Friday, June 17, 2011

The cost of home cappuccino

We do enjoy a nice cup of coffee and we used to treat ourselves to shop bought ones. I though homemade one might be good but I was too nervous to buy a home coffee machine, when I looked at them I got over whelmed by the choices and did away with the plans.


However, we were blessed to recieve a machine from friends who didn't use one they were given. 


So how much does it cost? 90 cents!  *Obviously not including the cost of the coffee machine.*


We use Organic fair trade coffee beans. We had a grinder that I used for nuts. We use lactose free milk.


33c for 14grams of beans
50c for 200mls of milk -Bearing in mind it's expensive lactose free stuff
5c for power usage of coffee machine
1c for grinder usage
1c for chocolate dusting powder


I think it would be cheaper with 'normal' milk 


I honestly think they taste better than the shop bought in most cases :o)

Oh so yum!

3 comments:

Sherrie said...

Such a saving ,I'm not a coffee drinker, I love the smell of coffee, years ago I would buy a cappacino from time to time, I'm ok for a ordinary size cup but any bigger and larger and I get terrible heart palpatations. I also would make it sometimes at home years ago by warmer the milk and frothy it up with the stick blender. I haven't brought one for years, how much is a cappacino these days ?
Sherrie from Simpleliving :)

Secret Hippie said...

Oh yes, palpitations I need to pace myself too.

You pay about $4:50 for a cup around our way. Good saving for sure and not sad tummies from lactose.

:o)

Barbs said...

I'm the same too, love coffee but it doesnt love me, have to limit it to a couple a week. Boo Hoo.
Does Lactose free milk taste the same as regular? I am doing a challenge to see if I am lactose intolerant and have given up dairy completely as of last saturday and waiting to see if there is any improvement in my tummy!