Economy and coffee

Not in a “coffee is the next biggest export good” etc, way - but in a personal economy and coffee-beans and -equipment. Coffee is in no way a big spend unless you venture into espresso (machine, grinder and the amazing quantity of beans spent and wasted). Coffee-beans for home-brewing are actually pretty cheap concidering… say you buy your beans from english Square Mile. You pay 7.50£ for 350g, which is about 20 small french presses. If you then say that a small (3dl) press is two cups then you get 40 cups out of a bag, a bag costs about 7£, then you pay 0,175 pounds a cup… not much! (if you, like me brew aeropress at 14 g then it’s even cheaper). Still, cheap is in the eye of the beholder, and sometimes economy isn’t on your side. I work part-time at a coffee-shop and have limited funds, so I’m not always blessed with fresh special coffee at home. My solutions:

1 - Get-started-set-up: For awesome coffee at home, for the cheapes amount then I’d reccomend going for the aeropress (460 Norwegian crowns), precision scales (270 NOK, and these can be found even cheaper), the Hario Skerton hand mill (353 NOK) and that’s all you need. To start out real then you also need some awesome beans. Square Mile is on top of the game in quality, selection and also price (if you are in Norway at least), so throw on 350 grams of the Blackburn Estate microlot (67 NOK).

This adds up to 1150 Norwegian Crowns, which is about 127£ - for a complete set-up that will have you brewing awesome coffee quick and easy with mind-blowing results! You could even down this price depending on where you are and where you buy from!