What Coffee maker should I get?

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BUTCH1

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Ns1 said:
as a former coffee snob, I just buy bottled cold brew coffee concentrate and call it a day. fuck your kcups, fuck your aeropresses, fuck your pourovers. $10 bottle of cold brew concentrate yields me 6 giant cups of coffee, with each serving taking < 30 seconds to prepare from beginning to end.



and if you truly feel this way, cold brew has a much mellower flavor than normal black coffee.
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I've never even heard of this and I'm not paying $10 for weak coffee. What I need is experience with coffee makers. I did have a percolator that worked well but I want the programability of a modern machine so when I awake it's hot and ready to go.
 
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Ns1

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BUTCH1 said:
I've never even heard of this and I'm not paying $10 for weak coffee. What I need is experience with coffee makers. I did have a percolator that worked well but I want the programability of a modern machine so when I awake it's hot and ready to go.
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Love that you criticize something you know nothing about :thumbsup:

I have 4 different coffee devices, a dedicated water boiler, burr grinder, fresh roasted beans, etc.

Stopped touching ALL OF THAT after cold brew concentrate. I wake up, throw some ice cubes in a cup, throw some water in there, pour in cold brew concentrate to my desired strength and mix. BOOM delicious coffee in < 30 seconds, no equipment required.

YMMV.
 
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Linux23

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Ns1 said:
Love that you criticize something you know nothing about

I have 4 different coffee devices, a dedicated water boiler, burr grinder, fresh roasted beans, etc.

Stopped touching ALL OF THAT after cold brew concentrate. I wake up, throw some ice cubes in a cup, throw some water in there, pour in cold brew concentrate to my desired strength and mix. BOOM delicious coffee in < 30 seconds, no equipment required.

YMMV.
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Can't you just cold brew yourself with your own beans in big batches?
 
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BUTCH1

Lifer
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Ns1 said:
Love that you criticize something you know nothing about :thumbsup:

I have 4 different coffee devices, a dedicated water boiler, burr grinder, fresh roasted beans, etc.

Stopped touching ALL OF THAT after cold brew concentrate. I wake up, throw some ice cubes in a cup, throw some water in there, pour in cold brew concentrate to my desired strength and mix. BOOM delicious coffee in < 30 seconds, no equipment required.

YMMV.
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From your post,
"and if you truly feel this way, cold brew has a much mellower flavor than normal black coffee"

I don't want to wake up and do anything except pour hot coffee. I bumped this thread to discuss coffee makers, not the best-tasting method.
 
Ns1

Ns1

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You sound testy. Did you get your coffee this morning? I sure did.
 
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Ns1

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BUTCH1

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Ns1 said:
You sound testy. Did you get your coffee this morning? I sure did.
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Sweet.....Baby....Jesus...... I DON'T WANT ICED COFFEE!.....THE "BOTTLED" PRE-MADE COFFEE YOU USE IS NOT AVAILABLE AROUND HERE AND I WOULDN'T BUY IT IF IT WERE...one more time, I'm seeking info about a COFFEE MAKER, not ANY pre-made product. Nor would I want anything that uses proprietary "pods", I want to brew regular Maxwell house coffee and it has to have a timer built into it, OK?.
 
Sabrewings

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The wife and I user our Keurig all the time. Bought it some four years ago and it has worked flawlessly that whole time. They're all over both of our workplaces so the convenience factor is huge.
 
Ns1

Ns1

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BUTCH1 said:
Sweet.....Baby....Jesus...... I DON'T WANT ICED COFFEE!.....THE "BOTTLED" PRE-MADE COFFEE YOU USE IS NOT AVAILABLE AROUND HERE AND I WOULDN'T BUY IT IF IT WERE...one more time, I'm seeking info about a COFFEE MAKER, not ANY pre-made product. Nor would I want anything that uses proprietary "pods", I want to brew regular Maxwell house coffee and it has to have a timer built into it, OK?.
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You obviously have not had your coffee this morning. Perhaps you should get some before returning to the Internet.
 
Charmonium

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Kushina said:
I drink it maybe once or twice a week on Saturday or Sunday? Only one serving, would be nice if it prep'd itself at set times and was low maintenance/reliable/low cost.

Normally just go with black coffee considering it all tastes like ass.
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I would go with a Melitta cone filter. It's ideal for single cups and it's cheap. Plus if you buy the Melitta brand coffee too - which of course you don't have to except maybe to get the cone and a few filters - they always have great blends. But you can also buy preground coffee like Jamaican blue mountain which is great black.
 
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natto fire

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Wow, this forum is so fucking pathetic, no wonder it is an echo chamber, and Mayne and Naer run rampant. When an accused necro thread bumps to and ATOT snobbish kicks into full gear. You regulars brought it on yourself.
 
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BUTCH1

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Ns1 said:
You obviously have not had your coffee this morning. Perhaps you should get some before returning to the Internet.
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I give up, stupidity wins. I am powerless to the force or dumb darkness that has descended on this thread.
 
Ns1

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Lol. Thanks for entertaining me today at work Butch.

Hope you got your coffee. :thumbsup:
 
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BUTCH1

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MongGrel said:
The wife bought one of these awhile back in red and uses it a lot on the weekends if we're going there.

I still like the Aeropress myself.

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http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Coffee-BVM...UTF8&qid=1442203587&sr=1-1&keywords=mr+coffee

Not bad for a basic coffee maker with a timer.

Still grind up the beans for it though.
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Yea, fresh grinding is a noticable difference. Since you own it tell me this, is the water dispenser just a pipe with some holes in it (which the B+D unit I'm returning has) or is it round in shape?, I just can't see where a single pipe can get adequate coverage on the coffee.
 
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