COFFEE - 10P A CUP

[simon]

[Bob Minchin]

And the cost of the machine including repairs amortised over its life per cup?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Well I dunno about coffee machines. Unmitigated junk that doesnt last a year IME - but in my case

a strainless steel cafetiere, good for 50 years, £60 - £1.1 p/a an electric kettle, good for 10 years £20 - £2.0 p.a A coffee grinder - good for 10 years £20 - £2.0 p.a. A bag of beans good for a month: £3.29 - £39.48 p.a

The overwhelming cost is the beans

At one cup a day I make that 12p a cup. coming down in price the more cups I make..

Of course in a coffee bar the overwhelming cost is the premises and staff costs.

[Judith]

That looks a good machine : it's a good job you are well off.

[Bob Eager]

As it happens, mine cost about £100 more than that!

Wouldn't normally have done it, but when I retired I treated myself; the cost was pretty well covered by my leaving 'gift' (a cheque!)

I did a lot of research and found a machine that you could get parts for. Time will tell.

Oh, it's one of these:

I hasten to add that I did not pay that much for it - it was £349.

[whisky-dave]

I just stick the spoon in the jar, out comes a spoonful, which I put in a cup add just boiled water and stir, add milk and sugar as needed. I'm sorted.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Yup. Posh coffee is fine for those who drink tea at other times.

[Bob Minchin]

Very interesting. I get Bosch stuff through staff sales but did not know they made them. Spares support is normally excellent right across the Bosch range. Can it do two cups at a time, one from each nozzle by any chance?

Another Bob

[Tim+]

I'm sure it will, they will just each have half as much coffee in them. ;-)

Whenever I've visited anyone with one of these machines I'm impressed by just *how fecking slow* they are to produce two decent sized cups of coffee. Fine for one cup, but for two they are slooooow.

Tim

[Judith]

Would you recommend one?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Ex inlaws gifted me three non working coffee machines in 5 years. All had died or were scaled beyond repair.

Total must have been well over £1000

[Bob Eager]

Exactly. We have a lot of Bosch stuff!

Depends how big a cup you want. It's about 350ml max per cup, but selectable amounts (top knob on the left). That's what I have each time!

For smaller cups, you can select a big cup on the knob, then two cups will fit on there.

It's pretty fast, though, so just stick another cup under and push the button again...

They do other models, including the Tassimo stuff which I wouldn't consider. I have a local coffee supplier (well, more than one) and they are excellent.

[Bob Eager]

I've had it a year and have at least 2 cups a day out of it, often more. Very happy so far!

[simon]

te:

I bought one for Karina and Dave for Xmas as well. Gemma got £300 in vouchers.

[simon]

We have a water softener so it needs no descaling.

[Bob Eager]

It has a descaling cycle and it tells you when it's due. Takes about 5 minutes.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Thought drinking water was meant to come direct from the mains?

[simon]

No - we drink bottled, except in tea and coffee which leaves the hardness behind anyway.

[Huge]

Nope. There has to be a supply of unsoftened water, but no-one says you have to drink it. We have a triflow tap with unsoftened on the third tap.

[The Natural Philosopher]

apparently its ineffective