Billboard Hot 100 chart

Position	Title	Artist	▲/▼	Last week	Weeks Charting	Peak
1	I Had Some Help	Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen	▲+100	[FRESH]	1	1
2	Not Like Us	Kendrick Lamar	▼-1	1	2	1
3	Million Dollar Baby	Tommy Richman	▼-1	2	3	2
4	A Bar Song (Tipsy)	Shaboozey	▲+1	5	5	3
5	Beautiful Things	Benson Boone	▲+4	9	17	2
6	Lose Control	Teddy Swims	▲+4	10	40	1
7	Like That	Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar	▼-1	6	8	1
8	Fortnight	Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone	▼-4	4	4	1
9	Espresso	Sabrina Carpenter	▼-1	8	5	4
10	Too Sweet	Hozier	▲+1	11	8	1
11	Euphoria	Kendrick Lamar	▼-8	3	3	3
12	Saturn	SZA	▲+1	13	12	6
13	We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)	Ariana Grande	▲+1	14	10	1
14	I Can Do It With A Broken Heart	Taylor Swift	▲+1	15	4	3
15	Stick Season	Noah Kahan	▲+4	19	33	9
16	Down Bad	Taylor Swift	-	16	4	2
17	Lovin On Me	Jack Harlow	▲+1	18	27	1
18	I Remember Everything	Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves	▲+2	20	38	1
19	Family Matters	Drake	▼-12	7	2	7
20	Cruel Summer	Taylor Swift	▲+4	24	54	1
21	Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me?	Taylor Swift	▲+5	26	4	9
22	Feather	Sabrina Carpenter	-	22	24	21
23	Meet The Grahams	Kendrick Lamar	▼-11	12	2	12
24	Miles On It	Marshmello & Kane Brown	▲+13	37	2	24
25	Get It Sexyy	Sexyy Red	▼-4	21	9	20
26	One Of Wun	Gunna	▲+75	[FRESH]	1	26
27	I Like The Way You Kiss Me	Artemas	▼-4	23	8	12
28	Yeah Glo!	GloRilla	▲+1	29	14	28
29	Austin	Dasha	▲+5	34	10	28
30	But Daddy I Love Him	Taylor Swift	-	30	4	7
31	Cowgirls	Morgan Wallen Featuring ERNEST	▲+11	42	22	31
32	Greedy	Tate McRae	▼-7	25	35	3
33	Type Shit	Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott & Playboi Carti	▼-6	27	8	2
34	So Long, London	Taylor Swift	▼-6	28	4	5
35	Agora Hills	Doja Cat	▼-3	32	34	7
36	My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys	Taylor Swift	▼-5	31	4	6
37	Where It Ends	Bailey Zimmerman	▲+8	45	20	32
38	Guilty As Sin?	Taylor Swift	▼-3	35	4	10
39	Boa	Megan Thee Stallion	▲+62	[FRESH]	1	39
40	End Of Beginning	Djo	▼-1	39	13	11
41	Florida!!!	Taylor Swift Featuring Florence + The Machine	▼-8	33	4	8
42	The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived	Taylor Swift	▲+9	51	4	14
43	Gata Only	FloyyMenor X Cris Mj	▲+5	48	9	27
44	Good Luck, Babe!	Chappell Roan	▲+2	46	6	44
45	The Tortured Poets Department	Taylor Swift	▼-7	38	4	4
46	Whatever She Wants	Bryson Tiller	▼-5	41	13	19
47	Wanna Be	GloRilla & Megan Thee Stallion	▼-7	40	6	11
48	Push Ups	Drake	▼-31	17	4	17
49	Texas Hold 'Em	Beyonce	▼-13	36	14	1
50	Slow It Down	Benson Boone	▲+2	52	8	40
51	Redrum	21 Savage	▼-8	43	18	5
52	Carnival	¥$: Ye & Ty Dolla $ign Featuring Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti	▼-3	49	14	1
53	Act II: Date @ 8	4Batz Featuring Drake	▼-6	47	19	7
54	On One Tonight	Gunna	▲+47	[FRESH]	1	54
55	loml	Taylor Swift	▼-2	53	4	12
56	Wild Ones	Jessie Murph & Jelly Roll	▲+1	57	32	35
57	Bulletproof	Nate Smith	▲+7	64	6	57
58	The Alchemy	Taylor Swift	▼-2	56	4	13
59	FE!N	Travis Scott Featuring Playboi Carti	▼-1	58	28	5
60	Prada Dem	Gunna Featuring Offset	▲+41	--	2	54
61	So High School	Taylor Swift	▲+4	65	4	24
62	Whatsapp (Wassam)	Gunna	▲+33	95	2	62
63	Fresh Out The Slammer	Taylor Swift	▼-9	54	4	11
64	Made For Me	Muni Long	▼-9	55	18	20
65	Obsessed	Olivia Rodrigo	▼-6	59	8	14
66	Neck On A Yacht	Gunna	▲+35	[FRESH]	1	66
67	Hakuna Matata	Gunna	▲+34	[FRESH]	1	67
68	Halfway To Hell	Jelly Roll	▲+8	76	6	68
69	Get In With Me	BossMan DLow	▼-8	61	15	49
70	Illusion	Dua Lipa	▼-20	50	5	43
71	Back Then Right Now	Tyler Hubbard	▼-3	68	9	62
72	imgonnagetyouback	Taylor Swift	▼-10	62	4	26
73	Scared To Start	Michael Marcagi	▲+1	74	13	54
74	I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)	Taylor Swift	▼-11	63	4	20
75	La Durango	Peso Pluma, Junior H & Eslabon Armado	▲+26	[FRESH]	1	75
76	Collage	Gunna	▲+25	[FRESH]	1	76
77	Stargazing	Myles Smith	▲+24	[FRESH]	1	77
78	Wildflowers And Wild Horses	Lainey Wilson	▼-18	60	16	48
79	Enough (Miami)	Cardi B	▼-4	75	9	9
80	The Black Dog	Taylor Swift	▼-13	67	4	25
81	Tucson Too Late	Jordan Davis	▼-10	71	11	71
82	Hell N Back	Bakar Featuring Summer Walker	▼-13	69	6	53
83	Clara Bow	Taylor Swift	▼-13	70	4	21
84	Belong Together	Mark Ambor	-	84	3	84
85	Wind Up Missin' You	Tucker Wetmore	▼-5	80	7	75
86	Bandit	Don Toliver	▼-14	72	14	38
87	Si No Quieres No	Luis R Conriquez x Neton Vega	▼-1	86	2	86
88	We Ride	Bryan Martin	▼-6	82	6	82
89	Dirt Cheap	Cody Johnson	▼-6	83	4	83
90	Lose My Breath	Stray Kids Featuring Charlie Puth	▲+11	[FRESH]	1	90
91	Tell Ur Girlfriend	Lay Bankz	▼-25	66	5	58
92	Spin You Around (1/24)	Morgan Wallen	▲+4	96	16	24
93	The Prophecy	Taylor Swift	▼-16	77	4	32
94	Back In The A	Gunna	▲+7	[FRESH]	1	94
95	Outskirts	Sam Hunt	▼-10	85	10	66
96	23	Chayce Beckham	▼-6	90	20	45
97	Wine Into Whiskey	Tucker Wetmore	▼-5	92	8	77
98	How Did It End?	Taylor Swift	▼-17	81	4	35
99	Cinderella	Future, Metro Boomin & Travis Scott	▼-21	78	8	6
100	I Think I'm In Love With You	Chris Stapleton	▲+1	--	2	91

