Bogotá № VII

Andres Murcia

Reports from the experiment

Hidden Dispatch · The Fuel Page

Behind every codebase, a quiet act of combustion.

More important than the tech stack. Way more important. A short field guide to the cups powering thirteen years of shipped software.

№I
The order

Two cups, two windows.

Everything outside the windows is decoration.

Morning · 6–9 am

Double espresso

No sugar. No milk. No mercy. The first cup is a contract with the day — everything that needs hard thinking happens before it wears off.

Afternoon · 2–4 pm

Flat white

With oat milk, because I'm not a monster. The afternoon cup is for the recovery sprint — reviews, comments, the small repairs the morning didn't get to.

№II
The numbers

A small accounting.

3–4
Cups per day
6 am
First cup
2 pm
The cutoff
13+
Years caffeinated
№III
House rules

Strong opinions, loosely held.

Yes, please

In the cup.

  • + Single-origin beans
  • + Roasted within two weeks
  • + Local shops over the chains
  • + Pour-over on weekends
  • + Colombian, obviously
No thanks

Out of the cup.

  • Flavored syrups
  • Whipped cream on espresso
  • Pre-ground anything
  • Coffee after 4 pm
  • Decaf — what's the point?
№IV
The map · Bogotá

Where the cup actually matters.

The benchmark

Azahar Coffee

Best specialty in the city. The bar I measure every other cup against.

Pour over

Pergamino

Beans that travel well and a brew menu that doesn't try too hard.

Home base

Breville Barista

The machine in the kitchen. Most cups happen here, in the dim before the family wakes up.

№ V · A quiet aside
“Behind every successful codebase is a quiet,
sustained consumption of caffeine.”

Bean  ·  Water  ·  Time

End of dispatch · You found a hidden page

Now go put the kettle on.

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