Docket No. 0297 · 297 of 999
Midnight Watch
Cortado in a cream paper
A cortado in a cream paper, #297 of 999. Dusk light, steel counter. Wave on the surface. Tape sleeve. Common, roast score 127.9.
The recipe
17.4 g · 38 g out · 30 ml milk · 1:1
- Pull a double straight into the paper.
- Steam a small jug to 59 °C — warm, not hot, and flat.
- Cut the shot with the same volume again. It should be one colour all the way down.
- Pour from height to sink the foam, then drop the jug to the surface and walk a wave through the crema.
Traits
| Category | Value | Share | Cups | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel | Paper | 109 | 10.9% | |
| Glaze | Cream | 100 | 10.0% | |
| Brew | Cortado | 58 | 5.8% | |
| Pour | Wave | 30 | 3.0% | |
| Sleeve | Tape | 43 | 4.3% | |
| Mark | Ring Stamp | 82 | 8.2% | |
| Counter | Steel | 96 | 9.6% | |
| Atmosphere | Dusk | 110 | 11.0% |
The record
Two hours of it, and it goes somewhere: 13 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 · 96bpm
- 8:38Someone at the windowFour to the floor · 126bpm
- 19:52A long middleFour to the floor · 125bpm
- 27:47Rain startsTwo step · 132bpm
- 36:31Half the lightsJungle · 165bpm
- 43:32Closing the blindTwo step · 132bpm
- 55:02One for the roadFour to the floor · 126bpm
- 1:04:55Nine, and still hereFour to the floor · 124bpm
- 1:13:11Small hoursTwo step · 132bpm
- 1:23:47Reading the old pagesFour to the floor · 123bpm
- 1:30:42Ink and lamplightMid tempo · 94bpm
- 1:40:42Grey at the edgesLow and slow · 79bpm
- 1:50:56Beans onMid tempo · 93bpm
Rarity
- Grade
- Common
- Roast score
- 127.9
- Rank
- 448 of 999
- Peak tier
- Epic
- Scarce
- nothing
- Metadata
- JSON
The edition is the only thing that reproduces this cup. Hand rollCup(297) to the engine and you get it back exactly — no image, no metadata, no database.