It doesn't matter how popular a hobby is, a person with a passion for something is always amazing to see and talk to

As someone who dives into the rabbit hole of hobbies as well (custom keyboards, cycling, coffee, fighting controllers) I never related to a video harder than this

Really relate to the fun of diving into a practice or craft. That obsessive learning feeling supplemented by cool hardware is sooo addicting

As someone who is relatively deep into the coffee rabbit hole, it's cool seeing others getting into it

People seem to think lately that if they enjoy a hobby instead of being an entrepreneur they are somehow wasting their life. Especially if that hobby is video games. It’s the only hobby that is unanimously considered to be a waste of time especially by people who never miss their sports team play, or have no problem binge watching a Netflix series. Somehow passive viewing is considered normal, but active playing and involvement is for kids and it’s time to grow up. Strange phenomenon.

I went through my whole teenage years repressing my hobbies or stuff I enjoyed just to fit in with my peers, in the end, when I just went out and accepted who I was and what I was into I had a blast, and people around me didn't even care that much, being free to wear what I want, nerd out about what I enjoy and having a physical representation of what I love, be that an album, poster or shirt makes me extremely happy with myself.

When you talked about hobbies, time, and mastery, there was a comment I saw a long time ago that explained how this person tried out many different things but never truly mastered any of them but an older person told them "I think it's interesting how you got to try out so many things. You may not be a master of any of them but you have amassed a wealth of experience in multiple things thing over just one or two." As for hobbies defining you, bear with me, this might sound cringe as the younger crowd puts it but hobbies to me are probably the worlds oldest form of that isekai genre that's gotten so big over the past few years as what hobbies essentially do is introduce you to a whole new world to explore and understand. Recently the rabbit hole I've been getting into is tea. A big favorite that's come out from my exploration was one called blue people which is pretty sweet on its own amazingly with nothing added. The shop I got it from told me supposedly the name 'blue people' was a translation error no one bothered to correct for thousands of years. Can't wait to see the new machine you teased near the end!

My sister decided to get into golf. Her husband got her a tee time at Pebble Beach through some connections. She ended up having such a meltdown on Hole 18 that she took a $1,200 set of clubs and threw them into the ocean. She went back to fighting games after that. I miss my sister.

I'm the same with hobbies. Gaming, specific techniques, control types etc. Lockpicking, using different pics, learning how locks really work. It could be a field of psychology or science, I'll read a couple dozen books about one topic. Martial arts or simply running. How do I run properly, what is the difference in running styles, what shoes work best for different terrains and why? I wish I could live forever, I would never be satisfied

Skateboard is that hobbie for me. Learning about the physics of the board shapes and wheel base, truck geometry, wheel and bushing derometer, then learning about recovery. Ankle workouts, jumping exercises, falling or tumble training.

Taking preperations to main Azucena to a new level.

This is the most relatable video, I'm literally into coffee and fighting controllers, as well as keyboards and other gear related hobbies lmao why are we like this T_T

Games were definitely an escape thing for me as a kid. Instead of doing math at school I prefered making new maps for friends in JJ2TSF :v I had them heavily limited to weekends only, so when I grew up it kinda became "why not" thing. But as I was also heavily into writing and reading, I started looking into games as another narrative nature. So if someone asked me, I would say my hobbies are creative writing, narration, animation (but only theory :v ), and games, with fighting games being a huge part of that. Glad to see those coffee vids are still a thing! It's how I found this channel and love them :D

Yupeee!!!! COFFEE IS BACK!!! BLESSSSSSSS

Relating very hard to this video... I went down the rabbit hole of video games, of rock climbing, of coffee... And I'm a better and more balanced person for it

Sometimes I have hobbies around my main thing I want to dedicate my life. I like collecting mechanical pencils, which I use for drawing, I like collecting Magic the Gathering cards because of the art, melodicas and so on

Yk what I love you, Thank you for letting me able to embrace on my hobbies

I personally love hobbies that are less about collecting. I love mechanical keyboards, I love headphones, I love arcade controllers, but all of them have on thing in common: collecting masses and ending up using just one thing in each category.. have 5 keyboards? Awesome! Which of those 4 are collecting dust? Still super fun to nerd and talk about these things.. but the magic ends sooner or later. I gotta admit I still fall into the trap of sometimes making a purchase that gives me short term and sometimes even long term satisfaction, but not always. Now hobbies that just keep on giving, that's something else. Listening to music, making music (I love my piano so much, my God), art, sports, all of these examples differentiate themselves from the things I've mentioned first. You don't collect, you just do things and you often learn much more, meaningful skills too! That said. All hobbies are great, but I wanted to share my thoughts and preferences, because on the internet you often get pressured to buy so much stuff. There are hobbies that are almost free or just require one thing!