Billboard Global 200 chart (most popular songs globally)

Position	Title	Artist	▲/▼	Last week	Weeks Charting	Peak
1	I Had Some Help	Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen	▲+100	[FRESH]	1	1
2	Million Dollar Baby	Tommy Richman	-	2	3	2
3	Not Like Us	Kendrick Lamar	▼-2	1	2	1
4	Espresso	Sabrina Carpenter	▼-1	3	5	2
5	A Bar Song (Tipsy)	Shaboozey	-	5	5	5
6	Beautiful Things	Benson Boone	▲+1	7	17	1
7	Fortnight	Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone	▼-1	6	4	1
8	Too Sweet	Hozier	▲+1	9	8	1
9	I Like The Way You Kiss Me	Artemas	▼-1	8	8	2
10	Gata Only	FloyyMenor X Cris Mj	-	10	14	4

Billboard 200 chart

Position	Title	Artist	Sales	Change	Last week	Weeks Charting
1	The Tortured Poets Department	Taylor Swift	259,859 (48,177 pure)	-9%	1	4
2	One Of Wun	Gunna	83,467 (933 pure)	--	[FRESH]	1
3	One Thing At A Time	Morgan Wallen	74,765 (1,506 pure)	+4%	3	63
4	We Don't Trust You	Future & Metro Boomin	52,637 (195 pure)	-16%	4	8
5	Dangerous: The Double Album	Morgan Wallen	43,812 (504 pure)	+4%	7	175
6	Stick Season	Noah Kahan	41,404 (4,116 pure)	+2%	9	77
7	SOS	SZA	37,474 (1,716 pure)	-5%	10	75
8	Zach Bryan	Zach Bryan	37,834 (2,804 pure)	+3%	12	38
9	Fireworks & Rollerblades	Benson Boone	35,978 (798 pure)	-4%	11	6
10	Cowboy Carter	Beyonce	35,869 (3,935 pure)	-15%	8	7

Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Why is X artist higher than Y artist on the 200 chart, even though X artist sold less?
A: This is because of a discrepancy between Billboard's ranking and the ranking from the website that the sales data is scraped from
Q: Where do you get the sales data from?
A: https://hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming
Q: What does "err" mean on the 200 chart?
A: If you are seeing "err", that means that the bot I use to gather chart data couldn't identify sales data for a particular album because of a difference in album naming between Billboard and HitsDailyDouble

Hello androidapps community!
I'm a new coffee enthusiast and a solo app developer working on an app idea that I believe could benefit many of us who are passionate about making the perfect cup of coffee. I'd love to get your feedback and insights on this concept.
The Idea: Coffee Grinding Companion App
As a newcomer to the coffee world, I’ve found that there’s a lot to learn about achieving the perfect grind and brew. This app aims to help coffee lovers, both new and experienced, store and optimize their coffee grinding settings. Here are the main features I'm focusing on for the initial version:

1. Bean Profiles: Store detailed information about different coffee beans you use, including roast date, origin, and flavour notes.
2. Grinder Settings: Save and recall your preferred grinder settings for various brewing methods (e.g., espresso, pour-over, French press).
3. Brew Methods: Customize and store settings for different brewing methods to achieve the best possible grind size for each type.
4. Notes and Ratings: Add tasting notes and rate your brews to refine your grinding and brewing process over time.

Why I Need Your Feedback:

1. Interest: Would you find an app like this useful for your coffee brewing process?
2. Features: Are there any additional features you’d love to see included in future updates?
3. Usability: What are some pain points you’ve experienced with similar apps or tools that I should avoid?
4. Design: What type of user interface would you prefer for an app like this (e.g., simple and clean, detailed and informative)?

Next Steps:
I’m in the early stages of development and plan to create a beta version soon. While the initial version will focus on core features, I’m considering adding educational content about grind sizes and brewing techniques in future updates based on user interest. Your feedback will be invaluable in shaping the app. If you’re interested in testing the app when it’s ready, please let me know!
Thank you for your time and insights!
Happy brewing, Calm_Yogurt7215

Hello pourover community!
I'm a new coffee enthusiast and a solo app developer working on an app idea that I believe could benefit many of us who are passionate about making the perfect cup of coffee. I'd love to get your feedback and insights on this concept.
The Idea: Coffee Grinding Companion App
As a newcomer to the coffee world, I’ve found that there’s a lot to learn about achieving the perfect grind and brew. This app aims to help coffee lovers, both new and experienced, store and optimize their coffee grinding settings. Here are the main features I'm focusing on for the initial version:

1. Bean Profiles: Store detailed information about different coffee beans you use, including roast date, origin, and flavour notes.
2. Grinder Settings: Save and recall your preferred grinder settings for various brewing methods (e.g., espresso, pour-over, French press).
3. Brew Methods: Customize and store settings for different brewing methods to achieve the best possible grind size for each type.
4. Notes and Ratings: Add tasting notes and rate your brews to refine your grinding and brewing process over time.

Why I Need Your Feedback:

1. Interest: Would you find an app like this useful for your coffee brewing process?
2. Features: Are there any additional features you’d love to see included in future updates?
3. Usability: What are some pain points you’ve experienced with similar apps or tools that I should avoid?
4. Design: What type of user interface would you prefer for an app like this (e.g., simple and clean, detailed and informative)?

Next Steps:
I’m in the early stages of development and plan to create a beta version soon. While the initial version will focus on core features, I’m considering adding educational content about grind sizes and brewing techniques in future updates based on user interest. Your feedback will be invaluable in shaping the app. If you’re interested in testing the app when it’s ready, please let me know!
Thank you for your time and insights!
Happy brewing, Calm_Yogurt7215

Hot 50 Spotify Playlist // #1s Spotify Playlist // Every Song to Ever Chart (Credit to FLLH for this amazing playlist!)

Popheads Weekly Hot 50: Week of May 20, 2024

For this chart issue, we tracked everyone's top 10s from Thursday May 9, 12:00 PM GMT to the next Thursday May 16, 11:59 AM GMT.

