1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,693 Speaker 1: from News Talks at me. 3 00:00:12,853 --> 00:00:14,413 Speaker 2: This is going to come as a great surprise, But 4 00:00:14,613 --> 00:00:21,053 Speaker 2: I am very particular. I am a big believer that 5 00:00:21,173 --> 00:00:23,933 Speaker 2: a tidy house makes for a tidy mind. I like 6 00:00:24,053 --> 00:00:28,133 Speaker 2: things to have their place, I like routine, and I 7 00:00:28,213 --> 00:00:33,213 Speaker 2: hate clutter. Both of my televisions are mounted on the 8 00:00:33,253 --> 00:00:37,133 Speaker 2: walls with their cables hidden away. I use organizers to 9 00:00:37,213 --> 00:00:40,813 Speaker 2: secrete my stereo chords, and a cluttered bench top makes 10 00:00:40,853 --> 00:00:45,813 Speaker 2: me feel so unsettled that I insist on having nothing 11 00:00:45,853 --> 00:00:50,133 Speaker 2: on it. Nothing, absolutely nothing on my kitchen bench top. 12 00:00:50,853 --> 00:00:54,253 Speaker 2: Our microwave is hidden away in a cupboard, our toaster 13 00:00:54,453 --> 00:00:56,453 Speaker 2: is hidden in a drawer. And when it comes to 14 00:00:56,533 --> 00:00:59,613 Speaker 2: electric gadgets, that's as far as I'm prepared to go 15 00:00:59,973 --> 00:01:04,053 Speaker 2: an air fryer. You got to be kidding me. Despite 16 00:01:04,093 --> 00:01:10,493 Speaker 2: my wife's protestations, I still refuse to buy an electric kettle. Therefore, 17 00:01:10,533 --> 00:01:13,013 Speaker 2: for most of my adult life, I've been making coffee 18 00:01:13,013 --> 00:01:16,493 Speaker 2: the same way an Italian stove top number, you know 19 00:01:16,533 --> 00:01:19,333 Speaker 2: the ones, a little boletti. You sort of put the 20 00:01:19,373 --> 00:01:21,573 Speaker 2: water in the bottom, you put the coffee and the 21 00:01:21,613 --> 00:01:23,613 Speaker 2: funnel in the middle. You screw it together, put it 22 00:01:23,693 --> 00:01:25,933 Speaker 2: on the element and wait for the espresso to brew. 23 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:29,533 Speaker 2: It spits out of the top shaft after about I 24 00:01:29,573 --> 00:01:32,853 Speaker 2: don't know, five minutes and twelve seconds of steady heat. 25 00:01:33,253 --> 00:01:36,973 Speaker 2: It makes you wait just a little bit, but it's 26 00:01:37,013 --> 00:01:42,053 Speaker 2: worth it. A rich black espresso crema on the top. Ah. 27 00:01:42,293 --> 00:01:45,693 Speaker 2: I love the smell, I love the taste, and I 28 00:01:45,733 --> 00:01:50,893 Speaker 2: love the ritual. It's funny. I figure my BOLLETTI brew 29 00:01:51,533 --> 00:01:55,453 Speaker 2: lands me in that perfect middle ground between freeze dried 30 00:01:55,573 --> 00:01:58,853 Speaker 2: instant coffee and the in home espresso makers which have 31 00:01:58,893 --> 00:02:02,813 Speaker 2: steadily become ubiquitous in our kitchens. It's, you know, it's 32 00:02:02,813 --> 00:02:06,373 Speaker 2: coffee for someone who cares about coffee, but it doesn't 33 00:02:06,533 --> 00:02:11,493 Speaker 2: require a gleaming chrome spaceship taking up four square meters 34 00:02:11,493 --> 00:02:17,053 Speaker 2: on the kitchen bench. But am I missing out? Truthfully, 35 00:02:18,373 --> 00:02:23,653 Speaker 2: I am starting to second guess myself. Last year, a 36 00:02:23,653 --> 00:02:28,053 Speaker 2: family member very generously offered to shout us a fancy 37 