On Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:05:40 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 22:12:13 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>>On 1/8/2020 8:30 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 19:46:06 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/8/2020 5:55 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>> What is best for you depends on your priorities and personal taste. My
>>>> wife enjoyed her coffee so I got her the best I could find. I'd rather
>>>> have a cup of tea.
>>>
>>> I've used a Mellita for years. I have no rotator cuff in both
>>> shoulders and that has weakened both arms. It is becoming dangerous
>>> to lift the pot of boiling water to pour over the coffee grounds.
>>> Mellita is a drip through a paper or stainless steel cone. IMO, makes
>>> really tasty coffee. I've never had anything but watery coffee from
>>> Mr. Coffee.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>>With the Technivorm you do have to fill it with cold water but it heats
>>and disperses it over the grounds to drip through a #4 filter.
>>
>>Keurig is popular. Perhaps a neighbor has one and you can have a cup of
>>coffee to see if it suits you.
>
>I honestly don't know anyone with a Keurig. I've been buying beans
>and grinding them daily forever. People who drink my coffee volunteer
>that it is really good. Friends/neighbors either have a percolator or
>buy their coffee at one of those coffee drive-throughs. Or, the
>closest neighbor likes the really pale brewed coffee. That's why I am
>asking here.
>Maybe I'll try putting my Melitta down in the sink on a hot pad and
>pouring the hot water from that arm level.
>Thanks for the info on Technivorm.
>Janet US


I roasted my own coffee beans for years, but as with all the bread
baking, too, I just do not go to all that trouble often these days.

Keurig has a model that offers "brewing" options- strength button and
4 sizes of cup, as well as a cappuchino/latte frother (WOO!). Yeah, it
costs more, but I think I found it on sale at Costco at some point.
Years ago I had a basic model and eventually moved it to the basement
as I never liked the coffee.

I have a Nespresso. I have a Tassimo. I have vac pot makers. I have
Melitta. I have Chemex. I have, without exaggeration, dozens of
coffee making devices, as I collect them. The problem was this: It
got to the point that unless a cup was freshly made, I did not enjoy
it. We tried the insulated decanters, but even that started to taste
off to me. I cannot say this is even any quality issue that I had
developed...just age changing my perception of things, perhaps.

It took a long time to find a k-cup provider that offers up a very
strong, but not bitter taste, which is my preference for coffee. I
cannot say that the Keurig is the best cup of coffee I have ever had
(**below), but I found a couple of K-Cup coffees that are just fine.
It is the experimenting with the pricey cups to find the right one
that gets bothersome. Yes, I have the capability of making my own
pods, too. That is easy to do.

I do not know what kind of flavor the basic Keurig model puts out
these days, only what this fancy-pants one does and that I am really
ok with it. It is a K-Cafe. I just checked prices and I know I did not
pay what I am now seeing.

**- My favorite coffee these days is really cold-brewed iced. The
flavor cannot be beat. It's 36F out there right now....I look forward
to warmer weather to enjoy that again.