Since I bought Kompresso in April, my major coffee drinks were made by Kompresso. With a cheap Ikea milk frother, I sometimes made a caffè latte. My office has been under an “A/B Team” policy since this year. When I was working from home, I used Kompresso. How about the week working at the office? Kompresso is small too, and it’s easy to make an espresso-like coffee. However, coffee residues are usually spread over the table during brewing. I hate making my working table dirty. Therefore, I decided not to drink Kompresso at the office. Instead, I brewed drip coffee. ...

Almost every coffeeholic wishes he could make of making a caffè Latte at home. However, it seems impossible to make it without the aid of an espresso machine. This was the question I faced a couple of days after I bought the Kompresso. Many products are claimed to froth the milk for Caffè Latte easily. The most famous one is Subminimal NanoFormer, which costs more than HKD 300. At that time, I was still unsure whether I would buy an espresso machine. If I bought one, the steam wand in the espresso machine would replace a milk frother. NanoFormer would then become a waste. ...

I had been drinking Nespresso for 9 years, but I hadn’t investigated what actually inside the capsule is. One day, I tore the capsule and weighed the content. The capsule consists of about 5 g of coffee. Nespresso suggests using one capsule to brew a shot of 40 mL espresso. The 1:8 ratio is inauthentic to espresso brewing. Increasing the dose to about 1:2 will cost us 4 capsules. This is much more expensive than buying speciality coffee beans. Nevertheless, Nespresso doesn’t mention the origin and roast date of the coffee beans. The capsules sold in markets in Hong Kong are usually stale. ...

In August last year, a coffeeholic, Kin, named himself Barista Gor Friend (friend of a barista), started his business by teaching basic coffee knowledge in various aspects. He advertised in an online broadcast channel I’ve been listening to. I wanted to learn more about coffee and meet new friends sharing the same interest. Therefore, I attended his class. Kin earned a couple of certifications from Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), a non-profit trade organisation for the specialty coffee industry. The coffee class he organises is not just for teaching, but to meet with other coffeholics and people who want to learn more the basic knowledge. People often start learning about coffee without rich resources. After spending lots of time and money, they still can’t determine if something is good or bad or distinguish the general difference between coffee beans from Africa and South America. ...

Before knowing Notion, I used Evernote as my main note-taking application. Almost all the notes were well-managed in Evernote. With the paid plan, Evernote was installed on all my computers, phone and tablet. However, the free version only supports concurrent logins on two devices, forcing me to log in and out to switch devices. The paid annual subscription supports logins on more than two devices, which is expensive. When I found Notion and spent a few days evaluating it, I stopped the annual subscription to Eventnote and moved everything to Notion. ...

Regarding the original blog post about my coffee journey earlier this year, I’d like to talk more and share the updates in recent months. I began the journey by drinking instant coffee and canned coffee. It’s said that caffeine excites our brains. Drinking coffee helps wake people up. Although it was ineffective to me, the mixing of bitterness and sweetness makes me feel good. I consumed instant coffee and canned coffee a few times a week. ...

I have been in the IT industry since graduation. Five years ago, the company promoted agile development. Since then, I have been working as an agile coach. Time flies. I am now a development lead who leads a small product team. Scrum is the primary practice my company adopts. In the meantime, I also learned others like Kanban, SAFe, etc. Combined with these practices and other knowledge learned from books, my team gradually formed a specific working practice. ...

Welcome to my first English blog! Learning by teaching is an effective tool. With blogging, I can share what I learned and feel interested. I can also organise the knowledge I gained during different experiences. I can also express my views. I’ve been blogging since 2006. For many reasons, I gave up blogging, restarted after a couple of years, and then gave it up again a few times. In January, I wiped off all the old blog posts and started writing on WordPress.com, challenging myself to write one blog post every three days. In about 300 days, I completed my challenge by writing 100 blog posts without missing the schedule. ...