Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 07, 2023

?    Do they break a lot of coffee makers?

Back to the good old fashioned percolator. Always works; always will.

I was considering a new one without a clock and timer. However, since i may have a new job soon I will keep it until it too, rides off into the sunset………………….

A pour over maker or a French press are both simpler and more reliable than a drip maker. I use a moka pot if I have a little more time.

Gave away my stovetop percolator to a thrift store. The coffee just didn’t taste as good.

Percolators make great coffee.

Should have bought a Bunn!

Guess that answers the question: how does Arlo take his coffee?

Very, very seriously.

Over 30 years of marriage and we’re on our third coffee maker, same brand and model. It would only be 2 if not for the unfortunate accident when something fell out of the upper cabinet knocking the coffee maker off the counter onto the floor and busting it. On the bright side we now have 3 stainless steel insulated carafes so when we serve coffee to guests we can offer caf, decaf and 50/50 mix.

Had an 18 cup urn in my Dad’s grocery store back room, lasted over 20 years. Made about 3 “pots” a day. First thing that got turned on, even before the lights. Last thing after locking up and turning off the lights, getting it ready for the next morning. Our locking up phrase for the end of the day “Back door locked, coffee pot made?”

I usually break the pots. Presently have 3 new pot-less coffee makers on a shelf in the garage.

Planned obsolescence.

I am searching for a new basement dehumidifier to replace the 17 year old energy inefficient one with a hinky power button. Consumer reviews are helpful but based on them I have read about 20 models (made by fewer brands) that have more than a 12% failure rate within months, or they received a product that did not match or had misleading descriptions.

And the modern beat goes on.

I have had my Cuisinart for over a decade. It makes good coffee AND grinds the beans before each pot. I never have tried the fancy timer features though.

Our favorite coffee maker was on sale so I bought it for the day it was needed. Two years later it is still on a shelf in the garage, but I’m ready!

my one minute cup keurig is always working.

They just don’t last like they used to. Everything is that way.

Like A & J, I have a stove top percolator handy (bequeathed to me by grandparents). It is/was mainly for camping, but when the power fails, I take out the old Coleman stove and perk my way to happiness.

Mine is 7 years old and still works great.

I’m a minimalist. I drink instant coffee.

I avoid ordering coffee in a restaurant. Too expensive. Only exception: McDonald’s senior coffee.

Aeropress! One perfect cup at a time. Lasts for years.

Unlike many of you I haven’t had such good luck. I’ve tried a lot of different brands, some expensive and some cheap but the one that lasted the longest was a $20 Black & Decker but it only lasted two years. So, I gave up and switched to a French Press and for the summer I make cold brew for iced coffee. Easy and no pumps or mechanical parts to wear out.

Fellow non-coffee drinkers gather around and we shall swap stories of… uh… not drinking coffee. Hello? Anybody?

Maybe the coffee maker is not plugged in.

Minerals in hard water build up on the heating elements and don’t let the heat transfer to the water. The heating element wires overheat, are brittle, and break. Use water from a purification system that uses Reverse osmosis, Deionization, or distillation. The minerals dramatically degrade the taste of coffee and tea. Bottled coffee and tea are made with purified water.

Just have instant instead. Or, if you are independently wealthy…. go to Starbucks.

It’s a crack in the carafe.

I don’t drink it and have no idea what he is doing.

My late husband and I used to go through a lot of coffeemakers.

The coffeemaker needs water to heat and maybe beans to ground, did you check? And if it is programmed a shaky electricity might delete the program over night.

I had a microwave once, that wouldn’t work without a reset of the clock, even if I never used that as it was out of sight within a cabinet. According to that microwave midnight was whenever I last had to reset it’s clock.

Brought to you by outsourced labor.

I didn’t realize he is so out of control.

The problem is the lead free solder used for the circuit boards will “whisker” and make incorrect connections when repeatedly exposed to heat. Although the cheap coffee makers that only have an on\off switch are not much good, either. The plastic will give out instead, and cause the reservoir to burst. We go through a painful amount of coffee makers and electric kettles in our house.

If Krupp Arms made artillery the way Krups makes a coffee maker, Berliners would speak French.

Bought a very nice percolator a few months ago. I love the nostalgia, the style of the pot, and the way it reminds me of both my parents and my Grandma making coffee that way in the 1970’s. And, the coffee is delish !

Oh No! It’s the gas range!

this is not meant as a commercial statement and the re-usable pods are definitely less wasteful…but… time for a keurig ……..

Our’s cause of death was having the timer coffeemaker making a big ‘poodle’ (sic) of water on the kitchen floor.

Over the years, we’ve purchased far too many: timed, just a switch, metal carafe, breakable glass, some good, some okay. The planned obsolescence of the Walmart’s were the okay ones with no longevity. But now, our son bought us a rather pricey Ninja CP307 with a metal carafe. Best, smoothest coffee we’ve had in years and as a bonus it will brew tea as well. The choices it gives: rich, regular, cup, 1/2 carafe, full carafe is very nice. And the reservoir that was always awkward to fill in the past detaches to a more convenient fill location. Add to that the filter basket will stand upright for easy filling. Sorry if that sounds like an ad, but we are amazed by this unit.

We’ve used mid-level Mr. Coffee drip machines for decades. When they die, it will usually be at an inconvenient time. Once we learned that, we’ve kept a backup machine on hand.

And this is why the Old Sarge went to a French press. Works every time.

Lack of planning is the source of broken carafes?

I was buying a new one every year. Finally invested twice the cost of a coffee maker by getting a perculator. It lasted almost 10 years – recently bought another one that will hopefully last another long while.

I still have mine after five years. I wonder what they do to theirs? Is it a Norm scenario?

Give up on those horrible drip machines already.

I’m glad I’m not a connoisseur. I just drink instant Maxwell House or Folgers. Taste just fine to me.

they just don’t make good coffee makers that well anymore… :J

more plastic crap. I have had one of those stop working under a year. The next one for me is a Melitta drip. The coffee is supposed to be better. The less plastic the better.

have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?

A neighbor of my in-laws gave us a Mr. Coffee type (not the actual brand name unit) coffee maker as an engagement gift. The husband gift giver had a coffee business – delivering to various businesses for their office use.

We get married, we finally have some friends over. I buy coffee and go to make it. Our friends thought it terribly funny watching us try to use the coffeemaker. Neither of us drinks coffee. I am not sure if it still around or not (been over 40 years).