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   CosmikBⒶndito @[email protected] · 2025-05-31 · 06:41 UTC

   :ninaZapatista: Peut-on être féministe et réclamer des espaces "No kids" ? :ninaZapatista:

   Je vous colle là un article d'Ovidie paru dans Femme Actuelle en 2024 pour vous éviter d'aller cliquer sur ce site appartenant a #Bolloré

   ”Salut, je m’appelle Ovidie, je suis autrice, réalisatrice et daronne depuis dix-neuf ans déjà. Un jour ma mère m’a dit « Les chiens c’est comme les enfants, on ne tolère que les siens. Et Vice versa ». Et je ne suis pas loin de ressentir la même chose. Je ne suis pas du genre à fondre devant un gazouillis de nourrisson, je n’ai pas cet élan. Pour autant, les enfants ne me dérangent pas. Je peux jouer ou discuter avec eux, on peut me les confier les yeux fermés… Mais je dois avouer qu’ils m’indiffèrent. La seule enfant que j’aime fondamentalement, c’est la mienne. Donc je comprends qu’on ne soit pas gaga devant un bébé en BabyBjörn. Et pourtant, les No Kids, vous commencez sérieusement à me courir sur le haricot. Enfin, pas toutes les No Kids, juste celles qui en ont détourné la dimension politique pour n’en conserver que l’aspect ultra-individualiste. Et c’est de ça dont j’ai envie de vous parler dans la Pause d’été de Simone.

   Depuis quelques temps, les espaces dits « Child Free » se multiplient. On parle de plus en plus de mariages, de croisières, d’hôtels et plus largement de vacances réservées aux adultes. Pardonnez-moi, mais à moins de songer à organiser une partouze, je ne vois pas bien l’intérêt. De plus en plus de gens réclament des transports et restaurants sans enfants. Difficile de savoir s’il s’agit d’une réalité ou d’un prisme médiatique. Il n’empêche que cette petite musique est bel et bien là désormais, dans nos sphères de pensées. Elle était déjà présente dans les « pffffffff » et les regards noirs lorsqu’un bébé pleurait dans un train. Elle est aujourd’hui décomplexée, on ne veut pas céder sa part de confort, balek le vivre-ensemble. Derrière ces soupirs et agacements, il y a cette idée que les enfants n’ont pas leur place dans l’espace commun et que leur existence se limite au foyer, avec leur daronne. Je dis « leur daronne » car ne nous y trompons pas, on compte 2 millions de mères célibataires en France. Ne vous cachez pas derrière votre petit doigt à coup de « Mais ils ont bien des pères ces gamins ! ». Tout d’abord parce que non, pas forcément, un enfant n’a pas forcément de père. Soit parce qu’on l’a fait seule, soit parce qu’il a deux mères, soit parce que le père a trissé, soit parce qu’il est démissionnaire depuis qu’il a refait sa vie avec sa prof de zumba. Quant aux « pères solos », ils ne sont que 250 000. Donc refuser aux enfants une place dans l’espace publique, c’est la plupart du temps s’en prendre directement aux femmes. En imposant des espaces Child Free, ce ne sont pas les enfants que nous pénalisons mais bel et bien leurs mères. Ce sont elles qui se retrouvent en carafe, captives à domicile pendant que les autres font la bringue. À moins qu’elles ne se fassent des nœuds au cerveau pour trouver un mode de garde, ajoutant ainsi quelques tonnes de charge mentale.

   Et je suis en colère de voir que beaucoup de mes sœurs féministes tombent dans ce piège individualiste et le justifient par un discours militant. Vous avez zappé un peu vite que peu importe que l’on soit mère ou pas, on sera toujours jugées, notre choix sera toujours mauvais. Pile tu gagnes, face je perds. Et à la fin, ne cherchez pas, ce sont toutes les femmes qui trinquent. Alors si vous faites partie de celles qui réclament des espaces Child Free, assumez de vouloir privilégier votre confort en vous épargnant une proximité immédiate les gosses des autres. Mais par pitié, n’enrobez pas ça d’une intention politique.

   Durant longtemps, la maternité est restée dans un angle mort du féminisme, l’urgence ayant d‘abord été la lutte pour le droit à la contraception et à l’IVG, lutte qui reste d’actualité par ailleurs. Ce n’est finalement que très récemment, depuis les années 2010, que nous avons intégré la question maternelle dans nos combats : lutte contre les violences obstétricales, contre les violences intrafamiliales avec enjeux de garde, contre les pères toxiques perchés dans des grues, contre la pression des services sociaux, contre les pensions alimentaires non payées, pour la PMA pour toutes, les marches de mamans contre les violences policières… À peine commençons-nous à avancer sur ces enjeux que débarquent désormais des Marie-Chantal qui veulent organiser des mariages sans mouflets parce que le bruit les incommode. Aux Royaume-Uni, il y en a même qui veulent déduire de leurs impôts la part réservée à l’école publique. Wow, c’est quel niveau de dégueulasserie à ce stade ? Si vous êtes de celles qui réclament des espaces Child Free, alors nous n’avons pas la même vision du féminisme, car il n’y a pas de féminisme sans enfants. Quand je dis « sans enfants », cela ne signifie pas « sans faire d’enfants » mais plutôt « sans faire entrer les enfants dans l’équation ». Car eux aussi sont victimes de violences domestiques et systémiques. Ce qui est vraiment féministe ? C’est repenser la société de façon à faciliter les choses aux mères. Organiser des espaces où elles puissent souffler. C’est prendre le relai et mettre en place des systèmes de garderie en milieu festif. C’est ce qu’ont fait les organisatrices du festival Very Bad Mother en 2020 et le collectif la Bulle (cf les recos). Alors, laissez les gamins danser jusqu’au bout de la nuit sur la piste de danse du mariage de votre cousine, arrêtez de pester contre ce bébé qui pleure et réjouissez-vous que ce ne soit pas le vôtre. Emmenez les gamins partout où ils veulent aller tant qu’ils ne courent aucun danger, même dans les lieux culturels et institutionnels où ils ne sont pas les bienvenus, faites-leur comprendre que le monde leur appartient, ils vous remercieront plus tard.

   Simone kiffe : les recommandations de notre invité.e

   En août 2020 a eu lieu à Concarneau le festival « Very Bad Mother », une initiative festive et militante d’un collectif de daronnes bretonnes. Le concept ? Valoriser de nouvelles formes de parentalités, hors du cadre imposé « un couple hétéro, un papa, une maman ». On y a entre autres débattu homoparentalité, travail domestique et reproductif non-rémunéré, éducation non-sexiste… et on y a surtout beaucoup fait la fête. Une garderie avait été organisée, les daronnes se sont relayées pour permettre aux festivalières de faire la fête.

   Depuis 2019, le collectif Rennais « La Bulle » propose un système de garderie autogérée qui permet aux mères de militer et manifester l’esprit libre, sans se soucier de la sécurité de leurs enfants. Cette initiative a pris de l’ampleur avec « La Bulle IDF », une section parisienne du collectif. On peut également citer la section syndicale Solidaires 31 qui propose une garderie les jours de manif.

   Dans ”La Mère, la Sainte et la Putain”
   (Au Diable Vauvert), l’écrivaine Wendy Delorme interroge à travers un récit intime son rapport à ces trois figures archétypales imposées aux femmes.

   ”Accouchement, les femmes méritent mieux” (Michalon) est un texte de Marie-Hélène Lahaye, pionnière de la lutte contre les violences obstétricales. Son livre m’a beaucoup marquée à sa sortie et m’a influencée dans la réalisation de mon documentaire Tu enfanteras dans la douleur (Arte). Elle a également été une source d’inspiration pour le collectif très actif Stop VOG qui lutte contre les violences gynécologiques. "

   #Feminisme #Parentalité #Maternité #DominationAdulte #Adultisme #Discrimination #Daronne #Daronnie #VeryBadMother

   #bollore #feminisme #maternite #dominationadulte #adultisme #discrimination
2. 

   CosmikBⒶndito @[email protected] · 2025-05-31 · 06:41 UTC

   :ninaZapatista: Peut-on être féministe et réclamer des espaces "No kids" ? :ninaZapatista:

   Je vous colle là un article d'Ovidie paru dans Femme Actuelle en 2024 pour vous éviter d'aller cliquer sur ce site appartenant a #Bolloré

   ”Salut, je m’appelle Ovidie, je suis autrice, réalisatrice et daronne depuis dix-neuf ans déjà. Un jour ma mère m’a dit « Les chiens c’est comme les enfants, on ne tolère que les siens. Et Vice versa ». Et je ne suis pas loin de ressentir la même chose. Je ne suis pas du genre à fondre devant un gazouillis de nourrisson, je n’ai pas cet élan. Pour autant, les enfants ne me dérangent pas. Je peux jouer ou discuter avec eux, on peut me les confier les yeux fermés… Mais je dois avouer qu’ils m’indiffèrent. La seule enfant que j’aime fondamentalement, c’est la mienne. Donc je comprends qu’on ne soit pas gaga devant un bébé en BabyBjörn. Et pourtant, les No Kids, vous commencez sérieusement à me courir sur le haricot. Enfin, pas toutes les No Kids, juste celles qui en ont détourné la dimension politique pour n’en conserver que l’aspect ultra-individualiste. Et c’est de ça dont j’ai envie de vous parler dans la Pause d’été de Simone.

   Depuis quelques temps, les espaces dits « Child Free » se multiplient. On parle de plus en plus de mariages, de croisières, d’hôtels et plus largement de vacances réservées aux adultes. Pardonnez-moi, mais à moins de songer à organiser une partouze, je ne vois pas bien l’intérêt. De plus en plus de gens réclament des transports et restaurants sans enfants. Difficile de savoir s’il s’agit d’une réalité ou d’un prisme médiatique. Il n’empêche que cette petite musique est bel et bien là désormais, dans nos sphères de pensées. Elle était déjà présente dans les « pffffffff » et les regards noirs lorsqu’un bébé pleurait dans un train. Elle est aujourd’hui décomplexée, on ne veut pas céder sa part de confort, balek le vivre-ensemble. Derrière ces soupirs et agacements, il y a cette idée que les enfants n’ont pas leur place dans l’espace commun et que leur existence se limite au foyer, avec leur daronne. Je dis « leur daronne » car ne nous y trompons pas, on compte 2 millions de mères célibataires en France. Ne vous cachez pas derrière votre petit doigt à coup de « Mais ils ont bien des pères ces gamins ! ». Tout d’abord parce que non, pas forcément, un enfant n’a pas forcément de père. Soit parce qu’on l’a fait seule, soit parce qu’il a deux mères, soit parce que le père a trissé, soit parce qu’il est démissionnaire depuis qu’il a refait sa vie avec sa prof de zumba. Quant aux « pères solos », ils ne sont que 250 000. Donc refuser aux enfants une place dans l’espace publique, c’est la plupart du temps s’en prendre directement aux femmes. En imposant des espaces Child Free, ce ne sont pas les enfants que nous pénalisons mais bel et bien leurs mères. Ce sont elles qui se retrouvent en carafe, captives à domicile pendant que les autres font la bringue. À moins qu’elles ne se fassent des nœuds au cerveau pour trouver un mode de garde, ajoutant ainsi quelques tonnes de charge mentale.

   Et je suis en colère de voir que beaucoup de mes sœurs féministes tombent dans ce piège individualiste et le justifient par un discours militant. Vous avez zappé un peu vite que peu importe que l’on soit mère ou pas, on sera toujours jugées, notre choix sera toujours mauvais. Pile tu gagnes, face je perds. Et à la fin, ne cherchez pas, ce sont toutes les femmes qui trinquent. Alors si vous faites partie de celles qui réclament des espaces Child Free, assumez de vouloir privilégier votre confort en vous épargnant une proximité immédiate les gosses des autres. Mais par pitié, n’enrobez pas ça d’une intention politique.

   Durant longtemps, la maternité est restée dans un angle mort du féminisme, l’urgence ayant d‘abord été la lutte pour le droit à la contraception et à l’IVG, lutte qui reste d’actualité par ailleurs. Ce n’est finalement que très récemment, depuis les années 2010, que nous avons intégré la question maternelle dans nos combats : lutte contre les violences obstétricales, contre les violences intrafamiliales avec enjeux de garde, contre les pères toxiques perchés dans des grues, contre la pression des services sociaux, contre les pensions alimentaires non payées, pour la PMA pour toutes, les marches de mamans contre les violences policières… À peine commençons-nous à avancer sur ces enjeux que débarquent désormais des Marie-Chantal qui veulent organiser des mariages sans mouflets parce que le bruit les incommode. Aux Royaume-Uni, il y en a même qui veulent déduire de leurs impôts la part réservée à l’école publique. Wow, c’est quel niveau de dégueulasserie à ce stade ? Si vous êtes de celles qui réclament des espaces Child Free, alors nous n’avons pas la même vision du féminisme, car il n’y a pas de féminisme sans enfants. Quand je dis « sans enfants », cela ne signifie pas « sans faire d’enfants » mais plutôt « sans faire entrer les enfants dans l’équation ». Car eux aussi sont victimes de violences domestiques et systémiques. Ce qui est vraiment féministe ? C’est repenser la société de façon à faciliter les choses aux mères. Organiser des espaces où elles puissent souffler. C’est prendre le relai et mettre en place des systèmes de garderie en milieu festif. C’est ce qu’ont fait les organisatrices du festival Very Bad Mother en 2020 et le collectif la Bulle (cf les recos). Alors, laissez les gamins danser jusqu’au bout de la nuit sur la piste de danse du mariage de votre cousine, arrêtez de pester contre ce bébé qui pleure et réjouissez-vous que ce ne soit pas le vôtre. Emmenez les gamins partout où ils veulent aller tant qu’ils ne courent aucun danger, même dans les lieux culturels et institutionnels où ils ne sont pas les bienvenus, faites-leur comprendre que le monde leur appartient, ils vous remercieront plus tard.

   Simone kiffe : les recommandations de notre invité.e

   En août 2020 a eu lieu à Concarneau le festival « Very Bad Mother », une initiative festive et militante d’un collectif de daronnes bretonnes. Le concept ? Valoriser de nouvelles formes de parentalités, hors du cadre imposé « un couple hétéro, un papa, une maman ». On y a entre autres débattu homoparentalité, travail domestique et reproductif non-rémunéré, éducation non-sexiste… et on y a surtout beaucoup fait la fête. Une garderie avait été organisée, les daronnes se sont relayées pour permettre aux festivalières de faire la fête.

   Depuis 2019, le collectif Rennais « La Bulle » propose un système de garderie autogérée qui permet aux mères de militer et manifester l’esprit libre, sans se soucier de la sécurité de leurs enfants. Cette initiative a pris de l’ampleur avec « La Bulle IDF », une section parisienne du collectif. On peut également citer la section syndicale Solidaires 31 qui propose une garderie les jours de manif.

   Dans ”La Mère, la Sainte et la Putain”
   (Au Diable Vauvert), l’écrivaine Wendy Delorme interroge à travers un récit intime son rapport à ces trois figures archétypales imposées aux femmes.

   ”Accouchement, les femmes méritent mieux” (Michalon) est un texte de Marie-Hélène Lahaye, pionnière de la lutte contre les violences obstétricales. Son livre m’a beaucoup marquée à sa sortie et m’a influencée dans la réalisation de mon documentaire Tu enfanteras dans la douleur (Arte). Elle a également été une source d’inspiration pour le collectif très actif Stop VOG qui lutte contre les violences gynécologiques. "

   #Feminisme #Maternité #DominationAdulte #Adultisme #Discrimination #Daronne #Daronnie #VeryBadMother

   #bollore #feminisme #maternite #dominationadulte #adultisme #discrimination
3. 

