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Reasonably priced is very relative. I spent $500 on a Rancilio Miss Silvia, but nothing I could find for less $ would do espresso well. The commercial machines start at several thousand. I spent about $80 to buy a demo model grinder at Starbucks (made by Solis I think) because I couldn't get an espresso grind out of anything less expensive...but I like the Rocky grinder for $300 lots better, just won't spend the money for the tiny bit I'd gain. OTOH I use a $19.95 Braun drip coffee maker...I have never had better quality drip brewed coffee and I have use machines costing ten times that.
My mother went blotto a few years ago when she learned I was spending $20 a pound (now it's $28) for Kona Fancy beans. A pound lasted me nearly a month. I never bought coffee out. My brother, who is a builder, stops at the local choke & puke nearly every morning and gets a $1 or $1.25 cup of brown "stuff". She thought that was fine. So how much a month did he spend on coffee? Really doesn't matter though. The real question is...do I get enough enjoyment from my coffee to justify the money I spend on it? The answer is a resounding "YES!"
And I still buy at least one 1/2# of something new every time I order from our roaster. Sometimes I give most of it away, sometimes it's ok, and every once in a while it's a new joy.
Reasonably priced is very relative. I spent $500 on a Rancilio Miss Silvia, but nothing I could find for less $ would do espresso well. The commercial machines start at several thousand. I spent about $80 to buy a demo model grinder at Starbucks (made by Solis I think) because I couldn't get an espresso grind out of anything less expensive...but I like the Rocky grinder for $300 lots better, just won't spend the money for the tiny bit I'd gain. OTOH I use a $19.95 Braun drip coffee maker...I have never had better quality drip brewed coffee and I have use machines costing ten times that.
My mother went blotto a few years ago when she learned I was spending $20 a pound (now it's $28) for Kona Fancy beans. A pound lasted me nearly a month. I never bought coffee out. My brother, who is a builder, stops at the local choke & puke nearly every morning and gets a $1 or $1.25 cup of brown "stuff". She thought that was fine. So how much a month did he spend on coffee? Really doesn't matter though. The real question is...do I get enough enjoyment from my coffee to justify the money I spend on it? The answer is a resounding "YES!"
And I still buy at least one 1/2# of something new every time I order from our roaster. Sometimes I give most of it away, sometimes it's ok, and every once in a while it's a new joy.