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Anyone have a coffeemaker that has lasted years?

We've gone thru two Mr. Coffee's (planned obsolescence) in the past couple of years and I'm tired of buying junk. We only make one pot per day so I don't want to spend a fortune...

Recommendations under $150?
 
We have 2 Keurigs,one at each place. We buy the pods from Costco or Amazon. We only use bottled water with them
 
Just threw out my Cuisinart Keurig after many attempts to fix it. Agree that most coffee machines are poorly made by design these days. But it did prompt me to research a better way to make less acidic coffee. Cold brew with organic beans I grind myself. You don’t need a fancy machine, just a grinder, a glass jar to brew and another to pour and store the coffee in. Just need 12 hours to brew on the counter or in the fridge so you need to plan ahead for that but I make enough for several days and it keeps for two weeks in the fridge. I warm my coffee in the microwave for hot but have also had cold coffee over ice. Yum! Much better on my stomach.[emoji5]☕️
 
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Good question. I've been upping our coffee and haven't upgraded our ancient Mr. Coffee. I've been pursuing the reddit sub and they have some good recommendations over $200. One thing that I have concerns about is their brew temperature, some say they brew at 195-205°F. That's great for many, but water boils at 200° here so I am looking for something with adjustable brewing temperature.
 
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I used to use a 4-cup Mr. Coffee, which still sits on my countertop. It is flimsy, I agree, but cost less than $15 in 2014 when I bought it.

I admit, for the past few years I have transitioned to instant coffee. And now, instant decaf since coffee keeps me from sleeping at night.
 
I had a 4-cup Mr. Coffee for years, but switched to an Aeropress when it broke about 5 years ago based on recommendations here and love it. Sort of a cross between a pour over and French press technique, one cup at a time so no waste. Makes excellent coffee and each cup is hot and fresh.
 
The only time we've ever replaced a Chemex is when we dropped one. :LOL:
 
For convenience and flexibility, we use a Keurig DUO coffee maker. It makes both single cups using Keurig Pods, and also allows us to make full pots using ground coffee. Love the steel coffee pot which is durable and keeps the coffee HOT for a couple of hours. I think I got it for 1/2 price from Keurig for signing up to buy a minimum amount of coffee through their service.
 
I ditched the keurig for a pour over system.
Chemex glass carafe
Bean grinder
Hot water kettle that you can set the temperature you want- mine is set at 205°
Chemex coffee filters
Fresh coffee every morning ☕️

I think I’m going to try the aeropress. I’ve heard really good things about it.
 
Mr. Coffee 12 Cup Programmable Coffee Maker with Strong Brew. Every 2-3 years buy a new one. $27.44 at Walmart. Stirring the ground coffee while dripping improves the outcome, IMO.
 
W2R said:
I used to use a 4-cup Mr. Coffee, which still sits on my countertop. It is flimsy, I agree, but cost less than $15 in 2014 when I bought it.
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I had the same Mr. Coffee Jr. 4 cup model. It lasted me about 8 years. Finally, I noticed the warming pad was starting to rust out. Rather than risk getting shocked, I replaced the machine, but it was still working when I replaced it. Current Mr. Coffee is a 6 cup model. I don't like it as much because it does not have an auto-shutoff (It was a gift from a friend). But, it makes good coffee.

My Jura is well over 10 years old and still makes anything from an espresso to a great single cup of coffee. Pour in the water and beans, push a button and out comes great coffee. I buy beans from Costco at a fraction of the cost per cup of the pod machines. I managed to teach one of the grands how to use it and that upped my caffeine intake for a few months until the novelty of of the machine wore off the kid. :D OTOH, nobody else will happily bring me a cup of coffee that I never asked for.

I have yet to find a pod coffee machine that makes a good cup. Nespresso seems the best of a mediocre lot. MY 2¢. YMMV.
 
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partition1 said:
Anyone have a coffeemaker that has lasted years?

We've gone thru two Mr. Coffee's (planned obsolescence) in the past couple of years and I'm tired of buying junk. We only make one pot per day so I don't want to spend a fortune...

Recommendations under $150?
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It is incredible that coffeemakers don't last very long considering they have basically 3 components--a pump, a water heater, and a hot plate. Some might have a clock with a timer. Some might have a built-in grinder. But basically it's pump, water heater, hot plate. Not very complicated. Yet they break with regular frequency.

In the past 25 years or so I've gone through a Mr. Coffee, and two Cuisinart 1200's. The second Cuisinart went into melt down mode, meaning it no longer had adequate thermostatic control of the hot plate resulting in the coffee boiling inside the carafe when resting on the hot plate. Fire hazard much?

I decided to go in a different direction and now brew coffee one (large) cup at a time with a Black and Decker Brew 'N Go. This thing has only 2 components--pump and water heater--so not much to go wrong. It uses regular coffee, not expensive pods. The brewed coffee is dispensed in the (included) thermal mug, which is 15 oz. Fifteen ounces is a lot of coffee but you needn't make that much at a time, just make smaller cups. You don't need to use the thermal mug either.

