Getting a new “thing” that needs instructions to put it together and how to use it is to be avoided at all costs in my home except I really wanted a coffee machine but not one that needed pods.
I was fed up with filling up the rubbish bin with the empty sachets of the now very expensive cappuccino mix and I’m sure even the Nescafe sachets aren’t as nice as they once were and the cheaper ones seem to be tasteless. 2024 needed to be the year I changed from drinking just coffee sachets, with their strange ingredients, back to proper coffee and back to tea too after several years of avoiding tea unless there was no choice.
My three children all clubbed together for my Christmas present and thank goodness Youngest Daughter held my hand through getting the machine going. She’d worked in a social club a few years ago so knew about filling the filter thing and loading it up. It is all very exciting for this non-techy and hate-gadgets old woman!
I bought a pack of Columbian ground coffee from Aldi for my first try and it makes a good coffee although smaller than my old mugs, which are bigger than the one in the photo. I’ve gone back to a mug of tea in the afternoons too. As soon as I’ve used up my store of the decaf Nescafe sachets I’ll be buying some decaf coffee grounds for my evening cuppa.
I’m sure this isn’t a big deal for people who enjoy new gadgets but we didn’t even own a toaster until about 15 or so years ago – we had an LPG grill, and when I replaced the microwave I bought one the same as before so I didn’t have to learn how to use it!
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Sue