   CosmikBⒶndito @[email protected] · 2025-05-31 · 06:41 UTC

   :ninaZapatista: Peut-on être féministe et réclamer des espaces "No kids" ? :ninaZapatista:

   Je vous colle là un article d'Ovidie paru dans femme actuelle en 2024 pour vous éviter d'aller cliquer sur ce site appartenant a #Bolloré

   ”Salut, je m’appelle Ovidie, je suis autrice, réalisatrice et daronne depuis dix-neuf ans déjà. Un jour ma mère m’a dit « Les chiens c’est comme les enfants, on ne tolère que les siens. Et Vice versa ». Et je ne suis pas loin de ressentir la même chose. Je ne suis pas du genre à fondre devant un gazouillis de nourrisson, je n’ai pas cet élan. Pour autant, les enfants ne me dérangent pas. Je peux jouer ou discuter avec eux, on peut me les confier les yeux fermés… Mais je dois avouer qu’ils m’indiffèrent. La seule enfant que j’aime fondamentalement, c’est la mienne. Donc je comprends qu’on ne soit pas gaga devant un bébé en BabyBjörn. Et pourtant, les No Kids, vous commencez sérieusement à me courir sur le haricot. Enfin, pas toutes les No Kids, juste celles qui en ont détourné la dimension politique pour n’en conserver que l’aspect ultra-individualiste. Et c’est de ça dont j’ai envie de vous parler dans la Pause d’été de Simone.

   Depuis quelques temps, les espaces dits « Child Free » se multiplient. On parle de plus en plus de mariages, de croisières, d’hôtels et plus largement de vacances réservées aux adultes. Pardonnez-moi, mais à moins de songer à organiser une partouze, je ne vois pas bien l’intérêt. De plus en plus de gens réclament des transports et restaurants sans enfants. Difficile de savoir s’il s’agit d’une réalité ou d’un prisme médiatique. Il n’empêche que cette petite musique est bel et bien là désormais, dans nos sphères de pensées. Elle était déjà présente dans les « pffffffff » et les regards noirs lorsqu’un bébé pleurait dans un train. Elle est aujourd’hui décomplexée, on ne veut pas céder sa part de confort, balek le vivre-ensemble. Derrière ces soupirs et agacements, il y a cette idée que les enfants n’ont pas leur place dans l’espace commun et que leur existence se limite au foyer, avec leur daronne. Je dis « leur daronne » car ne nous y trompons pas, on compte 2 millions de mères célibataires en France. Ne vous cachez pas derrière votre petit doigt à coup de « Mais ils ont bien des pères ces gamins ! ». Tout d’abord parce que non, pas forcément, un enfant n’a pas forcément de père. Soit parce qu’on l’a fait seule, soit parce qu’il a deux mères, soit parce que le père a trissé, soit parce qu’il est démissionnaire depuis qu’il a refait sa vie avec sa prof de zumba. Quant aux « pères solos », ils ne sont que 250 000. Donc refuser aux enfants une place dans l’espace publique, c’est la plupart du temps s’en prendre directement aux femmes. En imposant des espaces Child Free, ce ne sont pas les enfants que nous pénalisons mais bel et bien leurs mères. Ce sont elles qui se retrouvent en carafe, captives à domicile pendant que les autres font la bringue. À moins qu’elles ne se fassent des nœuds au cerveau pour trouver un mode de garde, ajoutant ainsi quelques tonnes de charge mentale.

   Et je suis en colère de voir que beaucoup de mes sœurs féministes tombent dans ce piège individualiste et le justifient par un discours militant. Vous avez zappé un peu vite que peu importe que l’on soit mère ou pas, on sera toujours jugées, notre choix sera toujours mauvais. Pile tu gagnes, face je perds. Et à la fin, ne cherchez pas, ce sont toutes les femmes qui trinquent. Alors si vous faites partie de celles qui réclament des espaces Child Free, assumez de vouloir privilégier votre confort en vous épargnant une proximité immédiate les gosses des autres. Mais par pitié, n’enrobez pas ça d’une intention politique.

   Durant longtemps, la maternité est restée dans un angle mort du féminisme, l’urgence ayant d‘abord été la lutte pour le droit à la contraception et à l’IVG, lutte qui reste d’actualité par ailleurs. Ce n’est finalement que très récemment, depuis les années 2010, que nous avons intégré la question maternelle dans nos combats : lutte contre les violences obstétricales, contre les violences intrafamiliales avec enjeux de garde, contre les pères toxiques perchés dans des grues, contre la pression des services sociaux, contre les pensions alimentaires non payées, pour la PMA pour toutes, les marches de mamans contre les violences policières… À peine commençons-nous à avancer sur ces enjeux que débarquent désormais des Marie-Chantal qui veulent organiser des mariages sans mouflets parce que le bruit les incommode. Aux Royaume-Uni, il y en a même qui veulent déduire de leurs impôts la part réservée à l’école publique. Wow, c’est quel niveau de dégueulasserie à ce stade ? Si vous êtes de celles qui réclament des espaces Child Free, alors nous n’avons pas la même vision du féminisme, car il n’y a pas de féminisme sans enfants. Quand je dis « sans enfants », cela ne signifie pas « sans faire d’enfants » mais plutôt « sans faire entrer les enfants dans l’équation ». Car eux aussi sont victimes de violences domestiques et systémiques. Ce qui est vraiment féministe ? C’est repenser la société de façon à faciliter les choses aux mères. Organiser des espaces où elles puissent souffler. C’est prendre le relai et mettre en place des systèmes de garderie en milieu festif. C’est ce qu’ont fait les organisatrices du festival Very Bad Mother en 2020 et le collectif la Bulle (cf les recos). Alors, laissez les gamins danser jusqu’au bout de la nuit sur la piste de danse du mariage de votre cousine, arrêtez de pester contre ce bébé qui pleure et réjouissez-vous que ce ne soit pas le vôtre. Emmenez les gamins partout où ils veulent aller tant qu’ils ne courent aucun danger, même dans les lieux culturels et institutionnels où ils ne sont pas les bienvenus, faites-leur comprendre que le monde leur appartient, ils vous remercieront plus tard.

   Simone kiffe : les recommandations de notre invité.e

   En août 2020 a eu lieu à Concarneau le festival « Very Bad Mother », une initiative festive et militante d’un collectif de daronnes bretonnes. Le concept ? Valoriser de nouvelles formes de parentalités, hors du cadre imposé « un couple hétéro, un papa, une maman ». On y a entre autres débattu homoparentalité, travail domestique et reproductif non-rémunéré, éducation non-sexiste… et on y a surtout beaucoup fait la fête. Une garderie avait été organisée, les daronnes se sont relayées pour permettre aux festivalières de faire la fête.

   Depuis 2019, le collectif Rennais « La Bulle » propose un système de garderie autogérée qui permet aux mères de militer et manifester l’esprit libre, sans se soucier de la sécurité de leurs enfants. Cette initiative a pris de l’ampleur avec « La Bulle IDF », une section parisienne du collectif. On peut également citer la section syndicale Solidaires 31 qui propose une garderie les jours de manif.

   Dans ”La Mère, la Sainte et la Putain”
   (Au Diable Vauvert), l’écrivaine Wendy Delorme interroge à travers un récit intime son rapport à ces trois figures archétypales imposées aux femmes.

   ”Accouchement, les femmes méritent mieux” (Michalon) est un texte de Marie-Hélène Lahaye, pionnière de la lutte contre les violences obstétricales. Son livre m’a beaucoup marquée à sa sortie et m’a influencée dans la réalisation de mon documentaire Tu enfanteras dans la douleur (Arte). Elle a également été une source d’inspiration pour le collectif très actif Stop VOG qui lutte contre les violences gynécologiques. "

   #Feminisme #Maternité #DominationAdulte #Adultisme #Discrimination #Daronne #Daronnie # VeryBadMother

   #daronnie #daronne #discrimination #adultisme #dominationadulte #maternite
4. 

   CosmikBⒶndito @[email protected] · 2025-05-31 · 06:41 UTC

   :ninaZapatista: Peut-on être féministe et réclamer des espaces "No kids" ? :ninaZapatista:

   Je vous colle là un article d'Ovidie paru dans Femme Actuelle en 2024 pour vous éviter d'aller cliquer sur ce site appartenant a #Bolloré

   ”Salut, je m’appelle Ovidie, je suis autrice, réalisatrice et daronne depuis dix-neuf ans déjà. Un jour ma mère m’a dit « Les chiens c’est comme les enfants, on ne tolère que les siens. Et Vice versa ». Et je ne suis pas loin de ressentir la même chose. Je ne suis pas du genre à fondre devant un gazouillis de nourrisson, je n’ai pas cet élan. Pour autant, les enfants ne me dérangent pas. Je peux jouer ou discuter avec eux, on peut me les confier les yeux fermés… Mais je dois avouer qu’ils m’indiffèrent. La seule enfant que j’aime fondamentalement, c’est la mienne. Donc je comprends qu’on ne soit pas gaga devant un bébé en BabyBjörn. Et pourtant, les No Kids, vous commencez sérieusement à me courir sur le haricot. Enfin, pas toutes les No Kids, juste celles qui en ont détourné la dimension politique pour n’en conserver que l’aspect ultra-individualiste. Et c’est de ça dont j’ai envie de vous parler dans la Pause d’été de Simone.

   Depuis quelques temps, les espaces dits « Child Free » se multiplient. On parle de plus en plus de mariages, de croisières, d’hôtels et plus largement de vacances réservées aux adultes. Pardonnez-moi, mais à moins de songer à organiser une partouze, je ne vois pas bien l’intérêt. De plus en plus de gens réclament des transports et restaurants sans enfants. Difficile de savoir s’il s’agit d’une réalité ou d’un prisme médiatique. Il n’empêche que cette petite musique est bel et bien là désormais, dans nos sphères de pensées. Elle était déjà présente dans les « pffffffff » et les regards noirs lorsqu’un bébé pleurait dans un train. Elle est aujourd’hui décomplexée, on ne veut pas céder sa part de confort, balek le vivre-ensemble. Derrière ces soupirs et agacements, il y a cette idée que les enfants n’ont pas leur place dans l’espace commun et que leur existence se limite au foyer, avec leur daronne. Je dis « leur daronne » car ne nous y trompons pas, on compte 2 millions de mères célibataires en France. Ne vous cachez pas derrière votre petit doigt à coup de « Mais ils ont bien des pères ces gamins ! ». Tout d’abord parce que non, pas forcément, un enfant n’a pas forcément de père. Soit parce qu’on l’a fait seule, soit parce qu’il a deux mères, soit parce que le père a trissé, soit parce qu’il est démissionnaire depuis qu’il a refait sa vie avec sa prof de zumba. Quant aux « pères solos », ils ne sont que 250 000. Donc refuser aux enfants une place dans l’espace publique, c’est la plupart du temps s’en prendre directement aux femmes. En imposant des espaces Child Free, ce ne sont pas les enfants que nous pénalisons mais bel et bien leurs mères. Ce sont elles qui se retrouvent en carafe, captives à domicile pendant que les autres font la bringue. À moins qu’elles ne se fassent des nœuds au cerveau pour trouver un mode de garde, ajoutant ainsi quelques tonnes de charge mentale.

   Et je suis en colère de voir que beaucoup de mes sœurs féministes tombent dans ce piège individualiste et le justifient par un discours militant. Vous avez zappé un peu vite que peu importe que l’on soit mère ou pas, on sera toujours jugées, notre choix sera toujours mauvais. Pile tu gagnes, face je perds. Et à la fin, ne cherchez pas, ce sont toutes les femmes qui trinquent. Alors si vous faites partie de celles qui réclament des espaces Child Free, assumez de vouloir privilégier votre confort en vous épargnant une proximité immédiate les gosses des autres. Mais par pitié, n’enrobez pas ça d’une intention politique.

   Durant longtemps, la maternité est restée dans un angle mort du féminisme, l’urgence ayant d‘abord été la lutte pour le droit à la contraception et à l’IVG, lutte qui reste d’actualité par ailleurs. Ce n’est finalement que très récemment, depuis les années 2010, que nous avons intégré la question maternelle dans nos combats : lutte contre les violences obstétricales, contre les violences intrafamiliales avec enjeux de garde, contre les pères toxiques perchés dans des grues, contre la pression des services sociaux, contre les pensions alimentaires non payées, pour la PMA pour toutes, les marches de mamans contre les violences policières… À peine commençons-nous à avancer sur ces enjeux que débarquent désormais des Marie-Chantal qui veulent organiser des mariages sans mouflets parce que le bruit les incommode. Aux Royaume-Uni, il y en a même qui veulent déduire de leurs impôts la part réservée à l’école publique. Wow, c’est quel niveau de dégueulasserie à ce stade ? Si vous êtes de celles qui réclament des espaces Child Free, alors nous n’avons pas la même vision du féminisme, car il n’y a pas de féminisme sans enfants. Quand je dis « sans enfants », cela ne signifie pas « sans faire d’enfants » mais plutôt « sans faire entrer les enfants dans l’équation ». Car eux aussi sont victimes de violences domestiques et systémiques. Ce qui est vraiment féministe ? C’est repenser la société de façon à faciliter les choses aux mères. Organiser des espaces où elles puissent souffler. C’est prendre le relai et mettre en place des systèmes de garderie en milieu festif. C’est ce qu’ont fait les organisatrices du festival Very Bad Mother en 2020 et le collectif la Bulle (cf les recos). Alors, laissez les gamins danser jusqu’au bout de la nuit sur la piste de danse du mariage de votre cousine, arrêtez de pester contre ce bébé qui pleure et réjouissez-vous que ce ne soit pas le vôtre. Emmenez les gamins partout où ils veulent aller tant qu’ils ne courent aucun danger, même dans les lieux culturels et institutionnels où ils ne sont pas les bienvenus, faites-leur comprendre que le monde leur appartient, ils vous remercieront plus tard.

   Simone kiffe : les recommandations de notre invité.e

   En août 2020 a eu lieu à Concarneau le festival « Very Bad Mother », une initiative festive et militante d’un collectif de daronnes bretonnes. Le concept ? Valoriser de nouvelles formes de parentalités, hors du cadre imposé « un couple hétéro, un papa, une maman ». On y a entre autres débattu homoparentalité, travail domestique et reproductif non-rémunéré, éducation non-sexiste… et on y a surtout beaucoup fait la fête. Une garderie avait été organisée, les daronnes se sont relayées pour permettre aux festivalières de faire la fête.

   Depuis 2019, le collectif Rennais « La Bulle » propose un système de garderie autogérée qui permet aux mères de militer et manifester l’esprit libre, sans se soucier de la sécurité de leurs enfants. Cette initiative a pris de l’ampleur avec « La Bulle IDF », une section parisienne du collectif. On peut également citer la section syndicale Solidaires 31 qui propose une garderie les jours de manif.

   Dans ”La Mère, la Sainte et la Putain”
   (Au Diable Vauvert), l’écrivaine Wendy Delorme interroge à travers un récit intime son rapport à ces trois figures archétypales imposées aux femmes.

   ”Accouchement, les femmes méritent mieux” (Michalon) est un texte de Marie-Hélène Lahaye, pionnière de la lutte contre les violences obstétricales. Son livre m’a beaucoup marquée à sa sortie et m’a influencée dans la réalisation de mon documentaire Tu enfanteras dans la douleur (Arte). Elle a également été une source d’inspiration pour le collectif très actif Stop VOG qui lutte contre les violences gynécologiques. "

   #Feminisme #Maternité #DominationAdulte #Adultisme #Discrimination #Daronne #Daronnie #VeryBadMother

   #bollore #feminisme #maternite #dominationadulte #adultisme #discrimination
5. 

   Carmelite Quotes @[email protected] · 2025-01-28 · 02:51 UTC

   Quote of the day, 28 January: St. Edith Stein

   Dramatis Personae: St. Thomas Aquinas, Edmund Husserl

   Scene: The study of Privy Councilor Husserl, Freiburg

   Time: Late evening, 8 April 1929

   Husserl (alone): My good visitors meant well with their kind birthday wishes and I certainly would not have missed a one. But after such a day it is hard to relax, and I have always been one for a good night’s sleep. Actually, after all the chatter I would appreciate a decent conversation on philosophy to get my mind back on track.

   (A knock) At this late hour?

   Come in, please.

   A Religious (in white habit and black mantle): I’m sorry to bother you so late at night, Professor, but I heard what you just said and thought I might still chance a visit. I wanted to speak with you today—just you and I, for I do not take part in social gatherings—but since early morning I have not had the chance to be alone with you until now.

   Husserl (kindly but somewhat at a loss): You are most welcome, Reverend Father. I’ve had religious as students before, but to tell the truth I don’t remember having any with your particular color-scheme. Could you please help out my poor memory?

