See box that looks like it’s 3/4 ripped in half from stacking damage:
“Looks good to me, send it off.”
Ended up ordering it from Phillips for cheaper on sale, turns out it’s not too hard to avoid Amazon altogether and a bonus for the company’s reputation being important to the ones picking/packaging the product. Hard to blame the Amazon worker though, they don’t get paid enough to care.
Just buy instant.
What do you need all that technology for? It’s coffee.
So you say in a different comment this was a joke. You seem to have no idea how jokes work.
Maybe I’m snobbish, but instant vs drip vs French press vs americano all taste different and Americano is so much better it was this or a bialetti moka express. My wife said she’d never use the stove top one and I’ve made over 10,000 espresso shots so far, so I’d wager I would have eventually caved in and bought a super automatic anyways. It may have paid for itself in electricity tbh.
I’ve used a DeLonghi espresso machine ($100) for close to 20 years now. My first one lasted 15 years.
It’s not perfect, but just about the best bang-for-buck on the market.
Instant coffee tastes nothing like freshly brewed.
Although I agree that the overcomplicated coffee machines with wasteful pods are ridiculous. Just use one of these, simple to use, portable and great coffee every time:
Instant coffee has its uses, but it ain’t coffee.
I keep a jar on hand for adding to certain baked goods/desserts, and I’ll throw some in my protein shake along with a little extra fiber for breakfast.
I find a cafetiere even less work for basically the same. Just don’t use boiling water, either cool it off or use one set to 80c.
Brewed is a bit more healthier than instant and you can support local roasters over the corporate-owned ones.
There are tons of ways to make coffee and each tastes slightly different and some beans are better suited to be prepared in different styles. If people wanna enjoy coffee in a certain style, just let them. It’s fine that you like instant coffee but others might wanna prepare their coffee differently.
I’m far from a coffee snob, but instant tastes awful compared to even preground prepackaged coffee
mad take