Docket No. 0519 · 519 of 999
Grey Refrain
Chai in a kraft tulip
A chai in a kraft tulip, #519 of 999. Morning light, walnut counter. Feather on the surface. Cinnamon. Printed sleeve. Special blend: Shattered. Scarce: Shattered. Rare, roast score 229.2.
The recipe
5 g masala · 90 ml water · 90 ml milk · 6 min
- Crack the whole spices — clove, star anise, cardamom — and simmer them in water for 6 minutes before the tea goes anywhere near it.
- Add the leaf and 90 ml of milk, and bring it up to the rise three times without letting it boil over.
- Strain into the tulip. Sweeten in the pan, not at the table.
- Pour from height to sink the foam, then drop the jug to the surface and draw a feather through the crema.
- Grate cinnamon over the top — a rasp, not a shaker.
Traits
| Category | Value | Share | Cups | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel | Tulip | 99 | 9.9% | |
| Glaze | Kraft | 111 | 11.1% | |
| Brew | Chai | 26 | 2.6% | |
| Pour | Feather | 26 | 2.6% | |
| Topping | Cinnamon | 66 | 6.6% | |
| Sleeve | Printed | 49 | 4.9% | |
| Mark | Monogram | 55 | 5.5% | |
| Steam | Heavy | 86 | 8.6% | |
| Counter | Walnut | 152 | 15.2% | |
| Atmosphere | Morning | 207 | 20.7% | |
| Special Blend | Shattered | 21 | 2.1% |
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 frontHalf time · 72bpm
- 11:13Someone at the windowHalf time · 75bpm
- 21:46A long middleLow and slow · 79bpm
- 30:34Everybody staysLow and slow · 77bpm
- 42:59Half the lightsLow and slow · 81bpm
- 54:52Closing the blindLow and slow · 78bpm
- 1:03:46Nine, and still hereHalf time · 75bpm
- 1:16:15Nothing on the streetLow and slow · 78bpm
- 1:25:30Reading the old pagesHalf time · 74bpm
- 1:33:55Ink and lamplightHalf time · 72bpm
- 1:41:43Turning the signHalf time · 75bpm
- 1:49:53OpenHalf time · 75bpm
Rarity
- Grade
- Rare
- Roast score
- 229.2
- Rank
- 42 of 999
- Peak tier
- Epic
- Scarce
- Shattered
- Metadata
- JSON
The edition is the only thing that reproduces this cup. Hand rollCup(519) to the engine and you get it back exactly — no image, no metadata, no database.