How To Live on $14 an hour: And get coffee like Starbucks!! #$14anhr #labw

How To Live on $14 an hour: And get coffee like Starbucks!!

http://www.ehow.com/how_5205597_make-great-starbucks-coffee-home.html

Now They have this great way of making it at home, IF you have the following items:

    * Fresh coffee beans from Starbucks
    * Coffee grinder
    * Coffeemaker
    * Filtered water

As you know, I often live frugally and making a choice to buy a coffee grinder or the 9 year old some socks is an easy decision to make - sans coffee grinder.

And filtered water?

In my house?

At fourteen dollars an hour?

Ha! Ha and double ha!

But I love Starbucks coffee and I would love to have some every once in a while.

I always have my treat money but I can't afford a three dollar cup of coffee five days a week - even though I would love to afford one morning noon and night.

If you are a heavy coffee drinker, I would suggest getting all your coffee in bulk and investing in a coffee grinder:
http://www.amazon.com/Krups-203-42-Touch-Coffee-Grinder/dp/B00004SPEU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297095044&sr=8-1

This is only about less than $20 dollars. Just because you're broke doesn't mean you have to drink bad coffee.

You can also get some coffee grinders from Starbucks or even individual packets like :

http://www.starbucksstore.com/starbucks-via/ or see below and click on the Amazon links.

But if you really would like some good coffee without breaking the bank, my suggestion would be the following:

Get a bulk order of coffee. This is cheaper on the budget and you don't have to keep running to the store and just buying anything. Amazon has this available for 3 cans for less than 20 dollars. A decent coffee maker or coffee machine can run you about twenty dollars (but all this pays off in the end.) Of course you're going to need filters or invest in a washable re-usable filter. If you still want that clean water taste you can get water filtered coffee filters. They're a little bit more expensive, but for a little bit of luxury, you can get some of those (see below).

With some good sugar, half and half, you can save yourself literally hundreds of dollars a year by making your own good coffee at home.

Now if you really have to have that vanilla or caramel flavored roasted coffee or a shot of something sweet inside, you can always look up Caramel Sauce or vanilla Sauce (see below).

Either way, there's always a good way to save on a great cup of joe!