So, I appropriated a 'not used in 2 years' Tassimo machine and I've been playing with that. Had a look on youtube for some pod reviews and BANG, right into the rabbit-hole of coffee youtube. Who knew coffee was on it's third wave? That coffee even had waves? There's drama about espresso machine kickstarters, incredible!
Not 100% sold on the tassimo just yet. The pods are expensive and none I've tried so far (just espresso and americano) have been good.
I'm normally a cafetiere on a morning person with some supermarket house blend, then I switch to decaff Azera after that. I'm trying some better quality beans at the mo, they do taste better, even with a blade grinder- coffee snobs would be horrified!
I've been watching a lot of James Hoffmann. I do like the guy (he has good creds and clearly knows his stuff), but the amount he's raking in from ad revenue, sponsorships plus £16k per month over on Patreon?! Who knew there was so much money in this?