   The priest (smiling slightly): No, I have never sat at your feet. Only from afar have I followed with great interest how your philosophy arose and evolved. And some of your students have come and told me about you. I am Thomas Aquinas.

   Husserl: Well, this is certainly the biggest surprise of the day. Do sit down. Forgive me if I am unsure how I should act. I would be grateful for some advice.

   Thomas: Quite casually, please. Treat me like any other visitor who comes to talk about philosophy. That’s why I’m here, you see.

   Husserl: Then do come and sit over here in the corner of my old leather sofa…

   Saint Edith Stein

   What is Philosophy? A conversation between Edmund Husserl and Thomas Aquinas (excerpt)

   Note: St. Edith Stein composed this imaginary dialogue between Husserl and Aquinas for the 70th birthday of her mentor, Edmund Husserl, 8 April 1929.

   Edmund Husserl, ca. 1910-1920
   Image credit: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

   Stein, E and Redmond, W 2000, Knowledge and Faith, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

   Featured image: Photographer Father Lawrence Lew, O.P. captures this detail from a stunning mural by Filippino Lippi in the Carafa Chapel of the Dominican church and convent of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. It is entitled “The Dispute of St Thomas” or “The Triumph of St. Thomas Over the Heretics.” Image credit: Lawrence Lew, OP / Flickr (Some rights reserved)

   #birthday #dialogue #Dominican #drama #EdmundHusserl #philosophy #StEdithStein #StTeresaBenedictaOfTheCross #StThomasAquinas

   #stthomasaquinas #stteresabenedictaofthecross #stedithstein #philosophy #edmundhusserl #drama
6. 

   Mark Prince @[email protected] · 2024-11-27 · 12:30 UTC

   Black Friday 2024 Deals for Canadians

   In Canada, we see some of the fantastic deals and prices Americans seem to enjoy during the Black Friday shopping season, and get a bit wistful. I’ve heard from you on social media about this, for years now. Well, wist no longer; we’ve compiled a list of Canada-exclusive deals during Amazon’s huge Black Friday event, and in many cases, the prices are actually cheaper (after the exchange rate) than what the Americans are offered!

   Even better, there’s a few deals here that don’t even exist on the US Amazon site. Like the Zwilling Enfinigy SCA Approved brewer at 61% off! Or the Breville Infuser espresso machine!

   Keep in mind, many of these deals are Amazon Prime only exclusives; you have to be a Prime member in Canada to get the best price. If you aren’t already a Prime member, you can sign up here, or sign up during checkout. Keep in mind, you can cancel anytime.

   If you are shopping Amazon during this holiday season, please consider using our portal link. If you do, any purchase you make gives us a tiny kickback. We use this income to pay our writers, and to purchase some of the products we review. Every little bit helps!

   Now, onto the deals!

   Top Picks in Black Friday Deals

   These are the best and most unique deals found on Amazon Canada for this Black Friday sale. Some aren’t even available in the USA!

   61% OFF

   SCA Approved, Thermal Carafe

   Zwilling Enfinigy Brewer

   We tested the Zwilling Enfinigy last year and it is a standout brewer, full SCA certified, and works like a better Technivorm. The thermal unit is even better. Massive 61% off!

   Regular Price: $329
   Sale Price: $130

   Get the Deal

   $180 Off

   Excellent PID Control Machine

   Breville Infuser

   As we wrote recently on CoffeeGeek, this is  the "Insider's Espresso Machine" and very hard to find in the US. It's on for nearly $200 off in Canada!

   Regular Price: $830
   Sale Price: $650

   Get the Deal

   $300 Savings

   Entry Level Super Automatic

   Philips 2200 Series Super Auto

   If you want espresso at the press of a button, this is one of the best budget entries into the super automatic world. We tested one in 2022, and as an entry level machine, it's feature packed. Huge 40% off!

   Regular Price: $750
   Sale Price: $450

   Get the Deal

   33% Savings

   Comes with everything!

   Delonghi Arte Espresso

   Our friend Coffee Kev on Youtube loves this little entry point machine from Delonghi. We can't recommend it at full price, but the Black Friday price is extremely tempting. And look at all it comes with!

   Regular Price: $400
   Sale Price: $269

   Get the Deal

   US Order

   Best Pour Over Kettle Period.

   OXO Brew Gooseneck Kettle

   NB: This is from Amazon.com. We've included this because it's the best pour over kettle you can buy, and almost never sold in Canada. There is one $199Cdn third party listing. Instead, order it from the US store and pay the reasonable shipping and gst/hst. Still a fantastic bargain (and equiv. of $103USD, taxes in), enjoying the 25% off price.

   Regular Price: $199
   Sale Price: $145

   Get the Deal

   $320 Off

   Automated Drink Builds, Traditional Machine

   Breville Barista Touch

   This isn't even on sale on the US Amazon store, but in Canada, it's $320 off. This is the lightning fast thermojet equipped, barista guidance machine from Breville with automated steam functions. You grind, dose and tamp, the machine does the rest.

   Regular Price: $1,600
   Sale Price: $1,280

   Get the Deal

   Normcore Black Friday Sale

   Other niche brands that are sale on the US Amazon site (Timemore, MHW-3Bomber, IKAPE, etc) have skipped offering deals to Canadians. But not Normcore! They have most of their espresso and coffee accessories on sale to Canadians. Huge thanks to them!

   20% Off

   Unique and Functional

   Handleless Steam Pitcher

   Long before Breville came out with their handleless design, Normcore had this beaut. Very unique gift for the espresso lover, and half the price of Breville's Craft Pitcher.

   Regular Price: $49
   Sale Price: $39

   Get the Deal

   22% Off

   Store your Single Doses

   Bean Cellar

   Normcore's been making these unique, square single dose tubes for a while now, and they remain among the best you can buy. 1 way valves on top, too!

   Regular Price: $78
   Sale Price: $61

   Get the Deal

   Better Espresso

   22g, 58mm

   Precision Filter Basket

   IMS and VST get all the love and credit, but Normcore has developed their own line of precision baskets, and they are some of the best we've tested. Here's the 22g version, but others are available.

   Regular Price: $48
   Sale Price: $38

   Get the Deal

   20% Off

   Unique Handle Design

   Chopped Portafilter

   Normcore goes very unique in handle and styling on their chopped portafilters, available for a variety of machines. This is the Breville 54mm version, and it is rock solid.

   Regular Price: $90
   Sale Price: $72

   Get the Deal

   High End

   58mm size levelling tamper

   Force Tamper

   This is Normcore's top of the line force tamper (they have cheaper versions), and it features a unique laminated, pressed handle design.  Titanium coated, 3 pressure settings included.

   Regular Price: $92
   Sale Price: $69

   Get the Deal

   Ti-Coated

   V2 Model

   Manual Coffee Grinder

   Normcore has been updating their manual grinders, and the latest variant has a better handle and storage design, Ti-coated burrs, and a smooth operation. One of the best sub$100 manuals in Canada.

   Regular Price: $122
   Sale Price: $97

   Get the Deal

   Other Black Friday Deals

   We’ve found a few more items that are worthy of your espresso and coffee considerations, this Black Friday on Amazon Canada.

   30% Off

   Automated Milk Frothing

   Philips 3300 Super Auto

   A more advanced version of the 2200 series, with automated milk frothing, cold coffee brews, and other one-button touch coffee drink builds. A pretty advanced super auto for under $700.

   Regular Price: $1,000
   Sale Price: $699

   Get the Deal

   Budget Pick

   Budget, No Frills, Looks Great

   Cordless Gooseneck Kettle

   Getting into pour over coffee doesn't need to be expensive! This cordless gooseneck 800ml kettle gives you the style and pouring control needed for advanced pour over, without the $100+ price.

   Regular Price: $55
   Sale Price: $38

   Get the Deal

   Deal!

   The Classic Brewer

   Chemex 8 Cup

   A lot of Chemex gear is on sale on Amazon Canada for Black Friday, but we love the traditional 8 cup model for its versatility and just plain gorgeous, classic look.

   Regular Price: $78
   Sale Price: $61

   Get the Deal

   20% Off

   Full Temperature control

   Polivar Gooseneck Kettle

   If you don't want to order the OXO Kettle from the US, listed above (ooo, you should!), the best temperature control kettle deal on Amazon Canada is this one, with good reviews. Nice colour choices too.

   Regular Price: $150
   Sale Price: $120

   Get the Deal

   Under $20

   Gear your need for espresso

   Knockbox & Tamping Mat

   Gear you absolutely need for espresso - a tamping mat (to protect your counter) and a knockbox. Get both for just $16!

   Regular Price: $20
   Sale Price: $16

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   30% Off

   Built in Grinder

   KitchenAid Espresso Machine

   For many people, the only countertop appliance they want and trust is KitchenAid. This is the company's latest salvo against the Breville Barista Express. Priced at $200 less, it gets good reviews (and we're getting one this winter to test).

   Regular Price: $1,000
   Sale Price: $700

   Get the Deal

   20% Off

   Travel and Portable Espresso

   https://amzn.to/4fNawW4', '_blank')"> Wacaco Nanopresso

   Love seeing Wacaco carry over their US Amazon store sales to Canada. The Nanopresso is an excellent travel espresso device, available in a variety of colours.

   Regular Price: $100
   Sale Price: $80

   Get the Deal

   Under $10

   58mm size

   Dosing Collar

   If you do espresso, and want to improve it, you need to use the WDT method. And that means you also need a dosing collar. This one's under $10!

   Regular Price: $12
   Sale Price: $9

   Get the Deal

   20% Off

   Protect your counter

   Tamping Mat

   A tamping mat is essential to protect your kitchen counters and to handle the hard pounding and knocking that goes on when preparing espresso.

   Regular Price: $23
   Sale Price: $18

   Get the Deal

   More Deals to Come!

   We’ll be doing our next update on Saturday, showcasing all the new deals to drop this weekend for Amazon’s huge Black Friday event. Stay tuned!

   #amazon #BestDeals #blackFriday #canada #deals

   #amazon #bestdeals #blackfriday #canada #deals
7. 

   Mark Prince @[email protected] · 2024-06-05 · 13:00 UTC

   At the SCA trade show this year, there was a little sumthin sumthin towards the back of Hario’s booth that many folks may have missed (Jay Caragay, however, did not miss it!). It is the new variant of the Hario V60, called the Hario V60 Suiren Coffee Dripper.

   The Hario Suiren, in a fully customized version, with black and green ribs.

   The Suiren is not available officially yet in North America, but guess what: you can order one, with zero shipping charges (it’s coming from Japan), direct from the US Amazon site, right now for under $24! And you can also order a set of six spare ribs in one of six different colours (eight will eventually be available) to really customize your brewer. I don’t know how long this availability will last, but if you want one, you can order one, today.

   What Exactly Is It?

   The Hario Suiren is an open-air kinda pour over brewer, based on the same rib structure, and angles that the original V60 has inside all the filter holders in that series. But something’s missing: any surface area between those ribs! Its basically the polar opposite of a no-bypass brewer. 

   Now this kind of brewer – one that exposes the main filtering material to full airflow around it – isn’t new. Cloth pourover systems always worked this way, and over the years we’ve been sent various “out in the open” filter holders for Melitta cone filters, flat bottom filter papers, and even aftermarket designs for the V60 filter papers.

   The V60 paper filters kind of float in the brewer, held in place by the ribs.

   What does make this new and interesting is just how beautiful Hario’s execution is of this brewing device. They are selling the Suiren in several variants, including basic black, basic white, and single colours. They are also selling it in “limited edition” mixed colours. And the give even more creativity, you can buy six coloured ribs to really customize your Suiren and make it entirely your own.

   The Suiren ships in a flat-pack box, IKEA style, because you have to assemble it when it arrives. Inside the box is the filter holder / carafe rest, the filter’s main hub, and two boxes each containing six removable ribs. Click the ribs into the slots in the circular hub (12 ribs per brewer), and then click the assembled ribs and hub into the filter holder. 

   The box the Suiren comes in; next to it are how the spare ribs are shipped.

   The material is all plastic, and appears at first glance to be a different type of plastic than what Hario is using in their plastic V60s. It seems a bit more pliable, “softer” if that’s a thing. Don’t misconstrue though – the plastics are very high quality and once assembled the brewer is very sturdy.

   We bought three brewers and two sets of spare ribs, direct from Hario Japan. One set featured alternating black and white ribs. The second set had three colours, in four ribs: red, white and blue (perfect for the 4th of July!). The third set was just black ribs, and also the cheapest option, costing about $6 less than the multi colour versions. We also bought green and purple rib sets.

   That’s another thing that makes this brewer so fantastic: you can modify it visually to really make it your own. Choose the rib colours that suit your mood, your work area, or your kitchen. I firmly believe the more you feel your coffee device is meant specifically for you, the more you’ll get out of it.

   Green’s kinda my colour of choice for most of my life, so this mix of green and black speaks to me.

   Brewing with the Suiren

   We’ve experimented a lot with open air filter designs in the past, and something always seemed to happen that went against expectations and assumptions: you think the coffee would brew faster with more flow through, but that isn’t the case; if anything, the brews slow down a tad compared to normal, enclosed (and ribbed) filter holders. It took me a long time to figure out why this was happening. Eventually I figured it out via experiments we did in the CoffeeGeek Lab back in 2011.

   But it was time to see if the Suiren did the same thing.

   Pre-wetting the filter, note how it adheres to all the ribs very well. No worries about any sags or dips in the filter paper when brewing.

   And sure enough, the brew times with the Suiren, head to head with a standard V60 brew, were just a tad slower to finish. Magic? Naw. There’s a cause. But first, here’s what I did for both brews.

   I set up my first brews with the Suiren side by side with #2 V60 ceramic brewer. Same coffee, same dose, same grind. Same filter paper. Same prewet procedure. Both on the scale, both geting a bloom pour of 2x the coffee volume (21g brewed, 42g bloom pour). Pause 30 seconds. Then pour water at around 2-3g a second to 150g total water weight. Pause 30 seconds. Finish to 300g water weight. 

   Pouring water during the second brew phase with the Suiren.

   Both pours were completed at around 3:10 mark. The standard V60 finished brewing by 4:10. The Suiren? 4:15. Weird, right?

   Temperature is the cause. The open air concept of the Suiren does something a closed porcelain or plastic V60 does less of: it allows heat to escape the brewing slurry faster. Things cool down quicker in the slurry. The finished brew temperature in the cup is lower, with the Suiren. That’s what can slow down the brew and extraction: the hotter the water is, the more efficient it’s going to travel through ground coffee.

   You can see this visually with the Suiren: moisture collects on the ribs, showing the dissipation of heat from the filter paper and brewing slurry.

   See the collecting moisture on the ribs? That’s an indicator of heat escaping: the slurry is cooling down faster, thus slowing down the extraction.

   Measuring both brews after with a DiFluid R2 refractometer, they were almost identical, at around 1.32-1.34%

   Regardless of all this, the Suiren was producing cups that seemed a bit more “mellow” than the standard V60; a bit softer, but by no means sour or lacking in body or depth. If I had to come up with one word, it would be “less sharp” (I guess that’s two words). And for my palate, that’s a good thing. 

   Basically, if you are a fan of super bright coffees, you might not like this brewer. Also, I was able to visualize the bypass happening out of the sides of the paper filter (though it proved impossible to photograph); you definitely want to use a 14:1 ratio with this brewer to get a properly extracted cup. If your pursuit is getting 300ml of brew from 15g of ground coffee, this brewer ain’t gonna do it. Go no-bypass. 

   Brewing coffee with the Suiren produces a nice, mellow, balanced and rich cup.

   Sure is Pretty

   Look: I appreciate beautiful design engineering in coffee (to the point where I’m pretty critical of “engineer-designed UI”) and wow, did Hario ever hit a home run here. For $23 or less, this is a strikingly beautiful brewer. And you can completely customize it! 

   My partner in life is pretty blasé about all things coffee and espresso, given our house is full of the stuff. But she loves the look of the Hario Suiren so much, she actually posted a photo to her own Instagram account, which is saying something: I think the last time she posted something coffee related was half a decade ago!

   When you wet the paper filter, it adheres in a very artistic way to the ribs.

   Honestly, for $23 or less, this is a no brainer. Who knows how much it will be once the middlemen and importers start stocking it over here in Canada and the USA. I’d probably pay as much as $35 or more for this, given its unique look and ability to deliver a more mellow, less sharp cup of coffee. 

