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Thanks to T. for passing on Coffee Lover? Bodum French Press / Bialetti Espresso Maker / Grinder – $35:

“I should have known better. I love the smell of coffee but, in the end, somehow it always ends up leaving a bitter aftertaste. She was (and still is) a coffee drinker and I drink diet soda. She was (and still is) a demanding coffee drinker. Demanding that her coffee be rich and flavorful and NOT instant. No Folgers, Maxwell House nor Mr. Coffee for her. In her place she has some $$$$ superautomatic machine that takes a degree in rocket science and the ability to think in Italian to coax out a cup of joe with sufficient “crema”. I couldn’t take it anymore, her roasted arabica ways behind the beautiful smile that I truly loved. She couldn’t take my swigging Coke Zero straight from 2 litre bottles. We called it quits and I’m left with some remnants of her coffee culture. I think I still have beans in the freezer! I think a barista from some non-chain coffee place is making hot brew with her now.

A lovely Bodum Chambord 8 cup (no, not 8 “real” cups but those dinky 4 oz size coffee cups–I wonder what the SI unit is for coffee?) French Press. This is the second one. It replaces the one I broke in a fit of humiliation when I made unsatisfactory coffee. Why I couldn’t master this thing I’ll never know. Maybe it’s just my tendency to forget that I started making coffee and come back an hour later to find barely warm mud inside.

A Cuisinart “Grind Central” coffee grinder. The words “why didn’t you get a burr grinder dear?” still ring in my ears. I didn’t get a burr grinder because the cheapest one I could find was almost $100 and the clerk said , with a little practice, this grinder would work great for making french press coffee. I think the clerk was right and she was just too darn finicky.

A Bialetti Venus 10 Cup stovetop espresso maker. It’s the 10 cup model but keep in mind that, for espresso, cup size is only 2 ounces–how do coffee people keep track of anything? Made in Italy so it’s got to be good, right? Italians drink espresso–heck, isn’t the word espresso Italian? It was my first attempt to caffeinate the beast into submission. It was another expensive coffee culture accessory and while I thought it would be great for making those damn espresso drinks that were sucking $5 bills out of my wallet every time we walked past a shop. I can’t remember what I paid for this at a shop in Philadelphia. Whatever the amount, it was too much!

I’m selling these items to reduce my load physically and mentally. I paid a hefty emotional price and you can get it all for only $35 Just $35! $35 doesn’t even cover ten minutes of therapy. If you don’t drink coffee, don’t start. Just say NO. Stay away from Starbucks, Caribou Coffee, trendy little independent shops with skinny people inside and fixed gear bicycles outside. If you like the smell of coffee, go visit your grandparents and help them open the can of Maxwell House and buy them some filters for the Wal-Mart purchased Mr. Coffee. Don’t ever drink the stuff though………

Email to make arrangements to purchase.

Oh, please don’t insult yourself by making some sort of lowball offer. The price is $35, I need the money, it’s a good price (if you want and/or need the items), and while you may feel compelled to try for a lower price, your pleas that you are a poor (insert whatever you are here) will not receive favorable consideration.

The first pic is of the actual three items offered, the additional photos are stock photographs of the individual items.

p.s. I think the end came when she went into a Starbucks (reluctantly since there wasn’t a decent non-chain place nearby) and I ventured into the 7-11 next door and she came in the 7-11 to find me while I was getting my health food lunch from the roller grill and the 64oz Double Gulp of Diet Coke. Not really a happy ending.”

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