Evkob

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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 44 minutes ago* (last edited 42 minutes ago)

I've yet to meet a barista who wasn't delighted to see someone snap a pic of their latte art!

Although, between you and me, I've had more customers excited for the most basic pours than any of the more elaborate stuff. I'll pour a sweet-looking swan and no one bats an eye, yet people'll go gaga over a simple heart pour.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

As a barista, I often get customers who express this same kind of sentiment; feeling bad for "ruining" latte art by drinking it.

Y'all realize we know latte art is temporary, right? 😅 It's honestly one of my favourite aspects of latte art. It doesn't change the taste of the drink, it'll last 5 minutes at best (even if no one drinks it, it doesn't take long for latte art to look kinda gross if left on the counter). Yet baristas all over take the little extra effort to make a drink look pretty, just for a moment.

Seriously, you shouldn't feel bad, if anything baristas will be hyped that you appreciate our artwork!

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

If there's any cappuccino drinkers out there, what do you prefer: traditional Italian-style capps with the big circle of foam on top, or more third-wave style capps with latte art?

I'm not a huge cappuccino person but I tend to prefer the big-round-foamy style. I like that it's aesthetically distinguishable, and this may be placebo but I think the texture and mouth-feel is better. Also, speaking as a barista, finding the balance between well-foamed milk and being sufficiently flowy for latte art is a pain in the butt :P

 

Two cappuccinos I made one after the other in my café today. This couple came in and wanted large cappuccinos, so I made them in our 16oz cups. Not my cup of tea (nor coffee) but if I can make what you want, I will! Unfortunely, my muscle memory is attuned to steaming/pouring 8oz capps, and so the first one came out somewhat more phallic than I intended 😅

The only thing worse than a shitty pour is a shitty pour in the same order as a drink you nailed.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Was this thread better without it?

Yes.

I, and I assume most people, go into the comments on Lemmy to interact with other people. If I wanted to fucking chit-chat with an LLM (why you'd want to do that, I can't fathom), I'd go do that. We all have access to LLMs if we wish to have bullshit with a veneer of eloquency spouted at us.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago

I still can't believe their drummer is a MAGA-idiot. I guess his drum set must have drowned out any of Tankian's or Malakian's vocals.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

There are some surprisingly decent instant coffees out there nowadays; a fancy third-wave roaster in my city even does instant now.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

What's your go-to brew method for camping? I find the Aeropress tough to beat.

Although my favourite camping coffee memories are with my parents' beat-up old moka pot and pre-ground beans from the grocery store. I love me a good cup of coffee, but sometimes the best cup isn't about the beans or the brew. It's about the time, space, and people you share it with. Some of my all-time favourite cups of coffee came out of that piece of crap moka pot.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ooo, that sounds like a real fun trip!

If you're doing some cycling, I'm doubling down on the Acadian peninsula recommendation. They have a network of great bike paths that connects the biggest towns and brings you across some gorgeous views.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 38 points 4 days ago

She seems cool.

We urgently need more young people in politics, so this is nice to see. Here's an excerpt from her website:

My name is Cecilia Lunaparra and I am a queer, Mexican-American woman running to represent Berkeley City Council District 7, which encompasses the UC Berkeley campus and most of the Southside neighborhood. I am a UC Berkeley senior studying Urban Studies and History, and I am strongly committed to representing our community while centering the needs of young people and our most marginalized community members.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

I agree, sometimes I like to just let the milk do its own thing and disperse freely. It can look real cool!

IMO latte art is kinda overrated and overemphasised anyway. I've had great cups that looked like blobs, and masterpieces of latte art that tasted bleh. I'd take the former over the latter every day of the week.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Haha sorry, Maritimer brain has a different definition of "east coast" 😅 I haven't been to the city in a while so my knowledge of the café scene isn't quite up to date but I have a couple suggestions!

Café Olimpico (the one in the Mile-End) is a pretty iconic spot, it's like the grandaddy of MTL coffee.

Café St-Henri is another classic.

Café Lali is a newer place I went to last time I was in Montréal and I quite enjoyed it. Smaller, one-barista operation, which I always find delightful.

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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Evkob@lemmy.ca to c/coffee@lemmy.world
 

I'm just curious! I'd love to know what type of cafés anyone here is working at.

