Mama Bear wrote:
> "St. John Smythe" <sinjen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote :
>
> > Mama Bear wrote:
> >>
> >> :) I'm poor.
> >
> > "Short of funds" is a tem****ary condition; "poor" is a state of mind.
> > Don't ever be poor.
> >
>
> Ok, well "presently low income" then. :)
>
>
>
> --
> - Mama Bear
I'm pretty late to this discussion, but, what the heck, this /is/
USENET after all. :)
You don't need to be rolling in the dough to make good coffee, just if
you want to make good espresso. The homeroast I am enjoying right now
was roasted with a wal-mart mixing bowl and strainer and a Master
heatgun knock-off I got from e-bay for $35. You don't have to roast
yourself, but it helps A LOT! Save that step for later, and don't
spend $500+ on a roaster before trying the cheaper ways.
I brewed it this morning in the Nicro vac-pot I bought from a thrift
store for $3. I ground it in my zass grinder I got on e-bay for $30.
The pot came without the filter; I bought a cory rod off of e-bay, but
the contraption I build with hardware from the bins at Menards works
better.
I also own a Melita pour-over cone and pot I got at a thrift store for
$2 that I keep at work in case I don't have time to brew at home.
Filters for that are cheap, but I used the Starbucks card I got for
Christmas to get a rebranded Swissgold permanent filter. I also have a
32oz Melita press that I started out with - about $20 on e-bay - but I
haven't used it in a long time because the zass makes too many fines.
I know there are drip machines with prices in the triple digits, and
espresso machines with five, but making excellent coffee doesn't /need/
to be expensive. I am very happy with my setup and it makes great
coffee for not much money.
Matthew
Matthew
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