GIMME: Presents for a happy Xmas
The Financial Mail gift guide is our pick of the top gadgets and tech-inspired choices for people of all tastes
So hot right now Long, sweltering weekend afternoons are prime shisa nyama occasions. But choosing a heritage-as-old-as-time method of cooking doesn’t mean you can’t bring in a little 21st century. The Oregon Grill Right Bluetooth Thermometer (R949, thegadgetshop.co.za) is useful for making sure that meat is grilled to perfection, and — at the very least — avoiding some decidedly un-festive salmonella from undercooked food. You can specify meat type and even keep a watch on the temperature from your Bluetooth-enabled phone. Coffee to go The Minipresso NS is a small, portable and hand-powered capsule coffee maker. If you use a Nespresso or Espresto capsule coffee machine at home, for example, it really makes sense to use this when not in the house. It’s just 17.5cm long, so takes up next to no room in a car or on a camping trip (R1,299, yuppiechef.com). Stop! Apple time An Apple Watch is probably on top of many people’s wish lists this Christmas, and with good reason: the recently re...
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