Mr. Coffee - 5-Cup Mini Brew

The Mr. Coffee 5-Cup Mini Brew Switch Coffee Maker is one switch and has the feature of auto-pause if you want to pour a cup while it's still brewing. It's smaller, but there's probably a larger version as well. Basic coffee makers like this tend to last a long time. And they're a lot cheaper.

Nope. Pour over is a great way to make a single cup of coffee. I use a Chemex and a Kone. At the end of the day, it is just another way to expose ground up scorched coffee seeds to hot water. A lot of the machines have a minimum volume they can brew. M6 Bunn is 20 oz. For instance. But there are machines that have small batch settings (I believe the Precision does) and there are small machines like my son's Mr. Coffee 5-cup that will make a single cup. The only drawback to pour over is that you have to attend it for 3 minutes or so to do the pours where a machine is fire and forget. Keep in mind that you have to take this sub with a grain of salt. People here are really into the deep specifics and precision, which is fine, and often required with light roasts, but for the rest of us, just grab a V60, a Chemex or whatever dump your ground coffee in, fire up some hot water, do a bloom to soak the grounds, then maybe 3 more pours and coffee. Then, if you're me, dump in a bunch of sweetener and creamer. Excellent.

Commenting on Drip coffee makers are garbage....yup I also have a Mr Coffee, 5 cup, $10, the heating plate has partially broken but it makes coffee still and I’m hoping for at least another two years out of it. If the bottom plate survives two years I think it’ll survive forever.

I have a 5 cup all plastic Mr.Coffe I've used for 11 years without issue and it's still working like new. I finally said screw it and bought a Mochamaster just because I wanted one lol.

5 cup Mr coffee machine. Supercheap, Walmart akwasy has them and it's reliable, easy to maintain. It's small so it could go anywhere you want in your home. Anything else is rather large and consumes too much space in most apartment kitchens or pantries

I have 2 ways depending on my time and inclination: 1). AeroPress, this little gadget will make a single perfect cup of coffee. It will take you a bit of experimentation to find the right amount of grounds for your taste (I use 2 level tbsp for 1 mug of coffee) but it is fast and easy. 2) I have a small 5 cup Mr Coffee that I got from Walmart for about $19. This makes 2 mugs of great coffee, but it takes a little longer than the AeroPress. I drink the hot coffee once made, the other cup goes in the fridge for Iced Coffee the next day.

It might be slightly better, but the thing that’ll make the highest difference is the quality of your beans and grinder. I wager I could get a good cup out of a $15 Mr. coffee with my setup.

The only thing to worry about the Mr coffee maker is that the hot plate gets way too hot after brewing and will burn your coffee. Turn it off the moment its done brewing and if it gets cold just microwave it

I have a 5 cup Mr. Coffee and it makes coffee just fine! I wanted to spend the least and i don’t regret it!

this looks great. i might actually buy one. ive been useing a 5cup mr coffee for 15-18 years but this could be a nice upgrade