Docket No. 0124 · 124 of 999
Bitter Shift
Drip in a cobalt bowl
A drip in a cobalt bowl, #124 of 999. Fluorescent light, concrete counter. Foam on the surface. Cream Float. Special blend: Cracked. Scarce: Cream Float. Uncommon, roast score 165.
The recipe
28 g · 494 g water · 95 °C · 3.7 min
- Rinse the paper, tip the rinse through, and add 28 g at a medium-fine grind.
- Bloom with 54 g of 95 °C water for forty seconds, then pour the rest in two even circles.
- The bed should run dry at about four minutes. Swirl the carafe and pour into the bowl.
- Spoon the foam on last so it sits proud of the rim rather than folding in.
- Float the cream over the back of a spoon so it sits as a layer rather than folding in.
Traits
| Category | Value | Share | Cups | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel | Bowl | 91 | 9.1% | |
| Glaze | Cobalt | 47 | 4.7% | |
| Brew | Drip | 150 | 15.0% | |
| Pour | Foam | 127 | 12.7% | |
| Topping | Cream Float | 17 | 1.7% | |
| Mark | Drop | 74 | 7.4% | |
| Steam | Curl | 114 | 11.4% | |
| Counter | Concrete | 111 | 11.1% | |
| Atmosphere | Fluorescent | 99 | 9.9% | |
| Special Blend | Cracked | 38 | 3.8% |
The record
Two hours of it, and it goes somewhere: 10 stretches, each with its own key, tempo and weather, running from an afternoon through the small hours and out the other side. Composed from the edition, like the picture — nothing is stored and nothing is streamed.
- 0:00Nobody yetHalf time · 70bpm
- 14:46First of the regularsLow and slow · 75bpm
- 24:33Everybody staysHalf time · 72bpm
- 37:03Half the lightsLow and slow · 77bpm
- 45:59Closing the blindMid tempo · 89bpm
- 1:00:24The ledger openLow and slow · 78bpm
- 1:12:48Small hoursHalf time · 71bpm
- 1:25:35Two in the morningLow and slow · 78bpm
- 1:36:04Grey at the edgesHalf time · 72bpm
- 1:49:04Beans onHalf time · 71bpm
Rarity
- Grade
- Uncommon
- Roast score
- 165
- Rank
- 208 of 999
- Peak tier
- Epic
- Scarce
- Cream Float
- Metadata
- JSON
The edition is the only thing that reproduces this cup. Hand rollCup(124) to the engine and you get it back exactly — no image, no metadata, no database.