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

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

I've had the plastic coffee makers for years and have never been impressed. WHy it took me so long to buy this percolator is a mystery to me. After my latest Mr. Coffee conked out, I decided it was time for a change. I was debating investing in a new very expensive coffee maker or the old fashioned electric coffee pot. I read all the review on this pot and ordered it. [...] I had my first pot yesterday. The coffee was delicious and best of all really, really HOT. This pot does not have any bells and whistles...no green lights or red lights, no outside glass indicator to show you how full it is. I put the filters from my old maker into the little thing where you put the coffee and that works just fine. It's less of a mess to clean. It does brew very quickly, shuts itself down to warm when it's done brewing. I had an elelctric coffee pot years ago and it's true that the quality of the pot is not what it used to be, but I have no complaints. Good tasting, hot coffee - I'm a happy camper."..."  Read more