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What's a luxury you bought yourself that you're really glad you did? (lazysoci.al)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

My espresso machine nearly 10 years ago. I think it was nearly $500.

I made drip at home and purchased lattes on the road. I bought the machine to make them myself in the morning and load up a tumbler with essentially 2 large lattes.

It definitely paid for itself within 2 years and I switched to work from home so I'm glad I have it today.

Besides using only distilled water in it I do basic maintenance of running coffee cleaner through it every 3 months or so. Never had a issue with it and it still works great.

Best purchase ever. Only downside is I make better "coffee" than most carry out places. I hunt for good coffee when I'm out. Found two shops locally that make great espresso drinks and pastries. I go a few times a year.

Good coffee is a dark black hole to get sucked into.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Do you roast your own beans yet?

'Cause when you do, that black hole turns into a full-on whirlpool.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 46 minutes ago (1 children)

I own a heat gun to do laptop and cell phone repairs...

I know about bean roasting and refuse to start!!

The "coffee bar" is ever growing in my home. I'm stopping at grinding my own locally roasted beans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 minutes ago (1 children)

The siren's call is there.

I was once like you. I had a supplier/roaster I trusted. And he did good work.

But he always roasted the beans just a hair darker than I liked. (I tend to favour so-called "city roasts" and he kept taking them to "dark".) So I got him to teach me how to roast and to help me find a good home roaster. And I started to roast at home.

I never got into making my own espresso, thankfully, because the roasting stuff turned into a huge money pit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 minutes ago

I think my wife will keep me in check. She hated coffee before me and over the years I found her preferred taste. Decaf extra dark.

Local roaster hits it perfectly.