Inspired by the previous question: What is your “inexpensive” hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? : asklemmy, I would like to know what hobbies are easier to keep cheap.
Inspired by the previous question: What is your “inexpensive” hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? : asklemmy, I would like to know what hobbies are easier to keep cheap.
Coffee. It CAN get extremely expensive, but importantly the expensive parts can be re-used for decades, and also there’s a bit of a bend point in value for the hobby.
Once you get a $150 really good grinder and start grinding whole beans every day, you’ve gotten 40% better. Then maybe a Chemex or Aeropress for $50 and a weight scale for $20 and you’re another 30% better. After that…it’s easy to spend $300+ at a time on better equipment or getting into espresso but each thing is like a 5% improvement. You’ll notice, but if you don’t have much money, it’s not really worth it.
And the beans SEEM like they’re getting expensive but a bag gets 2 weeks of coffee for me, $20 for really nice beans just isn’t that much per cup.
Finally a coffee enthusiast who thinks like me. Too often the mentality is, it must be expensive to be a good coffee, which is not true at all.
I use a 150€ portafilter machine for espresso, americano and cappuccino, and depending on beans and mood, just a French press for “coffee”.
And my home brewed coffee is better than like 95% of the coffee I get elsewhere.
Yes, coffee! It’s wonderful when you figure out how to taste coffee and work out what qualities of a roast you enjoy.
I got into coffee during the pandemic and can wholeheartedly recommend it as a cost-effective hobby, particularly if you’re already a coffee drinker.