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Absolutely, one of the main reasons I'm set on not going back into the office is the cost of my coffee habit. Even though it's not London prices (though not far off!), I can easily spend £10/day on coffee.
Next up you'll be roasting your own beans! (think my roaster paid for itself in less than 6 months!)
mmccarthy-
You know, I'd rather roast my own beans than switch to V60/Chemex. If I switch to pour over then I'll convince myself I need a gooseneck kettle, I'll spend time working on pouring techniques, when to bloom, when to swirl. I'd rather spend that time trying roasting.
Not going to happen while I live in a flat though, also I think I've got enough time sucking hobbies already!!
NurseHolliday
I thought the Krups I'm selling above wasn't a bad grinder, people on here often talked about it being a good value for money entry level burr grinder for non-espresso coffee drinks. Not knowing any better I've been using that for a number of years, assuming the inconsistency in my coffee drink was because I was using a French Press, even though I've been using the "Hoffmann method" for some time.
Over lockdown and during my long stretch of unemployment I started watching a lot more of his videos and other coffee videos on youtube and I realised that actually what I was getting out of that grinder was not as consistent as I thought and was nowhere near as fine as he was suggesting to grind for FP and Aeropress.
It wasn't really a problem that I absolutely needed solving but I was intrigued, how much better would my coffee taste if I did everything else the same, but just ground finer and more consistently?
£120 the grinder cost, it's hard to put a value on the level of enjoyment increase, but I'd say I'm now enjoying my cup of coffee as much as if I'd bought a good single origin pour over in a good coffee shop. At £4-5 a pop in London, after 30 coffees I think I'll have got my money's worth (if you factor in I was paying for everything else anyway).
Another way of looking at it is if this lasts 5 years, then it will cost 6.5p/day. I am definitely getting 6.5p worth of extra enjoyment out of the coffee I drink every day.
Enough of my musings.