12 years ago, I bought a really nice coffee maker, one that I could adjust as needed, that used a re-usable filter, and made a fantastic cup of coffee...it was a Mr Coffee trimmed in stainless steel. It died a horrible death in the house fire.

5 years ago, soon after the house fire, I was able to find an exact replacement to that coffee maker, and my life was happy again...I could once again have my perfect cup of coffee.

5 months ago, it started leaking. I did what I could to repair it, some glue here, some Gorilla tape there, etc. I was trying to prolong it's inevitable death. Last month, while cleaning it, the top cover broke at the hinge. I again brought out the glue and tape, and repaired it.

Last week my wife gave me an ultimatum...find a replacement, or she would. Knowing that my wife isn't a coffee drinker, nor is she a fan of my inability to let some things go, I started my hunt. After many days of digging on the internet and in the sales ads, I was coming up empty handed. I had to do something.

I ended up calling customer service with Mr Coffee, and explained my situation. They told me that they ended production of that particular model a few months before I bought the last one...5 years ago. However, they had the same guts to it in another model number. The exterior was unchanged, as was it's basic electronics...the only thing changed was the shape of the digital clock and size of the sight panel showing how much water was in it. I was guaranteed that it was just like my old one.

I ended up ordering it through Amazon the other day, and it came in this morning. True to their word, it's the same machine with only slight cosmetic changes.

Sometimes change is good...when it comes to my morning coffee, change is a dangerous thing.

BTW, I was asked what my favorite coffee was when I was on the phone with their Customer Service...in today's mail, Mr. Coffee sent me a coupon for a free 3lb can of my beloved Folgers.

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Some might disagree that Folgers in a Mr. coffee drip machine is coffee . . But good for you.

I recently stepped up my snob appeal with a conical burr grinder...

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i like folgers too.

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I was a houseguest of an old friend recently in Tennessee, where the coffeemaker was a semi-commercial Bunn unit. It brewed some awesome coffee, as it's reservoir had the water pre-heated to some extent when you triggered the next brewing cycle by adding cold water to the reservoir. I enquired as to it's cost - close to $100.00 on ebay/Amazon.

Sometimes spending a little money on an upgraded item that you really like is a good thing. Especially when it helps you meet your new day ahead.

$100 is actually pretty reasonable for a good-quality coffee maker.

What cost me $40 the other day, was $85 five years ago, and $129 twelve years ago. I've had my coffee from a Bunn machine, as well as other, more expensive machines over the years. Mr. Coffee makes it taste the way I like it, in a price range I'm willing to pay.

Don't get me wrong...I own a grinder, and use it for the beans that I occasionally buy for use in my french press. But for everyday coffee, Folgers and Mr. Coffee are the only things I need.

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i have an ancient Bunn two pot restaurant brewer. Don't know what I'd do if it ever takes a fatal dump. Probably just stick with my little AeroPress single cup maker. It makes great coffee and won't ever wear out unless I break it. It takes the same diameter paper filters as my milking machine so I use those instead of the pricey ones they sell for it. There is a stainless steel filter made for it too but I haven't gotten one. No need when I buy milk filters by the thousand.
For grocery store coffee I like Yuban but I will drink anybody's coffee in a pinch. No coffee snob, I do like the locally roasted high end stuff now and then but for everyday joe it's just way too expensive to justify. What gets me are these popular single cup automatic jobs that use the premeasured little cups. When you price that stuff out by the pound it's crazy expensive and you have zero control over your brew. They have a Keurig at the school office now. Everybody has to bring their own little cuppies if they want coffee. I tried it. Wimpy as all get out.

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My wife bought one of those machines for me last year for Christmas. After brewing all the coffee cups that it came with, it migrated to the basement. She's waiting on her latest purchase to show up at the door for me...it's the reusable cuppie thingy that let's you use your own coffee. I'll try it, but the machine will remain in the basement by my gun bench, and NOT on the kitchen counter. It takes up more space than my beloved Mr Coffee!

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K cups... meh... Too expensive and I don't believe they can achieve the octane rating of my french press... I like french press.

Have you tried this coffee?
New Mexico Pinon Coffee Company: Department: 'NM Piñon Coffee'
Very tasty, little pricey, but likely cheaper in your area.
I first ran into it in CO.

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1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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San Francisco is full of them, and I kept the habit when I moved here 8 years ago.

Peet's Coffee is my choice. My preferred blend is 1/2 French roast, 1/4 Dark Italian roast and 1/4 Ethopian.

