what coffee maker won't I have to repurchase in a few years?

Posted by Thomas on October 20, 2009, 1:30 pm

40 posts and not one mention of a French Press.

I have a glass Bodum that feels fragile but makes a great pot. My
weekend press is a Nissan stainless thermos press. It holds about 4-5
mugs. My work press is a Bodum clear insulated travel mug. It is ideal
because my workplace requires clear bags, no pockets, etc.

I have a hot water dispenser both at home and at work, both using
filtered water. I grind my beans every morning and it really is the
best coffee going. And very quick / simple. I will never go back to
electric or gas. Ever.

Buy a French Press.

Posted by on October 20, 2009, 1:48 pm

wrote:

>40 posts and not one mention of a French Press.
>I have a glass Bodum that feels fragile but makes a great pot. My
>weekend press is a Nissan stainless thermos press. It holds about 4-5
>mugs. My work press is a Bodum clear insulated travel mug. It is ideal
>because my workplace requires clear bags, no pockets, etc.
>I have a hot water dispenser both at home and at work, both using
>filtered water. I grind my beans every morning and it really is the
>best coffee going. And very quick / simple. I will never go back to
>electric or gas. Ever.
>Buy a French Press.

I have several Bodums, and love the coffee that comes out of them. It
really is a superior method to anything else. There are a few minor
drawbacks, though. One is that once the coffee is brewed, you cannot
let it stand in the Bodum, even for a few minutes, as it continues to
get stronger and stronger. The other problem is if you need more than
one or two cups of coffee. I don't think I've ever seen a 10 or 12 cup
Bodum!

Posted by on October 18, 2009, 10:43 am

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:25:37 -0400, in alt.home.repair, "benick"

>I 2nd the Bunn Pour-O-Matic....A pot of coffee is never more than 3 minutes
>away....Even using the hell out of it (3+ pots a day) it lasts for
>years...Have gone through a couple in the last 15 or so years and love
>them...About a hundered bucks or so..Just replaced the old one...Got the new
>one at Walmart.....HTH....

I had a Pour-O-Matic. It does make a decent pot, and does it quickly.
Unfortunately I had trouble with mine: first, hit with a series of
manufacturer recalls, it seems like I spent more time sending it back and
unpacking the new one than I did using it. Finally, after about a year of
use on the last one, it developed a charming habit of blowing the circuit
breaker every couple of days or so. Turns out that the tank heater tube had
corroded through, exposing the contents of the water tank to live electrical
parts. Apparently it had been resistance-heating the water itself, rather
than the nichrome wire, for some time....

After that I wasn't enjoying my $100+ investment anymore. I put it on a
shelf in the garage and bought a little 4-cup maker from Shopko for $15.
It's slow, but economical for making the one big cuppa mud that I drink
every day.

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Posted by HeyBub on October 17, 2009, 8:24 pm

Nate Nagel wrote:

> Couple years ago the girlie bought a new Mr. Coffee "thermal"
> coffeemaker because she liked the eco-friendliness of not having a
> heating element under the carafe, and also it had a timer so you could
> set it up the night before.
> Fast forward to recently - the lid of the carafe doesn't pour nicely
> anymore. Would like to buy a new lid, or a new carafe if I had to.
> Well, it's not available on Mr. Coffee's online store which is
> apparently run by a third party. When I contacted them, they
> basically said "if it ain't on the web site, we don't sell it" and
> suggested I contact Mr. Coffee customer service. Which I did,
> something like four days ago, with no response yet.
> So... is there another brand of coffeemaker that wouldn't leave me
> high and dry like this? Or should I just give up on the "thermal"
> thing altogether and buy the cheapest regular coffeemaker with a
> timer that I can find, so I don't have to worry about a specific
> carafe?

Don't get one with a timer - that's just one more thing that can go wrong.
Get a separate timer; the kind that the pot plugs into and in turn plugs
into the wall. My timer, so far, has outlived three ten-dollar coffee pots.

Posted by Jon Danniken on October 17, 2009, 8:54 pm

Nate Nagel wrote:

> So... is there another brand of coffeemaker that wouldn't leave me
> high and dry like this? Or should I just give up on the "thermal"
> thing altogether and buy the cheapest regular coffeemaker with a
> timer that I can find, so I don't have to worry about a specific
> carafe?

Make it by hand. Boil water in a pot on the stove, remove pot from stove,
add coffee, and let it sit for a minute or two. Finally, pour it through a
filter cone into whatever receiving vessel holds your coffee before it goes
into your mug.

I use a quart-sized mason jar as my receiver, and one of those gold filters
in the cone. Makes an outstanding cup of coffee, far better than any coffee
maker.

Jon

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