If I was to buy the Nescafe sachets from the local Co-op they would be 8 for £2.79.
When the Nescafe ones are full price in the supermarkets they are £2.50
Sometimes they are on offer at £1.50 and before Christmas went down to £1.25
Big surprise to find just one of the flavours in Poundland in Diss this week for £1 - obviously- (I stocked up!)
But what I normally buy are the ones that Asda have for 84p
But still an awful LOT more than a tea-bag!
(Just spending the kids inheritance!)
Back Tomorrow
Sue
PS apologies for not replying to many comments yesterday, I started then faded away!
Nothing wrong with some little treats through the day. Nothing wrong at all and I'm glad you are.
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I too love those Nescafe frothy coffees, Sue, although I just have the plain unsweetened ones, 2 a day for me also. I've tried all the supermarket own brands but none of them are as nice as the Nescafe ones. Aldi's own brand ones are 89p for a box of 10, rather than 8 (Nescafe used to be 10, until a couple of years ago when they quietly reduced them to 8 without saying anything, hoping nobody would notice - well I did!). So what I do is buy 2 Aldi boxes to 1 Nescafe box, open them all up and mix them together in a plastic tub, that cuts the cost quite a lot without affecting the taste very much.
ReplyDeleteI always buy the Aldi ones as well Sooze.Lovely and creamy,xx
DeleteI used to take some Irish coffee FLAVOURED ones to work with me. I got some curious looks, I can tell you. X
ReplyDeleteI'm not a big fan of coffee, but do wonder often at the pricing disparity as it sometimes seems an awful lot of money for a bean in water.
ReplyDeleteI went of tea and coffee for a long while and just had water or Robinson cordial now I have Nescafé from the £1 shop or tea and sometimes I like the flavoured tea. I do like Hot Chocolate or Horlicks made with milk especially when I am feeling a bit lot.
ReplyDeleteI have a special coffee at Knit and Natter today.
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Wish we could get Horlicks here! That`s my bedtime drink of choice.
DeleteAs long as it is not one of Baldrick's specials(!)
ReplyDeleteI love cappuccinos. We invested in a machine which scares me to death. It has a steam thing which makes the milk frothy.
ReplyDeleteWe buy them for when we're working away at the shows. It means that on the Sunday we can take a flask of hot water with us [filled up at the hotel] and enjoy these rather that having to buy the very expensively priced coffee at the venue. Took us ages to work out that particular little wheeze! Arilx
ReplyDeleteMy one treat is to buy 'proper coffee' - I limit myself to one cup a day and drink it at leisure usually after my lunch. It always seems an indulgence.
ReplyDeleteI meant to say that Aldi are stocking dies at the moment, so there may be something for you there.
ReplyDeleteYes, you could have a teabag and save money, but you have a little treat instead. You're worth it!
Frugal is fine, but if you really like the coffee and don't enjoy tea then you should have the coffee. Go for it and enjoy!
ReplyDeleteYou need to give yourself a treat every so often and a nice cup of frothy coffee is a small one at that.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Since I've lived here (four years) I have not bought any instant coffee of any sort. Instead, I have medium roast ground coffee (never dark roast). You don't need a posh machine, just a good filter cone. I was using filter papers inside a porcelain one, but now have a stainless steel one that doesn't need the paper. Even the Poundland coffee (in the red packet) is perfectly drinkable and (to me) has more flavour than instant. And only "£1 - obviously"! (Don't like the dark roast though.)
ReplyDeleteI drink decaf after about 2pm (so as not to be kept awake), and, to me, the best one is from Lidl, in a blue packet. Cheap and tasty.
I do drink tea as well, but that's another story!
Hiya hope the PP letter arrived safely
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DeleteIt did - but I came in on Monday afternoon, tired from a day out, and found it on the mat.
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I love coffee but I have high blood pressure so any coffee must be decaff so I stay with tea and milk for breakfast. I do treat myself to a white chocolate mocha sometimes. Wish they had a bit more of UK groceries available here.
ReplyDeleteLast year I was quite ill with kidney problems and, for some reason, went right off coffee.....as silly as it sounds, I couldn’t even watch coffee adverts on TV as they made me very nauseous....very weird.
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