Those flavors are unavailable in this foothill town full of Philistines, but Peet's is so great that a few flavors finally made it here, but the bags are already packed and they cost more and you get less. So I stock up on it in my preferred blends or Arabian Mocha Java, which I also enjoy, whenever I am in San Francisco or Berkeley, or around Stanford University in Palo Alto. That is every 3 weeks to a month usually, and the freshly ground coffee in a bag gives a wonderful araoma to enjoy in the car for the 200 mile trip back here. And will get some today as I will leave for the City in a few hours, for my dental appointment.

The worst place in San Francisco to order coffee is in a Chinese restaurant.

The owners dislike it and they buy the absolutely cheapest and worst coffee there is - in bulk - because sometimes people come and do drink it. It's called Farmer's coffee or Farmer Brothers. Absolutely avoid it unless forced or desparate.

The second worst place to get coffee is at truck stops and roadside diners. I travel 50,000 miles a year in California which is how I know that.

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Enough negativity; Coffee - good coffee - is only really good and stays fresh for about 20 minutes at the most after it's brewed.

After that it gets flat or tastes scorched..


Supposedly these days the Keurig brewers are the best coffeemakers from what I have heard.

Though the French Press tops them I am sure.

I had a pretty good Braun coffeemaker that lasted me from 1983 to this year.

I hurriedly replaced it with the best cone-drip filter one I saw in the local market, which was a Mr. Coffee for the princely sum of $16.00, so far so good.

There is a little Russian owned cafe here with a large commercial 2 pot brewer that makes the best coffee in town here; and I asked the owner about it, why that is and she did not know; said she had a small coffeemaker at home and the coffee it brewed is much worse and had no idea why. But wondered if the coffeemaker made a itself, made a difference.

The best coffee I've enjoyed in San Francisco, hands down is at the North Beach Restaurant on Columbus Avenue in SF's "little Italy"..

I aways had make sure to have it wheneve I am in town. It's where Tom W. and his wife and i dined when they visited SF in July and we toured around town. I am sure he'd zgree tha San Francisco is a truly great place for coffee and food that is REALLY superb if you know where to look. That I think more than anything is what I miss about San Francisco.

And the iced coffee, from Vietnam "Cafe Sua Da" is delicious too. Probably because of the heavy French influence the country absorbed when it was called french Indo China until 1954...perfect with the spicy dishes, but also usually available in good Cambodian and Thai restaurants too. It's individeually brewed for 20 minutes right into your glass full of ice with a layer of condensed sweet milk at the bottom. Wne the dripping stops,you stir it all up with a long root beer float kind of spoon, then drink up with a tall straw.... I love it with a good Vietnamese meal like Lemon Beef salad, or one of the Vietnamese sub sandwiches made with the cilantro, shredded carrots and stuff.

Gonna make up for some lost time there today after I get out of the dentist's office there.

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Don't Drink coffee, but ithink its great to find the same equipment to be availble for years if its a quality product. I'm glad you found the same machine slightly updated!

Recently due to a lighting strike I was forced to replace a nice hanging under cabinet microwave in a rental house. I was worried as the machine had been installed 20 years ago, and the cabinet built to its exact specification.

Fortunately, I called GE, and to my surprise, the same exact unit is still in production with minor upgrades, built to the same exact dimensions. The 20 year old hanging hardware even matched the new unit without the slightest modification. Was a real pleasure in these days of rampant always needing the latest, shiniest gimmick on the market to find a product for sale that length of time without change. The biggest difference was improvements to its functionality, and the addition of color options

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I know what you mean about truck stop coffee...horrible stuff. It tastes like battery acid that's been run through a mop head that was used to clean up spilled coffee.

The best cup of regular cup of coffee that you can get while on the road comes from the Waffle House. I've had coffee from what seems to be every place along I-80 from Cali to PA...Once you get to this side of the big river, the Awful Waffle is at nearly every exit, or so it seems. They have, in my opinion, the best coffee out there.

When I lived in Ohio, my wife and I would stop in there for coffee at least twice a week. Utah didn't have one, and the closest one to Pittsburgh is about 40 miles from us. We make sure to stop whenever we head to Ohio.

I have an old campfire percolator we use when we're camping. When you're out in the middle of nowhere, and have no other choice, you'd swear that it makes great coffee...put it next to your favorite machine, and you'll hate it. When you put things into proper perspective, they appear differently.

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Eight years ago changed to a $12 French Press. Never will go back to drip.

EDIT: Waffle House does rule when traveling.

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