Made my 50th loaf of bread today in the bread machine. Store-bought bread averages about $2.50 a loaf, so 50 loaves would be $125. Bread machine cost $100 and I figure the flour and other ingredients for those was well under $25.
Here’s to 50 more loaves of fresh baked bread.
I bought a deLonghi Magnifica fully auto coffee machine about 15 years ago for about $1000. While I’ve had to fix it a couple times, the counter on it shows almost 50,000 shots. At 2 shots per americano, at $2.50/cup at Second Cup, I estimate that machine has saved me over $60,000.
I thought this when I bought my own espresso machine but then I realized that although the cost per cup is dramatically lower than what it would be if I paid for it at a coffee shop, I drink WAY more espresso (and coffee in general) than I did before I got it, meaning that any savings are purely theoretical. For example, I drink a double shot of espresso every morning as my morning coffee. On this basis, I saved money because the cost of my machine brings the cost per cup down to almost just the cost of the coffee. But before that, I was drinking coffee made by a $30 drip coffee machine that I had had since I moved out to go to college, which was already to that point. So on that basis, I didn’t save any money at all. I still think it’s worth it because I fucking love having a cup of espresso every morning but I no longer think of it as a “money saving” thing.