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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • I went Capresso Infinity Plus > Baratza Encore > Timemore Sculptor 078s. I also have a Commandante C40. I also pretty much exclusively do Pour Overs and Aeropress with Light Roast beans (I’ve found my favorite roaster to be Black and White. Any beans I get from them I find quite enjoyable, even their less expensive stuff).

    The Caspresso was just OK. The Brataza could produce a decent cup, but the Commandante and the Timemore are just on another level.

    I got the Timemore as part of their Kickstarter and during the 8 month wait from payment till delivery I found myself just not even using the Encore cuz the C40 was that much better… even though it took extra time and effort to hand grind the beans.

    That said, if you’re not getting really good beans, and not being precise with your brew ratios and methods, the difference between all 4 of these might not be noticeable.





  • Lived in a 1Br condo with one for 5 years. Didn’t have any major beef with mine.

    Only issue was they didn’t allow anyone to install air conditioners in their units when I first moved in. Then they said they’d be allowing mini-splits soon, after which it took them 2 years to get that approved. Unfortunately they had designated locations where the condenser had to go, which for the unit I was in, was right next to the front door and kitchen window. I was all ready to purchase one until that detail came out…

    Ended up toughing it out for the next year until I could afford to move out into a bigger house without an HOA. Now I’m happy to have full control over anything that goes on or through my roof, attic, and exterior walls.


  • Furthermore, it must prove to its client base that it can recover from the Raptor Lake fiasco by releasing power-efficient and stable processors that deliver leading performance without any self-inflicted damage during their service life.

    And that’s the rub, isn’t it? Even if these new processor release with great performance gains, who out there isn’t going to have some doubt in their mind that it’s at the cost of hardware longevity?

    With their poor handling of this issue, I’d probably need to wait a good 2 years to confirm that stock settings aren’t killing their processors, before I consider buying Intel again.