Coffee drip machine
The drip method is not ideal for coffee -- it tends to under-extract the bean. If I am serving coffee to a large group, though, it is not practical to use a French press, and a good drip pot, such as this Black and Decker, is a reasonable compromise.
With the advice of my friends at Equal Exchange, I selected this model because it is high-wattage, brewing at close to 200 degrees F, and the drip is distributed over the entire basket, rather than a single stream in the center. It really does work nicely. When I am giving a public lecture on coffee, I might bring three or four of these with me!
Coffee drip machine
The drip method is not ideal for coffee -- it tends to under-extract the bean. If I am serving coffee to a large group, though, it is not practical to use a French press, and a good drip pot, such as this Black and Decker, is a reasonable compromise.
With the advice of my friends at Equal Exchange, I selected this model because it is high-wattage, brewing at close to 200 degrees F, and the drip is distributed over the entire basket, rather than a single stream in the center. It really does work nicely. When I am giving a public lecture on coffee, I might bring three or four of these with me!