Coffee update

[ksmith]

This morning I used 1/3 less coffee--and I'm giving the old unit the benefit of the doubt here--and wound up with a stronger brew. I may wind up adding a touch more coffee, but still may be looking at a 20-25% reduction. That's the equivalent of two decent cups in the morning instead of one-and-a-little-over.

Breakdown: 9 tbsps/24 oz (new) vs 7 tbsps/14 oz (old). The pre-caffeine back-of-the-envelope (literally) calculation gives me 0.375 tbsp/oz vs 0.5.

I have a ways to go to get back the price of the Technovorm, but at least the coffee tastes better, and is way hotter.

Comments

[nephir.livejournal.com]

I'd go for something like that if there were two less coffee drinkers in my house, and the SiL never visited. Until then, its a brewmaster (at least until it dies).
The Spouse tried to convince me that a pod/single cup unit would work but I think the hysterical laughter kinda threw him for a loop.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The model I have holds 40 oz, which is about three mugs worth. And it's pretty fast--six minutes to brew a full pot.

I've tried pod coffee, and it just doesn't do it for me. Way too weak. Maybe it's better to drink weaker if you drink a lot, but it's a hella lot to pay for hotel coffeemaker-caliber coffee.