   But for now, you can buy this via Amazon in the US, with it being shipped direct from Japan. There’s only one colour choice available at the moment (black), but you can also order sets of the ribs to customize your own.

   And if you made it this far, here’s a gallery of some other photos I took of this pretty brewer.

   https://coffeegeek.com/blog/new-products/hario-suiren-first-look-review/

   #hario #harioSuiren #noBypass #pourover #suiren

   #hario #hariosuiren #nobypass #pourover #suiren
8. 

   Mark Prince @[email protected] · 2024-06-05 · 13:00 UTC

   At the SCA trade show this year, there was a little sumthin sumthin towards the back of Hario’s booth that many folks may have missed (Jay Caragay, however, did not miss it!). It is the new variant of the Hario V60, called the Hario V60 Suiren Coffee Dripper.

   The Hario Suiren, in a fully customized version, with black and green ribs.

   The Suiren is not available officially yet in North America, but guess what: you can order one, with zero shipping charges (it’s coming from Japan), direct from the US Amazon site, right now for under $24! And you can also order a set of six spare ribs in one of six different colours (eight will eventually be available) to really customize your brewer. I don’t know how long this availability will last, but if you want one, you can order one, today.

   What Exactly Is It?

   The Hario Suiren is an open-air kinda pour over brewer, based on the same rib structure, and angles that the original V60 has inside all the filter holders in that series. But something’s missing: any surface area between those ribs! Its basically the polar opposite of a no-bypass brewer. 

   Now this kind of brewer – one that exposes the main filtering material to full airflow around it – isn’t new. Cloth pourover systems always worked this way, and over the years we’ve been sent various “out in the open” filter holders for Melitta cone filters, flat bottom filter papers, and even aftermarket designs for the V60 filter papers.

   The V60 paper filters kind of float in the brewer, held in place by the ribs.

   What does make this new and interesting is just how beautiful Hario’s execution is of this brewing device. They are selling the Suiren in several variants, including basic black, basic white, and single colours. They are also selling it in “limited edition” mixed colours. And the give even more creativity, you can buy six coloured ribs to really customize your Suiren and make it entirely your own.

   The Suiren ships in a flat-pack box, IKEA style, because you have to assemble it when it arrives. Inside the box is the filter holder / carafe rest, the filter’s main hub, and two boxes each containing six removable ribs. Click the ribs into the slots in the circular hub (12 ribs per brewer), and then click the assembled ribs and hub into the filter holder. 

   The box the Suiren comes in; next to it are how the spare ribs are shipped.

   The material is all plastic, and appears at first glance to be a different type of plastic than what Hario is using in their plastic V60s. It seems a bit more pliable, “softer” if that’s a thing. Don’t misconstrue though – the plastics are very high quality and once assembled the brewer is very sturdy.

   We bought three brewers and two sets of spare ribs, direct from Hario Japan. One set featured alternating black and white ribs. The second set had three colours, in four ribs: red, white and blue (perfect for the 4th of July!). The third set was just black ribs, and also the cheapest option, costing about $6 less than the multi colour versions. We also bought green and purple rib sets.

   That’s another thing that makes this brewer so fantastic: you can modify it visually to really make it your own. Choose the rib colours that suit your mood, your work area, or your kitchen. I firmly believe the more you feel your coffee device is meant specifically for you, the more you’ll get out of it.

   Green’s kinda my colour of choice for most of my life, so this mix of green and black speaks to me.

   Brewing with the Suiren

   We’ve experimented a lot with open air filter designs in the past, and something always seemed to happen that went against expectations and assumptions: you think the coffee would brew faster with more flow through, but that isn’t the case; if anything, the brews slow down a tad compared to normal, enclosed (and ribbed) filter holders. It took me a long time to figure out why this was happening. Eventually I figured it out via experiments we did in the CoffeeGeek Lab back in 2011.

   But it was time to see if the Suiren did the same thing.

   Pre-wetting the filter, note how it adheres to all the ribs very well. No worries about any sags or dips in the filter paper when brewing.

   And sure enough, the brew times with the Suiren, head to head with a standard V60 brew, were just a tad slower to finish. Magic? Naw. There’s a cause. But first, here’s what I did for both brews.

   I set up my first brews with the Suiren side by side with #2 V60 ceramic brewer. Same coffee, same dose, same grind. Same filter paper. Same prewet procedure. Both on the scale, both geting a bloom pour of 2x the coffee volume (21g brewed, 42g bloom pour). Pause 30 seconds. Then pour water at around 2-3g a second to 150g total water weight. Pause 30 seconds. Finish to 300g water weight. 

   Pouring water during the second brew phase with the Suiren.

   Both pours were completed at around 3:10 mark. The standard V60 finished brewing by 4:10. The Suiren? 4:15. Weird, right?

   Temperature is the cause. The open air concept of the Suiren does something a closed porcelain or plastic V60 does less of: it allows heat to escape the brewing slurry faster. Things cool down quicker in the slurry. The finished brew temperature in the cup is lower, with the Suiren. That’s what can slow down the brew and extraction: the hotter the water is, the more efficient it’s going to travel through ground coffee.

   You can see this visually with the Suiren: moisture collects on the ribs, showing the dissipation of heat from the filter paper and brewing slurry.

   See the collecting moisture on the ribs? That’s an indicator of heat escaping: the slurry is cooling down faster, thus slowing down the extraction.

   Measuring both brews after with a DiFluid R2 refractometer, they were almost identical, at around 1.32-1.34%

   Regardless of all this, the Suiren was producing cups that seemed a bit more “mellow” than the standard V60; a bit softer, but by no means sour or lacking in body or depth. If I had to come up with one word, it would be “less sharp” (I guess that’s two words). And for my palate, that’s a good thing. 

   Basically, if you are a fan of super bright coffees, you might not like this brewer. Also, I was able to visualize the bypass happening out of the sides of the paper filter (though it proved impossible to photograph); you definitely want to use a 14:1 ratio with this brewer to get a properly extracted cup. If your pursuit is getting 300ml of brew from 15g of ground coffee, this brewer ain’t gonna do it. Go no-bypass. 

   Brewing coffee with the Suiren produces a nice, mellow, balanced and rich cup.

   Sure is Pretty

   Look: I appreciate beautiful design engineering in coffee (to the point where I’m pretty critical of “engineer-designed UI”) and wow, did Hario ever hit a home run here. For $23 or less, this is a strikingly beautiful brewer. And you can completely customize it! 

   My partner in life is pretty blasé about all things coffee and espresso, given our house is full of the stuff. But she loves the look of the Hario Suiren so much, she actually posted a photo to her own Instagram account, which is saying something: I think the last time she posted something coffee related was half a decade ago!

   When you wet the paper filter, it adheres in a very artistic way to the ribs.

   Honestly, for $23 or less, this is a no brainer. Who knows how much it will be once the middlemen and importers start stocking it over here in Canada and the USA. I’d probably pay as much as $35 or more for this, given its unique look and ability to deliver a more mellow, less sharp cup of coffee. 

   But for now, you can buy this via Amazon in the US, with it being shipped direct from Japan. There’s only one colour choice available at the moment (black), but you can also order sets of the ribs to customize your own.

   And if you made it this far, here’s a gallery of some other photos I took of this pretty brewer.

   https://coffeegeek.com/blog/new-products/hario-suiren-first-look-review/

   #hario #harioSuiren #noBypass #pourover #suiren

   #hario #hariosuiren #nobypass #pourover #suiren
9. 

   WarmUpBoston @[email protected] · 2024-03-03 · 16:22 UTC

   The role of harm reduction is essential to all we do as an organization. After our last few mobile distros, our resident harm reductionist provided intro harm reduction education and orienting to our newer volunteers. This went beyond just talking about practical tools for interfacing with people who use drugs and folks experiencing homelessness.

   Though the ultimate harm reduction will come from eventually destroying these systems of oppression, in the meantime we are doing what we can as housed activists to work in solidarity with our unhoused neighbors. We do our best to center the needs, asks, and material realities of the people we serve, over what we, as housed activists, think they need. One of the most important things is that we provide material aid with NO conditions. We believe that people should not have to fulfill some sort of requirement in order to have access to basic necessities such as food, water, clothing, medical services, housing, and the like. On this past weekend’s mobile distro, we handed out hand warmers, beanies, socks, gloves, harm reduction supplies, toiletries, ~ 50 sandwiches (various meats and pb&js), ~250 snacks, and again were able to bring along carafes of hot water for hot chocolate, coffee, soup, and tea.

   *SWIPE TO THE LAST PHOTO* to see one of our regulars, Ray “The Bird Man” and his pigeon friends. We find him in the same spot every week hanging with his fellow unhoused veterans and feeding the birds. Chatting with him is one of the highlights of the mobile distros, and though we are sad that he won’t be around as much anymore, we are thrilled that he has been placed into housing. He signed his new lease yesterday! (Photo taken and posted with Ray’s consent).

   #ServeThePeople #SolidarityNotCharity #MaterialAid #SurvivalProgram #WarmUpBoston

   #servethepeople #solidaritynotcharity #materialaid #survivalprogram #warmupboston
10. 

    WarmUpBoston @[email protected] · 2024-03-03 · 16:22 UTC

    The role of harm reduction is essential to all we do as an organization. After our last few mobile distros, our resident harm reductionist provided intro harm reduction education and orienting to our newer volunteers. This went beyond just talking about practical tools for interfacing with people who use drugs and folks experiencing homelessness.

    Though the ultimate harm reduction will come from eventually destroying these systems of oppression, in the meantime we are doing what we can as housed activists to work in solidarity with our unhoused neighbors. We do our best to center the needs, asks, and material realities of the people we serve, over what we, as housed activists, think they need. One of the most important things is that we provide material aid with NO conditions. We believe that people should not have to fulfill some sort of requirement in order to have access to basic necessities such as food, water, clothing, medical services, housing, and the like. On this past weekend’s mobile distro, we handed out hand warmers, beanies, socks, gloves, harm reduction supplies, toiletries, ~ 50 sandwiches (various meats and pb&js), ~250 snacks, and again were able to bring along carafes of hot water for hot chocolate, coffee, soup, and tea.

    *SWIPE TO THE LAST PHOTO* to see one of our regulars, Ray “The Bird Man” and his pigeon friends. We find him in the same spot every week hanging with his fellow unhoused veterans and feeding the birds. Chatting with him is one of the highlights of the mobile distros, and though we are sad that he won’t be around as much anymore, we are thrilled that he has been placed into housing. He signed his new lease yesterday! (Photo taken and posted with Ray’s consent).

    #ServeThePeople #SolidarityNotCharity #MaterialAid #SurvivalProgram #WarmUpBoston

    #servethepeople #solidaritynotcharity #materialaid #survivalprogram #warmupboston
11. 

    WarmUpBoston @[email protected] · 2024-03-03 · 16:22 UTC

    The role of harm reduction is essential to all we do as an organization. After our last few mobile distros, our resident harm reductionist provided intro harm reduction education and orienting to our newer volunteers. This went beyond just talking about practical tools for interfacing with people who use drugs and folks experiencing homelessness.

    Though the ultimate harm reduction will come from eventually destroying these systems of oppression, in the meantime we are doing what we can as housed activists to work in solidarity with our unhoused neighbors. We do our best to center the needs, asks, and material realities of the people we serve, over what we, as housed activists, think they need. One of the most important things is that we provide material aid with NO conditions. We believe that people should not have to fulfill some sort of requirement in order to have access to basic necessities such as food, water, clothing, medical services, housing, and the like. On this past weekend’s mobile distro, we handed out hand warmers, beanies, socks, gloves, harm reduction supplies, toiletries, ~ 50 sandwiches (various meats and pb&js), ~250 snacks, and again were able to bring along carafes of hot water for hot chocolate, coffee, soup, and tea.

    *SWIPE TO THE LAST PHOTO* to see one of our regulars, Ray “The Bird Man” and his pigeon friends. We find him in the same spot every week hanging with his fellow unhoused veterans and feeding the birds. Chatting with him is one of the highlights of the mobile distros, and though we are sad that he won’t be around as much anymore, we are thrilled that he has been placed into housing. He signed his new lease yesterday! (Photo taken and posted with Ray’s consent).

    #ServeThePeople #SolidarityNotCharity #MaterialAid #SurvivalProgram #WarmUpBoston

    #servethepeople #solidaritynotcharity #materialaid #survivalprogram #warmupboston
12. 

    WarmUpBoston @[email protected] · 2024-03-03 · 16:22 UTC

    The role of harm reduction is essential to all we do as an organization. After our last few mobile distros, our resident harm reductionist provided intro harm reduction education and orienting to our newer volunteers. This went beyond just talking about practical tools for interfacing with people who use drugs and folks experiencing homelessness.

    Though the ultimate harm reduction will come from eventually destroying these systems of oppression, in the meantime we are doing what we can as housed activists to work in solidarity with our unhoused neighbors. We do our best to center the needs, asks, and material realities of the people we serve, over what we, as housed activists, think they need. One of the most important things is that we provide material aid with NO conditions. We believe that people should not have to fulfill some sort of requirement in order to have access to basic necessities such as food, water, clothing, medical services, housing, and the like. On this past weekend’s mobile distro, we handed out hand warmers, beanies, socks, gloves, harm reduction supplies, toiletries, ~ 50 sandwiches (various meats and pb&js), ~250 snacks, and again were able to bring along carafes of hot water for hot chocolate, coffee, soup, and tea.

    *SWIPE TO THE LAST PHOTO* to see one of our regulars, Ray “The Bird Man” and his pigeon friends. We find him in the same spot every week hanging with his fellow unhoused veterans and feeding the birds. Chatting with him is one of the highlights of the mobile distros, and though we are sad that he won’t be around as much anymore, we are thrilled that he has been placed into housing. He signed his new lease yesterday! (Photo taken and posted with Ray’s consent).

    #ServeThePeople #SolidarityNotCharity #MaterialAid #SurvivalProgram #WarmUpBoston

    #warmupboston #survivalprogram #materialaid #solidaritynotcharity #servethepeople
13. 

    WarmUpBoston @[email protected] · 2024-03-03 · 16:22 UTC

    The role of harm reduction is essential to all we do as an organization. After our last few mobile distros, our resident harm reductionist provided intro harm reduction education and orienting to our newer volunteers. This went beyond just talking about practical tools for interfacing with people who use drugs and folks experiencing homelessness.

    Though the ultimate harm reduction will come from eventually destroying these systems of oppression, in the meantime we are doing what we can as housed activists to work in solidarity with our unhoused neighbors. We do our best to center the needs, asks, and material realities of the people we serve, over what we, as housed activists, think they need. One of the most important things is that we provide material aid with NO conditions. We believe that people should not have to fulfill some sort of requirement in order to have access to basic necessities such as food, water, clothing, medical services, housing, and the like. On this past weekend’s mobile distro, we handed out hand warmers, beanies, socks, gloves, harm reduction supplies, toiletries, ~ 50 sandwiches (various meats and pb&js), ~250 snacks, and again were able to bring along carafes of hot water for hot chocolate, coffee, soup, and tea.

    *SWIPE TO THE LAST PHOTO* to see one of our regulars, Ray “The Bird Man” and his pigeon friends. We find him in the same spot every week hanging with his fellow unhoused veterans and feeding the birds. Chatting with him is one of the highlights of the mobile distros, and though we are sad that he won’t be around as much anymore, we are thrilled that he has been placed into housing. He signed his new lease yesterday! (Photo taken and posted with Ray’s consent).

    #ServeThePeople #SolidarityNotCharity #MaterialAid #SurvivalProgram #WarmUpBoston

    #servethepeople #solidaritynotcharity #materialaid #survivalprogram #warmupboston
14. 