It comes with a reusable screen mesh conical filter which is fine but I have a zero tolerance for grounds in my cuppa so I use #1 coffee filters in the basket and don't use the screen mesh filter.

I think I'm going on 5 years with it. Amazon has them for $19.99. I'd say I've gotten my money's worth out of it. If it breaks, I'll simply buy another one.

I've got the process dialed in by using the same amount of water and weighing the coffee on a food scale for each brew cycle. Each brewing cycle is about 4 minutes if using 15 ounces of water. A perfect cup of coffee every day!
 
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We use a Keurig with refillable pods for every day morning fresh ground coffee. I purchased a second Keurig for $25 (Hardly used) as a spare, but so far it is still in it's box. We have a Nespresso Lattissima for the occasional expresso and Latte.
 
After a couple of Mr. Coffees, I went back to basics and bough a good ol' fashioned electric percolator. We are now on our 2nd Farberware. The first one lasted about 20 years or so, and our current one is 7-10 years old:
https://tinyurl.com/BB-Farberware

I have one of those plug-in timers, plug this coffee maker the night before and have delicious coffee waiting for me when I wake up. I often heat up water and use a Melitta pour-over filter when I want an additional cup of coffee.
I find the perked coffee much better tasting than any other coffee makers.
 
DW prefers Kuerig but she bought me a Black and Decker drip machine. It replaced a Mr Coffee thermal caraf. I turned my nose up at the time but it makes great coffee and its about 8 yrs old and going strong. I use it every single day. My brother has the same machine. I can’t imagine $200 for a coffee maker but I never knew what this one cost until I just looked it up….$54.

BLACK+DECKER 12-Cup Thermal Coffeemaker, Black/Silver, CM2035B https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LU2I3V0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Y5RHZQ413PGNWN0D9EP1
 
Jura A1.

Bought mine in 2014, has ground up over 100 pounds of beans, coffee still tastes as good as it ever did and way better and easier than anything else I've tried.
 
jazz4cash said:
DW prefers Kuerig but she bought me a Black and Decker drip machine. It replaced a Mr Coffee thermal caraf. I turned my nose up at the time but it makes great coffee and its about 8 yrs old and going strong. I use it every single day. My brother has the same machine. I can’t imagine $200 for a coffee maker but I never knew what this one cost until I just looked it up….$54.

BLACK+DECKER 12-Cup Thermal Coffeemaker, Black/Silver, CM2035B https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LU2I3V0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Y5RHZQ413PGNWN0D9EP1
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That looks like the one we had. Two things I hated -

1) (and I saw this pop up in the first couple of reviews I read), the little valve for the "Sneak-a-Cup feature - The Sneak-a-Cup feature temporarily stops the flow of coffee so you can pour your first cup before brewing ends without making a mess." would clog, and water/coffee would overflow the basket and run all over the counter top. Happened several times. Possible shock hazard.

2) The carafe is stainless steel, not glass (if this is the same as ours). The SS would collect a film of old coffee on it, even when rinsed carefully each day. Then had to use denture tablets every few months to clean it. A glass, or glass-lined thermal carafe rinses off with no build up.

-ERD50
 
Aeropress user here. I love it. Bought it after yet another drip coffeemaker lasted less than 2 years. The Aeropress is inexpensive, durable, and makes better coffee than what I was getting before.
 
This:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078HSBGSD?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Farberware 47053 Classic Stainless Steel Yosemite 12-Cup Coffee Percolator, 12 Cup Coffee Maker

Stove top percolator. No electronics, not even electric. Also it doesn't need a paper filter.
I used to have a Presto percolator, which is similar design but a plug-in. But the heating element only lasted for about 2 years. Went through 3 of those and had to find something more durable. By the way, coffee made with a percolator tastes better to me than from a dripper.
 
I have a Ninja programmable 12 cup. The tank is removable and ergonomically designed. It comes with a filter though one can also use paper filters.

The Ninja costs $89. I recently broke the carafe. I ordered a new one from Ninja and it arrived in 24 hours.

Very happy with it.
 
ERD50 said:
2) The carafe is stainless steel, not glass (if this is the same as ours). The SS would collect a film of old coffee on it, even when rinsed carefully each day. Then had to use denture tablets every few months to clean it. A glass, or glass-lined thermal carafe rinses off with no build up.

-ERD50
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As I wrote in my earlier reply, I have a [stainless steel] Farberware percolator. I do a light cleaning every time after my coffee, and once every 2 weeks or so I do a deeper but simple cleaning: Powdered dishwashing detergent and boiling water. Works like a charm.
 
mystang52 said:
As I wrote in my earlier reply, I have a [stainless steel] Farberware percolator. I do a light cleaning every time after my coffee, and once every 2 weeks or so I do a deeper but simple cleaning: Powdered dishwashing detergent and boiling water. Works like a charm.
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The carafe for the one we had has a fairly narrow neck, can't get your hand in, makes cleaning a bit difficult. You can't just reach your hand in with a scrubby, and it is domed at the bottom, so there are 'corners' you need to get into. A minor pain.

Yours sounds much easier to clean.

-ERD50
 
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