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Coffee
jamels2
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Hi all
I'm a parcel driver and have a habit of buying a couple of coffees a day from Costa /mcDonald's /wild bean. This costs £2-3 a time and gives me a paper cup for the bin.
However it's convenient for my job as i can use drive thru or BP garage cafes.
Can anyone recommend a way I can cut down and still get the coffee fix? Obviously will help save money and the environment.
I'd like a way of drinking coffee easily like a takeaway coffee is . My work place has hot water so I can fill up there.
Any advice welcomed.
I'm a parcel driver and have a habit of buying a couple of coffees a day from Costa /mcDonald's /wild bean. This costs £2-3 a time and gives me a paper cup for the bin.
However it's convenient for my job as i can use drive thru or BP garage cafes.
Can anyone recommend a way I can cut down and still get the coffee fix? Obviously will help save money and the environment.
I'd like a way of drinking coffee easily like a takeaway coffee is . My work place has hot water so I can fill up there.
Any advice welcomed.
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Thermos flask?Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kWwest facing panels , 3.6 kWeast facing), Solis inverters installed 2018, 5kW SSE facing system (shaded in afternoon) added in 2025 with Tesla PW3 battery, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted A2A Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner.0
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I'm thinking either a thermal flask that doesn't leak with a cup as a lid or which you can drink out of or a cup like the Waitrose reusable one .0
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Thermal mugs don’t keep the contents as hot as a flask in our experience. For coffee we fill th flask with hot water and then pour the contents of a coffee sachet - loads of different types available that work out at about 20p each - into a mug and pour the water on it. That way you get a far better tasting cup of coffee than one which has stewed in a flask for a few hours. It has saved us a fortune over the years.Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kWwest facing panels , 3.6 kWeast facing), Solis inverters installed 2018, 5kW SSE facing system (shaded in afternoon) added in 2025 with Tesla PW3 battery, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted A2A Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner.0
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I'd second the advice to use a thermos. The resueable cups and travel mugs are fine if you are going to drink the coffee soonish but they certainly aren't spill-proof.
If you like real coffee rather than instant, it's best to use a method that filters through paper like an Aeropress, dripper cone or filter machine. This should stop the coffee tasting bad after it's been in the flask a few hours.0 -
I second the Aeropress (metal filter rather than the paper ones, eco friendly and all that).
Add in a hario hand grinder and just add hot water ;-)
Take the aeropress 'puck' home and chuck on compost bin/scatter in garden.0
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