#	Artist - Song	Prev. Position	Peak	Weeks	Points	# of Listeners and #1
1	Charli XCX - 360	NEW	#1	1 wk	7368.5	237 of 644 listeners had the song as their #1.
2	Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso	#1 (-1)	#1	5 wks	5129.0	60 of 542 listeners had the song as their #1.
3	Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!	#8 (+5)	#1	6 wks	2802.5	28 of 328 listeners had the song as their #1.
4	Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us	#11 (+7)	#4	2 wks	2340.0	43 of 236 listeners had the song as their #1.
5	Taylor Swift - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)	#14 (+9)	#1	4 wks	2167.0	17 of 254 listeners had the song as their #1.
6	Dua Lipa - End Of an Era	#2 (-4)	#2	2 wks	1857.0	16 of 230 listeners had the song as their #1.
7	Megan Thee Stallion - BOA	NEW	#7	1 wk	1775.0	24 of 202 listeners had the song as their #1.
8	Taylor Swift - Guilty as Sin?	#17 (+9)	#5	4 wks	1761.0	14 of 210 listeners had the song as their #1.
9	aespa - Supernova	NEW	#9	1 wk	1750.5	56 of 147 listeners had the song as their #1.
10	Taylor Swift - I Can Do It with a Broken Heart	#18 (+8)	#3	4 wks	1639.5	7 of 229 listeners had the song as their #1.

The Popheads Chart Video from u/rickikardashian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKWb_eDJTDM

If you want to see the points and number of listeners for each song in the top 50 chart, click here

• Highest Debut: #1. Charli XCX - 360
• Highest Re-Entry: #32. Joost - Europapa
• Biggest Gain: #14. Charli XCX - Club Classics (+23)
• Biggest Decrease: #50. Dua Lipa - Happy For You (-37)

Popheads Top 5 Bubbling Under Chart May 20th, 2024

Artist	Song	Genre
A. G. Cook	Lucifer	An AMA guest tomorrow!
Baby Lasagna	Rim Tim Tagi Dim	Eurovision
Ice Spice	Gimmie A Light	Why’d she misspell Gimme?
tripleS	Girls Never Die	K-Pop
alyona alyona & Jerry Heil	Teresa & Maria	Eurovision

Personal Chart of the Week

One of the joys some people have on the chart is seeing their own impact on the chart. Whether its seeing your #1 song at #1, or seeing it bubbling under, people like seeing songs they like being adored by other users. In this section, one lucky chart participant will see their own chart and the impact it had on the full chart this week. NOTE: In the case of charts exceeding 15 songs, I will trim down the lowest tie to fit the chart by using the songs that charted the highest (or are funniest). This week, we have the chart of starlitsuns!

Rank	Song	Their Points	Actual Rank	Total Points
1	Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend	15.0	#841	27.0
2	College - A Real Hero	13.5	#2829	13.5
2	Taylor Swift - I Can Do It with a Broken Heart	13.5	#10	1639.5
4	ARTMS - Birth	11.5	#2755	13.5
4	GlitchxCity - Goomy All Day	11.5	#4163	11.5
6	Porter Robinson - KNOCK YOURSELF OUT XD	10.0	#95	221.5
7	Porter Robinson - Sweet Time	8.5	#6310	8.5
7	Slayyyter - BFF	8.5	#5509	9.5
9	Anamanaguchi - Dreams	7.0	#7349	7.0
10	C418 - Dog	4.5	#9051	4.5
10	CHVRCHES - Asking For A Friend	4.5	#7270	7.0
10	Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us	4.5	#4	2340.0
10	Salute - saving flowers	4.5	#417	47.0

If you’d like to have your top 10 shown in a future installment, PLEASE USE THIS GOOGLE FORM! Also, if you sign up for this PLEASE also sign up for the actual charts, with the form found below.
Here's the current list of people signed up for the charts!

If you'd like to sign up for the charts, you can sign up here!

The tracking dates for the next weekly chart is May 16, 11:00 PM GMT - May 23, 10:59 AM GMT and results will come out the next Monday, May 27.

How The Chart Works:

These charts are created based on how frequently each song appears in the top 10 songs/albums for all of the users signed up for the chart. If the song or album occupies that user's #1 spot in their individual chart, it receives 15 points, then 14 points for #2, so on and so forth until 6 points for #10. If there is a tie, which is a common occurrence, then the number of points is averaged across those positions, e.g. if two songs are tied for #1, both will receive 14.5 points. Oftentimes there will be multiple songs tied for the last place, in which case the number of points each song receives decreases until it bottoms out at 1 point each.

Credits

• Reddit Post Author / Chart Runner: ImADudeDuh
• Spotify Playlist Cover Art Designer / Wiki Editor: kyrgyzzephyr
• Crownnote Author : Tedyonce
• Video Editor: rickikardashian

Chart Wiki
Last Week’s Chart
Link to an archive of all charts [Credit to u/bright_baby_blue for the website!]

I was asked by a fellow community member to describe if the df64p was a significant improvement to the stock grinder. I got curious so I did this experiment as well as I could with some constraints. I thought I would just reply to him, but then maybe this helps more people who are googling if its worth the upgrade. I am no expert coffee taster, and actually consider myself pretty bad at distinguishing coffee aromas unless they are clearly distinguishable (like in pour overs). I have been doing espresso for 2 years now. So here it goes:
I did side by side comparison between the df64p and the breville barista express built in grinder. with the following parameters:
Coffee: 90% arabica 10% robusta blend from Mexico. Medium dark roast, 3 weeks from roast date. Tasting notes from the bag: bitter chocolate, pecans, dry fruits and cocoa. 18.5 grams
Equipment: BBE default temperature (93 C) with modded overpressure valve set at 10 bar, bellow for single dosing on the breville grinder, IMS B62.52TH24E basket, IMS BV200IM shower screen, Normcore 53.5 mm 1.7 mm puck screen, normcore v4 calibrated flat tamper, Fdit1 blind shaker, wdt (only to level up the surface a bit).
Espresso ratio: 18.5 g in, 36 g out. DF64: 35 secs, BBE 33 secs
Observations: I slow fed both grinders manually, dumping the dose in about 30 seconds, however its harder with the breville since it has an auto stop feature, so I had to click twice. The retention was pretty low in both DF64 and breville about 0.1 g. Df64p was dialed in since I use it daily, so I tested only one shot. I did two shots with the Breville grinder and chose the one better dialed in. Neither shot reached the 10 bar line as far as I could tell, so the opv mod might not have made a difference, but its hard to tell.
Results: DF64p: Balanced shot with low pleasant acidity in the palate, would not describe it as sour. Slight bitterness. Aromas not super clear to me, but generally I'm not that good with identifying aromas in coffee. Body is medium.
BBE: Balanced shot. Slightly more acid, a bit more towards sour, but would not describe it as such either. Barely noticeable bitterness. Aromas presented themselves the same to me. Body was slightly more robust. I did not do a blind test to see if it wasn't my imagination only though. The shot was very good to drink, balanced even after cold.
Conclusion: With this setup and method, both the DF64 and breville grinder produced good balanced shots. The breville was ever so slightly more towards sour than the df64. More body was perceived with the breville shot.
The limitation is that I could probably better dial in both grinders. I compared the 2nd shot I obtained from the BBE, since the first one was definitely sour. I adjusted the grind one step towards fine and got this balanced shot. Maybe another step would have gotten me a better shot, but, since the breville uses steps, there was a chance that the next step was going to be over extracted, given that one step got me from sour to balanced. The Df64p is stepless, so I can certainly dial it ever so slightly better. However, I stopped there since Im getting low on coffee and had already drank 3 espresso shots.
In general the BBE is pretty good at getting shots with darker roast or italian style blends with robusta. Probably indistinguishable from the df64 in milk drinks. I did however improve the extraction in all the ways that I could, changing basically all the stock accessories to gain as much % of extraction as possible. Lighter roast should favor the df64p, however I don't have such blends at the moment. Possibly I will try to test with a lighter roast if I get one next weekend. I am looking forward to your comments. Another interesting experiment would be to try with the stock breville parts, however I believe that all the puck prep should be benefiting the breville, reducing clumpling and increasing extraction.
Cheers!

