How to Money · Monday, June 29, 2026
The hosts discuss a listener, Brady, who started roasting his own coffee beans as a hobby, acknowledging it might take years to break even. They debate whether such pursuits are driven by a desire for savings or simply enjoyment and lifestyle upgrades.
“Anyways, thanks to Allows. What a big dog. Oh we're going to call each other? Yeah? No, I like that. I was gonna say, speaking of helping your boys out, Brady hook your boys up. As far as like coffee, I would love to try some of Brady's coffee.”
“So Brady's talking about you know, being able to gift it as to friends and family, but only if they're the finest Guatemalan bean. It's grown at fifty one hundred feet above sea level. Right, Oh, no, no, you can. You can get amazing beans from all over the world.”
“So Brady's talking about like dabbling into coffee roasting. He's like, it's so expensive aout the store and I love that. He's just it is a slippery slope. And at this point you can't say that, well, I bought a separate roasting machine. Oh and I've also got the espressive like you're not doing that because you're saving money doing that, Like you're doing that because it's fun. Well, it's a hobby and you love it and you enjoy it. Okay, I mean that is true, but I will say, hear what you're saying that over time money.”
“The proogular cheap I did run the numbers, and it would take a year and a half of me ordering two drinks, two flat whites at our local coffee shop. I would have to do that every single day of the week or every day of the year. Two drinks in order for me to earn back the cost of the machine in a year and a half.”