Yeah, the teeth... But with black tea it's even worse, imho.
I recently stumbled over a YT video which basically advised to mouthwash 1-2 minutes/2 times a day using olive oil to get rid of the coloring.
I had one try so far, but as my sinuses are still clogged, i couldn't really breathe and it was quite a pain to get to the full 2 minutes.
Maybe you want to try, but afaik myself, i will hang on trying this out and report my personal experiences here.

Respect for self-roasting. It tickles me hard to look into this as well, and then usually things get out of control very quickly  
Especially since i already got some roasting experience regarding Cocoa.


True. As said, i love the convenience, it's more than good enough for Cappucini/Latte. Quality wise (the coffee) Philips and DeLonghi are not much different, but as my first Philips got defective, mainly beacuse the grinder allowed such fine settings that the brewing unit and press got clogged, so that the coffee only dripped out. It was a nightmare to repair, so it got replaced by DeLonghi in the mid of the process. Not looking back since then. The DL is five years old now and i already had undergone a repair  (brewing unit and seal replacement), which took me less than an hour. What i hate about this machine is the lever to activate steam/hot water. i broke it twice in three years, so i made a steampunk-style replacement which looks... exotic, to say the least, but just works since years now. I didn't want to make Philips look that bad, but DL kept me a bit happier, not only because the Saeco mechanics started to squeak annoyingly, and i could never find the spot to grease to stop this.

Italian machines are mostly always a good choice, and Philips is using Saeco units inside, so there you go.


As for Thermos i like stainless steel.
The sieves seem to be perfect for filtering cannabis residues out of my diy oils, since paper filters tend to rip when i press out the oil from the remaining sludge and they are a little too fine for oil, get blocked by the canna dust too fast, so the last 10-20% of oil takes ages to get filtered.

Quote from: Biodom on April 25, 2025, 10:29:57 PM

Still, many OGs seem to be selling out en large, like the dude who said that he bought a above $150 and liquidated everything at 64K.
My question is: why sell now, when there are gigantic buyers steaming toward buying everything is sight.
Coinbase wants to be a bank...at some point you might be able to place your btc with some respectable company and get maybe 1% a year divvy in bitcoin on your bitcoin.
Don't risk all, of course, but this beats paying cap gains tax if they exist in your jurisdiction.

Above is not an investment advice.

EDIT: sorry to distract ya'll from the informative coffee discussion.

It was about time, imo.
In my case it's 25% capital gains tax right now, and it's due as soon as you change into fiat, even if the fiat remains on the exchange. Stablecoins are good for circumventing, but i would have to calculate how much i invested into the lending portion. Still, 1% beats my bank account by more than 8x, but it could do much better.
Actually not a bad way to store coins, but there's the trust issue, and the fact that coinbase likely makes far more off the coins than 1%. It's like the one holding the cheese cake is dropping some crumbs to the cook. Or am i overly critical in regards to Coinbase?

Yeah, the teeth... But with black tea it's even worse, imho.
I recently stumbled over a YT video which basically advised to mouthwash 1-2 minutes/2 times a day using olive oil to get rid of the coloring.
I had one try so far, but as my sinuses are still clogged, i couldn't really breathe and it was quite a pain to get to the full 2 minutes.
Maybe you want to try, but afaik myself, i will hang on trying this out and report my personal experiences here.

Respect for self-roasting. It tickles me hard to look into this as well, and then usually things get out of control very quickly  
Especially since i already got some roasting experience regarding Cocoa.

Quote from: Richy_T on April 25, 2025, 08:24:44 PM

As always, you have to consider the operational requirements. Mine is an individual fresh cup of coffee on demand (I recently dropped one of those glass vacuum ones off at the thrift store as it was too much faff). I was reasonably happy with a Senseo I had but I am considerably happier with the machine I now have and, of course, cappuccinos... Mine is the Philips/Saeco and it is a little messy but the cleaning is honestly not that onerous though I do often tend to push it out to monthly. Scale is not an issue as water is fairly soft here and I RO it anyway. As a first foray into the field, I am pretty happy with it though might go a bit more spendy next time. I initially priced out one I got coffee from in a Czech hotel but that came somewhere in the region above $2000 (but the coffee *was* good and it had more options). I always forget the name though. I think the beans I buy are better than what I was getting in the pods and at half the cost per g too. Plus less waste, of course.

True. As said, i love the convenience, it's more than good enough for Cappucini/Latte. Quality wise (the coffee) Philips and DeLonghi are not much different, but as my first Philips got defective, mainly beacuse the grinder allowed such fine settings that the brewing unit and press got clogged, so that the coffee only dripped out. It was a nightmare to repair, so it got replaced by DeLonghi in the mid of the process. Not looking back since then. The DL is five years old now and i already had undergone a repair  (brewing unit and seal replacement), which took me less than an hour. What i hate about this machine is the lever to activate steam/hot water. i broke it twice in three years, so i made a steampunk-style replacement which looks... exotic, to say the least, but just works since years now. I didn't want to make Philips look that bad, but DL kept me a bit happier, not only because the Saeco mechanics started to squeak annoyingly, and i could never find the spot to grease to stop this.

Italian machines are mostly always a good choice, and Philips is using Saeco units inside, so there you go.

Quote from: philipma1957 on April 25, 2025, 10:26:47 PM

ONCE BREWED I filter grounds out with this.  this is important and you must take the coffee out of the ercualtor.


https://www.amazon.com/Strainers-Reusable-Stainless-Handmade-Accessories/dp/B089NNF1BC/ref=sr_1_5_sspa?



 I hold coffee in this thermoshttps://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Classic-Vacuum-Insulated-Bottle/dp/B0CLZ28PMB/ref=sr_1_1?


coffee does not keep well heated but a thermos is decent for 4-6 hours

As for Thermos i like stainless steel.
The sieves seem to be perfect for filtering cannabis residues out of my diy oils, since paper filters tend to rip when i press out the oil from the remaining sludge and they are a little too fine for oil, get blocked by the canna dust too fast, so the last 10-20% of oil takes ages to get filtered.

Yeah, the teeth... But with black tea it's even worse, imho.
I recently stumbled over a YT video which basically advised to mouthwash 1-2 minutes/2 times a day using olive oil to get rid of the coloring.
I had one try so far, but as my sinuses are still clogged, i couldn't really breathe and it was quite a pain to get to the full 2 minutes.
Maybe you want to try, but afaik myself, i will hang on trying this out and report my personal experiences here.

Respect for self-roasting. It tickles me hard to look into this as well, and then usually things get out of control very quickly 
Especially since i already got some roasting experience regarding Cocoa.