- Joined
- Dec 29, 2015
- Messages
- 45,404
- Reaction score
- 11,746
- Location
- Olympia Wa
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Other
I use a Saeco TDCM-CC Renaissance 8-Cup Digital Drip Coffeemaker which uses a thermos carafe. I bought it about 8 years ago when my then 16 year old Melitta broke. The Melitta made very good coffee but I tend to let it set and drink during the day, and I had started to care more about my coffee so letting it sit and burn was no longer working for me. I grind the beans fresh, usually Starbucks, the darker the better.
I am pretty happy with my Saeco except that there was a part that was poorly designed on the carafe that I had to MacGyver, but the coffee is good and it stays hot most of the day if I fill the carafe with hot water before I brew to warm it up, and since I do this I only clean it occasionally. It was expensive and gets very poor reviews.
I am thinking it is time for a change, the machine has been broken for years and seems to be working slower even after I run vinegar through it, and I am wonder what people like. My grandparents adored coffee and swore by the pour over method, into a thermos carafe, and I remember them teaching me how to do it in 1975, a very precise 15 minute method with several pours that had to be done in a certain way with the water at a certain temp pulled off the stove. Maybe, but I dont remember the steps and that seems like too much work for lazy me.
I wonder what coffee lovers like these days.
I am pretty happy with my Saeco except that there was a part that was poorly designed on the carafe that I had to MacGyver, but the coffee is good and it stays hot most of the day if I fill the carafe with hot water before I brew to warm it up, and since I do this I only clean it occasionally. It was expensive and gets very poor reviews.
I am thinking it is time for a change, the machine has been broken for years and seems to be working slower even after I run vinegar through it, and I am wonder what people like. My grandparents adored coffee and swore by the pour over method, into a thermos carafe, and I remember them teaching me how to do it in 1975, a very precise 15 minute method with several pours that had to be done in a certain way with the water at a certain temp pulled off the stove. Maybe, but I dont remember the steps and that seems like too much work for lazy me.
I wonder what coffee lovers like these days.