Compact 4-Cup Drip Coffee Maker

I used to have this one. Replaced it with a 4 cup Mr coffee when it died. No problems in 10 years.

It's pretty easy to clean a 4-cup Mr. Coffee. You probably would need to replace it after 5 years but you'd be paying $4 per year.

Old school drip coffee makers are dead simple. I thrifted an old Mr. Coffee from the 80s, and it still works great.

Fresh beans and a burr grinder. I have a Mr Coffee mini, which makes three decent cups in about 10 minutes. Also have a coffee sleeve/metal filter that I use to make cold brew. Aaaand we recently got a Casabrews espresso machine. Pray for me.

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.