BaggaZee

Why does it look burnt? Is this a lever thing somehow?

If it is an M5 the head diameter will be more like 8.5mm.

Vee

Apart from the PITA that it undoubtedly is, captcha is quite cool technology, your efforts to identify all traffic lights in a picture etc. are being used to train AI for self driving cars. This may or may not cheer you up a tiny bit!

For under £8 this is worth a punt! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainless-Steel-Coffee-Tamper-Holder-Stand-Rack-Tools-Tamping-Station-Black/192857117432?hash=item2ce72e12f8:g:pjYAAOSwD1pcIc8z

Thanks Mrs. M.

Slightly off-topic but I love the milk jug. Do you mind sharing where you got it?

It isn't tapered. Have a look at the other owner pics. https://coffeeforums.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=39623&d=1553162393

I'm sure they invest in some lovely equipment and nice beans but maybe training high-turnover staff just isn't viable.

I can't recall ever having a decent cup of espresso in a restaurant. This includes a good number of Michelin starred restaurants. It's bothered me for years and I have considered telling them but that would usually mean introducing coffee 'fussiness' to either a romantic dinner or a work lunch. Neither would be great.

I'd have been shocked to hear otherwise!

I found this handsome chap in the garden a year or two ago. He was stuck on his back so I gave him my hand to grip. Boy, can they grip! [ATTACH=CONFIG]39814[/ATTACH]

Stag larvae do get huge! I hope you didn't squish them? I think they might even be protected species.

Not specifically coffee but if you get a chance to stay at the Deetjens cabins in Big Sur, do! Set amongst redwoods, orchids everywhere and an excellent restaurant. Just be aware that there are Mountain Lions in those woods (we met one).

That looks an awful lot like a stag beetle larvae to me. Especially likely if deep or in rotted wood.