Ciao a tutti, ho di recente vinto un concorso pubblico in un grande comune. Di recente ci è stato chiesto di esprimere le preferenze per il municipio nel quale desideriamo essere collocati come sede lavorativa.
Alla nostra domanda - posta in via ufficiosa ai tutor che ci guidano nella fase formativa e ad alcuni rappresentanti sindacali - circa i criteri che l'amministrazione intende seguire per accordare le preferenze (posto che ovviamente ogni municipio avrà un tot di posti in organico da riempire che non conosciamo), ci sono state date risposte molto vaghe.
Domanda 1: ma non si dovrebbe seguire - al netto degli istituti previsti da legge, come quello della L 104 - l'ordine di graduatoria?
Mi spiego meglio: se nel municipio X ci sono 10 posti da riempire e lo stesso municipio viene indicato come preferenza da 50 vincitori, il comune non dovrebbe accordare la scelta ai primi 10 in ordine di graduatoria che hanno espresso la preferenza per il municipio X (con le dovute riserve per disabili, legge 104 etc)?
Domanda 2: i criteri di attribuzione non dovrebbero essere resi noti? Così come il fabbisogno di organico di ogni municipio?
Grazie

Release Date Prediction: January 17, 2025
Fortnight (Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone) Illusion (Dua Lipa) Espresso (Sabrina Carpenter) Too Sweet (Hozier) So Long, London (Taylor Swift) Austin (Dasha) Made For Me (Muni Long) Obsessed (Olivia Rodrigo) To The Moon (Meghan Trainor)

Currently using a Timemore Sculptor 078S. I bought it at the kickstarter early bird price and was super excited to upgrade from my Varia VS3. The Varia itself was an upgrade from a Smart grinder pro and it was a world of difference both in terms of taste and being able to dial in coffees.
The Varia was sold shortly after the Timemore arrived, but in hindsight I feel that was a huge mistake. I make two coffees every morning, one for myself and one for my wife. She prefers flat whites and I'll mix it up between espresso and various milk drinks. We also have a Moccamaster and on the odd occasion I'll make some filter coffee to take with me to work in the mornings.
I cannot for the life of me pull consistent back to back shots. Today for example I used a medium roast (3 weeks past roast date) which we've liked in the past. Grinder set to 3.95 and I'm using a Linea Micra with a 21g VST basket. My workflow is weigh 19g (no RDT) -> hot start and grind into catch up and weigh output (usually almost no retention) -> tip into portafilter with a few taps -> WDT -> wedge distributor -> tamp (Normcore V4) -> puck screen (Neouza V3 from Amazon). First shot ran well, 19in 48out 30 seconds. Second shot was exactly the same grind size, input, puck prep. That shot produced 50 out in 23 seconds. I give the better shot to my wife, hers seemed balanced (but it's a milk drink) and mine was sour.
This has been an ongoing problem since I got the grinder which has been a few months now. I've run about 7kg through it, haven't noticed a difference over time. I've checked the alignment and tried to shim the grinder, full wipes both burrs and still inconsistent. I've taken the shims out and it's also still inconsistent. I have tried with a puck screen/without a puck screen and with a filter paper. Still wildly different shot times. I'm not getting much channelling, the shots seem to pull ok, occasionally one hole will spray a little at the end as I assume the puck is degrading. Occasionally when I'm away for a few days for work I'll pull some shots into an icecube tray and freeze them for my wife which means pulling 6 back to back shots and for the same dose for a 30 second shot the output varied between 28 to 70 grams.
I can really only assume it's the grinder at this point. It could perhaps be the basket which is a few years old and the fact I'm under dosing but dosing more than 19g bends the puckscreen. The Varia varied maybe by 1 or 2 seconds between shots which I assume is normal, this is well and truly all over the place. I'm at my wits end at this stage. I just want to be able to make decent consistent espresso. Dialling anything in is near impossible.
Unless anyone has any ideas as to what the problem could be, I'm planning to buy a new grinder. Seeing as consistency is what I'm chasing, I'm considering the Lagom P64 with the Mizen Omni burrs. The Mazzer Philos seems appealing but no info on when it releases in Australia. Honourable mentions would be another Varia VS3 or even a Niche Zero. Anyone have thoughts on which of these would be a good consistent all round grinder? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

Hello AppIdeas community!
I'm a new coffee enthusiast and a solo app developer working on an app idea that I believe could benefit many of us who are passionate about making the perfect cup of coffee. I'd love to get your feedback and insights on this concept.
The Idea: Coffee Grinding Companion App
As a newcomer to the coffee world, I’ve found that there’s a lot to learn about achieving the perfect grind and brew. This app aims to help coffee lovers, both new and experienced, store and optimize their coffee grinding settings. Here are the main features I'm focusing on for the initial version:

1. Bean Profiles: Store detailed information about different coffee beans you use, including roast date, origin, and flavour notes.
2. Grinder Settings: Save and recall your preferred grinder settings for various brewing methods (e.g., espresso, pour-over, French press).
3. Brew Methods: Customize and store settings for different brewing methods to achieve the best possible grind size for each type.
4. Notes and Ratings: Add tasting notes and rate your brews to refine your grinding and brewing process over time.

Why I Need Your Feedback:

1. Interest: Would you find an app like this useful for your coffee brewing process?
2. Features: Are there any additional features you’d love to see included in future updates?
3. Usability: What are some pain points you’ve experienced with similar apps or tools that I should avoid?
4. Design: What type of user interface would you prefer for an app like this (e.g., simple and clean, detailed and informative)?

