When it comes to the time to replace your old coffee maker, you clearly want to get the best one that your money can buy. However, "best" is relative and it depends on what you need. It could mean cheapest, it could mean fastest, it could mean the best equipped, or the most modern. So, in order to establish what is the best coffee maker, it's necessary to look at the different kinds available.

Drip coffee makers are the most common coffee maker. You find them at home, the office, hotels, restaurants, etc. They come in many shapes in sizes, but they all use a water reservoir that passes hot water over coffee grounds in a paper (or gold) coffee filter. They usually make a pretty good cup of coffee as long as the coffee doesn't sit on the hot plate too long. When coffee sits in the glass carafe for too long, it starts to burn and taste bitter. To prevent this though, you just need to only brew as much coffee as you know you can finish in 30 minutes.

Coffee percolators have been around for a while, but they're not the best way to make coffee. They require a coarse ground like the French press, but the problem is that they keep boiling your coffee over and over because the brewed coffee spills over into the hot water reservoir. They're classic, but not the best option. If you must use one though, try not to use an expensive coffee blend, as to a degree, it will be wasted.

The French press coffee maker is simple, elegant, and classy. It's basically a glass cylinder with a plunger and a flat mesh filter. You put some ground coffee in the jar and douse it with hot water. After that you simply put the lid on and press the plunger repeatedly, hence the name "French press". It makes a decent cup of coffee and requires coarser coffee grounds - much more coarse than what's required in a drip coffee maker.

A relatively new entry onto the coffee maker market, is the one cup coffee brewer. To use them, you simply pop a pod or disc of coffee (these are kind of similar to tea bags in size and shape) into the machine and press and button - a minute later out comes your finished cup of coffee. On the plus side, these make ok cups of coffee, are quick, and hassle free (no filters or coffee grounds to mess around with). However, you are limited on the types of coffee you can use with them, as lots of coffee producers don't yet sell the pods / discs that you need in order to use. a one cup coffee brewer

So, which is the best coffee maker for you? It's just a matter of evaluating your lifestyle and coffee habits, and establishing which type best suits your needs.

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