Docket No. 0264 · 264 of 999
Copper Matinee
Espresso in a cream cortado
An espresso in a cream cortado, #264 of 999. Roastery light, walnut counter. Spiral on the surface. Sugar Cube. Common, roast score 111.6.
The recipe
18.2 g in · 38 g out · 28 s · 94 °C
- Grind 18.2 g fine enough that the first drops take five seconds to appear, and distribute before you tamp.
- Pull to 38 g in 28 seconds. If it runs fast it will taste thin and sour; if it chokes, coarsen by a hair and pull again.
- Serve in the cortado without waiting.
- The spiral is set on at the pass, not poured — there is no steamed milk in this one, so it is drawn in the sugar cube with a pick.
- Rest a sugar cube on the saucer. It is for the drinker to decide, not the barista.
Traits
| Category | Value | Share | Cups | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel | Cortado | 71 | 7.1% | |
| Glaze | Cream | 100 | 10.0% | |
| Brew | Espresso | 110 | 11.0% | |
| Pour | Spiral | 51 | 5.1% | |
| Topping | Sugar Cube | 38 | 3.8% | |
| Steam | Rings | 75 | 7.5% | |
| Counter | Walnut | 152 | 15.2% | |
| Atmosphere | Roastery | 157 | 15.7% |
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.
- 0:00The light through the frontMid tempo · 94bpm
- 12:55The grinder warms upFour to the floor · 125bpm
- 24:53Rain startsMid tempo · 96bpm
- 35:50Half the lightsTwo step · 133bpm
- 50:31Closing the blindFour to the floor · 125bpm
- 1:05:03The ledger openTwo step · 134bpm
- 1:17:23Just the fridgeFour to the floor · 126bpm
- 1:28:46Two in the morningMid tempo · 94bpm
- 1:37:35Turning the signLow and slow · 80bpm
- 1:51:32Morning againMid tempo · 96bpm
Rarity
- Grade
- Common
- Roast score
- 111.6
- Rank
- 618 of 999
- Peak tier
- Rare
- Scarce
- nothing
- Metadata
- JSON
The edition is the only thing that reproduces this cup. Hand rollCup(264) to the engine and you get it back exactly — no image, no metadata, no database.