Archive for March, 2008

Finishing Up ROBUR Doser MOD

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Made a major revision of my first doser(dosing) MOD… Going to post a
template and photos here shortly… but tonight, heading to bed, for
it is late and I have to be at the Cafe bright’n early.

Pretty excited about how well it works… so much better than the
early model… great distribution, tiny, tiny bit of waste(mostly due
to static).

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Note to Self…

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

2:1 sugar:water
3:2 sugar:water + one vanilla bean

<<< Just a quick note so that I remember.

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Mexican Grasshopper

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Mexican Grasshopper
Originally uploaded by mchlvn


just testing out the flickr straight to blog posting (did not work out so well, had to get in to wordpress and change up the post a bit :( ). Shot this grasshopper December 2007, in Mexico.

barista competition…

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

So… I’ve been thinking about competing for years now, and I am now putting my name in the hat; or rather Throwing my Hat in the ring.

The one thing that has kept me from competing up to this point has been the Signature Drink. Yes the Signature Drink… I have always thought that it ought to be something that a barista could make at the Cafe with out missing a step or slowing down the line. Yet creating a drink that is new(creative) and tasty and simple and elegant, without covering the delicate flavors of espresso is not the easiest to do. My hats off to all the Barista Competitors that have accomplished this.

So, I embark on the daunting task of creating such a beverage.

…and to the rigors of training to compete in front of my Baristi peers.

Varroa Mites… causing trouble w/Honey Bees…

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Honey bee w/Veroa Mite damage

<<< will up-date later…