The drive home was also quite smooth and quiet. We arrived home around 2:20, and I made coffee. My mom asked for a latte and so I whipped one up on my AeroPress and the carton of oatmilk, a scoop and a half (21g) of French roast grounds. Apparently they're planning to use my grinder to grind their beans, once they use up their preground stuff. Frankly I'm a bit wary of putting any dark roast in my Ode Gen 2, given any potential contamination with my light roasts. Or maybe I'll just crumple and buy medium roast and give up light roast coffee for another year. I don't know. My current light roast coffee is definitely deteriorating. The brightness has receded into a middle roastiness and the bitterness is more pronounced. I will say though the brewing time was much shorter than I thought -- setting 5.1, 15g, 260ml, came out to 2 minutes and 35 seconds. Normally it should come out to three minutes to three and a half minutes. I'll try grinding finer tomorrow. Anyway my mom thought my latte was good and have Starbucks a run for their money, while I settled down back at my desk with my coffee, a couple squares of dark chocolate, and a couple Lifesaver mints.
"[Growing up] is hard and nobody understands." // https://www.homestuck.com/story/2391