Frugal Family
Frugal Coffee
Do you know how much you spend on coffee in a year?
I don’t know too many people who don’t enjoy a hot cup of coffee in the morning. For those of us who have to get up at the crack of dawn to go to work, a cup of coffee is as crucial as the gas in the car. The question is, how much money are we spending on that morning cup of coffee? And how much can we save? My husband and I stopped at a Dunkin' Donuts for a couple of hot coffees last Wednesday evening on our way to a function. We don’t generally go to Dunkin' Donuts, but we were feeling a little worn out and, what do you know, there was a store right there on the highway. Let’s face it, between the constant “America Runs on Dunkin'” ads aired on the radio and the fact that there seems to be a Dunkin' Donuts on every corner, unless we …
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Gary Mercure
4:29 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
A little investment can save you a ton of money. Get an air popcorn popper, a coffee grinder, a brewer with a timer, and a thermos. Buy coffee online, green, and roast it yourself: it's dirt cheap green, and doesn't start getting stale until you roast it, which is where the popcorn popper comes in. You can roast beans right in your kitchen with an air popper, grind them in your grinder, and use … more ›