As a coffee lover I try to brew the best cup I can without breaking the bank. I started on a regular auto-drip from Wal-Mart. While this brewed an ok cup of coffee with a more expensive roast it was still not very good. Enter the Chemex. This is my current coffee solution and I love it. It brews a great cup of coffee and looks great too. For those interested I also have an Aero Press that does a fine job itself when you want to brew a smaller amount of coffee. But I want to know what you use to brew a good cup of joe.

Tags: aero, brew, chemex, coffee, press, use, yum

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on January 18, 2009 at 6:13pm

I used to be that way, until I tried the chemex. Coffee is a completely different drink when prepared correctly. The problem with a regular coffee maker is that it doesn't heat the water up to a high enough temperature so you don't get the best out of your coffee. If you ever get a change to use a chemex you will be amazed at the difference.

Permalink Reply by Jim Matthews on February 4, 2009 at 3:25am

Some of the best tasting coffee I have ever had has been a hand full of Blue Mountain dumped into a pot of boiling water over a camp fire. Settle it with a splash of cold water and sit back and watch the sun come up.

Permalink Reply by Greg De Santis on March 20, 2009 at 3:13am

Nothing fancy yet, I just have a Mr. Coffee 4 cup maker and a Proctor Silex single cup maker.
For those larger pots we still have the clear glass pyrex 1960's boil on the stove 8 cup perculator and the 1960's style 6 cup metal boil on the stove perculator. Depends on the beans, some taste better perculated and others are better for the electric drip filter maker.

Permalink Reply by Don on April 11, 2009 at 7:01pm

When I first brewed coffee I had to use the old percolator on the stove top. Long time ago that was. When Mr. Coffee came out I started using that. I had the same problem, the water didn't brew hot enough. I went out and got me a Bunn coffee maker now. It has a chamber which stores hot water 24/7. Now when I brew a cup of joe I know it is going to be good!

Permalink Reply by Shannon on April 30, 2009 at 9:25pm

That sounds awesome. Where did you get it?

Permalink Reply by Shannon on April 30, 2009 at 9:25pm

I have a Cusinart something or other. It's not my favorite coffee maker at all. I have a Mr Coffee that's about 3 years old. I'd still use it if I could, but it's carafe broke and I can't find a replacement.

Permalink Reply by gypkap on May 3, 2009 at 8:18pm

We use a Braun coffee pot, the cylindrical one popular in the 80s and 90s. We buy Columbian coffee from the local Costco.

Permalink Reply by gypkap on April 17, 2011 at 4:33pm

Update: the old Braun coffee pot gave up the ghost 2 years ago, and we have a Braun Aromaster now. It makes good coffee too.

Permalink Reply by Nick on May 6, 2009 at 2:19pm

Gaggia baby class...... makes a great cuppa!

Permalink Reply by beavis5551 on November 10, 2009 at 3:01am

some AEG machine.
Dont know the model.

Permalink Reply by Laird HexDSL on December 7, 2009 at 3:25am

i use a classic Sona Peculator, its a big silver pod and i believe its the first electric model that Sona evermade, its got a wooden handle and makes the greatest coffee in the world.

i think older coffee makers are better as they have simple components taht can be cleaned much easier than modern plastic monsters.

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