In Search of a decent coffee maker

one that brew the coffee HOT

[mfishy]

I have purchased 3 coffee makers this year. None of them brews the coffee hot.

The first two made the coffee just hot enough to drink, but in minutes the coffee was cool. My current one makes the coffee luke warm at best. I wind up having to microwave each cup for 30 seconds to drink it.

Anyone out there know of a good coffee maker that brews the coffee hot? Price is not an issue at this point.

[edited by: mfishy at 2:46 pm (utc) on Sep. 24, 2003]

[Macguru]

It's all in the mug!

I drink out of a thick and heavy mug, some people use those stainless steel thermal gizmos.

Both will keep the coffee hot.

You have many options, Proximity is one of them [clean-funny.com]... :)

[mfishy]

Great link :)

The mug is definitely crucial in keeping the coffee hot, but the coffee isn't hot enough in the first place is my problem

[Marcia]

There's no drip electric coffee pot in the world that makes coffee as hot as the old fashioned stove-top percolators and never could be. There are a few seconds when the water is coming down that it hits room temperature air while it's brewing.

With a stovetop perc it's boiling point, steamingly hot - with steam rising up out of it as it's being poured into the cup. If it's poured right off when it's stopped it'll actually seem to boil a bit right in the cup. Way too hot to drink until it's cooled down a bit.

There's a slightly different flavor, and as it's perking the aroma is divine.

[Macguru]

If you dont mind coffee grits between your teets, did you try Turkish Coffee [64.95.118.51]? No coffee can be hotter than boiled in tree times. And this thing is so potent, I have to strap myself in my seat before the first sip!

[Mardi_Gras]

That's a great link re: proximity, Macguru, but what about those of us who use laptops?

[tigger]

The only coffee machines worth getting are Italian one's and Gaggia are the best a bit expensive but well worth it, the one I've got will also do espresso & cappuccino I think it was about £420 but the business paid for it :)

[Macguru]

>>but what about those of us who use laptops?

.. [us.st8.yimg.com]

[trillianjedi]

I'm with Tigger on Gaggia - superb machines.

You have to spend a little money if you want something decent. Forget the cheap and cheerfuls. Go to a decent sized store and have a look at some of the upper end stuff.

Mokita are also very very good.

Macguru, love the laptop users suggestion.... ;-)

TJ

[EliteWeb]

My Mr. Coffee Machine works well. Cheap and it keeps the stuff nice and hot!

[jimbeetle]

>>did you try Turkish Coffee?

Wow! Drank the stuff for five years when I was stationed over there. Still not sure if I've ever come down from the caffeine high and that was <mumbles> years ago. I now use my Turkish coffee grinder for black pepper, works great.

Have the same problem as mfishy though only on the 4th machine in about 2 years. Besides keeping the java hot, has anybody found a pot where you don't have to pour the stuff at ever so exact an angle that it doesn't dribble all over the place?

[Travel]

My husband swears by his french press poured directly into a thermal

[werty]

Have you ever tried a BUNN coffee maker?

They keep hot water in a resivoir(sp?). They brew in about 3 minutes.

We have one at work and I love it...the coffee is always piping hot. And it doesnt sputter or spit like most drips pots. You can get them new on Ebay for like 30 instead of 80.

I believe braun or crups is making a new nice looking steam infusion coffee pot. This is like the vacuum/italian style, but it is electric.

[nancyb]

if only there was one of those machines I'd scrap my brand new one just to get it.

What a concept! Thanks Macguru, made my morning :)

[Fiver]

definetly a french press (GIS) [images.google.com] and a good insulated coffee mug [leevalley.com].

[caine]

your mother - buy a really expensive setup, and have your mother operate it all day long - in aid of a nice cup of Coffee

[Brad]

I still use an electric percolator.

[DaveAtIFG]

I read something (somewhere, long ago, can't recall where! Sorry!) that said there is a best temperature to extract the best flavor from coffee. If memory serves, it's about 160F. Higher temperatures extract other things (acids?) that damage flavor. A good drip type coffeemaker is supposed to pass water thru the coffee at this optimum temperature. Most have a hotplate to further warm the pot AFTER the coffee is brewed. I grew up with perked coffee and drip made does taste substantially better to me. I'm convinced!

[AmericanBulldog]

How appropriate, my first post after pubcon, just getting back into doing some work, coffee is much needed around here.

For those of you who live in Canada and know Tim Horton's you'll know what an addiction there coffee is, they now make a home coffe maker, brews a pot scalding hot in 2 minutes just like at the coffee shop.

[MarkJH]

If you dont mind coffee grits between your teets

Teets? Sounds painful!

[Brett_Tabke]

As a reformed 3-5 pot a day drinker, I've seen my share of coffee makers.

Best I've seen is my current one - a Cuisinart (with whole bean grinder all-in-one). It has a temperature setting.

[Skier]

I am surprised nobody has mentioned heating your coffee cup before pouring. Yes, every drip machine fails to get the coffee hot enough. Try heating your cup by filling it with hot water first. Simple but effective.

[NL_Cartman]

Hi,

I'me using one of those SenSeo machines, it poors 1/2 [or 2 in 1] mug(s) of hot coffee , always Fresh, ready in a minute, plenty of flavours , u can even use it for tea (i dont)

The down-side (lazy as i ame) is you'll have to fill the water-reservoir every 5 cups

[georgeek]

The only coffee machines worth getting are Italian one's and Gaggia are the best

Mmmm... With identical beans I think the coffee from an ECM [ecm-espresso.it] (also Italian) or the Schaerer [schaerer.com] (Swiss) is much better. The Gaggia is the Ford Mustang of coffee machines and what's really needed is a Lamborghini Murciélago :)