    Aspettando l'estinzione umana @aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com@aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com · 2024-02-27 · 07:57 UTC

    Tralasciando il rifacimento moderno (che non ho mai visto), nella serie originale MacGyver è laureato in fisica, single, vegetariano, ambientalista, solitario, pacifista, astemio e non fuma. Odia le armi, si mostra altruista con chi è in difficoltà e, sopra ogni altra cosa, è un genio quando si tratta di realizzare marchingegni con quello che ha a disposizione, che si tratti di un flacone di candeggina, un fiammifero, uno stuzzicadenti, un tubo in ferro, una graffetta o una lente d’ingrandimento.
    Acquistai il mio primo coltellino svizzero proprio dopo aver assistito con piacere a qualche puntata della serie televisiva, nel 1991. Aveva pochi accessori, ma il modello con più funzioni costava una cifra spropositata per la mia disponibilità economica (quasi tutta destinata per acquistare videogiochi piratati, riviste sul Genoa e fumetti e porno).
    A conti fatti non mi fu mai realmente utile, tranne in pochi casi.

    Non mi ritrovai mai a sventare un attentato terroristico o a libera una gentil donzella dalle grinfie di un sequestratore. Al massimo utilizzavo il cavatappi per stappare le bottiglie in vetro o la lente per provare a dare fuoco a qualche pezzo di carta.
    Che io ricordi la lama mi servì solo in un’unica occasione.
    Abitavo ancora a Genova, ero iscritto alle superiori e si stava avvicinando il periodo del reclutamento per la leva. Per motivi di studio potei rimandare l’arruolamento presentando specifica domanda presso un ufficio della capitaneria di porto.
    Essendo un’area militarizzata si poteva accedere solo dopo la presentazione di un documento di riconoscimento e il modulo di convocazione. Tra un’area e l’altra c’era una porta elettronica a suddividere le varie zone.
    Dopo aver svolto la noiosa incombenza burocratica scesi le scale per andarmene e mi accorsi che la porta non era stata sbloccata dal militare in servizio. Invece di tornare indietro mi armai di coltellino svizzero ed estrassi la lama. L’avvicinai allo scrocco della serratura e lo feci rientrare con una semplice pressione della lama. In due secondi netti violai un impenetrabile (?) sistema di sicurezza in un’area militare (tra l’altro sprovvista di metal detector).

    Qualche mese dopo, non potendo rimandare l’inevitabile, mi toccò partire alla volta di La Spezia per i tre giorni del C.A.R. (Centro Addestramento Reclute), una visita preliminare obbligatoria prima dell’arruolamento vero e proprio.
    Con mio sommo disappunto non solo mi macchiarono le dita per prendere le impronte digitali, ma requisirono pure il coltellino svizzero. Lo potei recuperare solo al termine dei tre giorni di visita, prima di tornare a casa. In quella cassaforte non era stato solo: ne avevo contati almeno un’altra decina. Tutti appassionati di MacGyver? Chi può dirlo.
    Durante un’uscita pomeridiana m’imbattei in un negozio che vendeva armi e notai, esposto in vetrina, un coltellino svizzero più grande della tasca dei miei jeans; costava 120000 lire e, per parecchio tempo, rimase tra i miei oggetti del desiderio. Ovviamente non raggiunsi mai quella cifra, anche perché continuavo a spendere soldi in videogiochi o li mettevo da parte per un nuovo computer.

    Quello che riuscii ad acquistare, invece, fu un miniregistratore a cassette; il periodo era sempre quello del coltellino svizzero: il 1991.
    Oltre a MacGyver mi appassionai anche a I segreti di Twin Peaks. L’agente dell’FBI Dale Cooper lo utilizzava per lasciare note vocali destinate alla segretaria Diane.
    Io lo utilizzavo per registrare parecchi aneddoti scolastici o domestici. Praticamente era il mio diario vocale, una sorta di antesignano del blog.
    Registravo sigle televisive, spezzoni di film, lezioni scolastiche e osservazioni personali. Utilizzavo anche la funzione di attivazione vocale per immortalare eventuali anomalie notturne (fantasmi, anche se non ci credevo) o spiare durante la ricreazione i compagni di classe (come eventuale arma di ricatto, che non mi è mai servita).
    Avevo iniziato una discreta collezione di minicassette (se non erro costavano 5000 lire l’una), tutte imboscate nel retro di un cassetto della mia scrivania. Una di esse conteneva, almeno a livello teorico, la prova di un mio “imbroglio” scolastico.

    Un giorno mi finsi malato per non andare a scuola e saltare il compito in classe di matematica. Fortuna volle che, proprio quella mattina, una mia zia venne in visita e, per non disturbarmi mentre ero a letto, mia madre chiacchierò in cucina con lei chiudendo la porta.
    Dopo pochi minuti giunse la tanto attesa telefonata che aspettavo: quella della prof di matematica che avrebbe avvisato i miei genitori del compito in classe saltato. Accorsi tempestivamente per abbassare il volume della segreteria telefonica e scambiai la minicassetta con una vuota delle mie (erano della stessa marca).
    Servendomi del miniregistratore (molto più pratico da utilizzare rispetto alla segreteria telefonica) cancellai la telefonata della prof. La sovrascrissi parecchie volte registrando il silenzio ambientale, perché temevo che la registrazione si potesse recuperare in qualche modo (teoricamente possibile anche all’epoca, ma decisamente impraticabile senza un’analisi forense).

    Nel primo triennio degli anni ’90 in genere indossavo jeans Levi’s, felpa O’Neill con scritta allucinogena in rilievo, orologio Tomahawk (un’imitazione del Winchester), scarpe Diadora e l’immancabile bomber. Bevevo Pepsi Cola e sgranocchiavo Raider (l’antenato del Twix) e Cipster; all’epoca non ero ancora vegano.
    Andavo in giro incravattato con almeno un paio di sciarpe del Genoa (raramente messe attorno al collo: le preferivo annodate a un braccio e a una gamba). Tra polsiere e braccialetti (sempre del Genoa) si poteva scrutare un po’ di pelle delle braccia. Avevo anche spille varie per il bomber e una fascia per la fronte (sempre tutto del Genoa).

    Ovviamente c’erano anche loro: il coltellino svizzero e il miniregistratore. Fuori casa penso di non aver utilizzato nient’altro più del pallone da calcio, a eccezione di questi due ammennicoli per le mie, ancora frequenti, scorribande tra le vie di Genova.
    Poi, dopo aver irrimediabilmente fritto il Commodore 64 a causa di una scommessa* proposta dal mio miglior amico dell’epoca, risparmiai i soldi per un nuovo computer: prima l’Amiga 500+ e, qualche anno dopo, l’Amiga 1200 e l’Amiga CD32.
    Terminarono così le mie avventure da novello Angus MacGyver e agente speciale Dale Cooper. Fu la prima vera alba della mia nerditudine.

    *dissi che avrei resistito più di un giorno senza dormire; superai abbondantemente i cinque giorni, ma la notte del terzo giorno il Commodore 64 mi abbandonò a causa di un suo utilizzo eccessivo.

    L’Umano

    https://aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/la-prima-alba/

    #amiga #coltellinoSvizzero #computer #iSegretiDiTwinPeaks #macgyver #miniregistratore #nerd #nerditudine #nerdvana #scuola

    #amiga #coltellinosvizzero #computer #isegretiditwinpeaks #macgyver #miniregistratore
15. 

    Aspettando l'estinzione umana @aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com@aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com · 2024-02-27 · 07:57 UTC

    Tralasciando il rifacimento moderno (che non ho mai visto), nella serie originale MacGyver è laureato in fisica, single, vegetariano, ambientalista, solitario, pacifista, astemio e non fuma. Odia le armi, si mostra altruista con chi è in difficoltà e, sopra ogni altra cosa, è un genio quando si tratta di realizzare marchingegni con quello che ha a disposizione, che si tratti di un flacone di candeggina, un fiammifero, uno stuzzicadenti, un tubo in ferro, una graffetta o una lente d’ingrandimento.
    Acquistai il mio primo coltellino svizzero proprio dopo aver assistito con piacere a qualche puntata della serie televisiva, nel 1991. Aveva pochi accessori, ma il modello con più funzioni costava una cifra spropositata per la mia disponibilità economica (quasi tutta destinata per acquistare videogiochi piratati, riviste sul Genoa e fumetti e porno).
    A conti fatti non mi fu mai realmente utile, tranne in pochi casi.

    Non mi ritrovai mai a sventare un attentato terroristico o a libera una gentil donzella dalle grinfie di un sequestratore. Al massimo utilizzavo il cavatappi per stappare le bottiglie in vetro o la lente per provare a dare fuoco a qualche pezzo di carta.
    Che io ricordi la lama mi servì solo in un’unica occasione.
    Abitavo ancora a Genova, ero iscritto alle superiori e si stava avvicinando il periodo del reclutamento per la leva. Per motivi di studio potei rimandare l’arruolamento presentando specifica domanda presso un ufficio della capitaneria di porto.
    Essendo un’area militarizzata si poteva accedere solo dopo la presentazione di un documento di riconoscimento e il modulo di convocazione. Tra un’area e l’altra c’era una porta elettronica a suddividere le varie zone.
    Dopo aver svolto la noiosa incombenza burocratica scesi le scale per andarmene e mi accorsi che la porta non era stata sbloccata dal militare in servizio. Invece di tornare indietro mi armai di coltellino svizzero ed estrassi la lama. L’avvicinai allo scrocco della serratura e lo feci rientrare con una semplice pressione della lama. In due secondi netti violai un impenetrabile (?) sistema di sicurezza in un’area militare (tra l’altro sprovvista di metal detector).

    Qualche mese dopo, non potendo rimandare l’inevitabile, mi toccò partire alla volta di La Spezia per i tre giorni del C.A.R. (Centro Addestramento Reclute), una visita preliminare obbligatoria prima dell’arruolamento vero e proprio.
    Con mio sommo disappunto non solo mi macchiarono le dita per prendere le impronte digitali, ma requisirono pure il coltellino svizzero. Lo potei recuperare solo al termine dei tre giorni di visita, prima di tornare a casa. In quella cassaforte non era stato solo: ne avevo contati almeno un’altra decina. Tutti appassionati di MacGyver? Chi può dirlo.
    Durante un’uscita pomeridiana m’imbattei in un negozio che vendeva armi e notai, esposto in vetrina, un coltellino svizzero più grande della tasca dei miei jeans; costava 120000 lire e, per parecchio tempo, rimase tra i miei oggetti del desiderio. Ovviamente non raggiunsi mai quella cifra, anche perché continuavo a spendere soldi in videogiochi o li mettevo da parte per un nuovo computer.

    Quello che riuscii ad acquistare, invece, fu un miniregistratore a cassette; il periodo era sempre quello del coltellino svizzero: il 1991.
    Oltre a MacGyver mi appassionai anche a I segreti di Twin Peaks. L’agente dell’FBI Dale Cooper lo utilizzava per lasciare note vocali destinate alla segretaria Diane.
    Io lo utilizzavo per registrare parecchi aneddoti scolastici o domestici. Praticamente era il mio diario vocale, una sorta di antesignano del blog.
    Registravo sigle televisive, spezzoni di film, lezioni scolastiche e osservazioni personali. Utilizzavo anche la funzione di attivazione vocale per immortalare eventuali anomalie notturne (fantasmi, anche se non ci credevo) o spiare durante la ricreazione i compagni di classe (come eventuale arma di ricatto, che non mi è mai servita).
    Avevo iniziato una discreta collezione di minicassette (se non erro costavano 5000 lire l’una), tutte imboscate nel retro di un cassetto della mia scrivania. Una di esse conteneva, almeno a livello teorico, la prova di un mio “imbroglio” scolastico.

    Un giorno mi finsi malato per non andare a scuola e saltare il compito in classe di matematica. Fortuna volle che, proprio quella mattina, una mia zia venne in visita e, per non disturbarmi mentre ero a letto, mia madre chiacchierò in cucina con lei chiudendo la porta.
    Dopo pochi minuti giunse la tanto attesa telefonata che aspettavo: quella della prof di matematica che avrebbe avvisato i miei genitori del compito in classe saltato. Accorsi tempestivamente per abbassare il volume della segreteria telefonica e scambiai la minicassetta con una vuota delle mie (erano della stessa marca).
    Servendomi del miniregistratore (molto più pratico da utilizzare rispetto alla segreteria telefonica) cancellai la telefonata della prof. La sovrascrissi parecchie volte registrando il silenzio ambientale, perché temevo che la registrazione si potesse recuperare in qualche modo (teoricamente possibile anche all’epoca, ma decisamente impraticabile senza un’analisi forense).

    Nel primo triennio degli anni ’90 in genere indossavo jeans Levi’s, felpa O’Neill con scritta allucinogena in rilievo, orologio Tomahawk (un’imitazione del Winchester), scarpe Diadora e l’immancabile bomber. Bevevo Pepsi Cola e sgranocchiavo Raider (l’antenato del Twix) e Cipster; all’epoca non ero ancora vegano.
    Andavo in giro incravattato con almeno un paio di sciarpe del Genoa (raramente messe attorno al collo: le preferivo annodate a un braccio e a una gamba). Tra polsiere e braccialetti (sempre del Genoa) si poteva scrutare un po’ di pelle delle braccia. Avevo anche spille varie per il bomber e una fascia per la fronte (sempre tutto del Genoa).

    Ovviamente c’erano anche loro: il coltellino svizzero e il miniregistratore. Fuori casa penso di non aver utilizzato nient’altro più del pallone da calcio, a eccezione di questi due ammennicoli per le mie, ancora frequenti, scorribande tra le vie di Genova.
    Poi, dopo aver irrimediabilmente fritto il Commodore 64 a causa di una scommessa* proposta dal mio miglior amico dell’epoca, risparmiai i soldi per un nuovo computer: prima l’Amiga 500+ e, qualche anno dopo, l’Amiga 1200 e l’Amiga CD32.
    Terminarono così le mie avventure da novello Angus MacGyver e agente speciale Dale Cooper. Fu la prima vera alba della mia nerditudine.

    *dissi che avrei resistito più di un giorno senza dormire; superai abbondantemente i cinque giorni, ma la notte del terzo giorno il Commodore 64 mi abbandonò a causa di un suo utilizzo eccessivo.

    L’Umano

    https://aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/la-prima-alba/

    #amiga #coltellinoSvizzero #computer #iSegretiDiTwinPeaks #macgyver #miniregistratore #nerd #nerditudine #nerdvana #scuola

    #amiga #coltellinosvizzero #computer #isegretiditwinpeaks #macgyver #miniregistratore
16. 

    Aspettando l'estinzione umana @aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com@aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com · 2024-02-27 · 07:57 UTC

    Tralasciando il rifacimento moderno (che non ho mai visto), nella serie originale MacGyver è laureato in fisica, single, vegetariano, ambientalista, solitario, pacifista, astemio e non fuma. Odia le armi, si mostra altruista con chi è in difficoltà e, sopra ogni altra cosa, è un genio quando si tratta di realizzare marchingegni con quello che ha a disposizione, che si tratti di un flacone di candeggina, un fiammifero, uno stuzzicadenti, un tubo in ferro, una graffetta o una lente d’ingrandimento.
    Acquistai il mio primo coltellino svizzero proprio dopo aver assistito con piacere a qualche puntata della serie televisiva, nel 1991. Aveva pochi accessori, ma il modello con più funzioni costava una cifra spropositata per la mia disponibilità economica (quasi tutta destinata per acquistare videogiochi piratati, riviste sul Genoa e fumetti e porno).
    A conti fatti non mi fu mai realmente utile, tranne in pochi casi.

    Non mi ritrovai mai a sventare un attentato terroristico o a libera una gentil donzella dalle grinfie di un sequestratore. Al massimo utilizzavo il cavatappi per stappare le bottiglie in vetro o la lente per provare a dare fuoco a qualche pezzo di carta.
    Che io ricordi la lama mi servì solo in un’unica occasione.
    Abitavo ancora a Genova, ero iscritto alle superiori e si stava avvicinando il periodo del reclutamento per la leva. Per motivi di studio potei rimandare l’arruolamento presentando specifica domanda presso un ufficio della capitaneria di porto.
    Essendo un’area militarizzata si poteva accedere solo dopo la presentazione di un documento di riconoscimento e il modulo di convocazione. Tra un’area e l’altra c’era una porta elettronica a suddividere le varie zone.
    Dopo aver svolto la noiosa incombenza burocratica scesi le scale per andarmene e mi accorsi che la porta non era stata sbloccata dal militare in servizio. Invece di tornare indietro mi armai di coltellino svizzero ed estrassi la lama. L’avvicinai allo scrocco della serratura e lo feci rientrare con una semplice pressione della lama. In due secondi netti violai un impenetrabile (?) sistema di sicurezza in un’area militare (tra l’altro sprovvista di metal detector).

