<p>Anyone have a coffeemaker that works well? I’m especially interested in one with a thermal carafe. Our Cuisinart is leaking and the reviews on most are terrible.</p>
<p>Consumer Reports gives the very affordabe Mr. Coffee excellent reviews. We got rid of our coffeemaker and opted instead for the Keurig K-cup machine. We purchase our coffee from Costco.com, ordering 200 (minimum amount) of the Pacific Bold Arrabica for $85.00.</p>
<p>I absolutely love our Keurig at work using Green Mountain Dark Magic cups. Yum.</p>
<p>I have tried them all…thermal carafe, regular drip, Melita, Keurig. </p>
<p>I am using a French press, and it makes far and away the BEST coffee I have ever made. Mine is a four cup French press…so I suppose I could actually make four piping hot cups and pour them into my nice thermal carafe! </p>
<p>But really…I don’t bother. I just make another fresh French press cup.</p>
<p>Last Christmas, I splurged and got myself a Technivorm Moccamaster with the thermal carafe. It makes a full bodied, hot cup of coffee. I love it! </p>
<p>I also agree with thumper about the French press. Delicious coffee – and I still use mine on occasion. But, I am lazy and the French press can be messy (for me, at least), so that makes me like my Technivorm even more…</p>
<p>I love: Zojirushi Fresh Brew Thermal. I am on my second after wearing the first one out after 10 years. Simple and the coffee is great. The morning coffee is still hot when I get home from work.</p>
<p>French press is great. Also great, if you like strong coffee, is the MokaPot.</p>
<p>Wasn’t there a thread about this a month or so ago?</p>
<p>I use a French press also. I love it!</p>
<p>I like my Bunn coffeemaker. It has two chambers and a heater, so one is always hot. You refill before closing the top and hot coffee comes out IMMEDIATELY from the water in the hot chamber flowing through. One minute and I’ve got a pot!</p>
<p>I have a $150 Cuisinart with metal carafe at home and a cheap Mr. Coffee at the office that I bought at Wal-Mart for $25. I can’t tell the difference.</p>
<p>bonavita, thermal carafe. i got it last christmas. very good.</p>
<p>I have a cheap MrCoffee K cup machine and buy our K cups at the Costco warehouse…Kirkland breakfast blend for me and Bold something or other for DH.
I think the box of 100 is about $38.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. We need an easy morning solution so will likely just stick with an auto drip. Just wish they were made better.</p>
<p>Second the Zojirushi. I bought one after reading reviews and knowing how much I love my rice cooker. Now I have two. One is on the balcony outside my room; I set it up with the timer in the evening and it serves as my alarm clock. I have a second one in the kitchen for when we have house guests.</p>
<p>Have a 30 year old Farberware electric pot 12 cups and bought a very old, 4 cup one at a Goodwill for about $8.00. Love how fast it is and is the only coffee maker that seems to keep the coffee super hot.</p>
<p>Heres the recent thread.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1501236-coffee-people-educate-me-about-coffee-makers-please.html?highlight=coffee+maker[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1501236-coffee-people-educate-me-about-coffee-makers-please.html?highlight=coffee+maker</a>
My H used an old percolator this past weekend while we were camping instead of the french press we usually use & it tasted great!
I think its the coffee, just as much as the method & I wouldnt want to be locked into using prepackaged beans, we like to grind ours ourselves.</p>
<p>I recently began roasting my own coffee. My green coffee supplier has an excellent web site with discussion on every type of coffee maker. The company is called " Sweet Maria’s ". They sell very high end coffee makers. We’ve been pretty happy with our Costco version cuisinart, about $60.</p>
<p>For a fast, easy morning brew for two consider getting an inexpensive Mr Coffee that brews 4 cups (some have auto features). My H is the coffee drinker and does like the French press as well. Now he just uses an instant brand and saves his energy for afternoon Indian tea.</p>
<p>I love, love, love our Technivorm (I vote with VeganMom). The stainless steel carafe has to be hand washed and I had to buy (sorry) a narrow toilet brush (designated, of course) to really get down inside and clean it. But it keeps coffee hot and fresh for hours.</p>