Espresso Madness

A perfect morning has to be a coffee morning! In fact, espressos are now taking over my life. It all started when I realized just how expensive my coffee addiction was getting. I would pay extraordinary amounts of money on coffee from generic coffee shops and cafes and I wouldn’t really like the coffee I bought. So I started looking into different options and I quickly realized that making my own espressos at home would be a great alternative to dripped sludge offered everywhere.

What surprised me the most was the relative ease that it took to learn how to make my own coffee to connoisseur standards. My espresso machine allowed me to experiment in the mornings before work waking me up just a little more while giving me that caffeinated bump to start the day. The machine itself is gorgeous and is a simple yet fantastic addition to my kitchen counter. In fact, it’s now one of my most used appliances. If it broke, I’d be devastated – but there’s a lot of websites, such as Partselect that provide replacement parts and help.

I love the feeling of grinding my own coffee. The smell it releases before setting it into the espresso machine is the first thing that gets me. After that it’s the lingering smell after having poured the brown gold into my cup. If only espresso cups could be bigger!

By Sophie