Next Steps:
I’m in the early stages of development and plan to create a beta version soon. While the initial version will focus on core features, I’m considering adding educational content about grind sizes and brewing techniques in future updates based on user interest. Your feedback will be invaluable in shaping the app. If you’re interested in testing the app when it’s ready, please let me know!
Thank you for your time and insights!
Happy brewing, Calm_Yogurt7215

I (30 F) have a second date coming up with this week with a pretty fun, easy going guy (26). On our first date we were joking about who can make the best espresso martini. So for our second date we are going to cook a meal together (we both love cooking!) and have a lil competition on who can make the drink better. I need advice on what to wager for whoever wins. I’m open to something flirty, as I don’t want to give off too much of a friend/bro vibe. Thanks!

Just got a call from Rivian and my truck was delivered yesterday with “significant body damage” so now I am waiting for them to call. Which is basically all I’ve been doing since deciding to get this car. My pick up date was tomorrow and they cancelled it. The best part is I submitted my trade-in paperwork for my current car weeks ago and they just informed me this week that they need something else I can only get from the DMV… which of course takes 2-6 weeks to arrive. So I went to Carvana to sell it and they came by today and gave me what they quoted and left with the car. Rivian called me like 30 minutes later (no exaggeration) and said the truck is messed up. So now I don’t have a car. I guess I thought getting a big fancy expensive car would be fun, but Rivian has just sucked all of the joy out of this experience systematically every step of the way. It unbelievable.. like is this some sort of sociology experiment? And all of this after jerking me around during the lease approval process for the past two weeks. I dunno. If I was at a BMW dealership I would be having an espresso and people would be bringing me things to sign and showing me the cars and oof.. I’ll let you know how the call goes but I am currently like 50% just going to demand a full refund on all of this BS and go and actually GET A CAR.

Hi!
I am relocating across the US and looking to sell my 4 month old Terra Kaffe TK01 in Black. This machine has been my favorite automatic espresso machine to date. No flaws since purchase. I have taken meticulous care of it along with regular maintenance and cleaning. I have the original box and accessories.
Happy to provide any additional photos or answer any questions. Thanks!
Also, happy to meet up locally with anyone in GA near 30097.
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Paypal Invoice $675 + Shipping

