Denim Blunders, Reflections and General Nonsense.

[ATWM]

I love espresso, and have gotten my basic breville barista express - (with the stock grinder even!) down to the point that I usually pull better shots than most cafes I go to, or anywhere, for that matter. It brings me a lot of happiness to get up each morning and make my wife and my drinks, and sit down and write for awhile. I know a few local or Chicago area roasters that make wonderful espresso blends - medium roast, and consistently get nice creamy shots with very little bitterness or sourness. I know it gets deeper than that, but no need for us to do that. When I travel I’ll use a picopresso with a st Anthony millwright grinder and it’s more finicky for sure, but I get good results more often than not. I’ve gotten a few really good shots from it but the average is probably a little below what I get from a cafe. Still, for a travel set up, fantastic. 

I initially switched to espresso because I just can’t drink a lot of coffee without getting too anxious and feeling my heart pounding - usually a doppio a day and that’s it - on occasion a doppio or a moka pot of half caf (neither ever as good of course) before noon - and it was easiest to consistently dose my caffeine by pulling shots as opposed to Chemex or drip as I used to do. 

Every few months or so, I try to take 4-8 weeks off from caffeine as well. Tapering down helps minimize with the headaches. It’s a great way to understand how much of a psychoactive stimulant this thing really is and even though I tend to sleep well anyways, after a week or two of no coffee I get some of the best sleep ever, usually just about until I start drinking it again. 

[Cold Summer]

On 1/6/2025 at 10:58 AM, ATWM said:

I initially switched to espresso because I just can’t drink a lot of coffee without getting too anxious and feeling my heart pounding - usually a doppio a day and that’s it - on occasion a doppio or a moka pot of half caf (neither ever as good of course) before noon - and it was easiest to consistently dose my caffeine by pulling shots as opposed to Chemex or drip as I used to do. 

I get that, I usually just make one mug of coffee per day (usually 21g coffee/340 ml of water) and that hits the sweet spot for me. I used to drink two or three mugs per day but I had the same issue with feeling anxious and weird.

[Double 0 Soul]

Together at last.. he bastard love child of my 3 favourite pursuits in life.. cycling, camping and selvedge denim.

Top button is a Nitto bar cap

 

https://shop.circles-jp.com/en/products/ral-jeans

[Maynard Friedman]

^ Will you size down on these or go for your usual size?!

[Double 0 Soul]

2% elastane so size down for sure!

Save £££s on the chainstich hem by simply cutting the fkers off..

[Maynard Friedman]

They should really be elasticated hems anyway to save wearing cycle clips

[Double 0 Soul]

They are.. but only 2%

[smoothsailor]

They missed out on the brooks leather patch

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

18 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

2% elastane so size down for sure!

Save £££s on the chainstich hem by simply cutting the fkers off..

Are those Bedrock clogs?

[Double 0 Soul]

Hmm.. they look like Crocs to me.. but i'm no expert with this kind of footwear.

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

5 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Hmm.. they look like Crocs to me.. but i'm no expert with this kind of footwear.

https://bedrocksandals.com/collections/bedrock-mountain-clogs/products/mountain-clog-leather

It was only when you replied that I realized it wasn’t you in the picture. 

Edited Tuesday at 05:11 PM by Hopethisoneisnttaken

[Double 0 Soul]

🤣

[jeash90]

On 1/6/2025 at 10:45 AM, rbeck said:

Not a coffee nerd but my brother is and after I expressed a tiny bit of interest in fancy coffee he went and bought me an aeropress for Christmas so now I gotta learn how to use this thing lol. Afraid I might become one of you guys. 

Nice! Great way to brew, quick, easy to clean, lots of ways to do it. Some cool attachments too (like the Prismo for making something close to espresso).

[jeash90]

On 1/6/2025 at 8:46 AM, Cold Summer said:

I'm a bit of a coffee nerd. I brew mostly with a Hario V60 but sometimes Chemex, using a Fellow Stagg kettle and a 1ZPresso K-Max grinder. It's a pretty simple setup, but gets tasty results without much effort. Thank goodness I've never been particularly into espresso.

My go-to roasters here on the east coast US are George Howell (Boston) and Black And White (North Carolina.) Currently drinking Howell's Dota, a Costa Rican light roast I've gone back to over and over. I tend to prefer washed or natural process coffees with some combination of chocolatey, berry, or wine flavor notes. I'm not a big fan of the various wacky and weird anaerobic process flavors that are in vogue for the last few years, to me this is like the coffee equivalent of 25 oz hyper-slub rainbow weft gimmick denim.

Highly recommend Sey out of Brooklyn based on what you mention. Always super good light roast stuff; got a washed Ethiopian from the subscription last month and it's been great, as is everything I've had from there.

Not sure if there would be interest/if allowed, but a coffee exchange could be fun. I could try to set it up if there is some interest.

[jeash90]

On 1/13/2025 at 8:11 AM, Double 0 Soul said:

Together at last.. he bastard love child of my 3 favourite pursuits in life.. cycling, camping and selvedge denim.

Top button is a Nitto bar cap

 

https://shop.circles-jp.com/en/products/ral-jeans

did I read it wrong, or are the rises on these super small, <9 in.?

[Double 0 Soul]

I didn't check the sizes but i'd expect a lower rise if they're cycling specific.. they're not repros

[jeash90]

Haha, makes sense! The bar cap is cool for sure.