The latest issue of the Coffee Pulse Newsletter from CoffeeGeek went out this morning. This issue's topic is One Coffee, Brewed Many Ways.If you're not a subscriber (and why not? It's free!) you can view the issue here (and subscribe via the link at the top, if you like).#coffee #espresso cc @coffee @espresso https://conta.cc/3YAuZG3

@m4cb3th I hear you. Also I kind of sideways asked breville if the machine calls back to home, AKA breville headquarters and shares information about the machine with them, and they were coy in the answer. I will press the issue however. I imagine it probably shares some data if you are having issues with the machine but even that I wasn't able to confirm.That said, I think a big mistake on the other touch machines from breville is that they don't have firmware updates available. Because a few of them need it.

#NCPWe are ready for the kids this halloween.That's my studio COB 250W RGB light, in a lantern umbrella, and I did little cutout black eyes and mouth for it. Believe it or not, it's only at 15% brightness. We jack it up when the kids come up the steps

There's been a delay in getting our Cuptimo Snapshot Review out, because I'm trying to coax a great cup out of one of the devices I chose to compare it to: the Ceado Hoop.I love, and hate the Hoop. I just can't seem to consistently brew a great cup with it, BUT I've had some great cups of coffee from it, brewed by others.Anyone out there have better luck with the Hoop?#ceadohoop #coffee #nobypasscoffee #coffeegeek

One more thought.I am not on social media for likes and boosts.I spend a lot of time maintaining CoffeeGeek's social media presence for four key reasons:a) driving eyeballs to our new content on CoffeeGeek. Not going to lie, this is important, and the most important thing.b) engaging with coffee lovers. I love interacting, answering questions, asking questions, learning new things, getting new ideas on the kind of content we should produce on CoffeeGeekc) seeing trends. I use social media to see where interest and trends are in coffeed) learning. I learn constantly about new things in specialty coffee because of social media, just by observing and reading other interactions.Likes, view counts, etc, don't matter much to me. Don't get me wrong, it's nice validation, which we all need from time to time, but the above four reasons are the primary driving reasons for us maintaining social media accounts (my two senior blog contributors have access to CG's threads and IG account, hence the "us").- Mark

@soypunk Oh crap.Thanks for pointing that out. This is one of the How To Guides I forgot to carry over and update when we did a huge overhaul of the website in the spring. I thought I got them all... but now checking, I see I still have 3 I forgot to do.How embarrassing. Another thing to add to the to-do list for this weekend and next week.

@fuzzychef I'll be doing both. Our CG account is around 7,500 now on Threads, so at least until the enshitification program by Meta is fully rolled out, I post there daily too. Bluesky, I had sort of abandoned, as engagement was near zero there, but decided to give it another try a few weeks ago, and post there regularly again:https://bsky.app/profile/coffeegeek.bsky.social

@oblomov @ludicity We cannot do that. The amount of work that would require, not only mentioning how it would completely destroy our efforts at SEO (love it or hate it). The root problem isn't how complex our site or pages is. It's that everytime a high follower-count account on Mastodon, with followers across thousands of instances, posts a URL, that website gets hammerred with thousands of page call requests within a few milliseconds.

Fresh up on CoffeeGeek this morning, a new entry in our creative writing series, from our resident prose-poet Ethan McGonigal. An AeroPress in the Gatineau Hills. It's a story about a commune and hike through nature, with a bit of coffee brewing thrown in. If you read carefully, you'll also find a new way to make an AeroPress, using wintergreen leaves as an enhancer! NB, this link may be down for up to 5 mins because of the MastoDdos effect. Just retry.cc @coffee https://coffeegeek.com/blog/creative-writing/an-aeropress-in-the-gatineau-hills/

@lambtor When used for brewing sifting, I do usually 20% more than my final intended use (so for a 3 cup press, I will do 25g instead of 21g). For our grinder particle size tests, I do 10 AND 20g samples, and average across both. it's labourious, but fairly accurate.

So here's how it goes down.I've been in touch with KRUVE about us reviewing their glassware. Had some really good convos with the owner and founder, and I jokingly say "ever consider advertising on our site? I don't think KRUVE ever has..." He was sure they had in the past, but nope. Said point blank "honestly, I'm tired of feeding the (goog.meta) machine, and you do some excellent work really educating and informing the coffee loving public. We should be supporting you more, and reaching your audience. Let's do this."So as of this morning KRUVE is an advertiser on CoffeeGeek! I would really like to thank them, and invite you to check the company out. I'll have another post where I talk about the specific products we use from them (long before they advertised with us!). They've also set up a download link to download a FREE printable copy of their popular BREWLER grind particle measuring tool. You can download it here.#Kruve #brewler #kruvesiftercc @coffee https://www.kruveinc.com/#DownloadBrewler

KRUVE, which for years was my go-to device for checking the grind sizes from grinders, has a nifty device called the Brewler, an exacting, chemical photo etched ruler to check grind sizes.Well, they now have a printable version of this which works surprisingly well. You can download it here.https://www.kruveinc.com/#DownloadBrewler

@MattCC716 @coffeegeeker I would absolutely love for them to bring Abbie Eaton on as Danica's full time replacement.

A whole lotta KRUVE is coming our way. Two of my writers and myself are going to be using and evaluating all their drink ware. Here's the order.https://www.kruveinc.com/

Some Ninja Luxe Cafe Premiere availability update. It continues to be spotty on Ninja's direct sales site, but I've been informed the bulk of the available units have been allocated to Amazon direct, so if you're in the hunt for this elusive machine, Amazon is probably your best option for getting one, from now through Christmas. It's $499 US currently.https://amzn.to/4eVG9w8

Also, another request to our fediverse friends. Long time followers and interactors here know that we get a slight bonus from Amazon each month if we hit certain sales targets.This month, we're just $3,700 away from hitting a target. We need your help.IF you are doing any regular shopping on Amazon, use this link below. It doesn't cost you anything extra, but we'll earn a small commission. That income goes 100% to our writers each month. https://amzn.to/3UlcNPy

It looks like the Ninja Cafe Luxe Premiere is back in stock again at Ninja's website. Here's our first look at this swiss army knife machine. (nb, link may be down for up to 5 min because of the MastoDDos effect, of me posting the link).https://coffeegeek.com/reviews/firstlooks/ninja-luxe-cafe-premier-first-look-review/

Looks like we're getting a Mazzer Philos production model, with both burr sets, to fully review and test on CoffeeGeek.A little insider thing: I worked with a Philos earlier this year when it was still in preproduction mode and was completely blown away with the grinder. Fast, vertical stack, 64mm burrs, auger fed. Beaut.It is a departure for Mazzer, and at $1,000USD, expensive, but in the lower end of Mazzer's price points. Should arrive in a few weeks.cc @coffee @espresso

#NCP This is what true journalistic integrity looks like. We don't see it often these days, so it is important to point it out.https://www.threads.net/@lamag/post/DBe9rKoIMBn

@baggachipz I firmly believe Circus Clown's day of reckoning is coming. Our street here in Victoria BC is already planning a street party for the day he's marched off in handcuffs. I'm not kidding - a bunch of my neighbours have been seriously considering it.