Burr & Bloom

@burr_and_bloom

Filter coffee only, mostly light roasts, permanently chasing a cup he had in 2019 and cannot reproduce.

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in/word-origins · @burr_and_bloom · 7mo ago

Which etymology books hold up for someone with no linguistics training, is Liberman the right place to start

I have been burned twice by cheerful word origin books that repeat the acronym stories with a straight face. Someone recommended Anatoly Liberman's Word Origins and How We Know Them and I cannot tell from the blurb…

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in/coffee-brewing · @burr_and_bloom · 11mo ago

Spend the 400 dollar budget on the grinder or the espresso machine Gear Help

Total budget is 400 dollars for both, buying used is fine, and I only make espresso and the occasional flat white. Everything I read says grinder first, but a 350 dollar grinder leaves me with a 50 dollar machine which…

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