Necessity--The Mother of Invention

Yes, I am a caffeine addict. My form of choice is coffee (though a cold Coke or Snickers are sometimes good substitutes) . I moaned and groaned a bit about having been brought Peets coffee beans with no coffee grinder to be found anywhere ...except the one I bought from a little shop in Sokoto owned and run by some Chinese people.  The gadget cost about 500 Naira ($3) but raised enough suspicion about its function and quality that I insisted on knowing the stores' return policy before turning over the cash. Sure enough, a handful of coffee beans produced less than 1/8th teaspoon of finer than espresso grind powder.  Most of the beans fell between the gears. I returned it the next day.


In my frustration, two items on the desk grabbed my attention and I thought about helping my mother make biscuits on Saturday mornings when a rolling pin was nowhere to be found..Ah ha!