Worked at a local coffee shop during university. Learned the fundamentals and fell in love with the craft.

My beloved one bought me a basic espresso machine. Realized I missed making coffee. Started down the rabbit hole.

My first machine just stopped working and we couldn't save it. So as a self-birthday gift, I invested in a Breville Bambino. The home café dream begins.

A year later, I decided to level up: a proper coffee grinder. I’d been getting by with a basic blade grinder, and while it worked, I wanted way more precision for my espresso shots. So I invested in a Baratza Encore ESP, a solid burr grinder that finally gave me the consistency I was chasing.

I fell down the rabbit hole and started upgrading all the small things: a proper coffee distributor, a WDT tool with those tiny needles to break up clumps, a precision tamper to replace the sad stock one, a stainless-steel puck screen (because apparently everyone uses one and I wasn’t about to be left out), and even a tiny RDT spray bottle to tame static before grinding. At this point, it stopped being just coffee, it became a whole ritual.