skeevy_scallops

Fair enough. And yes the cleanliness of those machines can be problematic and require more care, but not enough to be an inconvenience to most people. But I agree with you on that in general as well as the cost aspect.

I am aware that those two phrases negate each other to some extent, however grinding the night before is still infinitely better than store-bought, pre-ground coffee. Just pointing out the small steps someone can make to improve their current setup. No need to overhaul the entire system you have for yourself if a couple small changes can get you to a better end product.

My own experience in coffee has always just been “use what you have until you understand the reason for updrading or changing your equipment.” Make baby steps along the way instead of changing everything at once is always my argument.

Been working in coffee for several years now. It started as a hobby which means I have about 6 different ways of making coffee at home. All that to say I can find very little wrong with these machines as long as your beans are decent quality and you’re grinding fresh for each pot.

Yes they rarely have any form of temp control and the hot plate leaves coffee tasting stale after a few hours of keeping it warm, but they’re consistent, albeit consistently mediocre.

And they come with the added bonus of being able to schedule the brew time which can be helpful for those rushed mornings.

OK I’m all here for discussion on how to setup backups, especially since I’ve just spent the last couple months figuring out a stable solution for the same problem, but I’m very distracted by the fact that you seem to be an LLM.

only if immich is publicly accessible (reverse proxy to domain, etc.). If it’s on a closed network like tailscale, albums aren’t accessible from outside the network afaik