Mr. Coffee - CM10

My grandfathers Mr. Coffee which was purchased in the early 70s was still brewing until he passed away in 2021. It now lives with my uncle and is continuing to brew coffee. It is older than every grandchild that my grandfather had. They only had to replace the pot because a cat knocked it down and it shattered in the kitchen when it was drying in the late 80s (I remember it happening because it was my cat). It was a CM-10 I think. That thing has made tens of thousands of cycles of coffee. Napkin math is that I remember my grandmother and grandfather brewing 2-4 pots a day (sometimes more if guests were over), and being that it was purchased new in what had to be 1973 I will say 3 pots on average per day. I will then go ahead and say 50 years from 73 to 23, just because I know it's been used a little less now with my uncle. This CM-10 must have brewed at least 52-55,000 pots of coffee. And it still works.

Okay maybe it wasn't a CM-10. It was whatever the one Joe DiMaggio was on, because my grandma kept the box and when I was little I thought DiMaggio was a coffee guy, but later learned about his baseball career lmao. My grandpa teased me a long time about that because I guess he thought it was funny the way I called him "Joe Coffee" and couldn't say "DiMaggio" right.

They're a bit pricier now, but I figure any Mr. Coffee made in the 70s-80s would last. They have some New Old Stock on ebay.

You really can't beat a good simple Mr. Coffee. I currently have a [Ninja](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ninja-12-Cup-Programmable-Coffee-Maker-Glass-Carafe-Stainless-Steel-CE250/997508948?wl13=1955&selectedSellerId=0&wmlspartner=wlpa) it has a dial for how much coffee you want and 2 buttons to make it run,

It makes really weak coffee. I had one for 5 years and switched to the OXO (suggested right below this). I was shocked at the quality difference.

Depends on your budget, really. I gave a multi-function Ninja one to the weddings I was invited to one year, every one of them got lots of thanks. I also have a Mr. Coffee plain-ass drip machine that cost $12 and has lasted longer than one of my used cars.

Yup , Walmart Mr Coffee cheapo for 12+ years. Recently retired for newer model just due to age/options. Still only paid $40 for new

A coffeemaker is not a BIFL gadget. I use a $19.99 Mr coffee with just an on off switch. They last 4 years or so. That’s 5 bucks a year for a coffee maker. A mechanical outlet timer turns it on in the morning. Worth it.

So will my $40 Mr. Coffee I've been using for over 15 years.

The only real difference in performance of a $30 Mr. Coffee for and the moccamaster is that in the moccamaster the hot water tube is insulated from the water in the reservoir. Both are thermosiphon designs and by definition have to get the water to boiling to draw it from the reservoir and into the coffee bed. In uninsulated design you get a cold start. But honestly, it’s not night and day. If you take the time to tweak the grind size to taste in a Mr Coffee, the end result is surprisingly close. Yes they are all plastic but you can buy enough of them to last an adult lifetime for the cost of a moccasmaster. (Admittedly the environmental outcome is sadder with a mr coffee.) As for living wages, hard to say from a humanitarian aspect which purchase is more noble. People make more money in the Netherlands but you are hurting the much poorer chinese worker by buying nothing from them. I just think that is not a clear cut moral stand.

Agree. The boiler part of the Moccamaster is far better made and a pleasure to use. But functionally, It is not that much different than a mr coffee. The slow start on temps has an effect but it’s not huge. James Hoffman even noted this in his review of “cheap coffeemakers”. You can get very decent coffee from a $30 drip brewer if you spend as much time tweaking and obsessing on grind as moccamaster owners do.

Mr. Coffee with an automatic drip... All Bloodhound Gang jokes aside, I got one before that song came out. I had a great cup out of it just now. The carafe broke back in the early 2000s due to my own gross negligence, and I got a replacement for the cost of shipping from them. After WW3 there's going to be cockroaches, twinkies, and these mr coffee tanks

Pour over or French press. If you want an electric drip machine, Mr. Coffee is no frill and lasts for eons. A moka pot is the answer for stronger espresso drinks.