Its funny that i have the same hobbies besides coffee. My rabbit hole hobbies are headphones, drawing, watches, cardistry. On a side note i feel like Tik Tok, IG reels, etc make you feel like your hobby needs to be popular. As always love the vids!

So glad KZfaq recommended me your channel. Espresso and drawing are my two main hobbies, so it was really fun to see you talk about all the gear you got.

Learning about how things work and getting invested in a hobby is probably the most enjoyment we can have. Now of course you don't always have to dive in but be open and especially if people like what they do allow them to gush about it. My buddy is really into aquariums and aquascaping. To me personally I'm not super interested but I love hearing the ins and outs and to share some enjoyment even if it passes. It lifts up your friends and you learn something new.

I always thought that you can (generally) predict how a person is by how it writes, how it talks and what hobbies do they have. I reeeeally missed this series. Shoutouts to you! Good morning!

Man, I really missed these. Glad they're back and glad you're enjoying making them.

This video spoke directly to me 😂 Currently rocking a Comandante X25 grinder, and just got a Handpresso to make espresso on the go. Absolutely love the process of hand-crafting coffee. At one point I really got into making Ocha, and got a nice quality Tetsubin and Kyusu. And this because I enjoyed the process more than the tea itself (still more of a coffee guy.) Fighting game gear, racing sim gear, flight sim gear, Go (weiqi) game stuff. I seem to rotate my "main" interest around every few weeks, but they all get some love eventually.

I really enjoy this series please keep doing it!

I will watch every single one of these involving coffee

Thank you for bringing this back. Keep it

Ahh I haven't watched one of your coffee vids in years. Happy to see them again!

Whenever i went down a rabbit hole or have a hyper fixation on something your channel would pop up lol thank you for the drawing videos back then and thank you now for the endless amounts of fightpads and controller reviews ❤

Excellent video, so many good points!

This content is extraordinarily interesting. Awesome video again!!!

I just wanna say the first time i ever saw a Hario V60 was in one of these videos and it blew my mind that coffee could be made in such an involved and purposeful way. It really inspired me to pursue coffee as my main hobby and its really part of who I am today.

I first started watching you when you bought your Nintendo switch. I am also into coffee and espresso and have been using my Breville Barista Pro for a couple years now. Glad to see your venturing into this espresso hobby. Looking forward to future vids.

It's really nice to see you make another coffee video! I really love these, they're a nice comfy break. I drift away and drift back from this channel as the topics you cover change to ones I'm more or less interested in and as someone who also really gets into hobbies it's really fun coming back to see you go down different rabbit holes, even though they're not always ones I'm personally interested in. I really appreciate this channel and it's one I've come back to many times since 2016, so thanks for all the cool vids :)

I gotta say being lost in them like flow state is so fire and amazing which is coming through slowly but gradually more so And im grateful that im getting back to it Even when it comes to coffee, tarot cards or d&d Along with learning Its so fun and progressive

One of the 'simple' hobbies i picked up in 2018 was tetris, its just fitting 7 types of blocks into each other, so when watching Classic Tetris videos on youtube i thought it's something i could do too, but it was endlessly fascinating how each piece can be used to solve counter-intuitive problems to set up for the next several pieces, or in the case of modern multiplayer tetris, how players optimize their damage output while balancing survivability during as they clear out the garbage layers.

Thank you for sharing about your hobbies from the beginning. I hope we can learn more about coffee. Speaking of myself, I really like hardware/computers/arcade stuff. I think this led me to learn more about arcade sticks and how we can use them for gaming, especially fighting games, which is my main rabbit hole right now and the reason I started watching your content. Hobbies make us happier people in this squared and boring world of ours.

