Man, I simply have to "go on and on" about this auction which I was following on ebay couple of days ago. This is about coffee grinders that you all probably would not have heard of before -any one heard of arcade coffee grinder before?



Probably not right? Well, it is one of the oldest coffee grinders around, and suppposedly one that collectors like to have in their arsenal. To me, coffee grinders remains something that is used to grind coffee to get great coffee, so I cannot picture folks spending a thousand dollars on a appliance that they probbaly would not be using.



Anyway, if you want to learn more about coffee grinders, just click on the link. This site has a fanstastic wealth of information on coffee grinders, coffee makers and stuff.



Well, back to this arcade coffee grinder, there is this story going around that the coffee grinder was actually found in the attic of the seller, and the initial starting bid was only $0.99.



Guess, what started as a "get rid of junk" exercise, turns out to be a windfall for that guy! Anyway, would you spend $1000 for this coffee grinder?

What is your take on free coffee? Do you think free coffee would be the best coffee? I insert this thought at the very last minute because, someone was just telling me that free is always best. Now, think about this -your boss buys you Seattle best so that you can submit a 100 page report the next day -would that cuppa still taste good?





Then talking about the Hello Kitty  coffee maker,  my daughter's favorite. It does not achieve 15 bar pressure and sure cannot make an intense espresso. But to my little girl, the hello kitty is "oh so cute" and who cares about the coffee and the coffee maker right?







In fact, I was thinking if this "kitty" coffee maker is actually able to make any coffee (well, I tested it and yes, it does makes "okay" coffee).







Hey, so if you answer to my question in the title is YES and then you go on to name "blue mountain", "red mountain", I hope no one says starbucks!, but you are all correct! Because that is your own perspective and coffee is simply that -a beverage that you enjoyed...







However, do you know that there are tons of people out there that are always looking for some best coffee makers and I feel that these folks might be living in the shadow of others (whom they called gurus).







You see folks, if you are using some coffee experts version of the best rated coffee maker, that would not be your own but his or hers. Then, if you tried to make it yours so that you have the same "taste" as the expert -aren't you living in their shadows?







Yup, such rantings and structure would be the order for this blog. I guess, I think alot when I am alone with my kopi O (long black in Hokkien, a chinese dialect), so here is a place that I can rant...:)