> Eric wrote: > > For me, growing up in an Italian family, coffee after a meal was the norm.
Yeah, lots of Italians grew up with the "moka" or Bialetti pots sitting on their stove top: http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/Bialetti-Moka-Express-Stovetop-Coffee-Maker-p/scg10004-41.htm If you only drink milk drinks and/or aren't trying for the "lemon cookie" espresso then this is ideal at $25! Course you still need a decent grind, but you can buy really cheap hand grinders or refurbed electric. Here's nice hand grinders: http://www.sweetmarias.com/sweetmarias/index.php/grinders/manual-grinders.html Here's a nice comparison chart of grinders from $38 to $659 for a Mazzer Mini (which used to be the considered the ideal home grinder): http://www.sweetmarias.com/grindercomparisonchart.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333876 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm