How was your Maxwell House Vonbonfire

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I sure enjoyed my coffee this morning as per usual :p

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VonBonfire said:
Imagine how much vegemite you could've stockpiled if you hadn't spent 5k making a cup of coffee.
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$5000/(365 x 2 cups x 5 yrs - how long I've owned it) = $1.36 per cup.

Annual coffee bean cost $330 - so about $1 per day and $0.50 per cup.

So total cost per cup is $1.86 AUD which would be about $1.20 US...

In my opinion that's worth it for better than cafe quality coffee every day of your life + the machine will like last 15-20 years so the cost keeps getting cheaper and cheaper with every passing year.
 
Thumbpicker said:
$5000/(365 x 2 cups x 5 yrs - how long I've owned it) = $1.36 per cup.

Annual coffee bean cost $330 - so about $1 per day and $0.50 per cup.

So total cost per cup is $1.86 AUD which would be about $1.20 US...

In my opinion that's worth it for better than cafe quality coffee every day of your life + the machine will like last 15-20 years so the cost keeps getting cheaper and cheaper with every passing year.
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It's worth it to you. To me you just spent frivolously on opulent trash. I can buy a shack in Mississippi to stay in for the juke joint festival for what you spent on your coffee maker and one year of coffee making supplies.
 
VonBonfire said:
It's worth it to you. To me you just spent frivolously on opulent trash. I can buy a shack in Mississippi to stay in for the juke joint festival for what you spent on your coffee maker and one year of coffee making supplies.
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I guess houses are cheap in the 3rd world. The average Sydney house is something like AUD 1.5M. You aren't going to get a house for $5k
 
Thumbpicker said:
The point is you have to spread the cost over all the coffees you make. In the end it's insignificant on a per coffee basis. You have to have the money up front that's all.
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I only drink coffee at all because my wife started drinking it and I didn't want to see half a pot of maxwell house breakfast blend go to waste anymore. I'ts not really something I require as a staple so it's all kinda wasteful to me, like smoking. If I told you I spent 5k on a couple Meerschaum pipes and good tobacco you'd probably have the same thoughts.
 
VonBonfire said:
I only drink coffee at all because my wife started drinking it and I didn't want to see half a pot of maxwell house breakfast blend go to waste anymore. I'ts not really something I require as a staple so it's all kinda wasteful to me, like smoking. If I told you I spent 5k on a couple Meerschaum pipes and good tobacco you'd probably have the same thoughts.
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I like the kick it gives me. When I wake up I feel like I have a brain fog before I've had a coffee. I have to have some vices. I spend absolutely nothing on alcohol or cigarettes. Gotta have a few pleasures in life or things are miserable.
 
Thumbpicker said:
I try and watch my weight. I think the Italians don't have milk coffee after about 11am... I think that's a good rule.
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espresso; ditch the milk foam. :D

ever try Cubano coffee? it's like espresso but they froth a sugar layer on top. Used to live in South Florida, one of my work locations was in Miami (pre-2000), and every afternoon we'd have Cubano coffee, 2-3 and it was tough to sit at my desk.


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Thumbpicker said:
Gotta have a few pleasures in life or things are miserable
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I agree. No point in working if you can't treat yourself to something you enjoy now and again but 5k on coffee is still crazy to me. I can stay home for almost half a year without working cause 5k would pretty much give us this day our daily bread.
 
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