recommendations for coffee grinder/brewer please

[newbury]

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Thanks, but the household has some dichotomy - SWMBO needs 3 or four cups of coffee in the a.m. (usually after 9 - a long time but inexpensive addiction) and does not get functioning well before the first. I usually get up by dawn or earlier, and want 1 or 2 cups.

Fresh grind of your favorite beans and any inexpensive or expensive drip coffee maker. The secrets to a good cup are good beans stored correctly and fresh grind. Anyone can make a good slow drip coffee maker.

Keurig K cup is OK but it brews much too fast for an excellent cup of coffee.

That seems to be the way we will need to go - 2 appliances.

Costco use to roast their beans at the north store, here in Spokane. That made FANTASTIC coffee. No longer. Now I buy whole bean coffee and grind at home. WoW! am I ever at the bottom of the list. I have an old Black & Decker brewer. Makes good STRONG carpenters coffee.

Strong coffee brings up a memory.
Up to about age 20 my Brother lived in Northern Vermont at my parents house. One COLD winter morning he made the coffee for my Dad and himself before work. The coffee cups were stored in a cabinet that was on an exterior wall. My Dad pulls out a cup (made of milk glass) from the cupboard, pours the fresh (hot) coffee. Turns around takes 1 step and the bottom falls out of the cup. He looks at my Brother and deadpans "Coffee is a little strong this morning".

 

[GeneV]

I can't help you with a coffee maker, we use a french press here. But as for grinder, I use a Capresso burr grinder, it's awesome. It's like $140 on Amazone.

 

[RalphVa]

Had to read to get some education. I do most of my coffee with DD Cold Brew. I don't do them per instructions. Removed the bags (2 in each of the 2 sealed containers in the box) and do 3 one ounce scoops of coffee into an old Lipton tea maker container with water filled to just above the first mark. Let sit either during the day or over night. Makes about 4-5 cups of coffee from each cold brew. I drink it with anywhere from 30 to 50% milk, sorta like the French do.

Like Keurig when out at doctor's offices, etc. Tried one a friend gave me and couldn't figure out how to work it.

On really rare occasions I'll grind some beans from the freezer and put a small amount in my very old single cup espresso machine. Not really any better than the DD Cold Brew and a whole lot more trouble.

Ralph