I have bought myself an early Christmas present. A bean-to-cup coffee maker.

coffee maker

I’m impressed with the coffee it delivers accompanied by whirring noises and a preliminary cleaning rinse.I had heard that the Nespresso machines make good coffee, but there’s something about buying your own beans, selecting how fine you want them ground and making your own cappuccino with your own choice of milk. Choices that you don’t get if you use capsules.

The new toy comes apart very easily to keep it clean and recycle the compressed coffee discs. There’s even an Eco button to switch off automatically when not in use.

To accompany the good coffee I have bought ready made pastry that rolls out cinnamon swirls and pain au chocolat.