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Oh I'm 100% in agreement.
Marginal (coffee) gains.For what it's worth though, I like to see people buy luxury/expensive things if it makes them feel good.
My bikes cost more than some cars and I still only use them to commute or run errands.
I wear Jordans and I've never touched a basketball.
I use hand-forged chef knives to cut Tesco pitta and dip it into Tesco hummus.If I had the money, I'm a prime candidate for 'expensive-coffee-stuff-beyond-my-comprehension'.
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agree with all of this. I have some guilt about every purchase I have made of something that was slightly better than I need. You can't take it too far of course but on balance I am glad I did it. A long while ago a girlfriend told me to get the [top of the range cricket bat*] as she said I would not be happy with the next one down. I really liked her for that. But then she dumped me.
*golf club thread -
Make your own humous...change your life ;)
Also I like the ritual of making coffee, from using a moka pot to using a machine. Though as I get older I wonder if I make the coffee better or my taste buds are dead...
brandegg
Overuser155208
I appreciate there can be a jump going from a cheap grinder to something more expensive but when you've got a 500 quid grinder and you think dropping a grand on another is going to get magic results is nonsense.
If you're doing it for a living, efficiency, profile, retention etc are massive things as little things scale up massively. If you're just on your own making a shot or two a day its madness.
But hey, spend your money on whatever you want there's plenty of things I waste money on which people would find bonkers.