are we also coffee connoisseurs? Or wine enthusiasts?

@edcyn

wine indeed improved a lot in Hungary (my home country) in the last 2 decades, as they restored the tradition. The famous story about California's wine is that it was started by a Hungarian. Whoever did it, I am happy with the results.

Not a big expert in South American wines, but the ones I tried were all high quality

I have a manual Flair espresso maker. Dumped my ascaso when it broke after a year. 

after work, a glass of citrusy Chardonnay or local IPA will complement Van Morrison like a charm 

@rshak and whatever you save on Costco wine, you spend it on cartridges :)

that’s pretty deep, some of you are into coffee too.

I tried a lot of brands and stuck with Illy’s. I know it’s not from a farmer who reads Greek poems and has a goat named Ghandi; I leave that to the coffee shops. I am still in search for the best espresso that I can’t spoil with cream and sugar.

@jond, yes, also the first Sheriff of San Diego

Unfortunately 80% of Hungarian wine (<$2) is still junk though

@thepigdog Egri Bikaver was the number 1 red wine for the entire duration of Communism, I think it killed more braincells than any other brand 

So many beer comments...

I think I got the microbrew wave when I bought my first 6 pack of Ballast Point's yellowtail (at a 7-11 a mile from the original factory) that reminded me of my once favorite beer: Pilsner Urquell. 

They were an "alley" brewery, and micro in every sense back then, and they definitely reformed the business but it's hard to be excited about microbrew anymore