Student coffee drinking etc

trailingspouse

Introduce them to Nescafe and a kettle??

Owain_Moneysaver

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

Tell them how easy and cheap it is to make home-made pizza?

This is for Upper Sixth.

We did pizza in first year home ec.

I wonder about the youth of today that they haven't learned these things already.

jackieblack

trailingspouse wrote: »

Introduce them to Nescafe and a kettle??

That in no way resembles anything approaching 'proper' coffee! :eek: _pale_

Loanranger

bexster1975 wrote: »

Hello

Re: Costings it depends on your coffee. I have a Nespresso machine but don't use their pods. My " posh" coffee costs me about 17p a pod. 5p for the milk for the frother. Even including the electricity and water ( I'm metered) it must come in at less than 30p. Versus, what, £2.50 for a costa Starbucks cheapest option? A place to begin with Costings.

Could possibly show them how to grow herbs, chillies, cut and come again lettuce, tomatoes. I'm less sure about avocados. If I was working with my U6, id help them learn to manage money. But a single assembly won't do that!!

Good luck

Bexster

Hi Bexster, which pods do you use instead of Nespresso 's own, please? Thanks

pogofish

trailingspouse wrote: »

Introduce them to Nescafe and a kettle??

Nah - Homebrew/winemaking and certain special "gardening" skills might be more useful and ultimately appreciated!

Oh and bulk-buying certain dry store consumables, like beans and lentils. You can vary them into a lot of different meals that don't cost a lot.

maman

I think it's unlikely that they don't know how to make a drink at home. IMO students (and others) buy coffee when they're out for the experience and the image. They like hanging out in a coffee shop with friends. Or walking down the street carrying it says 'look at me I'm so busy I can't even stop for a coffee'.


You could point out that it's cheaper and greener to take your own cup along. That a gift card ( or reusable mug) for their favourite coffee shop is a better present than 'stuff'.


Otherwise I think showing them how to make coffee with an expensive machine might suggest that every home has one which would be divisive.


I'm with the posters that have suggested making a healthy lunch. What about making couscous and stirring in salady bits?

PasturesNew

ness_w wrote: »

.... show them how to make a latte with an aeropress and a milk frother....

Er... make a what? with a what?

You'd get short shift from me if I shuffled in there and sat down

ness_w wrote: »

...aside from growing your own avocados, what else might I add?

People DO that?
I've never even eaten one (nor will I).

By god you must live in one heck of a posh area.

trailingspouse

jackieblack wrote: »

That in no way resembles anything approaching 'proper' coffee! :eek: _pale_

No, but it's cheap - and that's what being a student is all about.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

K80_Black wrote: »

Not to be a coffee snob, but a brewed coffee with hot milk is a misto, not a latte. Former barista here - to truly create a 'Starbucks' experience at home, you need hundreds of pounds worth of equipment and a fair amount of skill. Plenty of 17-18 year old know their coffee inside out, so be sure to point out that it's similar to a latte, not a latte itself!

They'll learn soon enough when they have to get jobs to fund food as well as their tuition fees.

It might be useful to talk about the other things that will affect them than whether somebody will call a misto a latte - if they're at university, they'll need to look after themselves for the first time, so will need to do their own washing, buy food and cook it, wash up, keep an eye on mates who have drunk wayyy too much, make their own way home without being able to call Mum for a lift, never leave somebody who has had too much to drink in a club/bar with strangers or alone to 'sleep it off', that kind of thing.

jackieblack

trailingspouse wrote: »

No, but it's cheap - and that's what being a student is all about.

Water's even cheaper (and preferable to instant 'coffee' imo)