Comments on: Adventures in Caffeine http://champagneandsocks.com/2014/12/31/adventures-in-caffeine/ A Girlie Jones Adventure Fri, 29 Apr 2016 03:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 By: AlisaK http://champagneandsocks.com/2014/12/31/adventures-in-caffeine/#comment-388111 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:48:29 +0000 http://champagneandsocks.com/?p=2315#comment-388111 Thanks Ju – yes, I agree totally! I’m hoping to make a nice indent into the tea stash this year.

]]> By: AlisaK http://champagneandsocks.com/2014/12/31/adventures-in-caffeine/#comment-388110 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:47:49 +0000 http://champagneandsocks.com/?p=2315#comment-388110 Oh yes! Being worth more, I like that. Though I liked the instant when I was drinking it … as a drink that you drink without paying attention.

Pod machine can be good!

]]> By: Stephanie Gunn http://champagneandsocks.com/2014/12/31/adventures-in-caffeine/#comment-387382 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 05:00:29 +0000 http://champagneandsocks.com/?p=2315#comment-387382 There’s also another way of looking at this – recognising that you are worth more than crappy instant coffee :)

And oh, that joy of being able to actually finish hot cups of coffee when your kid gets old enough to let you. I only generally drink one coffee a day, and use a pod machine for convenience, but one day I’ll actually learn to make coffee properly, dammit.

]]> By: Ju http://champagneandsocks.com/2014/12/31/adventures-in-caffeine/#comment-387373 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 04:42:30 +0000 http://champagneandsocks.com/?p=2315#comment-387373 I am completely on board for the not drinking bad coffee! I also avoid mediocre coffee when I am out and often prefer my own coffee setup at home. As you say, really good beans, and how you like it. We have a pretty reasonable home machine and a pretty decent home grinder. I really love how easy and satisfying it is for us to have really nice coffee – it’s cut our inclination to go out for breakfast dramatically which has been a good money saver.

I am lucky here in Melbourne that I don’t have to work hard to get good coffee, I have my go to places across the inner city that function whenever I’m in that area and want coffee and can rely on the quality of the cup. Most frustratingly there’s no good coffee at uni. I usually go via Melbourne Central or get off at North Melbourne, walk 5 minutes to coffee and then back and get on my other train which adds about 30 minutes to my journey but at least guarantees me a really good coffee. Most days I drink one double shot, sometimes I go for second coffee but it’s not often.

I’m interested to see how things go when I start prac next week – I have no idea of my shifts yet but I wonder at my ability to get up early enough to a) make coffee before I leave the house and b) do so when I have to be at the hospital for my shift by 7am (inevitably there will be morning shifts). Also lunches and still not having any idea of centrelink income at the moment makes for a stressful consideration of sustenance for the next month where I will be working full time for free as part of my learning. (And I’ll love it, but this prac I will probably be a bit more bitter than usual about not being paid).

Mostly I am not about the needing coffee, but as you describe it: I really really like it. I really really like a good cup of coffee and it gives me a lot of pleasure to drink, to make and to enjoy.

Good luck with reducing the tea stash too! I’ve been very good about only getting tea that I really enjoy and finishing it and only replacing it if I really want it again so I’ve managed not to have an exploding tea situation again.

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