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Post by Kath on Mar 18, 2023 17:49:23 GMT
So what did you buy, and is it any good. This is genuine question. I reckon any opinion here is likely to have validity. Nothing yet - I've put out some pretty hefty 'Mother's Day' hints to the kids and if they take me up on them I'll have some amazon vouchers I can use. Will update! |
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Post by JohnY on Mar 18, 2023 21:19:34 GMT
Better still they will buy the grinder and some upmarket beans.
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Post by willien on Mar 18, 2023 21:22:49 GMT
Better still they will buy the grinder and some upmarket beans. Some hints are worth dropping. |
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Post by Kath on Mar 19, 2023 8:34:39 GMT
Better still they will buy the grinder and some upmarket beans. Noooo. It's not that I'm a control freak or anything but I much prefer picking things out for myself and I haven't quite decided what I'm looking for yet! However, I now have the aforementioned vouchers so I'm going to be spending today choosing a grinder. Beans are already taken care of! |
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Post by Kath on Mar 21, 2023 12:59:04 GMT
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Post by zou on Mar 21, 2023 13:16:46 GMT
Oooh, that's a big one! Hope it works well for you.
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Post by gray1720 on Mar 21, 2023 13:32:31 GMT
Oooh, that's a big one! Hope it works well for you. Should be most impressive standing in the kitchen. Oh, my coat, thank you, Kath! |
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Post by Kath on Mar 21, 2023 19:48:10 GMT
Oooh, that's a big one! Hope it works well for you. It's not as big as you think ;-) |
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Post by zou on Mar 21, 2023 20:00:57 GMT
Not one of those tiny doll's house ones surely?  |
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Post by steveandthedogs on Mar 21, 2023 20:21:42 GMT
Just looked at the price of that thing
Think I'll stick to tea.
Or Lamb's Navy rum.
S
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Post by Kath on Mar 22, 2023 7:49:47 GMT
Just looked at the price of that thing Think I'll stick to tea. Or Lamb's Navy rum. S I know. In my defence, IBS has been so awful lately that I have given up alcohol which was having an almost immediate affect on me, whereas coffee doesn't seem to. The kids paid for most of this and even if they hadn't I reckon a couple of months not buying wine/gin would have been about the same. Now I get to start every day with something that makes me very happy indeed. Well worth it I reckon! |
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Post by mick on Mar 22, 2023 7:59:13 GMT
Visited a household at the weekend that had a "bean to cup" machine for which they paid £600. The coffee was great but not £540 better than my £60 machine produces.
Mick
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Post by dreampolice on Mar 22, 2023 8:55:49 GMT
Visited a household at the weekend that had a "bean to cup" machine for which they paid £600. The coffee was great but not £540 better than my £60 machine produces. Mick When I was in John Lewis the other day, I stopped to look at the coffee machines such as those as I was passing by (not in the market for a machine). Some eye watering prices. |
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Post by steveandthedogs on Mar 22, 2023 10:02:30 GMT
Just looked at the price of that thing Think I'll stick to tea. Or Lamb's Navy rum. S I know. In my defence, IBS has been so awful lately that I have given up alcohol which was having an almost immediate affect on me, whereas coffee doesn't seem to. The kids paid for most of this and even if they hadn't I reckon a couple of months not buying wine/gin would have been about the same. Now I get to start every day with something that makes me very happy indeed. Well worth it I reckon! I thought you were on about coffee?
More seriously, sorry to hear about the IBS Kath. Hope it improves soon.
S
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Post by Kath on Mar 22, 2023 10:16:05 GMT
Now I get to start every day with something that makes me very happy indeed. I thought you were on about coffee?
More seriously, sorry to hear about the IBS Kath. Hope it improves soon.
S
Ah, I was, but I can multi-task! IBS is already much better after approx. 6 weeks of no alcohol. I don't think I was drinking all *that* much before but clearly enough to have a detrimental effect and I don't miss it nearly enough to bother going back and suffering the consequences. (I don't have a coffee machine...just another thing to clean and besides the grinder has taken up all the space. I just use a coffee dripper thing or a cafetiere. Mainly the coffee dripper because again, it's less faff on the clean up side of things.) I have worked out that grinding beans for '2 cups', using my favourite mug to measure out the water and using a pour/wait/pour process, gives me a most satisfactory start to the day even without any kind of multi-tasking ;-) |
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