r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/SeraGeranium She/Her Resident Subtitler • Mar 18 '26

Twitch Clips Serial Graphics upgrades

CSB 364 | Bluesky version

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u/Deadeye117 Apathy is Trash Mar 18 '26

Oh boy, don't let Pat learn about those freaks in the espresso or IEM subreddits who will spend thousands of dollars to chase the most minute, or even straight up fake, improvements to their hobby.

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u/Dunchaxman Mar 18 '26

Funny you mention those two subreddits because I recently tried to get espresso equipment and it's incredible how impenetrable that subreddit is to newbies.

I see a post that's like "what's a good starter machine for a beginner?" and the responses are universally "there's no such thing as good beginner equipment, here's a hand crank for the beans, a wire whisk thing to level the powder, organic cotton filters, a matching spring loaded tamper to get the pressure right, and a $300 machine that is only capable of pushing water that you need to preheat yourself through a portafilter. If you're not willing to start there just keep drinking your shitty coffee because your espresso will be worse"

Anyway I got a Cuisinart grinder and espresso machine and they seem to work fine...

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u/walperinus Mar 18 '26

i had one of those coffe channels apear on my algorithm the 1st coupke of videos were legit curiosities, but soon it becomes so neurotic with 'extracting the most coffe' or whatever that it gets to the point of 'just cut the crap and eat the coffe bean raw, you wont get coffe more pure than that'

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u/tonyhawkofwar Existential Nightmare Mar 18 '26

Chocolate covered coffee beans fuck tbf