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grtrx · 12-29-2011, 07:49 AM

I just bought a Cuisinart programmable to replace my cuisinart programmable that died after 7-8 years. The new one has a thermal pot which I like very much.

The best review I read on coffee makers was "obviously if you read enough reviews of coffee makers you will find that someone loves every model and someone hates every model, usually for the same reason."

BigJohn · 12-29-2011, 07:52 AM

SO TRUE.

I love the thermal pot, but most coffee makers you get 8 cup "thermal pot" vs 12 cup carafe. And that's a HUGE difference in our house...

mannish · 12-29-2011, 09:59 AM

ask TommyBB what he uses

cahow · 12-29-2011, 07:49 PM

The problem with a carafe is you have to keep the pot warm and this deterioates the coffee and you get an overcooked taste.
Go to a Japanese store and buy an insulated thermos type dispenser. The one with the button or lever on top which allows you to dispense hot beverages such as coffee. Brew the coffee, put it in the dispenser and it will keep the coffee hot and fresh all day.
I use a coffee (French) press and the coffee tastes great. Tastes different. The melita coffee drip is good but will may need a big one and takes a lot of time. You may not be able to find one that makes 12 cups.
Some of the BM's here roast their own green coffee beans, grind it and brew it. A lot of work but probably the best IMHO.
Here in the Philippines they prefer instant coffee! Yuck. Which is surprising as they grow coffee beans here in Baguio and Batangas.

grtrx · 12-30-2011, 04:34 AM

home roasted is definately better coffee

the thermal pot is the way to go, even if you have to buy a stand alone pot. Hell you can use a good old thermos. If you want the coffee to stay warmer longer, fill thermos or thermal pot with hot water while coffee brews. Pre warming it lets teh coffee keep all its heat. well not all but more of its heat.

mannish · 01-03-2012, 05:02 AM

not even close - I no longer home roast

but I still have several poppers

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Originally Posted by grtrx

home roasted is definately better coffee
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12-29-2011, 07:49 AM	#11
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	I just bought a Cuisinart programmable to replace my cuisinart programmable that died after 7-8 years. The new one has a thermal pot which I like very much. The best review I read on coffee makers was "obviously if you read enough reviews of coffee makers you will find that someone loves every model and someone hates every model, usually for the same reason." __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

12-29-2011, 07:52 AM	#12
BigJohn Chief Geek, @cigarweekly Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta (north burbs - Woodsto Posts: 14,173	SO TRUE. I love the thermal pot, but most coffee makers you get 8 cup "thermal pot" vs 12 cup carafe. And that's a HUGE difference in our house... __________________ Government breaks our legs, then hands us a pair of crutches and says, "You see? If it wasn't for us you wouldn't be able to walk.".... Aren't we so lucky!? Need a website? Get one from a BOTL - > PM me! *"I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."* Help support the CigarWeekly webhost (me!) > Shop online? Start HERE: direct to Amazon.com Protect your computer from VIRUSES > Get Avast!

12-29-2011, 09:59 AM	#13
mannish Herf God Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Springville, AL USA Posts: 15,792	ask TommyBB what he uses __________________ “We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.”

12-30-2011, 04:34 AM	#15
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	home roasted is definately better coffee the thermal pot is the way to go, even if you have to buy a stand alone pot. Hell you can use a good old thermos. If you want the coffee to stay warmer longer, fill thermos or thermal pot with hot water while coffee brews. Pre warming it lets teh coffee keep all its heat. well not all but more of its heat. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

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12-29-2011, 07:49 PM	#14
cahow Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: 11 mos Philippines/ 1 mo Sacto Posts: 576	The problem with a carafe is you have to keep the pot warm and this deterioates the coffee and you get an overcooked taste. Go to a Japanese store and buy an insulated thermos type dispenser. The one with the button or lever on top which allows you to dispense hot beverages such as coffee. Brew the coffee, put it in the dispenser and it will keep the coffee hot and fresh all day. I use a coffee (French) press and the coffee tastes great. Tastes different. The melita coffee drip is good but will may need a big one and takes a lot of time. You may not be able to find one that makes 12 cups. Some of the BM's here roast their own green coffee beans, grind it and brew it. A lot of work but probably the best IMHO. Here in the Philippines they prefer instant coffee! Yuck. Which is surprising as they grow coffee beans here in Baguio and Batangas.

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