Well by strange and disturbing coincidence hazbean and lucinda discovered
on Thursday morning that, not only that they know each other, but live a
mere 700 metres apart in the leafy Adelaide suburb of Belair. Weve been
running into each other for years at Lucias, Adelaides oldest coffee house, in the
Central Market.
So now we can get together for joint roasts (sorry), figuring out new
MDF mods, swapping green beans, and all sorts of things.
It occurred to me that we need a Snob Sign so that we can recognize
each other and increase the chances of such meetings.
I have a proposal, based on painful personal experience. Decided a couple
of weeks ago to do a larger (450g) Corretto roast. All went well, fiddled
around for a while with cooling trays because I dont have a fancy cooler,
all under control.
Then I thought Id make swMbo happy by packing up the roasting gear
straight away, rather than the usual two or three days. Started
with the heat gun -- should have cooled down after all that fussing
around.
Wrong. Brushed my forearm against the tip. Immediate ouchhh burn.
This has now calmed down to a nice triangular mark that would be
immediately recognized by anyone who knows these things. So
this could be the Sign. All we have to do is discreetly show
the mark and make an innocent comment about coffee.
There are other benefits as well. The cycle of the burn
closely follows the cycle of the coffee. Hurting like
hell -- coffee degassing. Blister diminishing -- coffee
on the way. Blister gone -- time to use the beans.
Then start all over again
And when Corretto goes commercial, this could be the brand (sorry
again).
Alternatively, could just have a little bean lapel pin sold on
BeanBay. Maybe use it to wear your snobbery on your sleeve ...
Sorry about the rave. With temp coming up to 41C its too hot
to do anything else.
on Thursday morning that, not only that they know each other, but live a
mere 700 metres apart in the leafy Adelaide suburb of Belair. Weve been
running into each other for years at Lucias, Adelaides oldest coffee house, in the
Central Market.
So now we can get together for joint roasts (sorry), figuring out new
MDF mods, swapping green beans, and all sorts of things.
It occurred to me that we need a Snob Sign so that we can recognize
each other and increase the chances of such meetings.
I have a proposal, based on painful personal experience. Decided a couple
of weeks ago to do a larger (450g) Corretto roast. All went well, fiddled
around for a while with cooling trays because I dont have a fancy cooler,
all under control.
Then I thought Id make swMbo happy by packing up the roasting gear
straight away, rather than the usual two or three days. Started
with the heat gun -- should have cooled down after all that fussing
around.
Wrong. Brushed my forearm against the tip. Immediate ouchhh burn.
This has now calmed down to a nice triangular mark that would be
immediately recognized by anyone who knows these things. So
this could be the Sign. All we have to do is discreetly show
the mark and make an innocent comment about coffee.
There are other benefits as well. The cycle of the burn
closely follows the cycle of the coffee. Hurting like
hell -- coffee degassing. Blister diminishing -- coffee
on the way. Blister gone -- time to use the beans.
Then start all over again

And when Corretto goes commercial, this could be the brand (sorry
again).
Alternatively, could just have a little bean lapel pin sold on
BeanBay. Maybe use it to wear your snobbery on your sleeve ...
Sorry about the rave. With temp coming up to 41C its too hot
to do anything else.
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