Aura

i cannot explain how addicted i got to that album^ new one is good too but not quite on the same level Shelleyan Orphan - Century Flower

missed Dan's roaster update but am interested for sure. the mysore is one of the better bags i've ever done with aeropress. @HemiSam definitely a fan of Heart. the very first Ethiopian i had from them was one of the first brews i ever made on v60 and it was absolutely fantastic.

buzzed and existential Tool - Lateralus

didn't Spotify not used to accommodate 320kbps? I seem to recall that being introduced maybe a few years back. i wonder if they hadn't improved the streaming quality prior to Tidal's introduction...

Thanks, Dusty. I suspect the 'reassurance' factor is playing a big role for many. My bias going in was actually to demand an enormous, obvious difference between the two to convince me to change. It's just not there.

Because the old Tidal thread hasn't had a post in a long time and Nate's thread is more current and has had me thinking about moving on to something else besides Spotify... I spent about 3 hours tonight directly comparing Spotify Premium and Tidal HiFi. Virtually zero difference in my chain. On a small number of tracks I detect slightly more precision in midrange (namely vocals) and bass (Spotify occasionally had more bloom and less balance)... but this was maybe 3-4 tracks out of 30+. I was all over the board on genre and compared Normal, HiFi, and Master levels of Tidal recordings. Made no difference. Not that my desktop rig is the end-all in resolution but I'd love to know what source gear would show significant improvements from Tidal's output. I'll keep the trial and go back a few more times but I guess I'm good standing pat.

@HemiSam makes sense why i enjoy the Burundi so much, earthy and spicy is definitely my jam. couple of Onyx Colombians the past few days... Colombia Jhon David Molina. the apple note on this one is outrageously good, like a red apple baked into a pie. onyx claimed the tartness of this can be too much if you under brew, no issues here. Colombia Inmaculada Gesha. my first time trying a gesha, by far the most expensive beans i have bought. the nose is less sweet and more spice. more sharpness in taste and you really have to let it sit to just above room temp to pull the underlying cocoa. with only 4oz to play with there's not much i can try changing on this... it's good but not as memorable for me as the Molina.

Tool - Ænima

yas

Dan beans! medium-dark roast, no visible residual oils (a good thing). on the v60 it bloomed like a motherfucker, biggest i've ever seen with exception of fresh bali blue krishna. aroma is absolutely fantastic, i can't really ask for a better roasted note. i think i slightly over extracted because the taste wasn't dialed in, too fine a grind. i've done multiple aeropress after this initial brew and it's better balanced. gonna go back to pour over at least once more for science i would be a buyer @grawk 😁

pertinent. Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest

^^Dan - what kind of beans? Your own roast?

Carcass - Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious good fucking morning. \m/

probably a pointlessly-long post... @n_maher if i've learned one thing in the last three months on this coffee expedition it's that the behavior of beans are really fucking random regardless of how much money you drop. if anything it seems like the higher-end bags have more variability from one to the next. a good example - i purchased two different Guatemalan bags from Heart Roasters last month. the first one - absolutely fantastic with v60 pour over, so good that i didn't need to bother trying it with aeropress. a top 3-4 bag for me so far. so i end up buying another varietal that seemed quite similar on the site. it behaved completely differently on v60... it was generally "lifeless" and not memorable. i switch over to aeropress and it is great, maybe not at the level of the first one on v60, but good enough that i only used aeropress for remainder of the bag. even within the same bag i can create a different profile if i change my method on pour-over. Hoffman method is very consistent and seems to give me a large brushstroke of what those beans will represent. if i try the same beans with the same ratios on 4-6 method, it's completely different. 4-6 will pull out extra flavors that verge on 'overbrewed' but not fully, less about intensity of bitterness and more bizarre nutty-type notes. Hoffman is definitely my preferred method and i don't do 4-6 unless i'm dissatisfied or just want to fuck around. edit - don't even get me started on water profile and how it affects your brew... i started to fuck around with Third Wave water and if anything it made the cups a little cleaner but also a little more boring... -- so we know that this Burundi is a pretty crazy bean and i pulled some flavor this morning that i've literally never gotten before from any coffee. on french press i could see this not being a good thing. on pour over, i'm all about it. at least you gave it a shot. appreciate the offer to share but i've got plenty to get through already , if i were you i'd freeze the remainder and save them for whenever you want to clean out your grinder.

Arcade Fire - Funeral been long fucking time

^^good looking burrs @HemiSam my levercraft order had a hiccup and was delayed, but Eric ended up throwing in an entire extra jar of his Burundi for me. and it is a good jar indeed for pour over.

filed taxes. i know they extended but it felt too weird to not file before the usual date. owed some money, whatever.

sorry brent and family.

Soccer Mommy - color theory

yes thanks to Antonio! -- Vitamin String Quartet - VSQ Performs Tool's Lateralus

okay that fucking sucks. RIP Bill.

how are you brewing, Nate?

continuing some of the post-rock from earlier this week... Yndi Halda - Under Summer their first album, Enjoy Eternal Bliss, is another personal favorite. i've listened to this follow-up before but it's been a couple years

thanks, Dan. yeah no tracking in my e-mail... sent him a quick note just to check if he had one.

do you guys get tracking from LeverCraft? i got an 'order shipped' e-mail on monday but no tracking.