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    How to make good coffee in a terrible coffee maker?

    By admin | January 20, 2010

    I’ve always had good coffee makers but this last time I bought the cheapest one and even if I use good ingredients it doesn’t come out so well and after an hour the heater plate burns the coffee bitter. Is there a way to make good coffee and make it last in my cheap coffee maker?

    Topics: coffee excellence | 1 Comment »

    One Response to “How to make good coffee in a terrible coffee maker?”

    1. singletrack65 Says:
      January 20th, 2010 at 9:59 pm

      Buy a thermal carafe.
      http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=safari&rls=en&q=thermal+carafe&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=11668106471133575307&ei=mWxBS6TlH8yolAfpgq2QBw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB4Q8wIwAg#ps-sellers
      Fill it with boiling water & let it sit while you brew your coffee. Dump out the hot water & fill with fresh coffee. It will stay hot for hours and be as fresh as possible without constantly making new batches.

      If you want a good coffee maker for cheap, get a french press. All you need is a way to boil water and 4 minutes and you’ll have some of the best coffee possible. Your cheap coffee maker probably doesn’t get the water hot enough for proper extraction. That’s why it’s so bad.
      http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=french+press&cid=14910817541567006729&sa=title#p

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