Friday, June 04, 2004


on those new brewers

devoted readers may recall i've written about these new 1-cup brewers before. (and here!)

today finds a semi-decent review of the more popular ones. but their appeal continues to mystify me.

not only are those pods and capsules roughly twice as expensive as buying whole beans and grinding them fresh at home, but they contain pre-ground and thus stale coffee. why pay so much for an inferior cup of coffee?

that, as the article says, they make coffee as good as your local coffeeshop is alas in most places scant praise.

and by the time you reach the high-end of these new brewers -- the lavazza machine at US$895 -- why, you could buy an amazing, gorgeous, real espresso machine for that kinda cash. . .

by the way, have i remarked that after the slitti 62% lattenero, i'm totally addicted to that amedei porcelana. the flavors are so complex, intense. . . that stuff is heroin, utter heroin.

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