[Idyllchat] Swiss coffee makers

[roorocz at cox.net]

True enough about Starbucks!  When we were in Bern this August, I was dying for a Cafe Mocha to warm me up after a day in the rain, but the line was out the door and populated by people who made me feel old, fat, and badly dressed.
I opted for a hot chocolate at Burger King instead and made coffee when we got home.

Joanne


---- Vance Roy <gigli.saw at dplanet.ch> wrote: 
> There are a half dozen of these machines available. Jura, Sacco, etc.  
> Two of my kids have them. They are expensive, and you want to get a  
> Vollautomat (full function). I would love to have one, but with it,  
> our counter space would disappear. Barbara says she doesn't like it  
> because the coffee gets cold, so that was the absolute veto on that!  
> The capsule machines are cheaper and good, but the capsules are like  
> printer ink cartridges; they would give you the printer in order to  
> get you to buy them. Those USA prices sound dirt cheap for the capsules.
> 
> The foam and grinding for each cup makes the difference. With coffee  
> about to touch 4 CHF per cup in a restaurant here, home brewed  
> becomes important. The Swiss still love Starbucks, believe it or not.
> 
> On 12. Dez 2007, at 00:45, John Miller wrote:
> 
> > A few years ago we went on a Swiss Heartland Untour and my husband  
> > loved the coffee.
> 
> Vance Roy
> gigli.saw at dplanet.ch
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> http://www.eyefetch.com/fredch/blog.aspx
> 
> I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age and calling  
> it “Pumping Rust.”
> AJC Vent
> 
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