We don't own a coffee-maker

We really don't.  Neither one of us has any inclination to ever drink brewed coffee by itself.  We both prefer instead those confections that can only be made at a coffee-bar of the Starbucks variety.  S goes way further than I do out onto the confection limb, ordering coffees that come with chocolate or caramel, and ordering fewer shots per size than is standard.  And actually, I only drink coffee one way, and that's with sugar syrup and milk, chilled over ice.  Pretty basic, but bearing very little resemblance to the hot black bitter stuff that comes out of coffee machines.  (Although I have been known to drink coffee with lots of cream and lots of sugar if I'm going out for breakfast.) 

I've always thought that we were part of the minority in this country, because it seems like nearly everyone likes to drink coffee in the morning, and it seems like a lot of people like to brew it at home.  I can't remember a time when my dad didn't brew a pot of coffee in the morning and drink it.  And my grandmother?  She subsists on a diet of Virginia Slims and black coffee.  Am I wrong to think that most people own some sort of coffee-making apparatus?  I seriously think that we're out of the norm here.  The other thing is that many grown-up people, who have guests on a regular basis (which we do not, clearly), may have some sort of cheap appliance to provide brewed coffee, even if they themselves don't drink it. 

In fact, we are facing just this situation in a week.  S's brother and his brother's girlfriend are coming to stay with us for a few days.  The girlfriend?  A coffee addict.  The thing is, I don't think I can bring myself to acquire a coffee appliance for just a few days of coffee drinking, to say nothing of the fact that I don't have anywhere to put it.  I mean, for god's sake, we're overcrowded as it is.  S's electric razor has taken up residence in the kitchen because...anyway.  We don't have space.  And I'm not even inclined to borrow a machine, even though I'm pretty sure my mom would lend us hers.  No, if I borrow one, then I have to get filters and coffee and it's such a production.  Am I a bad hostess if I don't want to bend over backwards to provide my guest with coffee in the morning?  There's actually a Starbucks right around the corner from our place (surprised, aren't you?), a literal two-minute walk from our place.  Not even.  And I'll happily pick up some of those instant coffee granules that seems suspiciously not like coffee. 

Am I wrong?  Should I borrow a coffee-maker?

Comments

[Rita]

I don't think it's a big deal if you can't brew coffee for them. However, I recently discovered that I have three drip coffee machines. Three. I also have a barista so I can make cappuccino and whatnot at home. But I digress.

I have my coffee machine from college, and the people who lived in the house before us left a very nice coffee maker and I discovered that Mr, who absolutely does not drink coffee, also has a coffee maker. That one is very small. I know you don't have a ton of room, but it's like a small pitcher. The thing makes and pours coffee all in one pot, so it's smaller than most machines. You can have it if you want it. You can even toss it when they leave if you don't want to keep it.

I drive to work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and I drive right by your apartment on my way to school after work. I could easily drop it off if you want it. I'd have to look at it to see how it works, but... I could make it happen.

[Dadmo]

I think you should have one for your guests. It goes under the gracious hostess category. I would borrow one. Actually I might have an extra you can have...It makes you feel good when people go out of their way for you. Making someone feel good is always worthwhile.