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Memorial Day is right around the corner, so that means it s time to wheel out the rusty barbecues, dust off the pool floats, and get ready to soak up the sun. And Amazon’s new Spring into Summer sale can help kickstart your plans with products discounted up to 68 percent off.
This sale includes items from pretty much every category imaginable, like electronics, home improvement, and outdoor toys. You can start with some must-have grilling products like Cuisinart’s Sauce Pot and Basting Brush for 48 percent off or OlarHike’s BBQ Accessories 22-piece set for just $22.
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You don t need a large, fancy machine with all the cranks and levers to get a good cup of espresso. With the portable Wacaco Minipresso, you can pour a smooth, rich cup of espresso on the go with minimal work.
The Minipresso is a bit less than 7 inches tall and weighs under a pound, making it easy to slip into a backpack or purse. The innovative design makes it efficient and simple to use all the parts fit together in the capsule-shaped gadget, and all you need is hot water and ground coffee to make it work. The device s cap doubles as a cup, which you need to remove in order to take the filter basket out and add ground coffee. The bottom of the scoop also doubles as a tamper to level your grounds. The filter basket then goes into the Minipresso and the hot water goes into the water tank. From there, all you have to do is unlock the piston and pump to extract the espresso. The Minipresso makes about a 50-ml shot of espresso.
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A well-designed charcuterie board can be the centerpiece of any gathering, potluck, or Instagram post. And one of the people turning these spreads into a lucrative social media career is Marissa Mullen, the brains behind the Instagram account That Cheese Plate. In her book
That Cheese Plate Will Change Your Life, Mullen teaches readers how to turn piles of cheese, nuts, crackers, fruits, and meats into eye-popping works of delicious art for every occasion.
Mullen goes by her so-called cheese by numbers method, which attaches a numeral to each component on a standard cheese board: 1 for cheese, 2 for meat, 3 for produce, 4 for crunch, 5 for dip, and 6 for garnish. This is the backbone for how Mullen blueprints each new board layout.
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Cooking from home can feel monotonous after a while, which is why subscription meal services have become an enormous success over the past couple of years. It has never been easier to try out a meal kit, and this Memorial Day, Blue Apron is offering plenty of discounts to get you started.
Blue Apron is one of the leading meal delivery subscription services out there, offering kits for all sorts of diets and price points, with servings starting at $7.49 a portion. Beginning May 17 through Memorial Day, May 31, new customers can save $100 on their first five boxes. If you already use a meal subscription service, Blue Apron will give you 10 free orders and free shipping when you switch during this period as well.
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When your fancy piece of tech turns into a pricey paperweight at the end of its life, it can feel like an emotional and financial kick to the stomach to replace it. But instead of shelling out thousands of dollars for a brand-new model, you can now turn to Amazon’s Renewed page for like-new refurbished products at a big discount.
Amazon’s Renewed page is a treasure trove of refurbished, pre-owned, and open-box products ranging from pricey computers and home entertainment systems to kitchen blenders and gaming consoles. The program works when Amazon sellers send in products that are seemingly broken. Qualified suppliers do a full diagnostic test and inspect the item to fix what s broken (if possible) and give it a complete cleaning. There is even a guarantee on select products that grants you a full refund or replacement if you return a product within a certain amount of time.