I've been a subscriber for 6 years now, but because I don't play fighting games too much anymore I haven't visited your channel as often. That being said, watching this video brings me back to the early days of really enjoying your skate vlog series and While I'm Making Coffee series. And now the topic of this video and how it's presented couldn't have come at a more perfect time for me in my life so I just wanna thank you. Keep up all the great work you've been doing and let's continue down our own respective rabbit holes! (mine's music, very specifically electric guitar, to answer your question at the end of the video.)

I really like these videos, feels like a solo podcast in a nice digestible size.

Missed the coffee talks! We are very similar in terms of coffee not affecting my sleep. It doesn't wake me up, but it also doesn't keep me up. Great talk - I'm at a point where I am wanting to cut back on certain other hobbies to focus on ones that make me happier and give me more satisfaction doing it.

Seeing this video was like seeing me whenever I buy drawing pencils and other art supplies. They may not be tools that I use a lot for my drawings, but I still think they're neat to have.

I get it now. Embrace your dreams and whatever happens, protect your honor, as a SOILDER

It's so weird, we have the same exact hobbies XD I always felt we had a similar way to look at things, but watching this video and discovering the we are into the same freaking things... now I understand why I like your content this much :) I discovered yoyoing right around the same time I got into fighting games and building my own controllers! Coffé is more of a recent thing, I just got myself a Sage Barista Express Impress machine... I'm enjoying the process and more than anything digging into the rabbit hole! Very cool video man, keep em coming. Cheers from Italy.

These are amazing, I have an 1zpresso as well and haven't looked back.

You showing all these interesting tools and not making an espresso with them is pissing me off so much.. Great video:)

This video has been sitting on my home page for weeks and I finally gave in. The title is an important statement for me personally.

Welcome to the coffee hole! It's a fun wild ride! If you didn't already know I usually recommend James Hoffman to both experienced and new people; he just has good content at all levels of the field. And I absolutely share the sentiment! As an avid lover of coffee and a lot of other hobbies I removed for the sake of cybersecurity, it's like. How could you not?? Sadly the only one hobby/obligation I simply have to get good at, is doing things I don't like or love. Oh, the irony haha. Anyway, keep it up!

I really enjoyed this video and hearing your point of view on hobbies. I wish that I could be someone that took a more active interest in hobbies as most of mine throughout my lifetime have been pretty passive. Because of this I am pretty weak at dealing with adversity in general, the first bit of resistance usually causes me to quit or slow down. This was fine for a long time but has actually started causing me quite a lot of mental anguish. It seems like hobbies for a lot of people that take an active or curious role in approaching them turn out to be a safe place to build up that adversity and willpower to push through to get to the deeper and more rewarding parts of the hobby. Hopefully I can try my best to develop this willpower and curiosity before it becomes too late in my life to do so.

My work makes me so miserable that I kinda have no energy for anything anymore. I love video games and sports actually but after work I am so exhausted that I just wanna sleep

My biggest hobby currently is magic the gathering's commander format, but not necessarily for playing, but rather deckbuilding. Coming from a game like yugioh, the idea of creating a 99 card deck and catering it to favor a single legendary creature or vise versa is a really intersting puzzle to try to solve.

Damn now I want some coffee

New room looks nice! Haven't seen one of your videos in a while...

nihongo gamer is a yoyo enjoyer, he's so based for that, always loved practicing yoyo especially when I saw the Super Sonic Spinner anime and real-life adaption

I like the coffee talks!

My hobby is tea. There's a lot to Chinese tea brewing. So many varieties to try and there's a lot of fine tuning your brews

Best way to start the morning! BUT FIRST! Coffee!

I have a handful of hobbies that I put in rotation as I don't have the mental bandwidth, time available, or funding to have all of them active. I'm into photography, computers/video games, mechanical keyboards, and camping. All of the above are paused at the moment except for video games as I'm still playing/able to play after work (recently got back into Pokemon Go too). On the other hand, a childhood hobby I really liked but somehow gave up was drawing - always used to doodle on school documents, draw on my spare time, etc. As I grew up I found the last time I really was into it was college. I think with the advent of adult life I've found myself daydreaming and visiting my fantasy worlds, really using my imagination less and less... I've tried multiple times during the years to get back into it but it just never stuck.

your timing is impeccable lol, just bought a 3d printer and looking at other equipment but wondering if i could become something with my hobbies lol

im really into coffee myself, and you've done a really great job in explaining espresso in layman's terms XD

Looking at your coffee gear, you aren't far enough down the rabbit hole yet!

yeaaaa, i know what you mean about underlying complexity. Started with the typical 4/5 blade facial shavers then thought, man... can i just improve this experience? And now I'm using those single blade razors with facial creams that i gotta whisk myself. it's so therapeutic being able to experiment with the little things

Got back into acrylic painting and watercolours. Spent money on some nicer professional supplies and have been having so much fun.

my rabbit hole hobby is tamagotchis and virtual pets. i always think i’ve reached the end of the hole only to found out it’s much deeper!

