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REAL portable espresso is something of a holy grail among coffee aficionados, so I was happy to see these folks reached their Kickstarter goal to creaet a green, portable machine without the usual shortcuts of electricity, batteries, or high pressure gas cartridges.

The Nomad is perfect for everyday use at home in the kitchen or garden. It’s the ideal espresso machine to use at work or in the field. The Nomad is a great companion for your RV, camping, and boating lifestyle. Whether you take it with you fishing, or hunting, or on a business trip the best espresso is …
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Ever heard of a Chatelaine? Well, they’ve been around in one form or another since Roman times up through the Victorian era.  They started out as toiletry kits (ear scoops, nail cleaners, and tweezers) but evolved into highly personalized, sometimes symbols of statuses, for specific hobbies, professions and stations.

Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a woman’s dress, bearing tiny useful accessories, from notebooks …
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I am ashamed to say I’ve used more than my fair share of those plastic bottles filled with lemon or lime juice rather than juicing my own. This device is a step above those, seeming to provide the convenience as well as the freshness.

Spray juice citrus fruit directly to season your dishes or flavor of the most refreshing drinks and cocktails. Includes 2 sizes to get the most out of each fruit: one long for lemons, oranges and grapefruit and a short one for smaller citrus such as tangerines and limes

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Mystech: Another one of those things you regret you don’t have once you really need it. A detailed review of a very reasonable priced emergency flashlight and radio powered by crank or solar that’ll even charge your USB devices!

Everyone says you need a good radio in an emergency. Everyone, in this case, is right. I could go on about why communication is important in an emergency, and maybe I will later, but the short answer is that it keeps you informed. Information is something you can rarely have too much of, especially in an emergency. This applies to …
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