00:02:28,173 --> 00:02:31,293 Speaker 2: espresso maker as a wedding gift, and I sort of 38 00:02:31,333 --> 00:02:34,653 Speaker 2: gently demurred at the time. It's not that I think 39 00:02:34,653 --> 00:02:38,373 Speaker 2: they're totally gimmicky. They're not popcorn makers. They're not like 40 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:44,813 Speaker 2: at home candy floss machines or avocado slices. But it's funny, 41 00:02:45,013 --> 00:02:46,653 Speaker 2: you know. My parents got a machine a couple of 42 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:49,493 Speaker 2: years ago with a grinder and a steamer and a 43 00:02:49,533 --> 00:02:52,893 Speaker 2: pitcher for the milk, and Dad thrashes it every morning. 44 00:02:53,653 --> 00:02:57,013 Speaker 2: My sister has an even fancier new number and bruise 45 00:02:57,133 --> 00:03:00,533 Speaker 2: velvety rich flat whites and those fancy sea through mugs. 46 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:03,493 Speaker 2: She says, she hasn't brought a coffee since. And I 47 00:03:03,533 --> 00:03:08,133 Speaker 2: can see how the economics start to add up. If 48 00:03:08,173 --> 00:03:12,293 Speaker 2: you replace two cafe bought coffees a week with a 49 00:03:12,293 --> 00:03:15,773 Speaker 2: five hundred dollars machine, add in the milk and coffee costs, 50 00:03:15,813 --> 00:03:18,613 Speaker 2: and well, you'd have paid it off by the next 51 00:03:18,693 --> 00:03:19,333 Speaker 2: rugby world. 52 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:19,493 Speaker 1: Come. 53 00:03:20,773 --> 00:03:22,973 Speaker 2: To the best of my knowledge, only one other person 54 00:03:23,013 --> 00:03:25,893 Speaker 2: in my life has consistently made coffee the same way 55 00:03:25,933 --> 00:03:29,053 Speaker 2: as me, but as my brother, sheepishly admitted to me 56 00:03:29,173 --> 00:03:34,253 Speaker 2: last night. He's just ditched his Italian stovetop for a big, 57 00:03:34,493 --> 00:03:38,293 Speaker 2: fancy espresso maker he bought in a Brisco's sale. It's great, bro, 58 00:03:38,413 --> 00:03:42,733 Speaker 2: he said. You just push a button, You just push 59 00:03:42,853 --> 00:03:47,293 Speaker 2: a button. You see you think you see? I think 60 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:50,613 Speaker 2: that's it. I think that is it? Sure, maybe it's 61 00:03:50,653 --> 00:03:52,773 Speaker 2: the cables on the bench top that puts me off. 62 00:03:52,773 --> 00:03:55,213 Speaker 2: Maybe it's the sound. Maybe it's the cost of a big, 63 00:03:55,253 --> 00:03:59,573 Speaker 2: fancy espresso machine. Or maybe maybe in a world that 64 00:03:59,693 --> 00:04:03,653 Speaker 2: is always changing and where nothing is guaranteed, starting every 65 00:04:03,773 --> 00:04:08,093 Speaker 2: day in exactly the same way, with exactly the same 66 00:04:08,253 --> 00:04:13,413 Speaker 2: ritual and exactly the same brew. Maybe starting the day 67 00:04:14,613 --> 00:04:18,373 Speaker 2: by waiting on a simple process and a humble pot. 68 00:04:19,013 --> 00:04:24,093 Speaker 2: Maybe that's what makes the coffee taste so damn good. 69 00:04:25,213 --> 00:04:28,293 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 70 00:04:28,413 --> 00:04:31,213 Speaker 1: to News Talks d B from nine am Saturday, or 71 00:04:31,293 --> 00:04:33,133 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.