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.
It’s just ok.
Good beans in a basic machine will still taste nice. If you’re getting a good cup and have great beans I’d save your money.
I like my machine ok. It’s made well and I like the idea that it’s repairable, but I was getting a good cup with a $19.99 mini Mr Coffee. Tbh when I go back and use that machine with my favourite beans, i actually prefer the cup I get with the Mr Coffee.
So maybe if your machine is broken, then sure, get a Moccamaster. If not, then I would definitely at least wait for a good sale.
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.
My newer Mr Coffee (5 cup) is starting to die on me after only 2.5 years. I had an older version that lasted a long time without issue; lost it in a move.
The older models were superior to the new.
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.
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