mandtprice@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote :
>
> 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
>
>
Thanks Matthew.
I'm intrigued by the vac pots and according to some of the reviews I
found, they make very nice coffee, but I think someone was saying in one
review that they take a lot of cleanup work?
Anyway, for now, I'm interested in a 4 cup drip machine that raises the
water temp to 200 degrees.
I only make 2 cups a day actually. The Bunn machines seem to do that,
but make a minimum of 4 cups. They have one machine that only makes 1
cup, so they left a gap there unfortunately, right where I need it.
But does anyone know of a good quality drip machine for under $100, that
raises the brewing water temp to 200 degrees and uses paper filters?
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- Mama Bear
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