New coffee machine

My coffee machine gave up this week. I had a look at fixing it but the machine is not end user repairable. This has been a trusted friend over the last few years and has seen heavy use since the arrival of Snuffleufugus. After close to three years of intensive use and producing on average 5 coffees a day I’m ok with this but it poses a dilemma of what to do about replacing it.

The options included getting a competitive pod machine, a real espresso maker, a stovetop espresso jug, and a replacement. I had a look at getting a real espresso machine but decided it would be easier to do a straight replacement of the Nespresso machine. Cue a trip to my local JB hi-fi.

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Coffee – Part One

Coffee is one of my favourite things in the world and you can normally find me working in a coffee shop somewhere in Perth and Adelaide.  This means that I tend to look for a coffee shop with great coffee, free wifi, power, and understanding staff. Normally i can find three of the four, power is still an issue.

Whilst I’m still looking for this Nirvana for the modern day road warrior I’ve also bought a Nespresso machine recently and been very impressed with it. On the days when I don’t have meetings in the city and for just general coffee fixes this is a superb way of getting coffee very quickly. Continue reading “Coffee – Part One”