    Qualche mese dopo, non potendo rimandare l’inevitabile, mi toccò partire alla volta di La Spezia per i tre giorni del C.A.R. (Centro Addestramento Reclute), una visita preliminare obbligatoria prima dell’arruolamento vero e proprio.
    Con mio sommo disappunto non solo mi macchiarono le dita per prendere le impronte digitali, ma requisirono pure il coltellino svizzero. Lo potei recuperare solo al termine dei tre giorni di visita, prima di tornare a casa. In quella cassaforte non era stato solo: ne avevo contati almeno un’altra decina. Tutti appassionati di MacGyver? Chi può dirlo.
    Durante un’uscita pomeridiana m’imbattei in un negozio che vendeva armi e notai, esposto in vetrina, un coltellino svizzero più grande della tasca dei miei jeans; costava 120000 lire e, per parecchio tempo, rimase tra i miei oggetti del desiderio. Ovviamente non raggiunsi mai quella cifra, anche perché continuavo a spendere soldi in videogiochi o li mettevo da parte per un nuovo computer.

    Quello che riuscii ad acquistare, invece, fu un miniregistratore a cassette; il periodo era sempre quello del coltellino svizzero: il 1991.
    Oltre a MacGyver mi appassionai anche a I segreti di Twin Peaks. L’agente dell’FBI Dale Cooper lo utilizzava per lasciare note vocali destinate alla segretaria Diane.
    Io lo utilizzavo per registrare parecchi aneddoti scolastici o domestici. Praticamente era il mio diario vocale, una sorta di antesignano del blog.
    Registravo sigle televisive, spezzoni di film, lezioni scolastiche e osservazioni personali. Utilizzavo anche la funzione di attivazione vocale per immortalare eventuali anomalie notturne (fantasmi, anche se non ci credevo) o spiare durante la ricreazione i compagni di classe (come eventuale arma di ricatto, che non mi è mai servita).
    Avevo iniziato una discreta collezione di minicassette (se non erro costavano 5000 lire l’una), tutte imboscate nel retro di un cassetto della mia scrivania. Una di esse conteneva, almeno a livello teorico, la prova di un mio “imbroglio” scolastico.

    Un giorno mi finsi malato per non andare a scuola e saltare il compito in classe di matematica. Fortuna volle che, proprio quella mattina, una mia zia venne in visita e, per non disturbarmi mentre ero a letto, mia madre chiacchierò in cucina con lei chiudendo la porta.
    Dopo pochi minuti giunse la tanto attesa telefonata che aspettavo: quella della prof di matematica che avrebbe avvisato i miei genitori del compito in classe saltato. Accorsi tempestivamente per abbassare il volume della segreteria telefonica e scambiai la minicassetta con una vuota delle mie (erano della stessa marca).
    Servendomi del miniregistratore (molto più pratico da utilizzare rispetto alla segreteria telefonica) cancellai la telefonata della prof. La sovrascrissi parecchie volte registrando il silenzio ambientale, perché temevo che la registrazione si potesse recuperare in qualche modo (teoricamente possibile anche all’epoca, ma decisamente impraticabile senza un’analisi forense).

    Nel primo triennio degli anni ’90 in genere indossavo jeans Levi’s, felpa O’Neill con scritta allucinogena in rilievo, orologio Tomahawk (un’imitazione del Winchester), scarpe Diadora e l’immancabile bomber. Bevevo Pepsi Cola e sgranocchiavo Raider (l’antenato del Twix) e Cipster; all’epoca non ero ancora vegano.
    Andavo in giro incravattato con almeno un paio di sciarpe del Genoa (raramente messe attorno al collo: le preferivo annodate a un braccio e a una gamba). Tra polsiere e braccialetti (sempre del Genoa) si poteva scrutare un po’ di pelle delle braccia. Avevo anche spille varie per il bomber e una fascia per la fronte (sempre tutto del Genoa).

    Ovviamente c’erano anche loro: il coltellino svizzero e il miniregistratore. Fuori casa penso di non aver utilizzato nient’altro più del pallone da calcio, a eccezione di questi due ammennicoli per le mie, ancora frequenti, scorribande tra le vie di Genova.
    Poi, dopo aver irrimediabilmente fritto il Commodore 64 a causa di una scommessa* proposta dal mio miglior amico dell’epoca, risparmiai i soldi per un nuovo computer: prima l’Amiga 500+ e, qualche anno dopo, l’Amiga 1200 e l’Amiga CD32.
    Terminarono così le mie avventure da novello Angus MacGyver e agente speciale Dale Cooper. Fu la prima vera alba della mia nerditudine.

    *dissi che avrei resistito più di un giorno senza dormire; superai abbondantemente i cinque giorni, ma la notte del terzo giorno il Commodore 64 mi abbandonò a causa di un suo utilizzo eccessivo.

    L’Umano

    https://aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/la-prima-alba/

    #amiga #coltellinoSvizzero #computer #iSegretiDiTwinPeaks #macgyver #miniregistratore #nerd #nerditudine #nerdvana #scuola

    #scuola #nerdvana #nerditudine #nerd #miniregistratore #macgyver
17. 

    Aspettando l'estinzione umana @aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com@aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com · 2024-02-27 · 07:57 UTC

    Tralasciando il rifacimento moderno (che non ho mai visto), nella serie originale MacGyver è laureato in fisica, single, vegetariano, ambientalista, solitario, pacifista, astemio e non fuma. Odia le armi, si mostra altruista con chi è in difficoltà e, sopra ogni altra cosa, è un genio quando si tratta di realizzare marchingegni con quello che ha a disposizione, che si tratti di un flacone di candeggina, un fiammifero, uno stuzzicadenti, un tubo in ferro, una graffetta o una lente d’ingrandimento.
    Acquistai il mio primo coltellino svizzero proprio dopo aver assistito con piacere a qualche puntata della serie televisiva, nel 1991. Aveva pochi accessori, ma il modello con più funzioni costava una cifra spropositata per la mia disponibilità economica (quasi tutta destinata per acquistare videogiochi piratati, riviste sul Genoa e fumetti e porno).
    A conti fatti non mi fu mai realmente utile, tranne in pochi casi.

    Non mi ritrovai mai a sventare un attentato terroristico o a libera una gentil donzella dalle grinfie di un sequestratore. Al massimo utilizzavo il cavatappi per stappare le bottiglie in vetro o la lente per provare a dare fuoco a qualche pezzo di carta.
    Che io ricordi la lama mi servì solo in un’unica occasione.
    Abitavo ancora a Genova, ero iscritto alle superiori e si stava avvicinando il periodo del reclutamento per la leva. Per motivi di studio potei rimandare l’arruolamento presentando specifica domanda presso un ufficio della capitaneria di porto.
    Essendo un’area militarizzata si poteva accedere solo dopo la presentazione di un documento di riconoscimento e il modulo di convocazione. Tra un’area e l’altra c’era una porta elettronica a suddividere le varie zone.
    Dopo aver svolto la noiosa incombenza burocratica scesi le scale per andarmene e mi accorsi che la porta non era stata sbloccata dal militare in servizio. Invece di tornare indietro mi armai di coltellino svizzero ed estrassi la lama. L’avvicinai allo scrocco della serratura e lo feci rientrare con una semplice pressione della lama. In due secondi netti violai un impenetrabile (?) sistema di sicurezza in un’area militare (tra l’altro sprovvista di metal detector).

    Qualche mese dopo, non potendo rimandare l’inevitabile, mi toccò partire alla volta di La Spezia per i tre giorni del C.A.R. (Centro Addestramento Reclute), una visita preliminare obbligatoria prima dell’arruolamento vero e proprio.
    Con mio sommo disappunto non solo mi macchiarono le dita per prendere le impronte digitali, ma requisirono pure il coltellino svizzero. Lo potei recuperare solo al termine dei tre giorni di visita, prima di tornare a casa. In quella cassaforte non era stato solo: ne avevo contati almeno un’altra decina. Tutti appassionati di MacGyver? Chi può dirlo.
    Durante un’uscita pomeridiana m’imbattei in un negozio che vendeva armi e notai, esposto in vetrina, un coltellino svizzero più grande della tasca dei miei jeans; costava 120000 lire e, per parecchio tempo, rimase tra i miei oggetti del desiderio. Ovviamente non raggiunsi mai quella cifra, anche perché continuavo a spendere soldi in videogiochi o li mettevo da parte per un nuovo computer.

    Quello che riuscii ad acquistare, invece, fu un miniregistratore a cassette; il periodo era sempre quello del coltellino svizzero: il 1991.
    Oltre a MacGyver mi appassionai anche a I segreti di Twin Peaks. L’agente dell’FBI Dale Cooper lo utilizzava per lasciare note vocali destinate alla segretaria Diane.
    Io lo utilizzavo per registrare parecchi aneddoti scolastici o domestici. Praticamente era il mio diario vocale, una sorta di antesignano del blog.
    Registravo sigle televisive, spezzoni di film, lezioni scolastiche e osservazioni personali. Utilizzavo anche la funzione di attivazione vocale per immortalare eventuali anomalie notturne (fantasmi, anche se non ci credevo) o spiare durante la ricreazione i compagni di classe (come eventuale arma di ricatto, che non mi è mai servita).
    Avevo iniziato una discreta collezione di minicassette (se non erro costavano 5000 lire l’una), tutte imboscate nel retro di un cassetto della mia scrivania. Una di esse conteneva, almeno a livello teorico, la prova di un mio “imbroglio” scolastico.

    Un giorno mi finsi malato per non andare a scuola e saltare il compito in classe di matematica. Fortuna volle che, proprio quella mattina, una mia zia venne in visita e, per non disturbarmi mentre ero a letto, mia madre chiacchierò in cucina con lei chiudendo la porta.
    Dopo pochi minuti giunse la tanto attesa telefonata che aspettavo: quella della prof di matematica che avrebbe avvisato i miei genitori del compito in classe saltato. Accorsi tempestivamente per abbassare il volume della segreteria telefonica e scambiai la minicassetta con una vuota delle mie (erano della stessa marca).
    Servendomi del miniregistratore (molto più pratico da utilizzare rispetto alla segreteria telefonica) cancellai la telefonata della prof. La sovrascrissi parecchie volte registrando il silenzio ambientale, perché temevo che la registrazione si potesse recuperare in qualche modo (teoricamente possibile anche all’epoca, ma decisamente impraticabile senza un’analisi forense).

    Nel primo triennio degli anni ’90 in genere indossavo jeans Levi’s, felpa O’Neill con scritta allucinogena in rilievo, orologio Tomahawk (un’imitazione del Winchester), scarpe Diadora e l’immancabile bomber. Bevevo Pepsi Cola e sgranocchiavo Raider (l’antenato del Twix) e Cipster; all’epoca non ero ancora vegano.
    Andavo in giro incravattato con almeno un paio di sciarpe del Genoa (raramente messe attorno al collo: le preferivo annodate a un braccio e a una gamba). Tra polsiere e braccialetti (sempre del Genoa) si poteva scrutare un po’ di pelle delle braccia. Avevo anche spille varie per il bomber e una fascia per la fronte (sempre tutto del Genoa).

    Ovviamente c’erano anche loro: il coltellino svizzero e il miniregistratore. Fuori casa penso di non aver utilizzato nient’altro più del pallone da calcio, a eccezione di questi due ammennicoli per le mie, ancora frequenti, scorribande tra le vie di Genova.
    Poi, dopo aver irrimediabilmente fritto il Commodore 64 a causa di una scommessa* proposta dal mio miglior amico dell’epoca, risparmiai i soldi per un nuovo computer: prima l’Amiga 500+ e, qualche anno dopo, l’Amiga 1200 e l’Amiga CD32.
    Terminarono così le mie avventure da novello Angus MacGyver e agente speciale Dale Cooper. Fu la prima vera alba della mia nerditudine.

    *dissi che avrei resistito più di un giorno senza dormire; superai abbondantemente i cinque giorni, ma la notte del terzo giorno il Commodore 64 mi abbandonò a causa di un suo utilizzo eccessivo.

    L’Umano

    https://aspettandolestinzioneumana.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/la-prima-alba/

    #amiga #coltellinoSvizzero #computer #iSegretiDiTwinPeaks #macgyver #miniregistratore #nerd #nerditudine #nerdvana #scuola

    #amiga #coltellinosvizzero #computer #isegretiditwinpeaks #macgyver #miniregistratore
18. 

    Luca Frigerio @[email protected] · 2026-05-19 · 05:00 UTC

    Lo Space Rider è pronto per i test di atterraggio

    In questi ultimi mesi, lo Space Rider ha dovuto affrontare diverse verifiche tecniche che lo stanno via via facendo avvicinare al momento del suo primo volo. Tuttavia, prima che ciò accada, l’Agenzia deve verificare la parte più difficile della fase di rientro: l’atterraggio.

    Recentemente gli ingegneri europei hanno sottoposto il sistema di protezione termico della navetta a condizioni estreme, simulando anche l’impatto di un detrito spaziale. Nel contempo è in fase di completamento l’assemblaggio di un articolo di prova a grandezza naturale, non in scala, per l’esecuzione di prove di atterraggio guidato. Questi due ultimi test in particolare, segnano il passaggio dalla fase di validazione del singolo componente o sistema, a quella di simulazione delle fasi della missione.

    Lo Space Rider sarà il primo sistema di trasporto orbitale riutilizzabile, non abitato europeo. Esso, completo di modulo di servizio, è lungo otto metri, mentre la navetta è lunga 4,6 m e larga 2,2 metri. Il nuovo veicolo spaziale dell’ESA verrà lanciato dal razzo europeo Vega-C e avrà il compito di trasportare in orbita carichi utili paganti per missioni lunghe fino a due mesi e di ritornare quindi sulla Terra planando al suolo sui suoi pattini, appeso a un parafoil. Quindi, dopo essere stato scaricato e rifornito, sarà pronto per una nuova missione. Gli esperimenti che trasporterà nella sua stiva saranno relativi a dimostrazioni tecnologiche, alla ricerca farmaceutica, alla biologia, alla fisica, all’osservazione della Terra e alle telecomunicazioni.

    Il modello di test dello Space Rider presso i laboratori del CIRA di Capua. Credit: ESA

    Guardando specificamente alla fase del rientro dall’orbita, lo Space Rider, userà il proprio corpo portante (lifting body) per rallentare negli strati più alti dell’atmosfera, per poi planare atterrando appeso al suo parafoil orientabile su una pista di atterraggio. Questo è un sistema di volo decisamente diverso da qualsiasi altro reso operativo su di un veicolo spaziale. È una soluzione ideata per consentire previsioni di atterraggio più precise e un recupero più rapido del mezzo.

    Per completare l’articolo di test che verrà sottoposto al drop test (test di sgancio), il parafoil è stato debitamente ripiegato ed integrato. Il parafoil è un profilo alare flessibile in tessuto, composto da celle che si gonfiano con l’aria per assumere la forma di un’ala, offrendo così una buona governabilità durante la discesa. L’enorme parafoil dello Space Rider è largo 10 metri e lungo 27 metri– circa 10 volte più grande di un parapendio sportivo – perché dovrà sostenere i 2.950 kg della navetta durante la planata verso la zona di atterraggio. La complessa operazione di piegatura e integrazione è durata tre settimane e ha richiesto l’utilizzo di uno speciale macchinario appositamente costruito per ripiegare e impacchettare i paracadute e il parafoil. Se il loro dispiegamento dovesse fallire durante la discesa atmosferica, non ci sarà di certo un atterraggio morbido per lo Space Rider.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJgCxgBghhw

    «È meraviglioso vedere il modulo di rientro dello Space Rider prendere forma in questo modo. I vari team sono al lavoro da anni su questo progetto e benché questo sia un modello di test, è estremamente somigliante a quello che sarà in realtà», ha commentato Aldo Scaccia, manager dell’ESA per il segmento spaziale dello Space Rider. «I team non vedono l’ora di mettere alla prova questo modello e di vederlo volare e planare».

