I'm a coffee fiend. I'm also a coffee snob. I use spring water (never tap water) and grind beans fresh with a burr grinder every day. yesterday I woke up to a pool of water on my counter and half of a 14 cup pot of poorly brewed coffee. This is a true fucking emergency situation at 5:30 am on a school day in January at my house. Well, according to Nancy, anyways. There was enough drinkable coffee to get teacher out the door, which solved the biggest problem. I managed to brew another half pot after cleaning up the mess and inspecting the coffee maker. Cuisinart 14 cup programmable drip coffee maker. It was almost exactly 4 years old. after making enough coffee for the day, I went about cleaning it. ran through the self-cleaning cycle with vinegar and water and a ran 1 and 1/2 pots of clean water through before it died. This is probably the best drip coffee maker we've ever had, and it gets used every single day, sometimes twice a day. We've gone through many coffee makers in the last 30 years, too. We got our monies worth out of this one, maybe for the first time ever with a coffee maker. They usually only make it about 2 years. Free next day delivery of a new one from Amazon. will be here today, theoretically. for some reason the exact same coffee maker was about $20 cheaper this time. nice.
next day delivery is awesome, but that didn't help me this morning. on special occasions and when we are without power I make coffee with a French press. the one I have is Walmart quality piece of junk that we've had for 20 years or more (might have been a wedding gift), but it's functional. it makes 32oz at a time. I made three batches this morning. I even got up early so Nancy could have fresh coffee when she woke. French pressed coffee is, without a doubt, the best coffee a person can make. if you do it correctly it is always smooth and robust, but never bitter. if you can't live with some sediment in the bottom of you cup, well, you're probably just a pussy that wears skinny jeans rolled up and hates guns. If I were a man of leisure, I'd press coffee everyday. it's just too much of a hassle if you want more than one or two cups of coffee to bother with it every day.
next day delivery is awesome, but that didn't help me this morning. on special occasions and when we are without power I make coffee with a French press. the one I have is Walmart quality piece of junk that we've had for 20 years or more (might have been a wedding gift), but it's functional. it makes 32oz at a time. I made three batches this morning. I even got up early so Nancy could have fresh coffee when she woke. French pressed coffee is, without a doubt, the best coffee a person can make. if you do it correctly it is always smooth and robust, but never bitter. if you can't live with some sediment in the bottom of you cup, well, you're probably just a pussy that wears skinny jeans rolled up and hates guns. If I were a man of leisure, I'd press coffee everyday. it's just too much of a hassle if you want more than one or two cups of coffee to bother with it every day.
We have the Keurig which has the coffee pot section too it as well. Single cup, or pot of coffee. The wife does the single, I do the pot. Chuck wagon strength. She’s more of a tea style coffee drinker. I don’t measure, just dump it in until it feels right 
