What Brew Method Do You Use to Make Your Coffee?

win231 said:
For more, I use a Technovorm Moccamaster.
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I’d never heard of this brand. Does this make coffee as good as the price should promise? From my search I couldn’t tell what was special about it.
 

Jules said:
I’d never heard of this brand. Does this make coffee as good as the price should promise? From my search I couldn’t tell what was special about it.
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At the time I got it 4 years ago, it was one of the few coffeemakers that heated the water up to the ideal brewing temperature - 195 to 205 degrees & brews at the right speed - also important for flavor extraction. And the carafe will keep coffee hot for 3 hours. Now, there are other manufacturers that understand the importance of water temperature & brew speed & make good coffeemakers in the $100-$200 range.
Another reason for the Technovorm's high price is that it's one of the few products that's hand made & comes from the Netherlands. But now, it's not any better than the less pricey ones.
There is actually a Coffeemaker's Association that tests coffeemakers & permits the good ones to be registered with them:
https://www.coffeeble.com/gear/coffee-makers/scaa-certified/
 

Once a demonstrator was giving out samples of Keurig brewed coffee in WalMart. As I was trying mine another woman stopped and asked how it was. I told her it was better than instant. She goes, oh NO, she ALWAYS brews hers in a coffee machine. I wanted to throw what was left of my sample at her but of course you can't do that unless you are insane. I wasn't clinically insane at the time.
 
I bought a pour over (uses a small paper cone filter.) from Etsy. I don't know, I think I ground the coffee too coarse and it didn't work very well. I haven't tried it again.

Right now I'm "brewing" Trader Joe's instant coffee every morning by heating the water in the microwave. :(
 
Remy said:
I bought a pour over (uses a small paper cone filter.) from Etsy. I don't know, I think I ground the coffee too coarse and it didn't work very well. I haven't tried it again.

Right now I'm "brewing" Trader Joe's instant coffee every morning by heating the water in the microwave. :(
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The ground setting is especially important with a pour over. Too coarse reduces flavor extraction. Too fine plugs up the filter & won't let the water pour through the holes in the bottom of the pour over. The manual that came with my Baratza grinder suggests a medium grind for a pour over. A medium grind looks & feels like granulated salt or sugar. If it feels like powder, it's too fine & won't work in a pour over. It took some tweaking to find the right time for brewing, which is 5-6 minutes.
 
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I'm way late to this thread but glad I found it. I'm ready to throw my fairly new Bunn programmable maker out the window. The darn thing decides all on its own when you need to clean it and supposedly there's a way you can ignore the "Clean" light and go ahead and brew coffee without doing the clean but do you think I can get that to work? Of course not! :mad: And I've run the cleaning cycle through just like they tell ya but the darn "Clean" light won't go away (even after unplugging & replugging in).

I was such a big fan of Cuisinart--espec. since they make a 14-cupper, lol--but the last couple I bought, the hot plate's finish started wearing off (which they say is dangerous) sooner & sooner. I've always made sure the bottom of the carafe is dry when I set it on the hot plate but keeps happening. (I read online others have had the same problem recently; might be probs with the water "shower.")

So now I'm thinking about trying yet another brand, thought maybe I'll just stick with good ol' Mr. Coffee or Hamilton Beach; but after some research today, it appears that the Mr. Coffee's usually last less than a year and the Ham. Beaches don't make the coffee hot enough. Any suggestions? (I really like the programmable; Huzz wants that coffee ready as soon as he gets out of bed.)
 
Bunn runs through too fast so does not extract the flavour from the coffee. If you still have it, try unplugging for a couple of hours to get it to turn off the Clean.

Cuisinart. You’re paying for the name. I returned the one I bought.

Black & Decker* with a stainless steel carafe. No heating plate. It stays hot for two hours. I make a second pot for lunch time. It’s programable. *This may have a different brand name in the US.
 
Jules said:
Bunn runs through too fast so does not extract the flavour from the coffee. If you still have it, try unplugging for a couple of hours to get it to turn off the Clean.

Cuisinart. You’re paying for the name. I returned the one I bought.

Black & Decker* with a stainless steel carafe. No heating plate. It stays hot for two hours. I make a second pot for lunch time. It’s programable. *This may have a different brand name in the US.
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"...try unplugging for a couple of hours to get it to turn off the Clean." I did try that but no luck: the Clean light just refuses to go off. I saw online where others are having the same problem.

I really liked the Cuisinart and here in the States, they've been pretty reasonably priced, but they need to fix that hot plate problem. I'll look into the Black & Decker; I didn't see any for sale here in town but I'm sure I could order it online.
 
When my current Keurig bites the dust I plan to get a Technovorm. They have no bells or whistles though. You might look at the coffeemakers that have been certified by the Specialty Coffee Association meaning they have passed their testing for proper brewing temp, time to brew, etc. You can check which ones met their tests then go read reviews on Amazon or elsewhere to see if what users hsve to say.
Here's a link.

https://sca.coffee/certified-home-brewer
 
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We have a regular 12 cup drip coffee maker, and my husband makes (and drinks) the whole pot before I even wake up in the morning. We just got a keurig, and I use that for my one cup of morning coffee.
I have some instant, and I use that if I want to make iced coffee, and it works fine for that. In the wintertime, I drink more hot coffee, and I have a little 4-cup (2 large mugs) drip coffee maker that I can use in the winter time.
I also like Pourover coffee, but donot do it very often anymore, now that we have the keurig and it is so easy.
 
I notice I wrote back in June of last year that when my Keurig died I would buy a Technovorm. I got to thinking about that and decided the Technovorm would be too much trouble - grind the beans, etc. It would take 15 minutes to get a cup of coffee. Better coffee but not near the convenience of the Keurig. But, I have gotten even more lazy and now I think I want a one touch and done coffee maker -push one button and the maker grinds the beans and makes the coffee in maybe 2 minutes. These are called Super Automatic machines. Most make espresso or regular coffee. They are expensive but darnit I want one really bad.
 
Since gallbladder surgery last year, I can only drink a single cup of coffee a day. I use a french press to make a single cup of coffee for breakfast. However, for a greater caffeine kick, I drink a hot cup of powdered guarana seed tea.
 
We use a Keurig. When we first got it I complained that I couldn’t get the coffee strong enough unless I bought an expensive brand. Not going to pay $17.99 for 12 cups!!

Then I found Costco brand dark roast coffee!! It’s perfect for us, so inexpensive per cup because you’re buying in bulk!
 
Look we all know that we face many kinds of problems while brewing coffee and we are not able to drink that coffee due to the bad taste.

So if you want to brew your coffee properly visit here to know the best method of brewing coffee from the experts.
 
Drip brew! I like the old method, not gonna buy the new "pods" or whatever they are called and there is no one on this planet that is gonna make me switch. By the way, I bought a new one at Canadian Tire during the Christmas madness shopping season. It sold for $25 Canadian. When I was younger and not all that smart I bought a real fancy coffee maker that cost over $100. It didn't even last 1 year before it stopped working. My "El Chippos" work for years and at $25 I'm laughing all the way to the bank.
 


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