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  1. More experiments with the fauxpresso machine: red tea shots. I've made these before. Thick and syrupy red tea awesomeness.
  2. I guess I'll watch the high def version of Ghost in the Shell I've had sitting around. Anything else going on tonight in the MKE?
  3. Saw a cool whiteboard idea: Just a big (4'+ wide) black picture frame for a painting, with no backing, on the wall. Draw on the glass.
  4. Tip #5 addendum: Don't tamp the grounds. This isn't a real espresso machine.
  5. That's about all the tips off the top of my head. Note that this isn't a real espresso machine nor a drip coffee machine, so advice differs.
  6. Tip #6: Burr grinders are always better than blade grinders. Blenders will work in a pinch, but you will get a random grind coarseness.
  7. Tip #5: If you've got a grinder, you can experiment with the grind. This isn't real espresso, you want a medium-fine, not superfine, grind.
  8. Tip #4: Use a thermometer in the frothing pitcher. Work out your own temp preferences, but I do 120 degrees for milk & 100 degrees soy milk.
  9. Tip #3: If you're going to steam milk or soymilk, chill the frothing pitcher beforehand in the freezer.
  10. Tip #2: Preheat the heater coils with the pressure cap removed, and preheat the water in an electric kettle or stove top kettle.
  11. Tip No 1: Never let steam/boiling water pass through the grounds. Too hot = bitter. Shut off pressure to the filter when it starts hissing.
  12. Making coffee in the little fauxpresso (no pump/lever) machine. Thinking of tweeting a few tips on how to use these machines to the fullest.
  13. Today is not the day to go out on the bike. Oh well.
  14. Just passed @tapps
  15. Going to listen to a guy busking on brady
  16. Tonight at @web414: the Drupal apologist hour.
  17. @raster Actually I like gears. The fixie-as-fashion thing is silly. @svdodge and I were joking about the Urban Outfitters fixie bike line.
  18. Need 1000 coffee plz
  19. "kids & their fixie bikes these days. back in my day we had 24 gears and we liked it. And we could pedal uphill, both ways!"
  20. At Roast. Completely empty in here. Beautiful day outside in Milwaukee.