Docket No. 0269 · 269 of 999
Bitter Hymn
Espresso in a bone demitasse
An espresso in a bone demitasse, #269 of 999. Dusk light, walnut counter. Rosetta on the surface. Cream Float. Scarce: Cream Float. Common, roast score 123.3.
The recipe
17.6 g in · 35 g out · 28 s · 91 °C
- Grind 17.6 g fine enough that the first drops take five seconds to appear, and distribute before you tamp.
- Pull to 35 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 demitasse without waiting.
- The rosetta is set on at the pass, not poured — there is no steamed milk in this one, so it is drawn in the cream float with a pick.
- 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 | Demitasse | 54 | 5.4% | |
| Glaze | Bone | 161 | 16.1% | |
| Brew | Espresso | 110 | 11.0% | |
| Pour | Rosetta | 58 | 5.8% | |
| Topping | Cream Float | 17 | 1.7% | |
| Steam | Curl | 114 | 11.4% | |
| Counter | Walnut | 152 | 15.2% | |
| Atmosphere | Dusk | 110 | 11.0% |
The record
Two hours of it, and it goes somewhere: 9 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.
- 0:00Four in the afternoonMid tempo · 94bpm
- 13:42The machine finds its pressureTwo step · 132bpm
- 29:21Everybody staysJungle · 165bpm
- 43:22After sixDrum and bass · 172bpm
- 53:51One for the roadDrum and bass · 172bpm
- 1:06:09Nothing on the streetJungle · 162bpm
- 1:20:14Two in the morningFour to the floor · 123bpm
- 1:32:12Grey at the edgesMid tempo · 94bpm
- 1:44:56Beans onMid tempo · 91bpm
Rarity
- Grade
- Common
- Roast score
- 123.3
- Rank
- 493 of 999
- Peak tier
- Epic
- Scarce
- Cream Float
- Metadata
- JSON
The edition is the only thing that reproduces this cup. Hand rollCup(269) to the engine and you get it back exactly — no image, no metadata, no database.