Sunday, August 13, 2006

Inspired by all my mom's thrifted finds, Aaron and I stopped at a few yardsales this weekend. My big win was this Zanzibar Italian expresso maker. It was marked $5 but since the lady had no idea how to use it she gave it to me for 25¢.

It is a "Vesuvio" brewer and I found out online how to use it.

15 comments:

  1. what a wonderful find! I've been wanting one of these for ages.

    ReplyDelete
  2. These are really common in Sweden. Makes good coffee too 8)

    ReplyDelete
  3. We've got one of them - the best coffee ever !
    (I'm not really fond of coffee right now though, being 7 months pregnant)

    Been reading your blog for ages now, don't think I've ever made a comment before though ...

    Hi ! I'm Trine from Denmark, thanks for sharing all your great stuff and funny ideas :-)

    ReplyDelete
  4. I have one of those as well. I brought it back with me from my stay in Spain, so in my family it's called a 'cafetera'.

    Now I stop at every little coffee roaster to buy the house speciality, which makes for good coffee variety on Sunday mornings.

    Enjoy!

    And a fun link to follow Latte Art Barista Championship.

    ReplyDelete
  5. WTG!!! That is an awesome find and wowza, what a deal. Congrats :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. I am soooooo jealous. I have been wanting one forever! What a deal!

    ReplyDelete
  7. These are great - I have had mine for years. Make the best espresso EVER. Enjoy your coffee!

    ReplyDelete
  8. I have a personal-sized one of those (I got it at World Market), and I use it all the time!

    ReplyDelete
  9. They're very common in spain too, we have a big one (6 cups) and a small one for one cup only... we use the small one daily for morning coffee and in my oppinion it's the best way to prepare a good coffee!! :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. I've drawn this in drawing class.

    ReplyDelete
  11. You will love using it. My Italian husband inherited his from his grandfather and it works so much better than the new one he received a few years ago.

    ReplyDelete
  12. funny! from spain too, this is the ONLY way I know of doing coffee... ;)

    ReplyDelete
  13. when i lived in spain the lady we boarded with made us coffee w this every day.

    ReplyDelete
  14. I've been coveting my mom's forever. Someday, she will break. And I shall have it! bwahaha.

    ReplyDelete