Archive for November, 2006

Make your own espresso pods at home

If you’re addicted to Senseo, Nespresso, or other coffee makers/espresso machines that use coffee pods, you might be concerned with the cost of the pods. Perfect Pod maker
from Coffee Giant solves that problem — you can now make your own low-cost coffee pods.

The Perfect Pod lets you create self-contained, single-use pods for use in virtually any coffee machine. It has an added benefit, too : you now have an almost unlimited choice of beans and blends for your machine! You can even make your own personalized gift packs for your friends and family.
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A mortar-shell Coffee Maker

Coffee maker from mortar shells

There are lots of variations of coffeemakers – from high-end, beautiful and shiny stainless steel espresso machines to cheap plastic Mr. Coffee knock-offs. Here’s a unique type of coffee maker. Azmeraw Zeleke of northern Ethiopia uses old mortar shells, which stand about one metre high, to make his coffee machines.
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