Tag Archives: learning

Using a lever machine

These last few days have been a pleasant, but steep learning curve.  I know I’ve muttered about pressure profiling from time to time, but I hadn’t really played with a lever machine properly until Gwilym’s WBC prize arrived. 1

Footnotes:Yes, we kindly offered to ‘look after’ it for him for now… [↩]

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Thank you

I just want to write a very short thank you to everyone who has contributed recently.
I genuinely did think about packing the blog in, but decided to keep writing, and I am very glad I did.
I’ve enjoyed writing more recently, and that probably shows, but what has been truly great is that often 500 words [...]

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5 more tips for barista competition

Last year I wrote a post with 6 tips for barista competition.  This year, with the rule changes and all, I wanted to write another little post (though still give the first a quick re-read…).
I really want to  encourage people to enter, it isn’t as difficult or scary as it seems.  Everyone who competes, as [...]

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The best feeling in the world

Everyone tells you how hard it is to start your own business, and you only really get what they mean once you are neck deep in it all. But this isn’t a complaining post – quite the opposite.
Gradually, over the last few weeks and months, I have realised that I am really, truly learning [...]

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