Right, back on Mastodon after a holiday this week. How's everyone been?

I see a lot of new followers, welcome, and thank you! โ˜•

@turumore welcome back coffee buddy! โ˜•
@eric Thank you, it's good to be back! I actually did some coffee tourism and brought back over 2kg of coffee beans with me as souvenirs..
@turumore wow! did you get pre-roasted or are you going to try and roast?! ๐Ÿ˜€

@eric They're all pre-roasted, we don't have a roaster yet and I'm not comfortable using a frying pan for roasting.

We visited some roasteries that I'm a big fan of (e.g. Small Batch Coffee, http://smallbatchcoffee.co.uk/), but found some new roasteries as well (e.g. Taylor St Baristas, https://www.taylor-st.com/).

Overall, fun times! Coffee overload.. โ˜•

@turumore just in case you have the required tools, i was able to roast some raw beans on an outdoor grill and a wok! the neighborhood smelled like burnt popcorn for hours! ๐Ÿ˜‚
@eric Cool! Yeah, I've seen people using all sorts of equipment for roasting. I'm just not confident in wasting some beans just yet.. But gotta start somewhere!
@turumore im good.
How was the holiday?
@somarasu Great to hear. My holiday was good, just a bit worn out after all the travel. It's always good to be back home.
@turumore Welcome back! I'm just enjoying an afternoon cup of coffee whilst studying some statistical analysis. #partyanimal
@jeff Sounds great! How's that studying coming along?

@turumore I made it over 25% of the way through and then took a nap, haha. I'm out at a conference and will have more opportunitiesโ€‹to chip away.

Thanks for asking!

@jeff Well done! What conference is it?