Hello everyone and to friends from the past, hello again! AM has recently pointed me in your direction and I'm thankful for it. It seems I wasn't the only one to become disenchanted with the direction 'the other site' was taking. Anyway, back on topic and to the intro.... I'm Casey (the boy one, not the girl one) and an Aussie who lives in Hong Kong. I fly an Airbus A330 up here having taken the usual career path pilots take - a lot of horrible jobs till you get to the one you really want. Growing up I was an expat brat as my father was in mining, having lived in Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong amongst others so my return here 7 years ago was a homecoming of sorts. My interests outside of coffee are gliding (had to replace the motorbike with something), fine food (both cooking & consumption of) and wine, scuba diving, golf and travelling. A Speedster has sat on my kitchen counter and I'm just as impressed with her as the day she arrived. A Macap M4 stepless is the other half of the duo. Like most coffee tragics I have an Aeropress, Clever Coffee Dripper, Syphon, MyPressi and most other toys that come along and they are used for travel, self-education and novelty. I'm currently working on permission to carry the gas bottles for the MyPressi on board to ensure quality coffee during my overnight trips away. Here's hoping! Finally, I roast on a laptop/DMM'd Hottop P that I've found a way to make more manual and stretch a gradual rise in post-first crack temperature. If friends requests for more beans are a suitable yardstick then I think I'm doing ok 😉 I look forward to getting to know or reacquainting myself with you all but until then, best wishes. Brgds, Epic76
