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    15 days ago

    Researchers at UNSW Sydney have harnessed the power of ultrasonic sound waves to make espresso-strength coffee with room temperature water, cutting energy use by up to 75%.

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        Yes. He gave us the missing information from the clickbait-title. In this way he was making the subtitle here available, and i didn’t needed to click a link to a random website too read it.

        In the end i was was clicking the link because the subtitle sounded interesting. With just the title i probably would not read it. And then i controlled if he cited it correctly. And because it was the same i gave an upvote to confirm to others that the subtitle is correct

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            14 days ago

            Ok, then it makes sense that you didn’t had a use for their comment.

            My App for lemmy (voyager) doesn’t prelead/preview the webpages. (And i also don’t want it to.)

            There are a lot of different ways to enjoy lemmy. This is nice but means that not everyone has the exact same experience as you :)

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        15 days ago

        Users on social media apps tend to avoid leaving the app to read articles. Reading comprehension in the comments is always highest in the comment chain of the most complete copy-paste of the article.

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      15 days ago

      while ultrasound can do some weird things, article says

      Their research, published in the Journal of Food Engineering, included blind taste-testing experiments which showed that their ultrasonic room-temperature version of espresso was undistinguishable from coffee shots brewed in the traditional way.

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        Except cold… Why would someone drink a cold expresso? It just seems kinda gross, then again, I’m not a fan of putting cheese in my coffee either (different strokes for different folks I guess).

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          Espresso is often served over an ice cube in Spain, and it’s fuckin great, to use the technical term. If it’s hot, I’m all for the cold and tasty

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            At that point I would think it’s more of an americano (espresso and hot water) that’s been mishandled, but that’s just my opinion. I’ve never been a fan of cold coffee though I always end up drinking some before I’m done in the morning.

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              You’ve clearly never had it. You neck it immediately, it’s an espresso shot, but instantly cooled by flowing over an ice cube. It’s not watered down any significant amount, you don’t wait for the ice cube to melt, you’re missing how much latent energy there is in the change between frozen and liquid in ice. There’s plenty to cool a small shot without melting the whole thing. It keeps the sweetness and even most of the texture of the original shot, it’s just not hot, it’s worth trying

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                I’d probably give it a shot if I end up around one (I thought for sure horchata would be gross but then was pleasantly surprised). It just seems odd to drink coffee cold, I’ve never liked coldbrew or the cold ones from Starbucks/Costa.

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            14 days ago

            Haha… That was my honest response when my wife told me about her coworker doing it. I believe she was Columbian and it was just the way she liked it.

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      Fancy Cold brewing = oily coffee diarrhea

      “Cold brewing concentrates the essential oils…” “This single shot of espresso is equal to 3 shots or something stupid…”

      So you take whatever is good and end up shitting out liquid coal…

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    Not sure how I feel about this. There is no real logic to my resistance on the idea, but I have some.

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    15 days ago

    One day my wife at McStarbucks:

    Yes, can I have a grande pamuchino with double cherry smoothie foam over a choco layer at 47KHz please?

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    14 days ago

    I like to think the person who revealed this to the public was like “Good news, everyone!” like Prof Farnsworth

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    Piezotransducer? As in the little thing that makes electronics beep and buzz?

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      14 days ago

      Yeah basically, but at a much higher frequency since it’s ultrasound. Human hearing tops out at 20khz, and this would be close to 50khz

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        14 days ago

        I found one for sale that does 40k that has the same form factor as the one shown in the paper. I almost want to make a high-speed coldbrew system but I don’t expect it’d be worthwhile for the coffee, only maybe for the fun of building it.

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            14 days ago

            Not quite. Worst case scenario is I make a torture machine for any dog, cat, and maybe other non-human animal in the area.