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Advent Calendar Day 16 enhanced v2 20:00/330.4896041× Today is day 16 of the Kaffebox Advent Calendar. Today we're brewing Kieni, which the producer is Kien Wet Mill, hence the name. It's a Kenyan SL28, SL34, and Ruru 11, which are pretty standard varieties. December 2024 harvest, and quite high for a Kenyan at 1950 meters above sea level. This was roasted by the Coffee Collective, and has flavor notes of juicy and fruity, notes of blackberry and rhubarb. This is very up my alley, especially s

Dec 25, 2025

Advent Calendar day 15 enhanced v20:00/243.8327291× Today is day number 15 of the Kaffebox Advent Calendar. Today we're brewing Diego Baraona. It's a El Salvadorian Paco Mara. Natural process, 1500 meters over sea level, and the producer is Diego Baraona, roasted by Morgon. Official Recipe The recipe they give is a 1/16.6, 18 grams to 300 grams of water, 96 Celsius at 700 grind size. They want the first pour of 50 grams for 30 seconds, pour 100 at 30 seconds, pour 100 more at one minute, and

Dec 23, 2025

Honey Update 1/8/25 😭Bloodwork, X-ray,Cultures, CT, Sonogram+EKG all results are inconclusive.Yesterday the specialist on the EKG said its most likely an infection +cancer . We can try to clear up the infection with targeted antibiotics from a lab culture. We are waiting on those now. After the infection clears up wePup On TechAY

Dec 22, 2025

Our dog is extremely sick.

Dec 22, 2025

Kaffebox Advent Calendar Day 14 enhanced v20:00/264.5221× Today is day number 14 of the Kaffebox Advent Calendar. Today we're brewing Stiven Hoyos, which is a fermented washed Gesha. I've never had a processed Gesha before. Its from Columbia and the producer is Stiven Hoyos. Harvest is December 2024, 1850 to 1950 meters above sea level,and this is roasted by Swerl. Again, with their pretty ridiculous recipe. It ends up being a bloom and a two pour. So I did my regular bloom and two pour at 20

Dec 21, 2025

Kaffebox Advent Calendar Day 13 enhanced0:00/198.9754581× Today is day 13 of the Kaffebox Advent calendar. Today we're brewing our Arbagono Kurupe, which is an Ethiopia from Shamantanto Kebele. It's heirloom, anaerobic natural process, and 2250 meters over sea level by Quo Roasters. Brew details: * 18/300 grams water * 5 pours total * First pour: 50 grams * Second pour: 100 to 150 grams * Followed by 3 more pours of 50 grams each * Total drawdown time: 3 minutes * Grind size: 24 clic

Dec 21, 2025

Kaffebox Advent Calendar Day 120:00/305.2925631× Today is day 12 of the Advent Calendar. We are halfway through. Today we're brewing a Kenya, Rungeto KII-AA, from Kirinyaga, Kenya. The producers are Rungeto Farms Cooperative Society. It's a mix of SL28, SL34, Batian, and Ruiru11, from a January 2025 harvest. Washed process, grown at 1600 to 1800 meters over sea level, roasted by Pala Coffee (which was the original Gesha that we did on Day 1). They gave the same recipe of 15 grams to 55, so a

Dec 17, 2025

Kaffebox advent Calendar Day 11 enhanced v20:00/224.8497711× Today is day 11 of the Kaffebox Advent Calendar. Today we're brewing El Mirador, the producers are Finca El Mirador and Rosalina Lopez. It's a washed proccess bourbon from Guatemala. Harvest is February to March of 25, altitude is 1500 to 1720 meters over sea level. Roasted by Lippe Cafe out of Norway. Recipe: 30 to 500, which is weird to go for such a large recipe Temperature: 94 to 95°C Grind size: 700 to 800 Ended up brewing this

Dec 16, 2025

You are on a Slack group for developers so yes I expect you to be able to Google or use your search engine of choice or your AI slop of choice to do it for you . LMGTFY GO BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR This is day 54 of #100DaysToOffload

