Preparedness for when

fuddle

Interesting perspective greenbee and very true. It takes us a large number of months to get through just a jar of instant coffee and it's always a bit iffy towards the end.

Here's to enjoying a cup of coffee whether it's a financial investment, whim or indulgent treat purchase. There's worse vices eh?

Nargleblast

We have a fancy-schmancy De Longhi coffee maker that grinds coffee beans, froths milk and makes the best cappuccino in town. When I am not at work OH and I indulge in one cup of cappuccino mid-morning.

I still have a simple cafetiere coffee occasionally, using a cafetiere that cost me about a tenner some years ago.

Nowt wrong with treating yourself to a decent coffee in your own home!

pineapple

I have two cups/mugs of fresh coffee first thing in the morning. I mainly get organic both for health reasons and because of local impact of pesticide use.
http://www.coffeereview.com/coffee-reference/coffee-and-health/pesticides-and-chemicals/
You can get organic for under £3 a pack in Morrisons. A pack lasts me a good while. Just broken into one so I'll time myself I don't think freshness would ever be an issue for me. I decant opened packs into a sealed glass kilner jar anyway. I should imagine that grinding actual beans for each use would be better but I'm not that much of a purist.

There has been a lot of speculation about the health dangers of some coffee makers and using pods. Taking that and the cost (this is a money saving site so I guess I am safe saying that?) I just don't understand the logic of using them. Particularly as imo it is only a marginal effort to make a 'podless' brew and you have an infinite number of coffee varieties to choose from.

Mrs l I agree about the instant coffee. I usually keep some in for builders though!

moneyistooshorttomention

10 posts in a row about coffee - and I thought I liked real coffee....

Wonder if the thread has exceeded the number of posts about cats recently....

pineapple

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Wonder if the thread has exceeded the number of posts about cats recently....

That would have got me going as I can't stand them. Sorry peeps. Please let's not go there. :rotfl:

GreyQueen

Not for the first time, I'm quite glad of my lifelong loathing of coffee in all it's multiple formats, it makes life so much simpler.

jk0, the Greeks will be the biggest mugs going if they tell the government anything about cash on hand or valuables like precious metals and jewels.

I can see no valid reason for any government to have that level of knowledge of the citizenry's private affairs. But I can think of plenty of invalid ones, such as drawing up shortlists for future confiscations.

Perhaps it's the right time of the year to save the jewellery from the Christmas crackers to keep in your jewellery box and bury the good stuff under the floor?:rotfl:

You could look at having dummies of gold coins or gold jewellery somewhere findable for officialdom and weep the tears of the crocodile when that necklce you bought in good faith is plated brass, and that gold eagle is a handy knock-off from China via fleabay.

thriftwizard

Doveling, been there, done that; you have my sympathy! But sadly mine's been carted off with flashing blue lights one time too many now; after 6 emergency ambulance rides in 10 days, she's now been in hospital for 10 days, and is going downhill fast now although no-one seems to be able to work out what's actually wrong with her. All a bit sudden - three weeks ago she was walking & talking, pretty independent & proud matriarch of a vast clan, but now she's bed-bound, scarcely understandable & sleeping most of the time. Scary how fast things can go downhill...

GreyQueen

(((((((((thriftwizard)))))))))

Doveling

So sorry, Thriftwizard.
I hope whatever is happening can be sorted.
You start off thinking your parents are invincible and all knowing then roles gradually reverse over the years .
Much as they infuriate me, I don't begrudge a minute of running round after them. (Or rapidly hobbling in my case )
Take care x



I don't like instant coffee and I don't like pod coffee...............
I like gin :rotfl:

GreyQueen

SuperGran likes gin, too. I am sometimes *shocked* by statements such as that she was down the pub having a G & T or two.