To find the best coffee maker is not an easy task. These days, there’s an extensive variety of coffee makers available. You have to navigate deep into the coffee brewer’s world to check out all the available coffee makers and find the exact one to fit your needs.
To help you in your quest to find the best coffee maker, here are some guidelines that will provide you with what you need to know about brewer types, brewing options, and all the other small details.
Automatic Drip
This coffee maker is an excellent choice if you want to start the morning with a classic cup of coffee. You can program the machine overnight and get a nice warm cup of coffee in the morning.
Coffee is brewed after the water heats in the reservoir and is poured over grounds in the filter. After being brewed, coffee then drips into the serving pot below. The grind of coffee depends on the filter type. Flat-bottom paper filters or permanent plastic or gold filters work with medium-grind coffee. To get the finest grind, you must choose a cone paper filter. Serving pots can contain up to 14 cups of coffee and the warming plate can keep it warm for quite a while.
Stovetop or Moka Pot
Consider buying a stovetop/moka pot if you love espresso.
It has three separate chambers — one for water, one for the grounds, and another for extracted coffee. You produce the brew by sending steam-pressurized boiling water through the finely ground coffee. This type of coffee maker can brew up to 14 cups of coffee and has a very simple cleanup. The moka pot has a very classy design and is also simple to use. The only coffee that can be compared to espresso in strength is a cup of moka-made coffee.
Pour Over
This is the best coffee maker for you if you consider yourself a skilled hand. It must be manually operated for a single cup of coffee. The unit contains a funnel-shaped dripper and filter.
French Press
This is one of the easiest to use and most convenient coffee makers. A carafe, mesh filter, and plunger is used to press boiling water through coffee grounds. Brewing is done via the blooming process, which lasts 30 seconds. Then, it is time for stirring and steeping, which goes on for three and a half minutes. Depending on the size of your French press, it can take up to 15 minutes to brew up to 12 cups of coffee.
Grind and Brew Coffee Maker
This coffee maker has a built-in grinder. There are two types of mills. Burr produces uniformly sized grounds that taste smooth. Blade chops the beans in various sizes. If you have a built-in grinder, you can save a few bucks as you don’t have to purchase a separate mill.
You will get the best taste from freshly ground beans. Programmable grind and brew machines can brew up to 12 cups. Despite the lower cost of the blade model, the burr model is preferable as it ensures the best and smoothest taste.
Turkish coffee or Ibrik-Cevze
This coffee maker offers you an exotic taste. It is a long-handled pot which brews Turkish coffee. These are exquisitely beautiful and making coffee with them is a matter of art and science.
Apart from the coffee makers listed above, there are also some other types to consider, like Single Serve Coffee Makers, Aero Press, and Vacuum Pot, etc. However, you can’t go wrong when choosing from the ones discussed above. Choose your coffee maker according to the taste you love and greet yourself with a nice, warm cup of coffee each and every morning.
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