Tastes

When I’m not thinking about music technology and cycling, I spend a fair amount of time obsessing about different flavours: exploring the world of sustainable specialty coffee, baking sourdough breads, making hot sauce with peppers from our balcony garden, and keeping track of wines we like.

Jul 5, 2024 bread

Cracking the croissant code

An anti-Independence Day class in Paris yields delicious results

Nov 9, 2021 coffee

Espresso Notes - III

Talking about the Baratza Sette 270Wi grinder, and an updated grind chart for the home setup.

Feb 15, 2021 coffee

Espresso Notes II: Sanremo Treviso

In a previous post I kept a running list of different coffees we go through and metrics for pulling shots. Now my venerable Angeli espresso machine has been retired and replaced with a beautiful Sanremo Treviso.

Nov 13, 2020 coffee

Saying goodbye to Angeli

There’s a new kid in the kitchen.

Nov 12, 2020 wine

Xavier Vignon

Category: Red Grape: Grenache 50%, Mourvèdre 40%, Cinsault5 %, Syrah 5% Country: France Region: Côtes du Rhône Price: $20 Rating: 3 or 4, TBD.

Nov 8, 2020 bread

Sourdough 3: Rugbrod

Celebrating international research collaboration with cross-cultural bread-baking: Traditional Danish sourdough rye.

Nov 1, 2020 wine

Domaine Thymiopoulos Jeunes Vignes de Xinomavro Naoussa 2018

Category: Red Grape: Xinomavro 100% Country: Greece Region: Macedoine Price: $18.60 Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Thoughts: Exceptional wine unbeknownst to us before yesterday.

Oct 9, 2020 bread

Sourdough 2: Mabel

In search of bread nirvana, lately I’ve been trying many different techniques, tools and recipes for my go-to whole wheat sourdough.

Oct 9, 2020 bread

Sourdough 1: Rupert

Around Christmas 2018, we started up a sourdough starter. His name was Rupert (don’t worry, Rupert lives on, just… differently…) I’ve been making many different sourdough breads ever since.

Oct 9, 2020 wine

Adaras Calizo 2018

Category: Red Grape: Garnacha Tintorera Country: Spain Region: Almansa-Albacete Price: $17.65 Organic: yes Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Thoughts: Very nice wine, don’t remember too much about it but quite enjoyable.

Oct 9, 2020 coffee

Espresso Notes I: Angeli

My partner and I go through a lot of coffee, even more so now that we both work at home. With every new bag of beans there is an adjustment process to dial in the perfect espresso shot.

Oct 3, 2020 wine

Nieto Senetiner Malbec Reserva Mendoza

Color: Red Grape: Malbec Country: Argentina Region: Mendoza Price: $14 Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Thoughts: Good, very fruity but dry.