Please note this is the original submission I sent Refinery29. In the current post,they have given me a second credit card with a 100$ balance, as well as generational trauma from World War II and cut context for other things. I am trying to get that fixed.
Per previous discussion in comments here: The espresso machine is a Bezzera, which ranges from 2-5K. We got ours on sale for 1.7K, it’s a work house and we use it everyday, still hurts that we spent that money on a coffee maker.
I do understand mortgage is debt but when you compare it to rent to a lesser value condo in Vancouver it feels like not debt at all, which is how I tend to think of it. Yes I owe my mortgage but also I get my house instead of renting-which may not have become clear.
Please see in full the diary, below (edit for formatting via mobile)
Occupation: Sr Business Analyst
Industry: Tech
Age: 30
Location: Vancouver Island, BC
Salary: 92,000$ (Spouse makes 60,000$ for a combined income of 152,000$ before tax)
Net Worth: ~ 1.2 Million ( house is valued at 989,000$ currently, we have a combined 150,000 in pension, and ~60,000 in various company stocks, and GICs)
Debt: 3,000$ in a zero interest credit card for a 10 month period. We balanced transferred and pay 400$/month. Debt was acquired in Q4 2023 when we had to buy Snow Tires, and do a full break replacement as well as Christmas. 480,000$ in a mortgage, we refinanced in September 2023 for five years fixed rate at accelerated biweekly, however I don’t consider our mortgage debt due to the equity we are gaining, and that our mortgage for a five bedroom, 3 bath single family home is less than rent for a two bedroom condo in Vancouver
Paycheck Amount (Every 2 Weeks): 2,555$ after taxes. (Just mine). Spouse makes 2,308$ after taxes. Our pay periods are alternating.
Pronouns: She/her
Monthly Expenses Mortgage: 1450$ biweekly (100$ extra to the principal).
Utilities: ~200$ (includes water [paid quarterly], hydro [paid bimonthly], gas, sewetrash [paid quarterly] phone [highly discounted due to work plans for spouse and myself] and car gas) Loan Payments: 400$/Credit Card
Car Insurance: 84$
Life Insurance: 167$ combined (67$ me, 100$ spouse)
Health & Dental Insurance: 60$ deducted from pay (coverage for myself and spouse from my employer. Spouse also has coverage for both of us deducted from pay)
Retirement Contribution: 400$ (Employee matches me), (Spouse has a defined pension through work and contributes ~200$ month)
Union fees: 70$ Spouse
Subscriptions: Crave 22$/month (Recent splurge for Binge watching the Rookie), Playstation Plus 100$ (annual bought on Black Friday Deal), Amazon Prime 80$ (Annual), BCAA 120$ (annual) Gym 30$/month (we both have one so 15$/pp)
Note: My spouse and I have completely commingled finances. I will be tracking both as it’s essentially I spent whatever they spent
Was there an expectation for you to attend higher education? Did you participate in any form of higher education? If yes, how did you pay for it?
There was always the expectation. My father was very clear, we were very smart. There was no way we’d be wasting our potential. He wanted me to be a lawyer, but unlike other immigrant parents, I got to choose my major and went into social sciences and got my masters in history. I deferred my PhD too much so I got dropped by the program.
I chose my university by where I got a full first year scholarship and then after that took about 15k in student loans for my undergraduate. My parents paid my rent and I got a part time job for food.
For my masters, I had a student line of credit and 5 k student loans otherwise it was all my savings and scholarships. With the line of credit, I had a total of 30K in student loans and paid it off in about four years.
Growing up, what kind of conversations did you have about money? Did your parent(s)/guardian(s) educate you about finances?
Save. We talked about how you get a dollar allowance and half of it goes into long term saving with 25% in short term and 25% in spend.
Investing came after I was eighteen. Family would like us to invest in property, however I don’t really want to be a landlord, but also we wouldn’t get to really enjoy profit of owning a rental property due to other family circumstances.
What was your first job and why did you get it?
Ice cream parlour I was twelve and my parents made me get it for responsibility. I lasted three weeks because I hated it.
Did you worry about money growing up?
I grew up thinking we were not rich, because we didn’t get big plane vacations (I didn’t count flying from Toronto to Vancouver every summer as a vacation since we were just seeing family but staying in a house my parents owned) and I had only been to Disney twice.
But we had a big new build house in the rich end of town, my mom stayed home to raise all of us. We had to work for things (like going to see a movie opening night or a new CD) but we always had money and got what we wanted. In retrospect, my family was/is fairly well off.
Both my parents grew up poor, with parents working multiple jobs and different shifts to make ends meet, the strive/drive to not have that childhood, and for my father to be able to retire his parents really impacted mine and my siblings and cousins lives. My father showed me the apartment he grew up in Chinatown a few years back. It’s light years away from the house my grandparents owned when I was a kid and how I grew up.
Do you worry about money now?
Of course. Inflation is real and we are actively planning a wedding for the next year, as well as a baby in the next few years. We also need to buy a second car, so we’re saving for that.
At what age did you become financially responsible for yourself and do you have a financial safety net?
Fully financially responsible? Twenty five. I lived in a family property where I didn’t pay rent in one of the most expensive cities in Canada, so even though I paid all my bills (food and phone), I didn’t have to pay rent. I in fact made money, as I rented rooms out and used the income for house utilities, and paying my student loans down faster. When I moved in with my spouse, I just paid condo fees until we bought our house two years ago which gave me plenty of time to save.
Our financial safety net is family, and our savings. I know my family would bail us out. My spouse’s father would as well. Conversely, we are my spouse’s mother's safety net and we have to keep all our plans in mind that we will be subsidising her.
Do you or have you ever received passive or inherited income? If yes, please explain. Yes, I received 50K from my parents once they sold my childhood home, as did both of my siblings. I have also received 10K from one set of grandparents which paid off my car and part of my student loans when I was 21. I will be receiving another inheritance when probate is done for around ~100K. My spouse also has received inheritance which allowed them to buy their first condo in their early twenties when the market was much better. That condo, 50k, and the subsequent upgrading helped us afford our house.
Day 1
10 AM: I drive to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription. Not how I want to start my Sunday morning but y’know. Normally I’d walk since it’s about 20 minutes but I have a UTI. I’m “lucky” that despite not having a dr because of the health care shortage, my work pays for the Maple app so I could get a dr to write the prescription and order the lab work at 1 am. I’ll do the lab work later this week when I can get an appointment but will take the relief now. Insurance makes the antibiotics free, but I also buy hydrogen peroxide because we’re out and we have a dog that thinks everything is meant to be in her mouth. We’ll buy a bigger one at Costco later. I also bought some oral wound mouthwash because we were out. I come home and my spouse made us breakfast.
Total: 15.90$ paid with debit.
1-2:30 PM: We do our taxes. I have a mini meltdown when I realize the part time bakery job I had for a few months didn’t take off income tax last year, so I owe 800$. Luckily, my partner is getting a refund so we net out positive 400$. The bakery took off income tax in 2022, so unsure why they didn’t in 2023. I made us lunch.
3-6:30 PM: We walk the dog, and watch the Rookie. Some time during that time period, a venue emails us back and is surprisingly affordable at 3k. I also get told that the tattoo artist I want to book with, has not chosen me.
6:30-7:30 PM: I explain what lazy girl dinner is to my spouse and make a lazy girl dinner. After not really grocery shopping since Feb for things besides fresh veg, we need to do a big pantry shop and neither of us want that. We debate about buying a food saver and if we should wait for a sale. My spouse is more frugal than me and has determined we should.
8-9:30 PM: We start season 3 of The Rookie, and then after two episodes we go to bed
Day One Total: 15.90$
Day Two
5:45-8 AM: Wake up and start work. I get up to date with what’s happened on the weekend and check that my automated reports. Sometime before 6:30, I get the kettle on for my spouse’s pour over before I go back to my meetings. There’s a twenty minute gap where I get changed and do my skin care and brush my teeth. I’d love to be a skin care person but honestly I’ve spent too much money on product that I don’t use and that just goes bad. Washing my face and using sun screen is a win.
