Coffee Makers

Once I received my French Press, I stopped using my automatic drip coffee maker. You use less coffee and it still makes the coffee stronger. It does require higher quality coffee (I use Illy, Carte Noire, or Davidoff). Its about the same price as brand name American coffee but 100 times better. I boil my water using an electric kettle so its actually quicker than making coffee using my electric drip. You will NEVER be able to back to American coffee after this. Coffee done this way requires no flavoring, sugar, milk, its just amazing coffee."..."  Read more

My parents have always had a Bunn coffee maker - I too had one for years, but it was white & when I changed all of my applicances out to Black & Stainless I was using a pot that I received free from one of the major coffee delivery brands, because it looked good & had a timer. Eventually I hated waiting 15 minutes for coffee & it was kind of a pain to keep clean & it made me miss my good old reliable Bunn even though it was white, lol...anyway, my husband got me this new Bunn in black & stainless & I absolutely love it & don't know how I lived without a Bunn for so long...I won't cheat on the Bunn again, lol..."..."  Read more

I am not a "Single Cup" coffee drinker, so ordering a Keurig was out of the question. I drink my coffee a pot at a time, usually. I know...it's a problem I'm working on. Anyway, as I researched coffee makers, this Hamilton Beach model was the highest rated and I thought it deserved a look. I've had all kinds of coffee makers in the past, from the single cup variety to the "Order the coffee and get a coffee maker FREE" variety, to other quality machines with a grinder and coffee bean holder already attached. The Scoop Two-Way Brewer is the best I've had so far. I can control whether I want to brew one cup or twelve. I can program it to brew at whatever time I want. There's very little clean-up (rinse out the carafe or cup and replace the filter and you're done) compared to that high-tech grinder model. I have even remarked to people that I have yet to spill a single drop. When pouring water into the brew chamber, in the past, I've always had water spill down the side of the pot and onto the counter or splash off the rim...it can be very messy. Whoever designed the pour spout here deserves some kind of medal! I have used the single serving travel cup feature--once--just to try it out. It seems the folks at HB have thought of everything. The design of the travel cup allows you to leave the lid on while you brew (you will have to remove it to add cream or sugar, if that's your style). There's a little drip pan underneath which doubles as a booster seat to bring smaller mugs closer to the spout or you can remove it if there's a taller mug you wish to use. Finally, the look of the thing--the stainless steel facing with that cobalt blue light...as my dad pointed out, this looks like a "man's machine". I don't know if that's the case, but it's definitely sleek. When I see that blue light glowing in my darkened kitchen, I know I'm going to be starting my morning off right. Great job, Hamilton Beach!"..."  Read more

This is a beautiful and functional french press and it is much easier to clean than a percolator coffee pot. The plunger-screen is well designed w/a stainless steel plate with a up curved, i.e. radiused edge, to hold the ss screen and circumferential spring. I use this french press for coffee and for brewing iced tea. I use one Tablespoon of ground tea to a quart of boiling water-one can buy a bunch of the gallon sized tea bags at Sams and empty them into Mason jars. The only negative is the high cost of this Freiling Stainless Steel Press, i.e. approx. $70. Even though the double walled unit is not a great thermos bottle, this is not of much consequence as you should pour the coffee off of the grounds in 3-4 minutes. Just pour the coffee into a small thermos bottle."..."  Read more