gogh Coffee Cafe Fem organic blend

Instead of storage method experimenting simply consume more... Wouldn't work for me. Caffeine can make me very sick if I overdo it. Some other corner cases where CO2 storage...

bvanevery

Oct 4, 2026 Coffee Reviews

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Popcorn Lung and the Flu

Well I do roast all that I consume, have been over 10 yrs now, but I never seek out certified organic as that's more for marketing than anything. Being green/raw has little to...

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shadow745

Oct 5, 2026 Coffee Roasters

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Hello from wild Florida pace Florida.have some Gevalia and still watching my uncommon to rare porch plant collection thrive.

I do need some help with IDing and and some these rare to uncommon I have TI flower and is quite large but the leaves are becoming fragile and it’s trying to bloom go crazy slightly watered all of...

JordanS Oct 5, 2026 Coffee Table 🔥 1

Week of

Oct 3, 2026

Coffee Table 🏆 First Place

Do you still drink coffee if you smoke or after you quit smoking?

I smoked from age 12 to 30. The first 3 years are the worst.

topher

Sep 28, 2026 Coffee Table

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Coffee Table 🥈 Second Place

Do you still drink coffee if you smoke or after you quit smoking?

I smoked from age 12 to 30. The first 3 years are the worst. You have to smoke lights or menthols and very lightly and I know have to go outside and should go outside to...

JordanS

Sep 28, 2026 Coffee Table

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Do you still drink coffee if you smoke or after you quit smoking?

I believe that people can get addicted to coffee so much that they cannot do one without the other, smoking also. I used to smoke but I no longer do, but I do drink coffee...

Christel

Sep 30, 2026 Coffee Table

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Well I’ve upgraded my all AMD pc while drinking coffee and having some smokes.

I wonder if you could do a seemingly dangerous and high risk coffee and electronics photo using some clever camera trickery. Like make it look like the coffee is inside your case. That would be...

bvanevery Oct 3, 2026 Coffee Table 🔥 1

Week of

Sep 19, 2026

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Joe Van Gogh Coffee "Sea Turtle" organic blend

Exactly why I home roast... can do single origin if decent, buy green blends as I prefer that over most any SO I have tried yet, or create my own blend with various green onhand. Doing research on where green I buy comes from there are...

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shadow745

Sep 13, 2026 Coffee Reviews

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Coffee Table 🥈 Second Place

Let's see those Coffee Mugs! ❤️ ☕️

If you could integrate a coffee mug with a computer, that would be pretty rad. Even as a cup holder. Although it would have to be a decidedly second string computer to risk...

bvanevery

Sep 16, 2026 Coffee Table

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Let's see those Coffee Mugs! ❤️ ☕️

Brick coffee scares me! There's a lot of terrible stuff in grocery stores, age-wise. Nowadays if the coffee doesn't have a roast date on it, 3 weeks ago or less, I'm not...

bvanevery

Sep 17, 2026 Coffee Table

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Peet's Cafe Domingo cold brewed

I always lmao when things are 'supposed' to be a particular way... I always go against the grain to find what works for ME as I find pretty much all other guidelines in life to be a boring waste...

S shadow745 Sep 17, 2026 Coffee Reviews 🔥 1

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cold brewing yerba mate

My nephew was interested in getting his caffeine from yerba mate for "health reasons". He didn't end up even trying it lol. He'll get an idea about some health kick and next week it'll be...

M mollybrown Sep 18, 2026 Coffee Table 🔥 1

Week of

Sep 12, 2026

Coffee and Espresso Machines 🏆 First Place

Hello new here. I got some Starbucks

Be careful with that, unless you need it. You can brick a board flashing the BIOS, especially if it doesn't have a dual BIOS switch. Might be best to just leave it as is if it's working. At the very least, I'd let other people test out...

Admin

Sep 9, 2026 Coffee and Espresso Machines

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Coffee and Espresso Machines 🥈 Second Place

I need help brewing 1-2 cups on a Bunn coffeemaker, either the VP17 or the Speed Brewer for home use.

If you’re mainly brewing 1–2 cups, I’d probably lean toward the Speed Brew rather than the VP17. The VP17 is great, but it’s really designed more for larger batches and...

Aldis1ne

Sep 6, 2026 Coffee and Espresso Machines

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Coffee and Espresso Machines 🥉 Third Place

Hello new here. I got some Starbucks

Welcome to the site @JordanS -- hope you enjoy the site. Plenty to learn here coffee wise and it sounds like you've got some extra time on your hands and after that coffee...

Admin

Sep 9, 2026 Coffee and Espresso Machines

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