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Tombstone
11-02-2008, 05:04 PM
I am about to buy this coffee maker.  I drink occasionally at the house, so nothing big for me.  What do you guys think?
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5811512
Mister Moo
11-02-2008, 06:41 PM
A french press could brew perfect coffee for a lifetime; 
a modest burr grinder alongside would insure it.
A manual pourover with gold metal filter could brew perfect coffee for a lifetime;
a modest burr grinder alongside would insure it.
A manual pourover with paper filter could brew perfect coffee for a lifetime;
a cheepo whirley blade grinder alongside would insure it.
dunng
11-02-2008, 06:49 PM
As Moo said, French Press is the way to go...  :ss
Tombstone
11-02-2008, 08:36 PM
haha..are you speaking spanish?  Thanks for the suggestions.  Do you have any examples/ links?
A french press could brew perfect coffee for a lifetime; 
a modest burr grinder alongside would insure it.
A manual pourover with gold metal filter could brew perfect coffee for a lifetime;
a modest burr grinder alongside would insure it.
A manual pourover with paper filter could brew perfect coffee for a lifetime;
a cheepo whirley blade grinder alongside would insure it.
WyGuy
11-02-2008, 09:45 PM
Exact same one I use in my dorm.  Nothing fancy but gets the job done and it's cheap!
Mister Moo
11-03-2008, 06:04 AM
Do you have any examples/ links?For example: http://coffeegeek.com/guides/presspot  - here find one of 15-billion references to "french press" on the internet.  Bodum is the cat daddy; Bodum Columbia is my personal #1.
References on boiling water: http://www.wikihow.com/Boil-Water
Methodology: put coffee in the press, fill with water 20-seconds off the boil, stir, wait 4-minutes, mash down the press-filter.  
Any dripper from $20 to $250 is fine if it produces brew water between 195-205*F.  Experience sez almost any cheap dripper is a crap shoot.  French press always works.  Coffee can't be brewed much better than this but can always be brewed worse.  Period.
muziq
11-03-2008, 06:39 AM
Experience sez almost any cheap dripper is a crap shoot.  French press always works.  Coffee can't be brewed much better than this but can always be brewed worse.  Period.
I'll second that, Moo.  Greater rate of return on a french press in my experience.  Love that Bodum Columbia--it's a real winner.
Mister Moo
11-03-2008, 06:57 AM
I'll second that, Moo.  Greater rate of return on a french press in my experience.  Love that Bodum Columbia--it's a real winner.It is the schizz.  (But, being fair to the $20 MrC lovers everywhere...  I am also a fan of the formerly $10 Gevalia promotional brewer.  You know the drill; get the brewer and a pound of coffee for $X.XX, then cancel the subscription and keep the brewer.  I had very good luck with two of them over the years.)
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