I will recommend Moccamaster.
https://www.amazon.com/...keywords=moccamaster

Review here
http://www.letsdripsomecoffee.com/...h-end-coffee-makers/

Juan Valdez

Cheap mr.coffee. I have had two over 8 years. Only reason why I replaced the original is because when my wife and I moved in together the white one didn't match the other appliances so I need to buy a black one.

Coffee makers with timers are pieces of shit. If it must have a timer, go buy the cheapest one at walmart as regardless of make you'll be replacing it in 2-3 years.

My morning goes like this:
- alarm.
- turn on coffee pot.
- #1
- drink coffee.

I will recommend Moccamaster.
https://www.amazon.com/...keywords=moccamaster

Review here
http://www.letsdripsomecoffee.com/...h-end-coffee-makers/[/quote]



I bought an earlier version of this coffee maker nine years ago after reading a review that it is "the absolute best home brew coffee pot around." One of the things in the review was that it brews so fast that it not having a timer wasn't a deal breaker. I have not been disappointed. Wake up. Push button. Four minutes later, drink great coffee.

Seemed a little pricy to me, but nine years in it still functions like the day I bought it.

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Jason
None of the secrets of success will work unless you do.

https://www.amazon.com/...nts=p_89%3ACuisinart

We have a version of this. When ours crapped out a year or two ago the Mrs came home with it. She had the same parameters you have. Has worked fine. The only thing I don't like about it is the water reservoir is in a odd place and slightly small.

Thanks, but please see the requirements and my response to Duffy - timer is a deal breaker. My time is valuable, which is why I spend it in the LR getting non-responsive suggestions from the peanut gallery .

Perfect cup of coffee and not too difficult.

another X2 on the French Press.

I'll take a pass on the cinnamon! :)

We prefer a darker roast. Grind beans at home so they are fresh, into the French Press they go, perfect coffee in 4 minutes as you mentioned. FWIW - The French Press technique even passes the test with many coffee snobs!

This set up also travels well. We pack along even when flying somewhere a small electric kettle( if hotel does not have this in the room), and we can brew up in the hotel room, exactly as we do at home! We'll pre-grind a supply of coffee to travel with.

For example I am going to Interbike next week in Las Vegas. I'll take the small kettle and the French Press with me in my luggage, and brew up in my hotel room for morning coffee. Saving the massive wait at Starbucks, and some $$.

I recently purchased a Toddy Cold Brew System. Mainly for the reduced acidity since I've been having heartburn issues and I don't want to give up coffee (if I can avoid it).

I will recommend Moccamaster.
https://www.amazon.com/...keywords=moccamaster

Review here
http://www.letsdripsomecoffee.com/...h-end-coffee-makers/

French press.

Good beans and you got perfect coffee every time.....

Well worth the 15 mins prep.

We have a diverse assortment of drip coffee makers at work, some high end with fresh grind and expensive beans......

My Thermos with coffee I French-pressed in the morning beats the machines all and every time....

Go ahead, ruin your day and stomach with crappy drip coffee....

What is wrong with a cheap $10 coffee maker from walmart?

I don't think I've ever had to replace one, usually accidentally break them moving or they just get so old and grimy its time for a change.

I love a proper good coffee, big espresso fan, but also see the value in waking up to coffee already made. To me, good beans and a proper grind are more important then anything else when it comes to drop coffee.

French press? Moka Pot?