I also make sure that Spouse’s lunch is in his bag and I get our travel mugs ready. Before, we used to go to Starbucks every day. Starbucks used to do free refills on coffee and tea if you were a rewards member if you bought a coffee or tea so it would cost us $5/day (2.5/pp), and we could get refills all day. While that’s 20$/week, 80$/a month and yes, we could have saved it but back then, that 80$ wasn’t turning the dial anywhere significantly for us—a privileged view.
But now, after COVID where I stopped drinking tea after one day working from home having like 10 cups and thinking I was dying, and Spouse has bought a good grinder and we recently splurged on a stupidly expensive espresso machine we call his Engagement Espresso since it costs the same price as my stupidly expensive ring, we bring our coffees.
8-8:30 AM: We drive to work. Prior to buying our house, we were both work from home and lived in a city with amazing transit. We only needed the one car. Since buying the house and moving to a city where public transit is a joke (the one bus goes past our house every 1.5h), Spouse changed jobs and is in office every day and I have to go in 3 days a week. We need a second car or the e-bike rebate to come through. We debate this in the car, since I’m done at 1 pm, and Spouse works normal hours, I either have to take the bus home, or go to the gym for three hours. Today though, I drop Spouse off. I will pick him up later as he has a half day because of the dentist
8:30-12:30 AM/PM: Work. I find a tech manager and ask them to get me more triple a batteries. Work won’t provide or let me expense batteries for my mouse, despite them replacing my usb mouse with a battery one. The poor admin had to tell me the decision is that we’ll all supply our own batteries. Luckily the tech managers have to have batteries on hand and give them out freely.
I ask my boss how the work from home tax forms work, and he is going to find out.
I run more meetings and work on a request for a dashboard and a business case for a new feature that I have to convince leadership to spend money on.
12:30-1 PM: I drive back to my Spouse because he has a dentist appointment.
While I wait for a spouse, I am incredibly hungry. I’m usually not hungry/don’t eat a proper meal until around 1 in the afternoon and my two granola bars I already ate at the office. I go to the bakery by Spouse’s work and buy a cheese bun for me (3.65$), and an apple pie scone (2.55$) for Spouse as a snack. Spouse points out he won’t be able to eat until after his appointment.
Total: 6.20$ debit
1-1:30 PM: I drop Spouse off, and the car stops working. The engine won’t catch. I try multiple times and then run into the dentist to dramatically announce to Spouse and the receptionists that the car won’t start. Spouse asks me what he wants me to do about this, since he’s about to go into an appointment. A very kind receptionist tells me it might be the alternator. I don’t know what that is.
I go back to the car to Facetime my father. He also asks what I think he can do to help since he lives 3000 km away. Weirdly, and sexistly, I thought a man who grew up at race tracks, in a racing family, or the man who has collected and worked on sports cars for forty years might be able to help.
Spouse texts me to remind me we have BCAA while my father also tells me that. I finally get the engine to catch and drive the very long way home, going the speed limit and getting stuck in traffic, construction and a bus. It takes me 20 minutes to get home instead of 10.
1:30-2:30 PM: I walk the dog, mail a (late) birthday card and then start researching what an alternator is. The car is over a decade old and until the house, the most expensive thing I ever bought at 12K back in 2015. We have the funds for the cost, but it’s my first car and the fact it might be the end of its life is scary.
Alternators can cost between 400-800$ repair with labour, so that’s fun.
My dad calls me back and apologises for asking me what he could do away. He advises me that there’s probably a bald spot on the alternator and advises me to go to the mechanic to check or replace it, if the car doesn’t start again.
I call the mechanic to book an appointment, and to also get the snow tires off and to buy new rims for the snow tires. The mechanic lets me know that the alternator part is 500$, and an hour of labour so with taxes we’re looking at around 700$
That future appointment next week (we’re going down a highway this weekend which requires snow tires) will cost ~1.5K, assuming we replace the alternator.
I make lunch and sigh.
2:30 PM: The car starts thankfully. I drive incredibly slow. I pick up Spouse by idling the car. We get an email back from a venue saying they cost 75,000$ minimum. The timing is hysterical.
Due to the nature of the dentist, Spouse owes 618$, as they haven’t flipped it under my insurance. They split it in half, as he has a follow up in two weeks. After the next appointment they will flip the whole amount under me and we’ll get reimbursed for the whole amount.
Total 309$/credit card.
3-10 PM: We walk the dog, make dinner (Spouse makes white sauce pasta, with chicken and peas) and watch The Rookie. There are thirteen episodes in season three, and we will be busy every night this week besides Friday and Sunday, and I would like to finish season three so we can start season 4 next Monday. I don’t want to pay for more than one month of Crave. We have five episodes left
Day Two Total: 315.2$
Day Three
1 AM: 100$ is automatically transferred from our account to the credit card debit. We have an auto transfer of 100$/every Tuesday to a Visa where we balance transferred both our cards. We have an offer for 0 interest for 10 months, so we did that for some of the bigger expenses (snow tires, break replacement and general Christmas) and are on track to pay it back within the next 6 months. That visa is our emergency card that we just have in the back end and utilise for promos like this. It allows us to keep our two cards balances manageable and lets us pay in an easier way than taking big chunks out of our various savings.
Total: 100$/direct deposit
5:45-9 AM: Work. Meetings, reports, trying to convince a colleague that the process does include them and refusal to follow it means that their requests won’t be done. Spouse has another half day so I can go into the office at my leisure—if the car starts
9-9:20 AM: The car starts, I get into the office and refresh a data flow before a meeting with a new stake holder. It takes longer to drive into work today because the tourists are starting to come and their van builds or campers are not exactly highway speed and with a two lane highway, if you don’t merge over fast enough you’re stuck.
10:05-10:20 AM: Meeting done, car starts again and I drive home for more meetings. The least amount of time in the office is preferable for me.
10:30-11AM : Meeting with my manager where we discuss future salary and promotion. I am due for a promotion in the start of Q2, which would push me to six figures. I’ll believe it when I see it but, I’m really excited at that possibility for my family.
11:15 AM: Spouse leaves for work, we discuss what groceries are needed, as well if he’ll go to Home Depot tonight to buy more clover seeds for the yard, as we need to reseed before it starts raining. I eat a muffin and my dog and cat decide to try and eat each other.
11:15-1:30 PM: Work runs late. There’s some issues with the data and we can’t figure it out. We call it a night, and I’ll record the video presentations tomorrow, once we fix the data.
1:30-4 PM: Nap time! It’s bad for me, but honestly I don’t sleep well during the night so naps are what keep me alive.
4-6 PM I prep dinner (smash burgers and fries), and get chores done and walk the dog.
6-7:30 PM: Spouse comes home, we eat dinner. Groceries come to 96.83 for two 7 pound pork loins, two packs of bacon, chicken nuggets, coffee, pop, 8 pack of peppers, milk, tomato, pickles, rice, avocado, mushrooms, sour cream and lettuce.
Not too bad, we average about 300$/month in groceries because we can buy bulk and have a second freezer.
For the month of March we are currently at 123.61$ for groceries and there is twelve days left. We went on a small weekend away, so we ate out a fair bit but even then our current food budget is 272.27$ today.
Total: 96.83/ debit
7:30-10 PM: Spouse makes a coffee and plays video games with his friends. They do it every week. I have a shower, fold and put away laundry and read in bed.
Day Three Total: 196.83
Day Four
1AM: Our biweekly accelerated mortgage payment comes out of 1450$. I’m tracking it here to be honest on our spending but I tend not to think of it as money spent because in my head it’s already money gone. To pay for a house equivalent in Vancouver, the mortgage would be over 6k. Renting a two bedroom condo would be 3K. It feels like the mortgage is just cheaper rent, even though each time I own more of my house.
5:45-9 AM: Work. I find out the limits of how many people I can invite to a Teams Meeting as well as that the Thursday before Good Friday is a catholic holiday when a few people ask me to reschedule a training forum for over a thousand people. Sometime in there I make us coffee, make sure Spouse has lunch packed (leftovers). Spouse has walked the dog and has the recycling and compost out for pick up. I drop Spouse off at work.
