Hey....Coffee Lovers.... question...

[jyoutz]

In the spirit of so many threads here....

I hate coffee. Tea is so much better, more affordable and the attachments cost less too. Not only that, it is better for you.

Them’s fighting words….

 

[Jstpssng]

In the spirit of so many threads here....

I hate coffee. Tea is so much better, more affordable and the attachments cost less too. Not only that, it is better for you.

You are wrong!

Because...
I don't agree with you.

 

[timbatrader]

I think a good way your wife could make better tasting coffee using her old trusted machine, would be to buy her a good quality bean grinder it sounds like you are currently using shop ground beans there is a noticiable improvement if you get good freshly roasted beans and just grind the right amount you need for each brew prier to making your it. A good quality grinder that also weighs the right dose might cost you $500

 

[Yander]

All of the talk about various options had me researching new options for coffee over the past couple days. I ended up buying this today. My cheap coffee makers only make it about a year before they are not making coffee hot enough for me. So this should fix that and it should last more than a year.

 

[timbatrader]

here is a good you tube explaination of what to look for in a coffee grinder

 

[Jstpssng]

My cheap coffee makers only make it about a year before they are not making coffee hot enough for me.

This is why I started using a percolator about 15 years ago... I don't like cold coffee. My first was a stove top model, then my parents gave me an electric on as a gift. Either way, it gets hot enough so that my thermal mug will keep it that way for several hours.
The first time that I saw a French press it seemed counterintuitive; boiling coffee in a percolator burns it. I know... something which I am all too familiar with. Yet you are only boiling the water, which makes the difference.

Edit: Apparently my friend who had one wasn't using it correctly. According to the instructions I just read, the water is supposed to be just under a boil.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I just splurged on a $20 MrCoffee machine, after our wedding gift one started melting the plastic after 35 years.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

In the spirit of so many threads here....

I hate coffee. Tea is so much better, more affordable and the attachments cost less too. Not only that, it is better for you.

Tea is despicable. It should all be thrown in the harbor.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yea is despicable. It should all be thrown in the harbor.

Now we're getting political. Shall we just dress like American Indians have a tea party instead? 🖐

 

[Yander]

I just splurged on a $20 MrCoffee machine, after our wedding gift one started melting the plastic after 35 years.

If you like it, go ahead and by a couple more because you will be lucky to get 2 years out of it. They don't make coffee makers, or anything else for that matter, like they did 35yrs. ago.