1st comment 1st view! Great vid and great to meet you at Evo Japan last year. Love your work and passion. I was a barista and worked in a roastery for close to 10 years fulltime and then while I was studying, great video!

I'm getting deeper into the espresso coffee rabbit hole. Ordering stuff to mod my espresso machine with PID temperature and pressure control then take the whole thing apart to see how it works

Love this kind of content. We both makin coffee and I don't feel alone

A hobby of mine is to enjoy classical music, and I love that you included Gymnopédies at 7:04 in to the video.

You should try an aeropress if you haven't already. Gives you quick access to pretty much every variable of making the coffee

I got my degree in audio engineering after I was a singer in a band, so I understand the allure of music composition. Now, I use my degree to make video game soundtracks that no one will play 😅

I am currently at the exact same point of the coffee rabbit hole as you. Cheers.

Disc golf is a hobby like that. Seems really simple, but damn is it a rabbit hole :D Both in material and technique/form

Interesting perspective on why you enjoy hobbies. I'm not sure the REASON I try things is the complexity of a seemingly simple thing. I would argue that music does not seem simple at all. For me, it's the ability to express myself creatively. I find the things with endless combinations tend to pull me in the most. If there was only classical music, I would imagine I would get bored of music and move on pretty quickly, but the reason I started playing music is simply I enjoyed the creativity and could improvise and make something unique every single time. The same thing goes for chess, dance, gymnastics, and video games. They are all mediums with almost endless combinations that I can use to express myself creatively. Whether it seems simple or not, as long as I can be creative with it, I'll probably chase that rabbit hole.

Really loving this WIMC series man. Makes the weekday grind a bit more enjoyable. Please keep them coming!

Roast green coffee beans! Also, try to make an ultra dry cappuccino!

Always looking forward to these, but I can't believe that after showing all the gear for all the steps, you didn't end the video making a single cup with all your new stuff.

Disc golf! Where the same exact disc model (mold) can fly entirely different from each other based on plastic blend and weight. Not to mention that every one has a different form based on body type or past injuries.

I really like drip coffee and when I first started out back in 2020, it was exciting. I have 2 different grinders (my own cheap grinder and then an antique one my grandma had in the back) and 2 different methods of heating up milk for it (kettle and the cylinder machine). But now I'm finding it difficult to figure out how make coffee without tasting too bitter nowadays since I've gotten into a routine without thinking. It's a bit tough. But something I like to do is scout out coffee shops to see what it is about their coffee that makes it taste the way it does (besides the sugar syrup) and what kind of unique flavors i could add to it. Sometimes i like putting vanilla and cinnamon or crushed up fruit juice. Or even better, putting hot chocolate into the milk and then pouring into coffee. But if the dripped part of the brew is bad, then it falls apart. I still drink it, but I can't help but want it to taste better because of potential. I like that I was able to continue coffee making even if I struggle to have consistently good. As for another hobby I picked up that I haven't had much success with but still feel passionate about: I'm vocaloid fan that found that singing along and playing rhythm is not enough, so i picked up bass a couple years ago and did classes so I can start with foundation, but I have been very spotty about practicing due to time and motivation and life hitting me left and right. It's for sure a hobby you have to be more actively disciplined to even get around to playing what you want to play. I've never played an instrument before that but I always wanted to. So my first thought was "Bass will probably be easy enough to pick up and then i can go into guitar" and then that changed quickly once I learned its role in music playing. After that, I found myself listening to more of the bass parts of music and enjoying it more and began to search for more music that prominently features it or just find more music in general. To kind of alleviate my lack of playing though, I'm trying to learn how to read music sheets to songs I like to translate the notes into actual letters to be a bit more legible. It's pretty fun. It's still hard tho lol. but let me tell you, on top of hobbies, having a car you love and want to keep alive and then finding out about Initial D really fuels that desire to go down the rabbit hole of wanting to learn more about cars and learning what you like and how you want to maintain what you have. And i can never shut up about my car when it gets brought up

I get recommended this while taking a mental health break from fighting games and now im being pulled back in 😢

Really nice video, the only bad thing about coffee as a hobby is having to wash everything later :(

I'm really into coffee stuff these days :) have fun with the hobby! It's hard not to comment advice about it lol but I'll just let you explore.

