What is best coffee maker?
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The aeropress is freakin' great. And portable. And durable. Also makes something close to espresso.
http://coffeegeek.com/reviews/vacpots/aeropress
http://coffeegeek.com/reviews/vacpots/aeropress
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Good coffee, but expensive and what do you do when they discontinue or change the maker.
Another benefit of the Keurig is that you can get the K-cup adapter and use any coffee blend that you want. Also, reliability is much better with the Keurig than with Tassimo.
Gutter garbage coffee. Tassimo is the garbage of the garbage in coffee.
A Miko Mine is the best coffee maker.
If you want to treat her to an excellent quality coffee maker then try https://www.faema.ca/#/category.html?code=CoffeeMakers
I use my Faema multiple times every day. It is a great machine but costly. Hey, I am sure she is worth it!
Did research on Tassimo, Dolce, and Keurig before I bought mine.
Tassimo: good mid-range, good selection - good choice if variety is more important than quality.
Dolce: best quality of coffee - very restricted variety for hot chocolate, tea, etc.
Keurig: great quality coffee (second to Dolce), excellent selections (hot chocolates, tea, huge variety of flavoured coffee), also mykcup is excellent for using your own grounds - K-Cups available in a wide range of stores.
My choice: Keurig. Have not looked back. Many family members have also purchased one after tasting the coffee from mine.
Tassimo: good mid-range, good selection - good choice if variety is more important than quality.
Dolce: best quality of coffee - very restricted variety for hot chocolate, tea, etc.
Keurig: great quality coffee (second to Dolce), excellent selections (hot chocolates, tea, huge variety of flavoured coffee), also mykcup is excellent for using your own grounds - K-Cups available in a wide range of stores.
My choice: Keurig. Have not looked back. Many family members have also purchased one after tasting the coffee from mine.
Another vote for Keurig.
I have the Breville model. Every once in a while you have to turn it upside down and spank it. Seems to get an air bubble block. But a good machine.
Stock up on the EightOClock Coffee beans when they go on sale twice a year, freeze them and grind your own as required. No wasted coffee.
Lowes sell a good grinder by Hamilton-Beach. All the ones at CT are overpriced and crap.
I have the Breville model. Every once in a while you have to turn it upside down and spank it. Seems to get an air bubble block. But a good machine.
Stock up on the EightOClock Coffee beans when they go on sale twice a year, freeze them and grind your own as required. No wasted coffee.
Lowes sell a good grinder by Hamilton-Beach. All the ones at CT are overpriced and crap.
Price of maker aside, what's the price of 10 cups of coffee using these packets?
Agreed. I have a Saeco Xelsis that I use daily to make americanos. No drip brew can compare.
Each single serving runs from 25 cents each on the low end (crappy no-name brand on sale) to 95 cents on the high end (say, Starbucks Verona from Costco - $50 for a box of 54 k-cups - not that I think Starbucks is high-end coffee).
Many middle-of-the-road ones around 50 cents each. Which is horribly expensive if you compare it to buying high-end whole bean coffee. I think someone calculated once that buying K-cups is like paying $51 per pound of coffee (!). All I can say is...you can buy some pretty fucking awesome coffee for $51 a pound...
On the other hand, K-cups are very convenient - 30 seconds and you get a cup of coffee, no cleanup like a french press (just toss the k-cup).
And if you get reasonably fresh K-cups, they're actually fairly palatable.
However, if you're the kind who is used to roasting your own, fresh-grinds in a $500 Mazzer burr grinder, and knows how to brew it to SCAA 'Gold Cup' standards...a K-cup is not gonna pass muster.
But a Keurig looks cool on a counter with the blue lights and everything
(when it doesn't have a priming problem...grrrr)
I use a Keurig for a lot of the reasons shown above. Also, there is a new store on the edge of Woodstock that sells individual K-Cups so you can try a type before you buy a complete box. I was in there yesterday and they have just over 100 different varieties. I think there's one in Brantford too.
~$50 for a pound of coffee versus on average $20 for beans. Convenient yes, cheap no. If I reach into the back of my cupboard, I can still use my Melita drip I bought in college with the wooden collar. I wouldn't pay $500 for a grinder, but the $130 was well worth. I don't know from SCAA standards, but my coffee sure gets noticed.Each single serving runs from 25 cents each on the low end (crappy no-name brand on sale) to 95 cents on the high end (say, Starbucks Verona from Costco - $50 for a box of 54 k-cups - not that I think Starbucks is high-end coffee).
Many middle-of-the-road ones around 50 cents each. Which is horribly expensive if you compare it to buying high-end whole bean coffee. I think someone calculated once that buying K-cups is like paying $51 per pound of coffee (!). All I can say is...you can buy some pretty fucking awesome coffee for $51 a pound...
On the other hand, K-cups are very convenient - 30 seconds and you get a cup of coffee, no cleanup like a french press (just toss the k-cup).
And if you get reasonably fresh K-cups, they're actually fairly palatable.
However, if you're the kind who is used to roasting your own, fresh-grinds in a $500 Mazzer burr grinder, and knows how to brew it to SCAA 'Gold Cup' standards...a K-cup is not gonna pass muster.
But a Keurig looks cool on a counter with the blue lights and everything
(when it doesn't have a priming problem...grrrr)
I didn't know Melita drips had wooden collars - the only brewer I know with a wooden collar is a Chemex, which is an excellent brewing system. Perhaps that's what you have? Does it look like an Erlenmeyer flask? Do you have to 4-fold your filters?
Actually, even a porcelain Melita drip cone (hard to find these days), if used properly, can produce an excellent cup. I think people buy fancy machines because they get too caught up in the Macchina and usually don't pay enough attention to Macinazione, Miscela, and Mano. I know because I was a coffee geek once.
Anyways, a $500 mazzer grinder is serious overkill for drip coffee, it's really for precision espresso grinding. Still, it's cheaper than a $1200 Ditting
I'm sure your $130 grinder is doing a great job. A Baratza grinder of some type then? Solis Maestro? Great grinders for home use.
