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Naw: one has the cardboard tag on the neck and the other doesn’t.

I put 20.01 grams of beans in the Option-O (I weigh beans on a different scale than I brew). This is what I got out. It will have to do. Yes I know I’m on the autism spectrum (morning juice mix on the side while I wait for things to warm up).

Double post: internet being fucky.

N/A: can't delete the quote box for some reason. Just a bunch of bullshit that nobody cares about that happened to include a response to something Sam said (which I was agreeing with).

It’s a shake weight with a sieve. If it gets coffee dorks to exercise I’m all for it*. *almost certainly won’t make your coffee worse or better.

The Option-O Remi has some issues that piss me off, in human/machine interface design and just “what the fuck were you thinking?” design, but two things that don’t piss me off are grind quality and grounds retention. Those are, respectively, “impeccable” and “none to the error margin of my scales.*” Plus it’s a good bicep workout. I put 32.51 grams of beans in and got 32.5/49/51 grams of too fine (my fault) grounds out. Made a good cup after I adjusted my pour (I wasn’t gonna waste 32.51 grams of these beans**). *and I have good scales. **I was willing to waste the error-margin worth.

I think I’m pretty sure I’ll be getting an Option-O counter top grinder after I move and have room for an electric setup again. Grinds were exceptionally even and consistent. Keep in mind that I grind from frozen (after an off-gas period), which substantially improves median grain size, but even still: I’m impressed. P64 would look nice next to a Mara X in my partner’s basement. Best shot I’ve pulled from the Flair. As an aside: I completely disassembled the Remi this morning. My guess is the average person wouldn’t haven’t gotten it back together (there were parts of the reassembly that were a struggle until I figured out “the trick,” but these were also not parts interfaces that were ever meant to be end-user facing). I still think there is room for improvement, but I would say the same to Rolex about the watch on my left wrist and I would say the same to Apple about the watch on my right, so hey: sometimes things are just the things they are: everything is made to a price point. Highly recommended if you want a hand-grinder (at least with the contemporary burrs; I can’t speak to the conventionals).

Holy smokes the Option-O Remi is nice. I’ve run through a few ounces of the cheap beans I tend to keep (purchasable in 2 pound bags from Amazon!) specifically for dialing in grind. I’ve used cafe Mahlkoenig’s that didn’t grind this consistently. They did grind with less effort, admittedly… From a fit-and-finish and human interface design perspective there are improvements I could suggest. It would make a rather expensive and very low production hand-grinder into a very, very expensive and exceptionally low production hand-grinder, so I understand why the “corners” that were cut were cut. I like it a lot and I honestly don’t care* if the Flair Royal is returned fixed. *A lie.

They are going to fix the grinder. It should not have required this much effort, but I’m also looking forward to the Option-O, so I suppose it all works out.

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I'm having a small issue with the Flair Royal: the shaft/crown interface is switching when the torque of beans happens. I have contacted Flair, and I have instructions on how to fix the issue, but between my fingers not working and not having the tools on hand to do so, it is just not something I can do at the moment. I bought an Option-O Remi with the contemporary burr set. Will be interesting to compare with the Flair Royal (when it worked correctly, and it was excellent).

New scale and newish mirror play well together.

I don’t know, I never weighed him.

This little scale makes me very happy.

That is a name I have not heard for a long time. A long time.

Maybe Mikhail has something to upgrade it with?

I broke my foot and sprained my ankle badly doing swing dancing in late May. I finally feel healthy and fit, so HEMA today and judo Tuesday, and maybe Jeet on Thursday. I’m sure I could have done this already but I can do push-ups without pain today. That was a sort of my threshold.

I smiled when I took the first sip of this cup. I coarsened up the grind slightly: that was surely the whatever that whatevered today. That’s what it’s about, right? That smile when you take a sip? That was a “nailed it.” Like the first time you played that Mozart Concerto from memory in public perfectly, or figured out how to tie your shoes right. Anyway: a good cup. Kubrick would understand that while he faked the footage.

19.8:299 in 4.5 minutes. Stanley Kubrick couldn’t fake this if he tried (helps that he’s dead, on that bet).

This was a little while ago, but something adequate that the bourbon bar had in their humidor for some inflated price. Same with the bourbon.

Rolex is not a for profit company (every Swiss Franc of excess revenue goes to the Hans Wildorf Foundation, which is a charity). They make as many watches as they can at the quality level they are willing to settle for. They seriously are operating at full capacity with their infrastructure and logistics. They have no particular pressure to expand, and it’s like semi-conductors: even if they wanted to they couldn’t do it tomorrow. They are like Beck: they don’t owe the fans a new album. Does it suck? Sure. Tudor is semi-autonomous but they are on the same facilities. There is a reason why my most recent Rolex was made in 2012. I wish it were otherwise, sure. But it’s not a case of false scarcity.

I had coffee this morning. It was good. I like coffee. Neil Armstrong presented me with my Eagle badge. I’m the fat kid, four to stage right, of Mr. Armstrong, with the pants that don’t fit. 10 years ago I would go into extreme detail about the nozzle trim system (the F-1 was, “by itself,” a monumental engineering achievement) on the Saturn V’s first stage, but you’ll have to excuse me: Stanley Kubrick is faking the footage of me changing my cat’s litter, as we speak.

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Edit: I had some dumb bullshit “point.” Not worth spending the time to read it that I spent typing.

I am sure HemiSam, who fucking races cars, doesn’t need a lecture from you on car maintenance.