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> Here's my setup at home: A Rancilio coffee grinder ensures each cup is made with freshly ground beans, and a top-notch Italian Ascaso espresso machine pours t
by kfk 7y ago
> Here's my setup at home: A Rancilio coffee grinder ensures each cup is made with freshly ground beans, and a top-notch Italian Ascaso espresso machine pours the perfect espresso shot (with the creamiest crema), not to mention a frother to create the fluffiest almond milk ever—no sugar needed.
On a tangent, but as Italian I always find funny how fancy the coffee and wine people get outside of Italy. In Italy we drink cheap coffee out of a cheap moca and in the south we buy wine by the liter (from $2 per liter). Yes in Italy we get fancy sometimes but not each day, fancy stuff is supposed to be special, daily routines kill the special factor.
- bradgessler 7y agoThat’s funny, I don’t view daily routines as killing the special factor. I prefer to optimize for quality where ever I can as often as I can, that way I get to enjoy it more often in the short amount of time we have to walk this earth. I’m not knocking the $2 cheap coffee; if it brings you joy, then great! To each is own. In terms of “addiction to coffee”, this optimization for “specialness as often as possible” puts me in a spot where if a place serves bad coffee, I’ll just opt for tea or something else that I will enjoy. It reminds me that I drink it because I enjoy how it tastes; not because it amps me up.