Little things are going to take longer; ordering glasses, getting prescriptions, etc. We're planning ahead; just ordered some re-supplies for April

I knew we needed to prepare, and we have. Still, I did not expect this.

Jeanette Isabelle

Looking back a year...What did we, individually, get right?
_ precautions
_ preparations
-Assumptions

Precautions:

• observed general hygene measures (as before)
• kept strangers at a little more distance
• ordered more goods online to avoid crowded super markets

Preparations:
The preparedness life style actually was enough to see me through. No special meassures were required. There was no need for panic buying.

• had a decent amount of supplies anyways
• overestimated my coffee consumption and temporarily had too much in stock
• vehicles are in good shape and kept refueled
• cultivated some extra tomatoes and chillies

Assumptions:

• fresh grocery will be available (got that one right)
• once people overstuffed their larders all items would return to the shelves (got that one right)
• 2021 will not see the end of the pandemic (result pending)
• Brexit might have an impact on the supply of bitter orange marmalade

How can one have too much coffee in stock?

Is that a rhetorical question? It’s a cold brew coffee time of year. I find dark roast beans go better with cold brew coffee than they do hot brewed. Whatever, some folks don’t like cold brew, but it’s super easy to make and uses no electricity other than for grinding the beans.

But regarding the subject at hand, I have enough bags of coffee beans in stock to last through Christmas. Just planning ahead.

I have a hand cranked coffee bean grinder.So no electricity needed even for that.

Coffee beans do not stay fresh indefintely. If the supply is likely to exceed two month worth of excessive consumption, it may be too much. I also realized that I still had an iron reserve on top of that.
Bear in mind that I could go to the store and buy some almost any day of the week or order up to 20 lbs online with next day delivery.

I have a hand grinder too which for daily use would be really time consuming. But during a long term power outage, that might be the highlight of my day

I don´t think it is time consuming, I have timed my coffee making = hand grinding and french press.

Started the clock when I put water kettle on. While the water heated up to 95 degrees celsius I weighed the beans on a scale and grinded. By then water is ready, pour over and let steep for 4 minutes. Whole process take max 10 minutes.