I've used a tamper to make soil flat, however, one does not simply walk into ten Mordors, to do that you might need EXpresso.

No matter how important the task, coffee comes first

Photography, coffee, gaming, tea, baking

I fully endorse all these references of going Down the Rabbit Hole 😉

but i think we can all agree that the thing stopping us from exploring a hobby further is money Gear is expensive You can explore it with videos but it does not really give the same experience as when you actually do it yourself

Arcade sticks... Yo-Yos... Coffee... are you me?

I'm in a controller rabbit hole now.

Now I understand why your logo is you making coffee

Bread making. I started in 2017 to make my own nice bread on the cheap.

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The best way to grind coffee is to do it manually, because the grinder can be tuned manually in a way that every grain will grind the same way. Machines have the risk of grinding the coffee evenly and even burn the grains. There a channel called Flat & White that explains this in full details and so many more things that people tend to do the "wrong" way. The only problem is that is in Spanish hehe, but maybe they'll have Eglish subs.

I have the exact same espresso machine and I've been wondering if there would be a notable difference if I upgraded for a very long time. Looking forward to your next video, will the upgrades be worth it?

I feel this with anime and manga :D

well we all fall for those traps 🤣

funny that I came upon this video while Im considering getting a $600 electric coffee grinder because I gave myself tennis elbow from my hand grinder

Been a while since the while making coffee

literally me few days ago when i spend close to $500 for new paint and modelkits (gunpla and super robots). then proceed to go to ultraman convention on the same mall. everybody looking to me as a weirdo oldguy. but hey, at least im happy!

I recently got into the coffee rabbit hole myself and it actually started with turkish coffee SO I bought myself a cezve, [actually i bought three of them, one I gave to the staff room at my school, the other one is for bigger cups of turkish coffee and one for smaller doses] turkish coffee, I bought three kinds of turkish coffee, pre ground because I didn't have a grinder at the time. Then recently I went to the store and found that they have a coffee grinder there, the staff showed me how to use it and I grounded my first bag of turkish coffee there [they have turkish coffee grind size] it tasted good Then I was looking into getting myself a moka pot because in the staff office, I used to make coffee on different coffee machines, electric drip coffee machine and a moka pot and I liked it. Then I bought myself a cheap 12 euro coffee hand grinder and whole beans so I can enjoy fresh coffee with it [it can make turkish coffee too but the resulting cup seems to be too light for my tastes, it's probably because of the light roast cofffee I use, I am not sure, I will experiment some more once I get more money for different roasts] and then yesterday I put my coffee bean bag in the freezer because I heard if you freeze coffee beans then you can preserve the freshness better. Hopefully my next step will be to buy freshly roasted coffee because I saw in a James Hoffman video that the coffee in the store is not fresh and that you have better luck at getting freshly roasted coffee at coffee shops Now it's looking into specialty coffee and coffee taste testing and pour overs and aeropress and a french press [I used one at the school office there too, I tried to follow the instructions of a youtube video on making a tastier cup of french press with less grit but I got interrupted by my teacher] I don't have the funds to buy all that stuff right now but hopefully as time goes on, I will be able to own some more coffee stuff and make different types of cups with these tools and gear. [One thing that excites me the most is that my teacher says he may have an old moka pot that he doesnt use anymore that he can give me, that would be cool] Now all my low knowledge of coffee comes from youtube videos and youtube videos of James Hoffman explaining coffee. Let's not forget those youtube shorts with all the fancy cool coffee bar that I like to watch just because.

Sorry if someone else already asked this, but have you ever tried making coffee with a Moka or a Neapolitan? Here in Italy practically everyone has one. Have a nice day :)

I hate the taste of coffee but I loved this video 👌