Docket No. 0028 · 28 of 999
Paper Quarter
Espresso in a kraft diner
An espresso in a kraft diner, #28 of 999. Roastery light, napkin counter. Ring on the surface. Foam Crown. Special blend: Double. Common, roast score 137.4.
The recipe
18.1 g in · 37 g out · 24 s · 94 °C
- Grind 18.1 g fine enough that the first drops take five seconds to appear, and distribute before you tamp.
- Pull to 37 g in 24 seconds. If it runs fast it will taste thin and sour; if it chokes, coarsen by a hair and pull again.
- Serve in the diner without waiting.
- The ring is set on at the pass, not poured — there is no steamed milk in this one, so it is drawn in the foam crown with a pick.
- Build the foam a centimetre above the rim and let it set for a moment before it travels.
Traits
| Category | Value | Share | Cups | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel | Diner | 156 | 15.6% | |
| Glaze | Kraft | 111 | 11.1% | |
| Brew | Espresso | 110 | 11.0% | |
| Pour | Ring | 47 | 4.7% | |
| Topping | Foam Crown | 69 | 6.9% | |
| Mark | Drop | 74 | 7.4% | |
| Counter | Napkin | 79 | 7.9% | |
| Atmosphere | Roastery | 157 | 15.7% | |
| Special Blend | Double | 31 | 3.1% |
The record
Two hours of it, and it goes somewhere: 12 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 · 92bpm
- 10:07First of the regularsFour to the floor · 125bpm
- 20:36Two conversationsTwo step · 133bpm
- 32:55Steam on the glassJungle · 166bpm
- 43:39Half the lightsJungle · 165bpm
- 53:36Closing the blindJungle · 165bpm
- 1:02:50His handwritingJungle · 163bpm
- 1:12:10Small hoursTwo step · 135bpm
- 1:20:53Two in the morningFour to the floor · 125bpm
- 1:28:45Ink and lamplightMid tempo · 94bpm
- 1:39:39First busFour to the floor · 124bpm
- 1:48:36Beans onMid tempo · 93bpm
Rarity
- Grade
- Common
- Roast score
- 137.4
- Rank
- 382 of 999
- Peak tier
- Epic
- Scarce
- nothing
- Metadata
- JSON
The edition is the only thing that reproduces this cup. Hand rollCup(28) to the engine and you get it back exactly — no image, no metadata, no database.