Saturday, October 18, 2003


no no nespresso

"it's all simple and very fast and belies the theories of one amongst the gizmo crew who was adamant that the most significant ingredient of good coffee is the love and attention when it is being made."

frankly, dear readers, i couldn't disagree more. today we find a sad article praising the dreaded nespresso capsule machine.

not only are the machines themselves ugly and massively overpriced, but you are locked into buying the amazingly expensive capsules. i don't care how they seal 'em: pre-ground coffee is stale coffee.

A$0.57 for a shot of coffee that would cost you -- lemme do my currency exchange -- A$0.18 to buy fresh whole-bean. wow! and who knows the quality of the coffee in those capsules, anyway?

but it's so easy to clean, the article claims. for 3 times the cost of fresh, specialty coffee, i hope it does the dishes too. . .that you can't adjust the strength of the coffee to your preference for all that cash is pretty striking too!

so put me with the gizmo staffer who rejects the nespresso; except of course while i agree that care and concern are paramount in coffee-making, i actually believe the most important aspect is freshly roasted, freshly ground specialty coffee. which you should purchase fresh from your local independent roaster/retailer or coffeeshop!

take all the care you want with your supermarket brand x; it won't help that much. . .

"last year, she and husband kenneth hamrick purchased a drive-up espresso shop, coffee with a cause, for the sole purpose of donating the net proceeds to alaska food bank and habitat for humanity."

oh, this woman is a bccy kinda girl. i love this woman.

coffee and karma yoga! elaine hamrick rules.

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