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A photo of an espresso machine portafilter with wooden ring around the top of it, sitting behind the WDT which is essentially a wooden handle with a bunch of long, very narrow, almost needles coming out of the bottom of it.

I ordered some espresso machine goodies from Etsy at the start of this month, a dosing funnel for the portafilter and a WDT tool (https://www.baristahustle.com/blog/weiss-distribution-technique/). They arrived today and are very handsome, looking forward to seeing the difference with my coffee tomorrow!

Posted on 26 April 2023, 15:06

The box of a small metal stove-top kettle that has a very thin curved neck that the water comes out from. The neck is attached to the kettle towards the bottom of the kettle body.

@yayKM was making pour-over coffee with a V60 setup for a while and it made the house smell absolutely AMAZING, but pouring coffee slowly and carefully out of the regular large kettle was a bit tricky (and also she's stopped making pour-overs anyway). I wanted to expand my coffee horizons a touch so I ordered a gooseneck kettle from the same people that make the V60 itself so I can start making some!

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Posted on 27 January 2023, 10:50

A photo of a fancy double-walled round espresso glass about half-way full. The bottom half is a layer of sweetened condensed milk, and the top half is espresso.

We very rarely have sweetened condensed milk in the house, but when we do, I make a café bombón. 👌🏻

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Posted on 10 December 2022, 13:52

A photo of a tall plastic cup of iced mocha sitting on a benchtop.

It's 22˚C and 13% humidity and totally sunny outside, I've done all the laundry, mowed and whippersnipped and fertilised the front and back lawns, cleaned the shower, and now it's time for the first iced mocha of the season. 👌🏻

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Posted on 11 September 2022, 14:51

I also bought a spring-loaded coffee tamper for the espresso machine which arrived today. Fits the portafilter like a GLOVE, and first impressions of the improvement are very positive. I'm keen to see how it goes with my single-origin straight espresso tomorrow morning.

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Posted on 31 August 2022, 14:30

A photo looking down at a the top of a mug of coffee, the foam in the top has what looks like a stylised ghost that looks like it's in motion.

I made a ghost in my coffee! Much better than my previous attempt at coffee art (https://virtualwolf.org/media/posts/1381), though that's a very low bar.

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Posted on 4 July 2022, 16:14

A photo of the boxes of two Warhammer 40,000 miniatures, both are freaky-looking human/alien hybrids (one looks like a gunslinger and the other is standing there looking menacing). Underneath those are three plastic things: a little bellow, a funnel-looking thing, and a small weight.

Birthday haul part 2! The multi-part plastic thing is a single dose attachment for the coffee grinder.

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Posted on 24 April 2022, 12:27

A photo of a Breville "the Bambino Plus" espresso machine and a Eureka Mignon Specialita grinder alongside a stainless steel container for holding coffee beans. The espresso machine is very handsome, it's all black and shiny chrome, and the grinder is all black and looks very retro 1950s.

Yasssss, birthday haul. 🎉 I still need to tweak the grind fineness—and the single dose attachment I'm getting from my parents on Sunday will help with reducing the amount of beans I end up wasting because I ground too much—but man, even with that it's a night and day difference between the old machine and the new. I had no idea espresso could be so thick and rich!

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Posted on 20 April 2022, 10:25

A photo of a fancy double-walled espresso glass with a layer of sweetened condensed milk sitting on the bottom and espresso sitting on top.

We had a bunch of sweetened condensed milk left over from the sweet potato pie Kristina made yesterday when my parents came over, so I made a café bombón with some of and damn is it good! ½ espresso, ½ sweetened condensed milk, then stirred together (and I added ice). 👌🏻

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Posted on 28 November 2021, 13:22

A photo of the box of a set of Acacia Lunar scales, and the additional magnetised plate to make it a little wider if you need it. The scales are ~10cm x 10cm square, with rounded corners, and thin enough to fit under your cup when you're making espresso.

Woohoo, my fancy espresso scales arrived! (I mean, you can obviously use them for more than just espresso, which we'll be doing).

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Posted on 19 October 2021, 14:02