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<div class="text-justify">Last month, I've been contemplating on buying myself an espresso machine. I love coffee. Next to water, coffee is the drink I couldn't say <b>no</b> to. I have tried different ways of making my own coffee: pour over, French press, cold brew, moka pot, and of course instant coffee mix. It depends on whether I have enough time to indulge myself of the <i>process</i> of making coffee, my preference always depended on that.</div>
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<div class="text-justify">The times I was assigned to work from home, I was able to enjoy slow mornings with a cup of coffee. That's when I realized that <b>I've got to have a good cup of coffee everyday.</b> It's a must that I should cultivate, that goes with my dream of a quality life. Enough of my hesitations, I decided to buy an espresso machine, in addition, I also bought a manual coffee grinder so I can have fresh coffee grounds to use.</div>

<h3>my coffee nook</h3>

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<div class="text-justify">All my equipment just got delivered this week so I just temporarily set this up as my coffee nook. I'm planning to have a custom made table that can hold space for all these. I also got my coffee beans (espresso) online, I love that everything's in your reach now, you just have to wait patiently before it gets delivered to your doorstep. 😀</div>

<h3>fresh coffee grounds</h3>

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<div class="text-justify">Using my coffee grinder, it took real effort to make fine coffee grounds using the freshly roasted beans I got. A single shot espresso is made using 7g of coffee grounds and 14g for a double shot espresso. My coffee machine can make single and double shots so I decided to go for the later option —the more the better.</div>

<h3>double shot espresso</h3>

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<div class="text-justify">This may seem instant compared to the other ways of making coffee but I truly enjoyed the process and the taste too! I was thinking if it's just my lack of experience in using the moka pot on making espresso or it's really the difference in the pressure of the two equipment. This coffee machine works on 15 bars of pressure, a pretty good machine for beginners like me.</div>

<h3>a foamy hot latte</h3>

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<div class="text-justify">A common mistake! On the first and second time that I've tried frothing milk, I still haven't figured out how to get away with the too much foam (layers) on the milk. I will have to do a lot of practices in order to get that silky texture so that I can move forward to the art of making latte. The taste was really great though, I'll just have to work on my skills of making latte art. 🎨</div>

<h3>a refreshing iced latte</h3>

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<div class="text-justify">I love cold drinks! For me, iced latte gives that refreshing feeling you get when you drink a cucumber lemonade drink haha. This coffee drink was so easy to make since all I had to do was pour the espresso on the glass of milk and ice. This is a perfect drink for me, something I'd like to have in the night, especially when I still have some work to do. I'm excited to explore and make more coffee drinks using my espresso machine. But for now, my heart's really happy that I get to drink good coffee everyday. 🌞</div>