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I would give it a try and then set it aside for a bit and come back to it. Back when I was fully into roasting, I started off with the idea of a fresh roast, fresh grind is the best. But Sonja and I started to notice that we liked the coffee better and better as the week went on (always fresh grind though). So then we implemented a process of roasting a pound at a time and letting it set while we worked through the current batch. It took us about a week and a half to go through a pound (a real pound - not 14oz, or 12 oz that companies sell these days -- anyway - lost my train of thought). So by the time we got to the new roast it was at least a week and a half old. This was a good balance that we came up with. We didn't really want to have rolling stock of multiple roasts just aging. But we knew that we didn't want fresh either. This reminds me when we started to fresh mill flower. It was not the best right out of the mill. When we got fresh flour from a local source we would not use it until at least 14 days after it was milled. It was too unpredictable to use for our breads. So there is something about nature that wants us cool our jets a bit. When we transform something (roast or mill), it needs some time to recover. don't we all?

I have to say it does look pretty awesome, like a chunk of Frank Gehry architecture in your kitchen. Enjoy.

12 Stradivari Janine Jansen, Antonio Pappano 2021 https://album.link/i/1577946234 Example: Piano and Violin making sounds together, with the help of a couple of humans. Well done Decca, nice rich recording of good complex performances.

Travelin' Kind Ashland Craft 2021 https://album.link/i/1575101204 Example: I have been wading through a lot of country music in the last month (most not worth posting - yes, I listen to a lot of music that I don't post). The other day I came to Ashland, and I was drawn in initially by her voice. I just put a pin in it, because I was not in the mood. I pulled it back up today and was rewarded for waiting. I really enjoyed this album. I liked the rawness of it as well as the writing. There are not a lot of country albums that come with the Explicit warning. "One step forward Two shots back I'll stay hungover Just tryna keep you in my past" She deserves one more share:

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I guess it is tomorrow Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles Brad Mehldau 2023 https://album.link/i/1654701817 Example - I chose the one non-beatles song {because I'm that guy}: It is not a new concept - but Brad is just that good. All live tracks.

Jacob's Ladder Brad Mehldau 2022 https://album.link/i/1606023157 Example: Been in my queue for too long (in this case almost a year since it's release). A pretty cool batch of covers by Brad and team. I liked this one from Gentle Giant, along with a pile of Ruch tunes as well. Always need more Brad.

I have to give props for the naming. Automatic Google search optimization.

You know. That famous amp designer - HiFi CO KR And as always, Thanks for J.C. {our amp and saviour}

Cheers Jeff, Have a lovely wood filled birthday.

Big Fun (2022 Remaster) Miles Davis 1974 https://album.link/i/205881623 Example: A Pretty epic listen - I had to take it in two chunks. The original was a 4 song double album. The reissue turns it into an 8 track 2 hour and 22 minute journey. High caliber stuff.

RIP - a lot of people in Turkey (country of my birth)

She is fast - but happens to be very good as well. Ed: Also, isn't that three things?

Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 20, 34, 51 & 52 Paul Lewis 2018 https://album.link/i/1580960950 Example: Just good all the way around. Haydn good, Paul good, Harmonia good. Fire bad.

A bit of a progy Saturday: Earlier - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth Rick Wakeman 1974 https://album.link/i/1443406338 It's only 4 tracks, there is no real way to share a track to do it justice. Now more modern: Day And Age (Deluxe Edition) Frost* 2021 https://album.link/us/i/1556722306 Example: Frost* has been in my queue for too long. I am glad I finally got to them. I have an older album of theirs queued up as well. I should get to it sooner than later. Solid band with Spock's Beard vibes.

Robert Fripp and Toyah - killing it on facebook.

Maybe I can use something like that to create background music for my flyover videos - but it can't do this: A Day At The Races Queen 1976 https://album.link/i/1440805740 Getting back to 'real' music. Cheers

Talking Heads '77 (Deluxe Version) Talking Heads 1977 https://album.link/i/124925532 Example: Fun with David and the gang.

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Geminiani: Concerti grossi Nos. 4 & 12 Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, Christina Day Martinson 2009 https://album.link/i/1545716709 Example: From Telac, back when Telarc was still a thing. So as you would expect, very well recorded.

Yeah, a little easier to consider testing things out with adding another VST - I don't think I would buy a handful of Weber's just to test them out. They do look next level though.

Thanks, and understood - My issue is that with the Oracle (semi-auto) I can only adjust the dose so much. I reduced it this morning to its absolute minimum, and that gave me a 22 dose, which is the dose I really like right now. The grinder uses a little telescoping post with a set screw to adjust the fill level (max stroke). I was thinking for a few bucks I could have the flexibility to go to a lower dose if I wanted with an 18g basket. I really should be just talked about in terms of the size of the basket, the current VST that I have is 26mm high, and smaller one would be 24mm. The limitations of the all in one machine. That all being said - the 22g in and 46g out that I am sipping on right now is glorious.

Yup - that was my experience on the first pull. It is a deeper basket than the stock one. I ended up with just under 24g in. So I pulled 50g out, and it was a lovely complex shot out of the gate. I pulled another one just to see if the consistency was there, and sure enough it was. So, I poured them together and sipped on the quad shot for a while. I didn't finish it, I would have been way too buzzed. But I am happy with the basket, I may pick up an 18g just to be able to run smaller doses in the future.

Let the testing begin.