Best Coffeemaker Features
Coffeemakers have evolved over the years… Manufacturers have added features that make brewing coffee more convenient and taste better. After an initial small investment in a coffee machine, the frugal coffee drinker can make his or her own coffee tasting as good as or better than popular chain coffee shops at the fraction of the cost per cup.
The machines or systems that make today’s pot or cup of coffee offer drinkers many choices in features and conveniences.
On of these features in coffeemakers allow drinkers to have coffee ready when they want it. The Cuisinart DCC-1200 12-Cup Brew Central Coffeemaker can be programmed so that a coffee drinker can wake up to a freshly brewed pot of coffee.
To have the freshest coffee, beans should be ground just before brewing. The Krups KM7000 Grind-and-Brew 10-Cup Coffeemaker includes a built-in whole bean grinder. It’s programmable to grind the right amount of coffee for the desire strength and number of cups to be brewed.
After the last drop of coffee is poured, cleaning up the coffeemaker — at least throwing away the grinds and rinsing the carafe is necessary. Not with the Keurig B40 Elite Gourmet Single-Cup Home-Brewing System… It brews an individual cup of coffee in less than a minute.
It uses K-cups which are small seal cup-shaped containers of pre-measured coffee offered in a variety of flavors and brands. Users simply insert these K-cups into the machine and press one of two cup sizes they desire.
The average price for these coffeemakers ranges from $70 to $120. It is less expensive to brew coffee using the Cuisinart and the Krups coffeemakers. With the Keurig, the individual K-cups can add up in cost but is still less expensive than buying a cup of coffee at a coffee shop.
Warrantees for the Krups and Keurig are one year and for the Cuisinart it is three years.
If you are looking for a new coffeemaker, consider looking for coffeemakers that have these features that make brewing coffee convenient and taste as good as or better than the local coffee shop.