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Y.A.S.R.
Yet another sweaty run this morning. We got ¾” of much-needed rain overnight, but one of the storms woke me up at 4:00am, and I was awake for about an hour. As a result, I slept late (for me) and didn’t get out the door for my run until around 9:00. It was humid (as…
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Nerve
Still dealing with some off-and-on nerve pain in the ball of my right foot, which cropped up around the third week of August. It’s close to the same area where I had a neuroma back around 2016-2017, and while I can’t rule that out, the symptoms aren’t quite the same. In 2017, when I saw…
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Today’s Cold Brew
For kind of obvious reasons, I wanted to try making cold brew with these beans at least once. This was only my second time making AeroPress-style cold brew with freshly ground coffee. I have made most of my cups using Wellsley Farms Breakfast Blend pre-ground coffee, but we’re out of that. Last week, I tried…
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Morning notes
Summer 2023 continues to go out like a lion, with another mid-90s day with high humidity on tap. Should be a good afternoon for a swim, but after several bone-dry days, thunderstorms are finally back in the forecast, so I’ll need to keep an eye on the weather. I managed to run 10K this morning,…
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New Brew
I finally opened the last of the three half-pound bags of beans that I bought in Delaware in early July. These beans are from the same roaster, and the same countries of origin, as my recent bag of light roast. I’m wondering if they took the same blend of beans and just roasted them a…
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Morning Notes
We are in the midst of the most intense and prolonged early-September Mid-Atlantic heat wave that I can remember. It’s fairly common to have days in September that top 90°F, but the past two days have pushed 100°, and the heat is expected to last until Thursday. The saving grace is that the dewpoints have…
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Labor Day Ride
I left the house a little after 7 this morning for my sort-of-weekly biking and geocaching excursion. I usually do this on Sundays, but was slow-moving yesterday due to a late night on Saturday. While it’s really hot today, it was only 73 when I left the house, with a low-ish dewpoint, and even with…
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Morning Brew
This is my standard French press recipe, with slightly more water to get a 1:14 ratio vs 1:13. Just wanted to try it with these beans. The cup turned out fine, with more earthy and roasty notes than the pourover recipe I’ve been using. Overall, I think I prefer the pourover, but would be fine…
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Saturday Morning Update
Here’s what I brewed this morning: This turned out just about perfect to my taste. I just have to make sure to remove the spent grounds immediately after the drawdown finishes to avoid the slight bitterness I alluded to yesterday. I have enough beans left for 4 more cups, and I don’t think I need…
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This and That
I’m trying a new WordPress theme out. I had been using “Twenty Twenty” for a long time, but never liked that it didn’t have a widget sidebar. So, I’m trying one out called “Simple Life”. It’s responsive, has a sidebar, and seems fairly lightweight, without a lot of bells and whistles and other stuff I…