It's interesting about the Zoji. Certainly in the UK the price makes it a great leap of faith. Non-owners often have an opinion about them ..... but only when you own one are you completely blown away by them. To be able to get your curry in the slow cooker and the rice in the Zoji and then simply eat a perfect meal later in the day is a great thing. It's one of the few meals I cook where I can have a break between prep and eating.

Also a great convertee to Nespresso. Having had big industrial strength Gaggias and gone through the whole roasting from green bean and blending to our own taste and then discovered with some doubts these little machines - if you are just an espresso drinker then these are stunning machines. And the pods last forever. Ignore the dates.

The other thing I'd add to my own list is cigar humidors (it's a bloke thing ....) and those nice cigar exporters in the Swiss airport free zones that export in perfectly legal smallish quantities ...... and save us a packet on the tax on quality cigars ....