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Melitta Cone Filter Manual Coffeemaker 6 Cup, 1-Count by Melitta
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Product SummaryManufacturer: Melitta Brand: Melitta Edition: Grocery Published: 2011-02-15 Model: CM-6/4 Publisher: Melitta Studio: Melitta Music Label: Melitta Product features: - Melitta
- 640446
- Coffee Makers & Accessories
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Melitta Cone Filter Manual Coffeemaker 6 Cup, 1-CountCustomer Review: Simplicity is best Summary: 5 Stars
Being a lifelong coffee fiend, I've tried literally EVERY type and brand of coffee-making device known to mankind over the last 30 years: standard electric drip coffee makers, percolators (not recommended to anyone with an appreciation for coffee and functioning tastes buds), French presses, vacuum pump units, microwave gizmos for which one needs an engineering degree to figure out, etc., but I keep coming back to this one.
It's definitely low tech, but it does what it's designed to do, e.g. make a terrific pot of coffee with minimal hassle. Other reviews have described the process of using this as being additionally cumbersome (given the need to boil water separately beforehand} but I don't personally find that to be the case. I keep a teakettle of filtered water on my stovetop, and when I'm ready to make coffee, I turn the burner on, and while the water is heating, I measure the coffee out, and then once the water is near boiling, simply pour over the grounds. The entire process takes about five to seven minutes, start to finish, about the same time as an electric drip unit would take.
The unit -- which essentially works similarly to more stylish (but also considerably more expensive) Chemex coffemaker -- has several advantages over other coffee making methods: because the water is manually boiled, one can control the temperature; because the unit is so low tech and has no buttons, switches, bells, whistles or moving parts, it can last for decades (unless one breaks the glass carafe which, being on the clumsy side, I'd done more than once -- but then they're so inexpensive to replace that it's really not that big a deal; also, the carafes of electric drip units are equally fragile); if one has a gas stove, as I do, coffee can be made, even during a power failure.
Cleanup is simple: toss the filter full of used grounds in the trash, and after the coffee is consumed, rinse out the filter cone and the carafe. There's no reservoir to collect nasty sediments like an electric drip unit, no grungy screen and plunger to disassemble and scrub like a French press.
If a new coffee making technology is introduced, I will surely try it, but doubt I will find something else that is as inexpensive or reliable as the Melitta Manual coffee maker.
Description of Melitta Cone Filter Manual Coffeemaker 6 Cup, 1-CountMelitta 640446 Manual Coffee MakerMelitta 640446 Manual Coffee Maker Features:; This gourmet coffeemaker prepares a full 6 cups of coffee, made the "Gourmet" way; Is perfect for that second flavor of coffee, or for those guests who want decaffeinated; A great second pot; Uses the No. 4 paper filters (3001-4088); Not recommended for stove top use; 2 to 6 cup capacity
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