    Un dettaglio della strumentazione installata nel modello di test. Credit: ESA

    L’ESA intende svolgere nei prossimi mesi diverse prove di gancio tramite elicottero, nel sito di Salto di Quirra, in Sardegna, rilasciando il modello di test da una quota di tremila metri e tracciando il suo completo profilo di discesa. Questa campagna di collaudo non replicherà il rientro orbitale, ma sarà focalizzata sulla fase finale del volo, ovvero la parte più direttamente legata la recupero e riutilizzo del velivolo.

    Il prototipo della navetta include il sistema avionico, il quale è in grado di controllare il parafoil una volta dispiegato. Il software di guida, navigazione e controllo gestirà la discesa in tempo reale durante ogni prova di sgancio, reagendo alla variazione dei venti e ai cambiamenti delle condizioni di volo. Le funi di controllo del parafoil sono azionate da due verricelli controllati dall’avionica dello spazioplano; non è quindi necessario l’intervento umano durante questa fase del rientro.

    Thales Alenia Space Italy è il principale appaltatore industriale per questi test e divide la guida dell’intero progetto Space Rider con l’italiana Avio, essa inoltre ha incaricato il CIRA (Centro Italiano di Ricerche Aerospaziali) di Capua (Caserta), di sviluppare e testare il sistema di protezione termica della navetta. Naturalmente, come accennato all’inizio, anche la fase del rientro orbitale è stata testata a suo tempo. Infatti l’ESA ha completato nei mesi scorsi una campagna di test dello scudo termico nel Plasma Wind Tunnel (PWT) del CIRA facendo raggiungere alle superfici colpite da getti di plasma a velocità di Mach 10, temperature prossime ai 1.600 ℃.

    Dei tecnici collocano alcune delle parti da testare del modulo di rientro dello Space Rider all’interno del Plasma Wind Tunnel presso le strutture del CIRA di Capua. Il modello dedicato ai drop test è stato costruito a Craiova, Romania, presso il National Institute for Aerospace Research ‘Elie Carafoli’ (INCAS), prima di essere spedito al CIRA. Il CIRA è responsabile per la progettazione, l’integrazione e l’implementazione del drop test. Credit: ESA

    La parte inferiore dello Space Rider e dei due flap di controllo sono ricoperti da 21 piastrelle realizzate in ISIComp®, un materiale sviluppato dal CIRA in collaborazione con l’azienda bergamasca Petroceramics.

    Il volo di debutto della navetta europea dovrebbe avvenire nel primo trimestre del 2028.

    Fonte: Space.com; ESA

      Ove non diversamente indicato, questo articolo è © 2006-2026 Associazione ISAA - Leggi la licenza. La nostra licenza non si applica agli eventuali contenuti di terze parti presenti in questo articolo, che rimangono soggetti alle condizioni del rispettivo detentore dei diritti.

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    #avio #cira #droptest #esa #liftingbody #parafoil
19. 

    Mark Prince @[email protected] · 2025-11-30 · 09:00 UTC

    Cyber Monday Coffee and Espresso Deals 2025

    Black Friday may be done, but now we’re into Cyber Monday territory! What’s interesting this year is that the bigger ticket items — dual boiler machines, e61 equipped machines, coffee makers over $200 — are dropping quite a bit during Cyber Monday!

    We’ve been combing through both the private databases and also on the live Amazon site to find you the absolute best deals on the truly best gear. There’s lots of 50%, 60% sales off on craptastic coffee and espresso stuff, and you won’t find those listed here. We only list products that we’d want to own ourselves (or in many cases, already do).

    Some of these deals are carryovers from the Friday Black Friday sale. Most of the new Cyber Monday deals are listed right at the top, including deals we consider “door busters”. 

    Many of these deals are limited, both in timing and in inventory, so basically, if you snooze, you will lose out.

    Lastly, even if you aren’t shopping specifically for a coffee or espresso product, but do plan on shopping on Amazon during the Black Friday Event, please consider using our portal link; every purchase you make when visiting with this link generates a small commission for us, which we use to pay our writers and maintain the CoffeeGeek website.

    Now onto the Cyber Monday offerings!

    Cyber Monday Deals Incoming!

    These are the latest deals, dropping for Cyber Monday, but available as of this posting (Sunday, December 1). We’ll update this list one more time Monday morning.

    $100 Off Best Bang for the Buck

    Ninja Luxe Cafe Premier

    The Ninja Luxe Cafe Premier is the best bang for the buck espresso machine on the market today. It’s cold milk froth ability alone is a major standout. Just dropped another $30 on Nov 23!

    Regular Price: $599
    Sale Price: $499

    Get the Deal 20% Off Pro Model with Wood Handle

    Fellow Stagg EKG Pro Kettle

    Fellow has put their Stagg EKG Pro (and Pro Studio on sale in the past, but never the coloured models. This changes this year, with the lovely smoke green and maple wood model on for $60 off $40 off (the lower price was a limited lightning sale). 

    Regular Price: $199
    Sale Price: $139 now $159

    Get the Deal $500 Savings Super Auto in a Traditional Machine

    Breville Barista Touch Impress

    The fantastic Barista Touch Impress, with automated dosing, barista assist tamping, automatic milk frothing with many options and dozens of drink builds via the touch screen, is on an incredible Black Friday sale at $500 off. Get “barista” calibre drink builds, 95% hands off. 

    Regular Price: $1500
    Sale Price: $999

    Get the Deal 20% Off! The Industry Leader

    Baratza Encore ESP

    Baratza just dropped the Encore ESP price to it’s lowest ever, at $159 – this is even lower than the original Baratza Maestro was 20 years ago! Especially tuned for espresso, a great entry level grinder choice.

    Regular Price: $199
    Sale Price: $159

    Get the Deal $200 Off Fantastic Starter Espresso Machine

    https://amzn.to/4f4ODR6&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4f4ODR6', '_blank')"> Breville Infuser (Black)

    Sale’s back on! One of the best deals this Black Friday season continues on Cyber Monday, but has shifted from the silver model to the black model: the Breville Infuser is our darkhorse pick as the best starter espresso machine, and at $350, it’s a steal.

    Regular Price: $599
    Sale Price: $399

    Get the Deal 44% Off Do it All SCA Approved Brewer

    Braun Multiserve Brewer

    We’re currently working on a review for this brewer, and have come away impressed. Hot, cold, single serve, SCA-certified? It does it all. It even delivers hot water at different temperatures! Even lower Cyber Monday Price!

    Regular Price: $270
    Sale Price: $149

    Get the Deal $200 Off Prosumer PID and Preinfusion

    https://amzn.to/4fR9tVc&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4fR9tVc', '_blank')"> Diletta Bello+ in White

    The update to the original Diletta Bello, this high end prosumer machine has PID controls, programmable preinfusion, a massive heat exchanger boiler, and all steel construction. A beast of a machine.

    Regular Price: $2,100
    Sale Price: $1,899

    Get the Deal Rare Sale Great Entry Point Multipurpose

    https://amzn.to/3Osk1Oj&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/3Osk1Oj', '_blank')"> Fellow Opus Grinder

    An excellent entry point grinder, for almost all your grinding needs, the Fellow Opus is arguably the better of Fellow’s two grinders, because of the price vs value offered. We had something to say about the grinder. Sale is for white unit only.

    Regular Price: $199
    Sale Price: $159

    Get the Deal 28% Off The Complete Package

    https://amzn.to/3B2j0cU&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/3B2j0cU', '_blank')"> Breville Barista Express

    The best selling espresso machine of all time, at one of the lowest prices it’s ever been at. $550 gets you a quality machine, a good starter grinder, and bonus: there’s an entire industry of parts and gadgets for this machine to dive into.

    Regular Price: $700
    Sale Price: $499

    Get the Deal $40 off Ultimate for Espresso

    1Zpresso J-Ultra

    If you want the best manual espresso grinder on the market today, nothing beats the J-Ultra. One of the finest adjustment sizes, a fantastic burr design, and fast grinding action make it the ultimate.

    Regular Price: $200
    Sale Price: $159

    Get the Deal First Time Sale All metal brew grinder

    https://amzn.to/3OCKgBT&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/3OCKgBT', '_self')"> Fellow Ode Gen II Grinder

    The Ode II is a well regarded brew grinder (don’t use it for espresso), and with the bonus of lots of aftermarket burrs available to really take it next level. Both the black and white units are on sale this Cyber Monday. Built like a tank.

    Regular Price: $399
    Sale Price: $319

    Get the Deal $150 Off Best New Machine in 2025

    Ninja Luxe Cafe Pro

    Ninja released a more premium version of their already-excellent Luxe Cafe, called the Pro model, with barista assist dosing and tamping, and even more drink build options. Incredible value, and even better with a bigger price drop on Nov 23.

    Regular Price: $750
    Sale Price: $599

    Get the Deal $80 Off! Stylish and Advanced

    Fellow Aiden Coffee Maker

    Fellow only rolled out the Aiden under a year ago, but it’s already on a super deep discount during this early Black Friday sale. A very advanced auto drip coffee maker, in black or white.

    Regular Price: $400
    Sale Price: $320

    Get the Deal $215 Off Dual Boiler Prosumer Espresso

    https://amzn.to/4eWRNGc&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4eWRNGc', '_blank')"> Ascaso Steel DUO Espresso

    Now we’re moving full fledged into the dual boiler prosumer espresso range with this rare sale on the Ascaso Steel DUO. Very highly reviewed and regarded, a machine to use for decades.

    Regular Price: $2,100
    Sale Price: $1,885

    Get the Deal $100 Off One of our “Best Espresso Machine” picks

    https://amzn.to/4p9wPtC&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4p9wPtC', '_blank')"> Breville Bambino Plus

    We picked the Bambino Plus as one of our “Best Espresso Machines” because of everything it offers in a tiny package at an approachable price.  Auto steaming and frothing, at under $400?

    Regular Price: $499
    Sale Price: $399

    Get the Deal 20% off Flagship, Multi-Brew Device

    https://amzn.to/4fUNgWm&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4fUNgWm', '_blank')"> OXO Brew 12 Cup Brewer

    OXO’s top of the line brewer, with two different filter baskets, cold brew options, single cup options and more. We’re currently reviewing one, and it’s feature packed.

    Regular Price: $350
    Sale Price: $279

    Get the Deal CG Fave One of the best manual grinders

    1zpresso X-Ultra

    Our favourite grinder in all of 1zpresso’s lineup is the X-Ultra. Very fine resolution on the grind selections, and the easiest of the bunch to crank away on the grinds. $127 is a steal for this grinder.

    Regular Price: $169
    Sale Price: $127

    Get the Deal 36% Off SCA Approved, Thermal Carafe

    https://amzn.to/4fBmcLp&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4fBmcLp', '_blank')"> Technivorm MoccaMaster Thremal

    Cyber Monday Further Price Drop! If you want the boss of all Technivorm brewers, the Thermal 40oz Moccamaster is the one to get. Large batch brewer, keeps hot for hours. For a brief time, drops another 10% down to 36% off!

    Regular Price: $350
    Sale Price: $225

    Get the Deal 20% Off Part of the Studio Line

    https://amzn.to/40TbjjH&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/40TbjjH', '_self')"> Fellow Tally Pro Scale

    Fellow’s Studio Line scale, the Tally Pro, has a lot of features specifically designed for optimizing your brew coffee, from pour overs to Aeropress and Chemex.

    Regular Price: $200
    Sale Price: $159

    Get the Deal 40% off! Top of the Line

    De’longhi Dedica Maestro Plus

    This is the best machine in Dedica lineup, and is De’longhi’s answer to the Breville Bambino Plus. Has an improved portafilter, better cup clearance, full temperature controls, a 3 way solenoid valve, and more. A fantastic entry level machine.

    Regular Price: $499
    Sale Price: $299

    Get the Deal $110 Savings Limited Stock Act Quick!

    xBloom Studio Coffee Maker

    Though a bit more than the Aiden, this is arguably a way better “smart” coffee brewer, and definitely a favourite among the influencer crowd. Built in grinder, fully automated. First time on sale!

    Regular Price: $599
    Sale Price: $489

    Get the Deal 20% Off SCA Certified Brewer

    OXO Brew 8 Cup Auto Drip

    OXO currently offers 3 auto drip brewers, and this one is right in the sweet spot amongst the three. Lots of advanced functions, low profile, and SCA’s full certification make it a wise choice.

    Regular Price: $220
    Sale Price: $175

    Get the Deal 20% Off An AeroPress Alternative

    https://amzn.to/4eWV0WA&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4eWV0WA', '_blank')"> OXO Rapid Brew

    OXO’s bow shot against the AeroPress is their new Rapid Brewer device, which is $10 off. At $32, (it has now dropped to $27 for Cyber Monday!) definitely worth a try and a great stocking stuffer.

    Regular Price: $45
    Sale Price: $36

    Get the Deal 25% off The Updated Travel AeroPress

    https://amzn.to/3AV02F6&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/3AV02F6', '_blank')"> AeroPress Go PLUS

    The updated AeroPress travel brewer, complete with thermal brewing cup, redesigned plunger and a new look. At the full price, it might be a pass, but at 26% off, something to consider!

    Regular Price: $90
    Sale Price: $68

    Get the Deal

    New Deals, November 29

    Here are the absolutely latest deals dropping for Black Friday on Amazon and elsewhere. Updated 5pm Nov 29.

    $350 Off! High End at Budget PRice

    Philips 3300 Super Auto

    Philips higher end, with touch icon control, 6 drink recipes with customization, more advanced “Latte Go” system for milk, and the super bonus: SilentBrew, which isolates grinder and brewing noise for quiet operation.

    Regular Price: $899
    Sale Price: $549

    Get the Deal Lowest Price Budget Espresso Grinder

    https://amzn.to/4innziT&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4innziT', '_self')"> Timemore C3 ESP Pro Grinder

    Out of all of Timemore’s Grinders, this is our Senior Editor’s favourite but the green is very limited (black is also available); very fast, good action, nice tight grind selection, and packs up flat. He takes it on all his travel trips for portable espresso. This deal is for Prime members only.

    Regular Price: $110
    Sale Price: $79

    Get the Deal $60 Off SCA Certified, Bloom Mode

    Krups Essential Brewer

    Krups is back, yeah! Back in the day, these were the go-to auto drips. Well now with the Essential, they are back, SCA-Certified, Bloom mode, and just a kick butt auto drip. We’re testing one now.

    Regular Price: $200
    Sale Price: $139

    Get the Deal Best Scale of 2025 Smallest Scale

    Bookoo SC-Mini Scale

    What many consider the “Acaia Killer” scale, because of its size, quality construction, and super fast and easy to see readouts. Perfect for all espresso machines. First time on sale!

    Regular Price: $145
    Sale Price: $103

    Get the Deal Best Entry Level Close Out Sale

    Baratza Encore Grinder

    Baratza is winding down the Encore, that icon of an entry point home grinder, and are using the Black Friday sales to clear out stock. This is the lowest price it has ever been!

    Regular Price: $150
    Sale Price: $120

    Get the Deal 25% Off The top of Kingrinder’s Lineup

    https://amzn.to/3Z5MGhf&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/3Z5MGhf', '_self')"> Kingrinder K6 Manual Grinder

    Though we haven’t tested any Kingrinder K6, the entire lineup is well regarded, and even the Hoff himself loves the entire range of models. This is their top of the line, with external grind adjustment and upgraded burrs.

    Regular Price: $129
    Sale Price: $94

    Get the Deal $500 off! Flagship Super Auto

    De’longhi Eletta Explore

    The Eletta Explore is De’longhi’s flagship bean to cup superautomatic espresso machine, with a gazillion drink recipes and advanced auto frothing abilties

    Regular Price: $2000
    Sale Price: $1499

    Get the Deal $100 off! Entry Level Espresso

    De’longhi Dedica Duo

    Entry level espresso maker with cold brew options and traditional steam wand? Sign up that espresso newbie in your life! There’s also some great colour choices – a fantastic Christmas gift idea.

    Regular Price: $300
    Sale Price: $199

    Get the Deal

    Continuing Black Friday Deals

    These are some of the best ongoing and continuing deals during Amazon’s Black Friday, which are continuing through Cyber Monday. We’ve also included some deals on other vendor sites (we don’t make commission income from them). These are some of the lowest prices of the year.

    36% Off Best scale under $50

    https://amzn.to/4fwKq9E&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4fwKq9E', '_self')"> MHW-3Bomber Mini Cube Scale

    This is one of our favourite mini scales on a budget. We especially love the auto-on feature when you place 100g or more on the scale. Accurate and fast.

