A directory of my articles by topic — This is a collection of collections of stories. I have stories on espresso, work, school, myself, my family, LEGO’s, and Photography. I hope this page helps navigating my list of stories. A Collection of Espresso Articles A Collection of Work and School Stories Personal Stories and Concerns LEGO Story Splash Page Photography Splash Page

A grouping of sub-groups of coffee related writings — This is a collection of collections of my articles on different topics, each with their own splash page. Improving Espresso A Summary of the Staccato Lifestyle Measuring Coffee Grind Distribution Fines Migration in Espresso Coffee Extraction Coffee Roasting Coffee Beans Paper Filters for Espresso Espresso Baskets and Related Topics Espresso Opinions

Gas Contributions to Espresso Shots — When discussing coffee extraction and any particle migration that may occur, there is often this question of coffee grounds clogging the filter screen. I wanted to better answer that question using spent coffee, a sifter, and some baking soda. I sifted some spent coffee, and I made a staccato shot…

A zombie eat zombie world — Synopsis: This story is about a zombie apocalypse from the viewpoint of Larry the zombie, and it focuses on Larry’s moral dilemma with being a zombie. Scene 9 Larry and his group of zombies trudged through the deserted streets, their decaying limbs dragging along the pavement. They had been wandering for days…

Explorations in blooming — I have used visual cues to understand when to end pre-infusion for espresso. Visual cues give a lot of information on how espresso extracts. The key cue is Time to Cover the Filter (TCF) which is when the coffee covers the filter. A typical bloom profile on the Decent Espresso…

Chasing a dream — I recently added baking soda to understand how CO2 impacted coffee extraction, and then I kept adding more because why not? I thought the videos were interesting though because they gave evidence to where some unevenness lies in my espresso extraction. The bubbles came out of the puck before the…

A zombie eat zombie world — Synopsis: This story is about a zombie apocalypse from the viewpoint of Larry the zombie, and it focuses on Larry’s moral dilemma with being a zombie. Scene 7 The group of survivors, led by John, had been on the road for weeks, moving through abandoned towns and cities, scavenging for supplies, and…

Separating water flow and heat flow — I have been looking at espresso from a different lens the past few months. This all started because my Decent Espresso (DE) machine greatly underperformed my Kim Express machine. Just let me to eventually creating the pump and dump profile for the DE, which evened out the competition. I was…

CO2 from baking soda to better understand gas interactions in coffee extraction — Espresso extraction is inhibited by two factors: gas and solubles. To better understand espresso, I have been testing some coffee that is 3 to 6 months old, and it doesn’t have much CO2 remaining from roasting. …