Aromettes Duo from Douwe Egberts (and my Mum)

There is a longstanding joke in my family, that you must not talk to Mum before she has her first coffee on a morning. At least I think it’s a joke?? I don’t think anyone has ever tested it out. Anyhow, what this boils down to is that Mum is a coffee expert. She doesn’t work for an international coffee house, oh no… she has raised six children. You don’t do that and keep your sanity without some help, and for Mum that comes in the form of coffee.

As a coffee expert, my Mum can sniff out quality coffee a mile off. No cheap and nasty rubbish for her (personally if it’s warm and wet and vaguely resembles coffee I’m satisfied)! Now I have sampled a fair few cups of coffee made with Aromettes Duo and can honestly report this lovely stuff is very nice (you can see why I got Mum involved in this can’t you!). Here are her findings / review.

Aromettes Duo – What are they?

Aromettes are– 30 individually pressed ground coffee servings in the shape of a bean, one bean per serving, and can be used in pretty much all coffee machines, makers and cafetieres. The two types currently available (exclusively to tesco) are Smooth Aroma which has a strength rating of 3/5 and Intense Aroma which has a rating of 5/5.

Findings

  • You can mix and match the two strengths in your machine or cafetiere for different strengths.
  • One big plus point was the lack of having to measure out your coffee, you need just one bean per cup. There is no need to guess and less waste.
  • These Aromettes produce the same quality Douwe Egberts flavour you would expect. As soon as the hot water hits those beans that famous aroma is released.

Most importantly, they have the seal of approval of my Mum, there really isn’t a better recommendation. After all, Mum knows best!

To see more about this product and others Douwe Egbert offer, why not pop along to their website and along to their Facebook page to be kept up to date with news and offers.

Changing Times – I can’t believe how much it all costs!

So young and innocent!

When we were younger and more innocent, Roy and I moved into our first place together. Our bills were as follows:

  • Rent – £300
  • Council Tax – £58
  • Water £20 a month over 8 months
  • Electric – £30-£40 a month (key meter)
  • Mobiles – £10 a month (for both of us – we only ever text each other, on our huge phones lol!)
  • Food – £40 a week did all our food /drink / toiletries and cleaning materials

We had no landline, no gas, no internet.

We both smoked, 20 Lambert & Butler were £2.55.

My hourly wage was £3.63 and I worked a minimum of 38hrs a week

Roys take-home pay was £150 a week.

And we wanted for nothing. We had no credit, went out we wanted to, could eat takeaways – whatever. We even managed to put a little away each month.

Now our bills are double, and in some cases triple than what is listed above! We haven’t smoked in years which is probably just as well seeing as they look set to top £7 for 20 before too long, and we don’t drink. Obviously we have extras now such as Sky TV, broadband, and what not -but the difference in the basics is phenomenal! Scary really!

I wonder what the costs of things will be in another 15 years? Can you remember your first home and the costs? I bet they are quite different to what they are now!