    Regular Price: $46
    Sale Price: $30

    Get the Deal Buy from Breville Auto Grinding and Tamping

    https://breville.oie8.net/BaristaExpressImpress&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://breville.oie8.net/BaristaExpressImpress', '_self')"> Breville Barista Express Impress

    The super popular Barista Express, with an automated grind and barista-assist tamping system, built in. Some prefer this over the other barista assist models because it has the older (and hotter) thermoblock system. Buy direct from Breville!

    Regular Price: $800
    Sale Price: $649

    Get the Deal 15% Off 48oz Volume

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XNT8KKW?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.1MWT48R6DKELB&linkCode=tr1&tag=coffeekid-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.1MWT48R6DKELB_1732704097804&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XNT8KKW?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.1MWT48R6DKELB&linkCode=tr1&tag=coffeekid-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.1MWT48R6DKELB_1732704097804', '_self')"> Presto Nitro Coffee System

    A nice larger (48oz max capacity) infusion system for brewing nitro coffee. Start with ice cold brew, add to the device, seal it up and infuse with whipper creamer capsules. 5 minutes later, lovely nitro coffee!

    Regular Price: $150
    Sale Price: $130

    Get the Deal Buy from Breville Automate Everything, Instant On

    https://breville.oie8.net/BaristaTouchImpress&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://breville.oie8.net/BaristaTouchImpress', '_self')"> Brevile Barista Touch Impress

    Brevilles’ most advanced brewer in the barista line, it automates almost all parts of building an espresso drink. Instant on, instant steam. $300 off! Buy direct from Breville!

    Regular Price: $1,500
    Sale Price: $1,200

    Get the Deal Buy from Baratza Weight Based Flat Burr Grinder

    https://baratza.pxf.io/g1z1kA&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://baratza.pxf.io/g1z1kA', '_self')"> Baratza Vario-W+ Grinder

    Another grinder from Baratza that’s never gone on sale before, the Vario-W+ with its built in live scale is one of the best brew grinders on the market. Buy direct from Baratza!

    Regular Price: $600
    Sale Price: $480

    Get the Deal 30% Off Wired and Wireless

    https://amzn.to/4eDXkBt&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/4eDXkBt', '_self')"> Cocinaire Coffee Grinder

    A bit shocked to see this new buzz-worthy product on sale, and at 30% off to boot. It’s been getting some great reviews, and lets you go off the grid, with USB-C power!

    Regular Price: $300
    Sale Price: $209

    Get the Deal CG Top Pick One of the Best Manual Grinders

    https://amzn.to/3Vq8h31&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/3Vq8h31', '_self')"> 1Zpresso X-Ultra Grinder

    Our favourite grinder in all of 1zpresso’s lineup is the X-Ultra. Very fine resolution on the grind selections, and the easiest of the bunch to crank away on the grinds. Very well made; $135 is a steal for this grinder.

    Regular Price: $169
    Sale Price: $135

    Get the Deal Testing Now Off the Grid

    https://amzn.to/3Zf7nbO&#039" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://amzn.to/3Zf7nbO', '_self')"> Outin Nano Travel Espresso

    We’re currently reviewing this travel espresso device, and it’s performing well enough to make our Black Friday list as a solid recommendation.

    Regular Price: $160
    Sale Price: $120

    Get the Deal

    New Products Added November 25

    New early Black Friday Deals are being added by Amazon and vendors, and we’ve highlighted a few below.

    20% Off Make Nitro-Infused Coffee!

    Nitro Coffee Press

    Here’s a kit dedicated to making nitro-infused coffee in the home. TBH, the full retail price is a bit much, but the sale price makes this appealing!

    Regular Price: $180
    Sale Price: $144

    Get the Deal Great Deal Give this brew method a try

    3 Cup Siphon

    We love siphon coffee at CoffeeGeek, and if you can get into it with a self contained 3 cup kit for around $30, there’s no excuse not to try.

    Regular Price: $38
    Sale Price: $30

    Get the Deal $30 Off Full Temperature Control

    KitchenAid Precision Kettle

    KitchenAid’s top of the line, cordless, precision temperature pour over kettle gets great reviews, and is a good choice if you love this brand.

    Regular Price: $160
    Sale Price: $130

    Get the Deal 20% Off Versatile and Useful

    Normcore Shot Mirror

    This is the same mirror we use in the CoffeeGeek lab for our espresso machines. The magnet’s great, and the mirror is easy to position.

    Regular Price: $30
    Sale Price: $24

    Get the Deal 20% Off Something Different!

    Transparent Tamper

    IKAPE is making a name for themselves, making quality espresso accessories. This is their force tamper, but transparent, to see what’s going on inside.

    Regular Price: $46
    Sale Price: $36

    Get the Deal $100 Off Entry Level Espresso

    Delonghi Dedica Arte

    If you think $500 for an espresso machine is too much, the Dedica lineup from Delonghi could be your salvation. This is a premium version of the Dedica, and $110 off!

    Regular Price: $299
    Sale Price: $199

    Get the Deal

    Timemore Products on Sale

    The Timemore lineup of products are on at Black Friday pricing, most at 20% off. You can see them all via this link. We’ve selected a few highlights.

    Lowest Ever Basic and Functional

    Chestnut C2 Grinder

    Timemore’s entry level grinder still gets the job done, and works great as a travel grinder. This is its lowest ever price.

    Regular Price: $70
    Sale Price: $55

    Get the Deal Excellent Deal Folding Handle!

    Chestnut C3s Pro

    An excellent, upgraded burr set grinder from Timemore in a unique colour and with their patented folding handle.

    Regular Price: $100
    Sale Price: $80

    Get the Deal Espresso Fits tight spaces

    Basic Mini Scale

    Same as the Basic scale above, but in a smaller format to better fit espresso machines.

    Regular Price: $70
    Sale Price: $55

    Get the Deal PRecision Flagship Grinder

    Chestnut S3 Grinder

    Timemore’s new flagship manual grinder with external precision grind settings and an even better burr set.

    Regular Price: $160
    Sale Price: $127

    Get the Deal

    1zpresso Grinders on Sale

    These are some of the best manual coffee grinders on the market today. All 1zpresso models are on sale, here’s three highlights.

    Best in Class Flagship Model

    K-Ultra Grinder

    1Zpresso’s flagship, all around grinder, designed to do brew grinds as well as espresso grinds. Also the biggest savings.

    Regular Price: $260
    Sale Price: $207

    Get the Deal 20% Off Mid Priced – Top Quality

    J Series Grinder

    Though not 1zpresso’s least expensive grinder, it is getting close, but still features premium build quality all metal construction.

    Regular Price: $140
    Sale Price: $111

    Get the Deal

    MHW-3Bomber Products on Sale

    Like Timemore, MHW-3Bomber has put their entire lineup on sale for Black Friday on Amazon. You can see them all via this link. Here’s our highlights.

    Wood Accent 54mm for Breville

    Force Feedback Tamper

    A functional, nice looking tamper with wood accents and a ripple base.

    Regular Price: $46
    Sale Price: $36

    Get the Deal Good Deal For Breville

    Chopped Portafilter

    A very beautifully finished chopped portafilter for all 54mm Breville machines. Includes 3Bomber’s unique filter basket.

    Regular Price: $50
    Sale Price: $40

    Get the Deal Single Dose 8 Tubes with Funnel

    Bean Cellar

    3Bomber does make one of the nicer bean cellars out there: the stand and funnel system are unique, and the tops are 1-way valves.

    Regular Price: $76
    Sale Price: $60

    Get the Deal 30% Off! With a Built In Sifter

    Blade R3 Grinder

    Really excellent hand grinder, precision controls, and a unique fines sifter sytem built in.

    Regular Price: $110
    Sale Price: $80

    Get the Deal

    More Deals to Come!

    We’ll be doing our next update on Saturday, showcasing all the new deals to drop this weekend for Amazon’s huge Black Friday event. Stay tuned!

    #amazon #BestDeals #blackFriday #cyberMonday #deals

    #amazon #bestdeals #blackfriday #cybermonday #deals
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    Mark Prince @[email protected] · 2024-05-06 · 13:30 UTC

    … and that truly is a shame that very few folks are talking about the Melitta Senz V coffee brewer. Because it’s quite unique, and has a ton of super geek out features built in. It comes in two variants: one with bluetooth installed so you can use a special app; and one without. Otherwise, it is absolutely feature packed: It has

    • two built in scales
    • a hydraulically controlled flow release valve
    • two thermometers
    • an auto start timer 
    • a brew analyser (rudimentary, but it relies on mathematical calculations)
    • rechargeable battery via USB, and…
    • it has a TDS meter, built in.

    Crazy, right? So why isn’t anyone talking about this brewer? Well, I have my theories.

    Melitta and the Modern Influencer

    Melitta is a very old school company. Old school in that they don’t really communicate well with modern, 2020s (or 2010s, or even 2000s era) marketing vibes out there. I mean, just look at their Canadian website; it just reeks of “Madison Avenue Marketers” (google that).

    For a century and longer, Melitta were pretty much the only pour over game in town (Chemex was the outlier), but once Hario arrived on scene with the V60 system, getting it into key, influencing cafes, websites, and other “under 30 marketing” circles, it was almost as if the Melitta system didn’t exist, and people started to think Hario invented pour over coffee. (they certainly did not, but they did revitalize it, for sure).

    Melitta to this day operates like a company from the 1970s or 80s. They don’t seem to understand the concept of “go viral”, or how to reach out and work with magazines, websites, Youtube influencers and TikTok folks to get their products noticed, recognized, and lusted after.

    Sure, Melitta has a few Instagram channels, no doubt run by some third party marketing company. But they do not get involved directly in the specialty coffee industry. I cannot ever recall seeing Melitta at a Specialty Coffee Association Expo. I cannot ever recall them sponsoring barista events, brew competitions, or even fostering competitions and marketing promoting their pour over systems. Perhaps things are different with the company over in Europe, but in North America, they operate like a kind of “commodity coffee company”, via their marketing and advertising, and definitely not like a cutting edge specialty coffee brand.

    So when the company comes out with a range of really cool products, like the Melitta Momentum Line over in Europe, or the Melitta Senz V Connected Brewer which is available in Asia and the States, “we” just don’t hear about it. With very few exceptions their products are not featured on any of the popular Youtube channels (3 years ago, they got Hoff to review one Momentum product). They aren’t written up on websites like ours. It’s not featured in Barista Magazine (that I know of). There’s no demos at the 2024 SCA show in Chicago. 

    And that’s a shame. Because the Melitta Momentum line looks really interesting if you dive into their details on the different brewers. Ditto on the Melitta Senz V. Melitta really needs to do a better job. I feel they missed the boat on the entire pour over resurgence, instead paddling slowly behind the SS Hario’s giant wake. 

    That said, the Melitta Senz V is such a cool device, that we bought two of them, to test and fully review on CoffeeGeek. And that review is coming very soon.

    The Melitta Senz V Connected Pour Over Brewer

    I do a ton of research online when reviewing products, writing various histories of coffee, drafting out our how tos and guides, and about 2 years ago, I stumbled across a Taiwanese video (thank the stars for auto-translate) showing this nifty tower pour over system with a built in scale. I noticed the name Melitta on top and thought… “What the…!”. The translation was saying things like TDS readings, scales, temperature readings and the like, but the fellow didn’t have a TDS meter out, or a scale. (sadly, that video is no longer available on Youtube)

    Turns out all those things were built directly into the pour over tower, which at first glance looked a lot more simple: a black base plate, wood arms, and a glass and white ceramic top portion. It had all those things inside of that? And it was from Melitta? Get out! 

    I had a contact from years back at Melitta, so I fired off an email. It bounced back (the person was no longer with the company). I found a press contact email, and sent one there. No response. Months went by, and I forgot about it. 

    About a year ago, I was going through a chain store in Western Canada called London Drugs. They are famous for getting esoteric, rare and unusual devices and appliances on their shelves for short runs. I even bought a Krups Moka Brew at London Drugs, back in 2005.

    During my visit about a year ago, I saw on the shelf the same Melitta Senz V brewer that I had seen in the Taiwanese video a year earlier. It was just $99, so I bought one right away. When I got home, I was disappointed to find out it was the non-bluetooth version of the device, so it was initially set aside. 

    Half a year ago, I stumbled across another Asian barista video showing the Melitta Senz in action. This one without the app involved, and it seemed the device had a lot of features that didn’t rely on the app. So I dug the unopened box out of storage, and put the brewer to use. That’s when I discovered it had a TDS meter built in. Two scales. Temperature probes. Even a hydraulically controlled flow valve. Pretty cool! 

    Unboxing the Melitta Senz V (the Connected Version)Only the “Connected” version of the Melitta Senz V has Bluetooth and control via an app.The USB charger on the Melitta Senz VThe flow valve and electrical connections for the upper brewing chamberThe probes in the glass brewing chamber

    I knew I had to review it, but I felt I had to get the bluetooth version before I did. It’s not available in Canada, so I ended up buying from the US Amazon store, and had it shipped up here to Canada. (sidenote – as of this blog post, the bluetooth “Connected” Melita Senz V isn’t available any longer on Amazon; the link above is to the non-bluetooth version).

    Once it arrived, the Senz V app (by a third party, called Wabilogic) was loaded on my Android phone, and I went to town. After several months of using the devices and doing a lot of comparisons and real life walk throughs, it turns out the app and bluetooth are kind of just an added gimmick; you can actually get a lot out of the brewer without the app.

    In fact, I had a bit of a love-hate thing with the Wabilogic App, to the point where it reminded me of the Acaia apps. When they work, they actually present some really good timeline info about your brew. But it didn’t always work.  I will cover this a lot more in the full review.

    Why the Melitta Senz V is Good

    I want to save most of my info for the full review, but consider this a bit of the TL:DR version.

    For around $150 or less, you’re getting a pour over brewer device that includes a) a scale, b) temperature readers, c) timers, and d) most importantly, a TDS meter, all built in.

    I put Melitta Senz V’s built in TDS meter up against a DiFluid R2 refractometer and was kind of amazed to find out the Melitta unit wasn’t far off the hyper-accurate R2. When the R2 was reading 1.32 extractions (after temperature balancing the refractometer), the Melitta scale display was showing ranges of 1.28 to 1.35. Certainly enough to be a good reference point.

    The Melitta Senz V has a programmed workflow in the device as well; turn it on, press the start button once, and it asks you to add your ground coffee. Press it again, and the scale zeros out and indicates it is ready for brewing water to be poured. As soon as you start pouring, the timer starts automatically. When you’re done the brew, if it detects no change in 1 minute, it will finish the brew cycle, presenting you with the TDS, the average brewing temperature, brewing time, and its estimate on what the finished cup is like, saying things like balanced, bright, mild, strong, bitter etc. You can also complete the brew and get these numbers by pressing the start / stop soft button one more time.

    Here is the manual if you want to see more about the features and what the brewer is capable of.

    I also happen to think the brewer looks gorgeous. Very Scandinavian in design. I almost never use the carafe with it – instead preferring to brew directly into a ceramic mug – but the carafe too is very pretty. Just don’t put it in the dishwasher.

    Of course, it uses Melitta #2 filters only (though there is an Asian version of this brewer with a round ceramic filter holder that can accommodate V60 and Kalitta Wave filters). I happen to like Melitta’s paper filters a lot, so this definitely works for me. 

    Our full review will have a workflow video, and a lot more details about this brewer, including the Wabilogic app and the good and bad about that. But I’m confident enough to recommend you buy one of these if you want an interesting, and feature rich, all in one pourover system, especially if you like to geek out on TDS numbers and such. 

    https://coffeegeek.com/blog/new-products/melitta-senz-the-pour-over-no-one-is-talking-about/

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    skariko @[email protected] · 2025-04-30 · 06:55 UTC

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24. 

    skariko @[email protected] · 2025-04-30 · 06:55 UTC

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25. 

    skariko @[email protected] · 2025-04-30 · 06:55 UTC

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    #cassaforte
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    skariko @[email protected] · 2025-04-30 · 06:55 UTC

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    https://www.lealternative.net/2025/04/30/safe-space-uno-spazio-privato-su-android/

    #cassaforte
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