My current café is kinda old-school Italian style coffee-wise but much more laid back and add some hippy-granola vibes for good mesure. Our beans are roasted in-house, and pretty much all the food we sell is made in-house as well, down to the sauces, and anything we don't make ourselves is bought locally.

I've worked in two other cafés prior to this one. The first was a kinda upscale third-wave spot that mostly attracted yuppies, and the equipment far surpassed the training of any of the staff. We had pourovers on the menu and maybe 1 and a half employees actually knew how to brew with a V60.

The second was a hardline traditional Italian-style café, which, if you're familiar with the coffee culture in Canada (where I live) vs Italy, is a silly idea. A lot of people here only know Tim Horton's or Starbucks, especially in a mostly rural province like where I'm situated. You have to meet people where they're at; scoffing at people for wanting sweetener in their latte isn't likely to encourage them to jump into the coffee world in whichever way one deems proper. It'll only encourage them to stick to Timmies or Starbucks instead of checking out local cafés with actually good coffee.

 

(For some context, I live in Canada, beer labels are bilingually English & French here)

 

I was at work (café) closing up, cleaning everything. I picked up the pot of soup to put it away in the fridge (picture of the type of soup pot, rather tall and unstable).

It then slipped from my hands, in free fall for about 2 inches or so, before catching it. I spilled maybe a quarter of a ladle-full of soup. I was so happy. It could have been so much worse, and it would have taken ages to clean up.

The soup today was a coconut cream curry cauliflower soup. It's good soup.

 

Summer is approaching (in the Northern hemisphere, anyways) and while I do still bike in the winter, I'm hyped for the nicer weather to go on more leisure rides rather than just commuting.

However, I'm lacking ideas and inspirations for spots to cycle to, so I was curious where everyone here likes to go on bike rides!

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Evkob@lemmy.ca to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
 

Image transcription:

root@my-little-server:~# echo "IF YOU CAN SEE THIS PLS DON'T HACK ME I'M POOR" >> /etc/motd
 

Jake Moffatt was booking a flight to Toronto and asked the bot about the airline's bereavement rates – reduced fares provided in the event someone needs to travel due to the death of an immediate family member.

Moffatt said he was told that these fares could be claimed retroactively by completing a refund application within 90 days of the date the ticket was issued, and submitted a screenshot of his conversation with the bot as evidence supporting this claim.

The airline refused the refund because it said its policy was that bereavement fare could not, in fact, be claimed retroactively.

Air Canada argued that it could not be held liable for information provided by the bot.

 

Okay I'm fully aware of how ridiculous this sounds in 2023, but bare with me.

I have a wonderful neighbour, Jackie. She's in her mid-sixties, and ever since she moved in we have become very good friends, she's like a second mom to me.

Jackie loves movies and has an enormous DVD collection. One day, she was talking about how she couldn't find a particular movie, and I said "I can probably download that for you!" Her immediate reply was "Can you put it on a DVD?" I tried telling her the many reasons it would be better to use a myriad of other solutions, but she insists on DVDs.

I did them for a while using DVDStyler on Windows, and it worked fine. But then I installed EndeavourOS on a new partition on my hard drive, tried using Brasero and Devede but it wouldn't read on her DVD player. Then I tried DVDStyler on my Linux partition, and it didn't work on her DVD player, despite saying the operation was successful on my end. I then tried booting up into Windows and using DVDStyler, and that also didn't work, not even letting me burn the disc. Does anyone have any ideas what could fix this? I've tried playing around with the settings in all these apps but I couldn't figure it out.

Apologies if this isn't the best place to ask this, but I figured a community of pirates would understand my desire to get movies to Jackie without her having to pray to find them in a pawn shop!

 

Cycling communities were one of my favourite parts of reddit, and I've been unable to find any equivalents on here so I decided to start this community. Feel free to post and comment about anything related to cycling! I'd love for this place to continue in the spirit of /r/xbiking, not necessarily content-wise but definitely attitude-wise. We're all cyclists, and at the end of the day the only criteria for being a part of this community is riding a bicycle (and enjoying it!)

Please comment any suggestions you have for this space, or simply say hi and let us know what you like to do on your bike!

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