Dec 16, 2025

For the amount that people "need" or are "desperate" for my help they sure as heck arent willing to reciprocate or pay for it. This is day 53 of #100DaysToOffload

Dec 16, 2025

Advent Calendar Day 10 Enhanced0:00/245.1221× Today is day 10 of the Kaffebox Advent calendar. I actually lost the transcription from yesterday of this coffee, but I think I was grinding too fine, so we're doing it again today. Today we're brewing Eber Tocto. It's from Peru, the producer's name is Eber Tocto, as is the name of the coffee. It's a yellow bourbon, a honey process, 1830 meters over sea level, and it's roasted by Jacu up in Norway. As I was mentioning before, it was a bit too

Dec 15, 2025

Advent Calendar Day 9 Enhanced0:00/296.63951× Today is day 9 of the Kaffebox Advent Calendar. Today we're brewing Tarrazu from Costa Rica. The variety is a Catui, and it's a washed process.Round, sweet, and elegant, orange and caramel is the flavor profiles. And this was roasted by Prolog in Denmark. The recipe is extremely confusing, but what I think it says is 14.5 to 15.5. It's 250 grams of water, 100 degrees Celsius temperature. And then it says adjust to the brew time and TDS extraction t

Dec 14, 2025

Dec 13, 2025

Kaffebox Advent Calendar Day 7 Merge enhanced v20:00/226.7940421× Today is day seven of the Kaffebox Advent Calendar. We are brewing El Rodeo, a Colombia, I don't know what these other origins are, Curiti, Santander. The variety is Sidra and Geshe, it's a mix, and it's roasted by Sloinj out in Sweden. It's a double fermented washed at 1,900 to 2,200 meters over sea level. Their brew is a 20-gram to 300-grams water at 94 Celsius at 800-950 in grind size. They're using a 4-6 method of 5 60-gram

Dec 13, 2025

Dec 9, 2025

Advent calendar day 5 enhanced v20:00/270.1641671× This is day five of the Kaffebox Advent Calendar. Today we're brewing a Costa Rican from the Montaro family roasted by Morgon out of Sweden. It's a honey process and 1900 meters above sea level. This is actually our second brew of this today. The first brew we followed the exact recipe 18 to 300, 50 gram bloom, 100 grams at 30 seconds, 100 grams more at one minute, and 50 grams at 1:30. We did 18 clicks on the Q Air for that. Now we are brewi

Dec 8, 2025

Dec 7, 2025

Kaffebox Advent Calendar Day 30:00/281.5651671× This is day three of the Coffee Box Advent Calendar. Today we're brewing La Fuente, which is a pink bourbon from Colombia, roasted by Quo Coffee. It's a washed process. We followed the recipe basically in terms of size, but we sized it down a tiny bit. So it's a 1 to 16.6 ratio, they recommend 18 grams to 300 grams of water at 97 Celsius with a grind size of 700 to 950. So I set my Q Air to 19 clicks, and we modified it to 16 grams, so that way

Dec 5, 2025

Advent calendar Day 20:00/148.4219581× Today is day two of the Advent Calendar. We are brewing from the Coffee Collective a Bekeli Honey. It's an Ethiopian Sidamo honey process, 2200 to 2350 meters over sea level, which is quite high. Honey is generally in between washed and natural in terms of tasting notes. The flavors listed are sweet and fruity, notes of melon and raspberry. Again, we did the V60 brew. It recommended a 48 gram bloom and then a 1 pour. I actually ground at the recommended si

Dec 4, 2025

Gonna try something a bit different and post each day's impressions of the Kaffebox Advent Calendar Day 1 Audio0:00/139.5983751× Today is day one of my advent calendar (I know I am a bit late). We are two days off. We brewed a Finca El Refugio. It's a washed Geisha from Colombia, roasted by Palo Coffee. We used the included brew recipe, 10% total water amount, then 90% one long pour, WDT on both pours. The aroma is an 8 out of 10. It is grapes and caramel. The flavor notes are citrus, hops, gr

Dec 3, 2025