Docket No. 0500 · 500 of 999
Small Hours Drift
Matcha in a bone diner
A matcha in a bone diner, #500 of 999. Morning light, steel counter. Leaf on the surface. Cocoa Dust. Kraft sleeve. Special blend: Ghosted. Uncommon, roast score 185.7.
The recipe
2 g matcha · 78 ml · 78 °C · whisk 11 s
- Sift 2 g of matcha into the bowl. Unsifted it clumps and no amount of whisking fixes it.
- Add 78 ml at 78 °C — boiling water makes it bitter — and whisk in a W, wrist only, until the surface is all fine foam.
- Pour into the diner straight away; it separates within a minute.
- The leaf is set on at the pass, not poured — there is no steamed milk in this one, so it is drawn in the cocoa dust with a pick.
- Dust cocoa over a stencil held a finger above the surface.
Traits
| Category | Value | Share | Cups | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel | Diner | 156 | 15.6% | |
| Glaze | Bone | 161 | 16.1% | |
| Brew | Matcha | 36 | 3.6% | |
| Pour | Leaf | 27 | 2.7% | |
| Topping | Cocoa Dust | 85 | 8.5% | |
| Sleeve | Kraft | 109 | 10.9% | |
| Mark | Barcode | 43 | 4.3% | |
| Steam | Wisp | 173 | 17.3% | |
| Counter | Steel | 96 | 9.6% | |
| Atmosphere | Morning | 207 | 20.7% | |
| Special Blend | Ghosted | 15 | 1.5% |
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.
- 0:00Four in the afternoonHalf time · 71bpm
- 8:34The grinder warms upHalf time · 71bpm
- 16:22Two conversationsLow and slow · 79bpm
- 25:57Steam on the glassMid tempo · 92bpm
- 34:35Wiping downLow and slow · 78bpm
- 46:41After sixMid tempo · 89bpm
- 55:18The ledger openLow and slow · 79bpm
- 1:07:40Small hoursHalf time · 72bpm
- 1:17:40Two in the morningLow and slow · 78bpm
- 1:27:03The quiet partMid tempo · 91bpm
- 1:40:25First busHalf time · 71bpm
- 1:50:13Beans onHalf time · 71bpm
Rarity
- Grade
- Uncommon
- Roast score
- 185.7
- Rank
- 122 of 999
- Peak tier
- Epic
- Scarce
- nothing
- Metadata
- JSON
The edition is the only thing that reproduces this cup. Hand rollCup(500) to the engine and you get it back exactly — no image, no metadata, no database.