10-11:45 AM: I leave the office for home and more meetings. I walk the dog and go record training videos. I get an email that Amazon is doing their big spring sale. I send a link to a robot mop and vaccum that’s on a big discount to Spouse. We want one, but I’m not in charge of the research on it. I send links to play grounds to my friends with toddlers
11:45-12:30 PM : I shove lunch in my mouth, last night’s left overs. I’m running late, and decide to get myself later by collecting all the random dishes and mugs that just show up places and start the dishwasher. I get to the lab ten minutes early but need to buy gas on the way home.
I tell my team I’ll be MIA for a bit and leave the work phone in the car.
I buy 15.6L of gas for 30$ at 1.879/l it sucks. I don’t fill up because we’re going to my in laws this weekend and there’s a Costco Gas Bar there.
Total: 30$/credit card
12:30-1:30 PM: Work goes long again.
1:30-2:30 PM: Nap!
2:30-4:30 PM: Walk the dog and drive to the gym. I usually go three times a week but with last week’s weekend away and this week’s weird half days from Spouse, today’s the only day. I make it up by doing both upper and lower body and a 30 minute circuit.
4:30-7:30 PM: I pick up Spouse and we go to Costco. We pick up nachos, ham, cheese buns and some other items. We debate buying our friend’s kid a toddler set of clothes and decide no. We end up buying work pants for Spouse, and a garden hose. It comes out to 116.90
I order our Costco dinner of hot dogs and fries for a grand total date night of 6.41$
Total: 123.31/ credit card
8-9 PM: Dance class! We bought a series of six lessons of introduction to ballroom back in December for a new date night idea. We paid 60$/pp and this is the fifth lesson tonight.
9 pm: We’re home, we let the dog out. Spouse spends an undetermined amount of time watching ballroom videos while I sleep.
Day Four Total: 1603.31$ or 153.31 excluding the mortgage payment.
Day Five
5:45-9 AM: Work. All the meetings. Thursday is the meeting day. I debate with a friend what’s the earliest call we’ve had. 4:30 am still wins. I pack lunch for Spouse and his coffee and he leaves. I end up cleaning up cat puke as the cat decides to drink milk from Spouse’s cereal and vomit it up on camera in a meeting.
9-9:30 AM: I make myself a matcha and walk the dog.
9:30-1 PM: Work and I treat myself to a lunch of a cheese bun and ham sandwhich. We used to eat it every Sunday while growing up but the cost of ham has been outrageous. The deal at Costco yesterday was 1.5$/100 g which is really good.
1-1:30 PM: I seal the wooden deer Christmas decoration we bought last year. It sits outside our front door and needs to be weather proofed, and I’ve been putting it off for five months. But the weather is good and we have newspapers. We have left over wood sealer after the sign we bought a year ago so I use that. The dog and the cat both don’t like my wooden deer.
1:30-4 PM: Nap!
4-5 PM: I basically just watch youtube and drink a root beer. I have no energy.
5-6:30 PM: Spouse comes home, we walk the dog and I make dinner (Kraft Dinner and nuggets–I swear we eat veggies but today is not that day). We discuss the possibility of our dog at our wedding as a flower girl, and if she’ll be in a tutu or a cheongsam like me. I am now researching if they make dog cheongsams and if she can match us. The cat, despite all my heart wanting it, won’t physically be there because he will have an anxiety attack and probably die.
6:30-10:30 PM: Board game night! We go to a friend’s to repeat the same scenario we’ve lost two weeks in a row.
10:30-11 PM: I pack Spouse’s breakfast (oatmeal and frozen berries), lunch (spicy tuna and mayo) since he’s trying to go to the gym before work, and feed the animals before we go to bed.
Day Five Total: 0$
Day Six Friday
5:45-9 AM: Work. I have a deep focus block which means I can get the script for the training I have to run. Public speaking is not my strong suit and it’s a group of a thousand people so I’m not looking forward to it. Spouse almost makes it to the gym. I get an email that my new work phone has shipped. I’m surprised because they wouldn’t order us any for the past four years, but I guess my new iPhone will show up next week. I might give my old work phone to my mother in law, since she smashed the camera on the phone we bought her last year.
9-9:30 AM: I walk the dog, make a matcha and make a todo list for what we have to get done before we leave to my in laws tomorrow. I text my mother in law happy birthday, and hope that she got the card in time. She did.
9:30-11:30 AM: My last meeting for the week ends and I’m debating calling it a day so I can nap. Instead I make lunch (cheese bun and ham), text my other mother in law our plan for Saturday, and unload and reload the dishwasher and go back to work for at least another hour.
12:30-1 PM: I shower and do skin care
1-3 PM: Nap! Somewhere in this time FedEx comes and since I’m sleeping, we have to pick up on Monday. I’m not too sure what it is, I assume it’s our custom address stamp from Etsy because that’s the only thing I’ve bought recently but not too sure. I just realized in retrospect, this might be my new work phone.
3-5 PM: I prep dinner (nachos), unload the dishwasher, pack my overnight bag and confirm all our venue tours by email. I start a load of laundry and do a quick clean. I feel like this is not the best image of our diet. I swear we generally eat healthy but we both have been feeling really blah over the past two weeks so have been going for quick and easy over healthy and balanced. I do have three whole peppers and two whole avocados in the nachos though.
5-7 PM: Spouse comes home, we walk the dog, have dinner, and plan out next week. We have a big Wednesday next week (mechanic, I have a nails appointment, dance class), and we are having our friends over for Easter so we need to prep for that. We pack the car so tomorrow is a very easy start.
Spouse also gets paid today. We’re lucky that we’re on alternating pay periods, we used to be on the same and it always felt stressful. Spouse also lets me know his union has secured a 3% cost of living raise to start in Q3. I really like his union for negotiating a base 2% year of cost of living raise, with potential addition raises depending on inflation. It’s a bit away but that’s still good news.
7:30-10:30 PM: We finish The Rookie Season 3 and head to bed. Crave reminds me that I have 10 days until I’m charged again. Sadly, I think we’ll have to pay for 2 months.
Day Six Total: 0
Day Seven Saturday
8:30-9:30 AM: Wake up. No one (except the dog) slept well so we’re not in a morning mood. Spouse makes coffee and walks the dog, while I finish packing the car and give the cat a lot of attention. Our first venue tour is at 11 and the one that is the most expensive (8-10K), but also the one we probably want the most. We live about an hour away but the highway is two lanes and one accident can back everything up for hours.
10:40-1 PM: We visit our dream venue. We stay way longer than expected. Basically if the quote is under 10K, we’ll get it. Just waiting now.
1-2 PM: We get to our in-laws and have a lunch of egg salad sandwhichs. We need to buy gas. My in laws drive us to a pottery painting store.
2-4 PM: We paint pottery. My mother in law only wanted to do this for her birthday. They’ll pick it up in a week after it’s been thrown. I paint a vase (28$), Spouse paints an Easter egg (18$), father in law paints a mug (30$), and mother in law paints a plate (50$)
Total:143.36/credit card
4-5 Pm: We see another venue. It’s an instant no. My in laws decide they want to try Korean fried chicken. We call ahead for take out to get two fries and 16 pieces of half and half. It comes to 50.83$ that my in laws pay for.
5-10 PM: We come back and see that our dog has pooped in their house and also has gotten into their pantry and eaten an entire bag of dog food. It is not a fun night.
We spend the night drinking wine and discussing the wedding and watching TV.
10PM: We go to bed. That’s the end of this week, but tomorrow we will be buying gas and probably lunch for my other mother in law as we will be touring another venue.
Day Seven Total: 143.36$

So, I've been reading this sub in silence for years and I'm now at the point where I need some help myself.
I want to upgrade my setup.
Up to date: - Rancilio Silvia - Eureka Mignon Manuale
I'm pretty stuck on the target machine. The Lelit Bianca V3. The reviews I have come across have all spoken highly of the machine and its value for money. Unless someone (with a very good reason) can recommend another machine, this is it. Must have is the double boiler.
However, I'm struggling to form an opinion on the grinder. Flat vs conical burrs, single dosage vs hopper are often religiously discussed and reviews go one way or the other, or so it seems to me.
I'm currently considering the Niche Zero as it gets consistently good reviews across the board. But the amount of grinders and opinions about them is crazy... so let me ask:

• Is the Niche Zero grinder really an upgrade over my Eureka Mignon Manuale? If so, how?
• Is there an equally good hopper grinder in the same price range <1000$ with a grind by weight or time system?

I drink dark roast Arabica espresso beans. I only make espresso (w/ and w/o steamed milk) and switch beans every now and then to freshen things up. We drink like 4-6 coffees a day. I prefer an easy-to-use setup, even if I loose a tiny bit of quality. I‘m way pass the tinkering phase.
Thanks a lot for your insights!