I don't roast my own beans, I don't brew my own beer, and I don't fabricate my own bicycles. I've been good friends with professional coffee roasters, I've used a La Pavoni lever machine for 25 years, and I've been a barista for years at a time. I roasted free Jamaican Blue Mountain in a cast iron pan once, and it was fantastic. I have a pass-fail approach to coffee: "Does it taste like coffee? Does it taste like GOOD coffee? Sweet."
I do ferment my own cider, elderberry, quince, what-have-you. I do build up bike frames in an idiomatic style and ride them in an idiomatic pass-fail style: "Am I having a good time? Am I having a REALLY GOOD TIME? Sweet." Making stuff is fun, and soul-rewarding on three separate levels. If you need a hobby, go ahead. If you already have more skills than time, don't. Philip www.biketinker.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
