Vincent. Holy smoke.

#schach #chess #vincentkeymer

At $16 for a liter this is a damn fine #riesling from the #mosel. Steinmetz never disappoints, even his entry-level wine has beautiful character.

Elegant and delightfully sweet cup of #coffee from Turihamwe, the first washing station built, owned and run by women farmers in #Burundi.

A light roast of Red Bourbon beans grown at 1750 m altitude. Roasted by Boon Boona.

I knew Instagram wouldn't make it easy. Can't wait to get out of there.

Hilton, Nashville TN - La Marzocco nightmare

#coffee

I can't get over the fact that Robert Hübner mastered Finnish just because he wanted to be able to chat with his Finnish pals. I've been struggling to learn Javascript for a decade, not getting anywhere.

He even ended up translating books from Finnish into German.

He was a great chess player.

The diversity of characters in Mann’s Magic Mountain astounds me every time I read it. It’s not just Castorp or Settembrini - every personality in this book is portrayed with so much creative insight that each could easily be the protagonist of its own book. Pure magic.

#thomasmann #zauberberg

In 1995 #NASA
tested a spider's web weaving capability under the influence of various drugs. Below is a comparison of a normal web with one where the spider had sampled #caffeine.

#coffee

rarehistoricalphotos.com/nasa-spiders...

I am 2/3 through the fascinating #coffee history "Where the Wild Coffee Grows". After learning about coffee's origin in #Ethiopia in part 1, following its sensational tour through the rest of the world in part 2 I now return to Kafa, which, apparently, holds the key to coffee's future.

Maurice Ashley's moderation of the official #FIDE press conferences was a refreshing and much needed change compared to previous years. His questions were always on-topic and tactful. Give that man a long-term contract.

#chess #DingGukesh

#coffee

Coffee. Chess.
Chess. Coffee.

#chess #coffee #DingGukesh

Beethoven loved #coffee (according to his diaries).

After moving to Vienna his shopping list of necessary items lists coffee as the 2nd item (even before shoes and pianoforte-desk).

Top of the list was wig-maker.

Apparently, he ground exactly 60 beans to brew a cup of coffee.

I am new to the #espresso game and built my own WDT tool to break up the lumps in the portafilter, using a #whisky cork and some needles. It seems to work.

You curse the puddle as you are trying to step out of it. But what if you can't? What if, for some reason, you are stuck? The discomfort will increase and your own inability to do something about it further adds to your misery.

Maybe Hines will step up to become a bus driver one day. Maybe.