I've tried several methods and have settled on grinding high quality beans and throwing them into a regular Mr. Coffee drip machine. The bean quality+grinding i

I've tried several methods and have settled on grinding high quality beans and throwing them into a regular Mr. Coffee drip machine. The bean quality+grinding immediately before brewing make 90% of the difference taste-wise. After that, the easiest method that turns it into coffee is best. French press is too gritty unless you add an additional filter or grind the beans just right, and even then it's still a little gritty. Pour over is far too much work to do every day. I set the pot, do my morning routine, and come back when it's done. I would do cold brew occasionally, but I enjoy hot coffee especially during the winter, and the heat keeps me from wanting to drink it too quickly. I like to spend about 10am-3pm on 16oz of coffee. Buying good coffee from a shop daily is 3-10x more expensive and just doesn't make sense to me unless $1000 a year on coffee is a drop in the bucket for you. I've had better coffee than what I make myself at $4+ upscale coffee shops, but I think my method gets the price/time/taste balance just right for a 2-cup-a-day drinker like me.