Yeah, something consumable is definitely the way to go. The coffee I've been gifted has never been something I'd buy more of, but I can enjoy occasionally drink

Yeah, something consumable is definitely the way to go. The coffee I've been gifted has never been something I'd buy more of, but I can enjoy occasionally drinking something different from usual even if it's something I like less than my usual. At worst if I drink it and decide it's not worth finishing, there's little awkwardness in appreciating the sentiment but just throwing it away. A gadget I use twice and then decide I don't like I'll instead feel obligated to store forever, which will result in the opposite feeling as the gift was intended to provoke.