Cruisey dude talking about coffee and throwing in a steezy fakie kickflip for good measure. Positive vibes indeed, subbed my man!

the cat&cloud crew always makes my day

The shirt reveal was super fun to watch lol! So was the Positive Vibes dance at the end! This is why I wish you guys were on the east coast! So many dry shops and "know it alls" around. Love the fun man!

Stoked you gave the coffee technicians some love in this video! Shad is such an amazing resource when it comes to coffee gear! I've been planning on sending you and Jared an email asking you guys to chat a little bit on the podcast about the role of coffee technicians at Cat and Cloud. As a long time specialty barista who also works as a technician, I would love to hear your thoughts on the future of technicians in specialty coffee since it is becoming more and more technologically advanced as far as the machines we use everyday. As usual, great video, Chris!

109 degrees out there you have a little hat and hoodie on.

Santa Cruz. My first delve into coffee there at the bookstore in 1977. Great town! Cheers!

Do a podcast about your orientation! Would love to hear what you talk about besides bean to cup. Cafe culture? Do you get into coffee basics?

Baca! Nice upload! Love to know more about ABR. Happy Birthday Jared! Yeeewww! 🤙🏻😎

We use our ABR in Brewratio mode, and then let it assume dose for all extractions except for espresso orders, then we weigh the portafilter. Works the same as mass mode until you decide to weigh.

now for a prosumer ABR

man I really hope I can come check this place out this next week.

Yo Baca!! I would love to see a follow up to this video. How is the machine working out? which modes are you using at the cafe? are you guys going to get more of these for the new cafes? any technical problems? Has it helped workflow? Thanks for being a inspiration to me and my small biz.

Auto Brew Ratio is the way to go. Grinders are just not consistent enough at this time. Our peaks will vary by .5g from shot to shot and not sometimes even 1g which sounds like very little but when you have an ABR machine you will see it makes a difference. So the ABR deals with that.

I really like the Verve build in downtown. It's super functional for everything and the baristas are like performers in that space. And WOW the Strada is ridiculous now, so many choices and what an incredible machine!!! Even a 2nd wave shop could make a decent cup of coffee with one of those...okay probably not.

What pre-infusion setting do you have it set to?

Fakie flop and gorgeous machines

So you don't have to weigh the portafilters before you dose anymore, since they save the weights? Also talk about brand ambassadors, Shad is the man! La Marzocco is killin it from all angles with great machines and great people.

I went to one of the Linea ABR sessions last year - the ABR seemed a little too clunky (could have just been some teething issues that have since been refined). For me it seemed easier to have it extracting by weight, and then keep the same workflow for dosing grams in. Either way, it's great that companies like La Marzocco push them envelope with equipment like this - in time it will be further refined and it wont impact workflow as heavily. Separate conversation.. with ABR, I wonder how much of a difference you'll taste if the brew ratio is the same but the grams in and out are different, and how much room to move you'd realistically have before it has too big of an impact on what's in the cup. (for EG, if you had a whole extra gram in the basket, it would have a dramatic change to flow rate and as a result probably lead to over extraction in the cup?) You're the one who's getting the Strada ABR - would love to see another video down the track experimenting with it further, no doubt we will see something at some point. Keep Frothin'

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Love the videos Chris! Appreciate the work you put into them. Would enjoy hearing more about the new shop and how it differs from your Santa Cruz location. What factors influenced your decisioning process? Whats your vision for the new shop? Thanks!

that machine so cool just put the portafilter below head group lol

YO. Between AV and ABR for a new shop - do you find that you utilize the ABR programming in the day-to-day flow? The extra steps seem like they’d add a lot of time to the flow...

Saving your your brew ratio to accommodate minor changes in dosing is genius! If that's rocking consistent results that's totally gonna speed up your workflow if your grinder is equally consistent. Why don't all machines have this?!! #newstandard? #if***inghopeso

You should make Jared rock a bee suit for a day.

Is the flip side the best side to be on? And, if one is on the flip side, and they decide to flip sides, would they still qualify as being on the flip side? Thank you.

"...it wasn't ME Bro"!

3:29 🚨🚨🚨 Comic Sans Alert 🚨🚨🚨

Hey man, @RealChrisBaca! Love the new Strada. Scale integration tech is tight! I hope i can get to work on one one day! I sent you a DM on insta to tell you about a training experience I had recently where I was able to use some of the knowledge from your videos to educate some newbies to specialty coffee on espresso theory. The name Peter is in the user name (I'd rather not put the full one up here). There isn't any requests or other bull in there, just appreciation. I hope you get a chance to check it out. Thanks!

Luck brought you beautiful girls change the time of photography

I might have watched the Jared bee at the beginning like 12 times. Lol

The work flow with the ABR is too slow for me. Mass mode all the way.