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I have a Breville machine that allows you to pour in a heap of coffee beans, and it grinds and automatically fills the filter with your desired strength based o

by ssharp 13y ago

I have a Breville machine that allows you to pour in a heap of coffee beans, and it grinds and automatically fills the filter with your desired strength based on how much water you put in the machine. I believe they also make one that has a water reservoir that you periodically fill and you can just dial in a cup amount and it does everything else for you. I've been pretty happy with it since I get fresh ground coffee and don't need to measure it. You still have to clean the filter after every use, but really it takes me less than 60 seconds to clean out the filter and fill the machine with water. Grinding the coffee and measuring it out manually was the biggest bottleneck in my daily coffee routine, so the Breville has at least eliminated that step. Now if I could only plumb water directly to it...

cortesoft 13y ago
60 seconds to clean isn't nothing. Changing the keurig pods takes less than 3 seconds. It might make me lazy, but every second I am not cleaning my coffee device I can be doing something else.
- lisper 13y ago
  This. Plus I have yet to see any non-pod-style coffee machine that can competently make one cup at a time.
  - not-gro-tsen 13y ago
    I have a manual grinder and an Aeropress. Making one cup at a time is easy, and the taste is superior to pod-style coffee in my opinion. The time I spend grinding the coffee is part of the enjoyment.
    - balls187 13y ago
      Really? http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/bbbb918e28fa404b836246b63cb5af65.jpg http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/bbbb918e28fa404b836... I much prefer that machine to the crappy k-cup machines.
      - lisper 13y ago
        Hard to tell what machine that is from just a tiny photo.
        balls187 13y ago
        Soz for the smal shot. Basically it's a machine with 3 compartments: Coffee, Decaf Hot Chocolate And you can push a button, it grinds, and outputs your cup. I prefer it vastly to the k-cups.
    - lisper 13y ago
      Never heard of the aeropress before. Will have to try it. Thanks for the tip!
    - sk5t 13y ago
      I just got an Aeropress and it's very nice--smoothest coffee I've ever tasted. Slightly more fiddly preparation compared to a pour-over or press, but worth the effort.
  - nl 13y ago
    I have the previous version of the Delongi Primadonna[1]. Fully automatic - you attache the milk frother, pour some beans in, it grinds them and makes the coffee. Previously I had the Nespresso Lattissima Premium[2] (the top-of-the line pod machine). I liked the Nespresso coffee fine, but the Primadonna makes better coffee and is no more trouble to use (It's also twice the price...). The clean up is exactly the same for both machines - you press a button to run steam though the milk frother, detach it and put it in the refrigerator. You press the "rinse" button and it runs water through the coffee system to clean that. ~Once a week you empty the grounds container or the empty pods container. The one trick is to only put as many beans as you a planning on using immediatly in the bean dispenser. It can take a lot more, but as they get exposed for longer they get more bitter. [1] http://www.delonghi.com/en-AU/products/coffee/coffee-makers/fully-automatic-coffee-machines/etam36365m---0132215185/ http://www.delonghi.com/en-AU/products/coffee/coffee-makers/... [2] http://www.delonghi.com/en-AU/products/coffee/coffee-makers/fully-automatic-coffee-machines/etam36365m---0132215185/ http://www.delonghi.com/en-AU/products/coffee/coffee-makers/...
  - freerobby 13y ago
    Which ones have you tried? Any Jura machine will do the job and produce better, fresher coffee than a pre-ground pod. The upfront cost is substantially more, however; they start at about $800.
  - lostlogin 13y ago
    what's the freshest you can have your coffee? If a could have my way (which frequently I can) I'd always have 1-2 day old beans. I'd take beans still warm from roasting over those older than 3-4.
- mikegreco 13y ago
  If optimizing 57 seconds of your day makes such a drastic difference, you are doing a vast number of things wrong.
  - adventured 13y ago
    I don't think the parent implied it was drastic. How does it make sense to project that calculation onto another person to begin with? Their time is not yours, and every person values their time differently. It means your statement of them doing a vast number of things wrong must inherently be false, because there is no objective "wrong" there.
    - pizza234 13y ago
      The comment is certainly a bit overgeneralized, but it raises some important points. I've been a "time-peeler" for a large part of my life, and when I stopped being such, I became way more productive. This happened because I started to waste less and less time on things which didn't really matter. In certain cultures where most of the people watches TV, for hours every day (in average), then you start to see what's wrong with saving 57 seconds. In addition to that, somebody pointed that the structure is incredibly wasteful. For some reason, there's this widespread vision of sustainability where the responsibility is somebody else's. If this is not accepted in simple things at the bottom, where should it starts from? In this terms, the comments make sense, although of course, it's not possible to say if it applies to a given person. With these things in mind, while there are no "objective wrongs", in the big perspective, there are objective foolishnesses, to say the least.
- ssharp 13y ago
  It's less than 60 to clean and fill with water. The water takes longer than the cleaning. Really, if I want to be lazy and dump the grounds in the sink disposal, it would take about 10 seconds to clean.
- nl 13y ago
  Automatic coffee machines exist and take no longer than pod machines to make the coffee or to clean up. They do tend to be more expensive though.
- shiven 13y ago
  ... but every second I am not cleaning my coffee device I can be doing something else. Like, picking your nose?
lucaspiller 13y ago
At the place I used to work we had one similar (I think Delonghi), except it automatically cleaned the filter. Every so often you would have to empty the tank of used grounds, but other than that it was just a case of finding a cup and pressing the button. It cost about $1000 mind...
rossjudson 13y ago
I have a de longhi machine. It's our favourite appliance. Pays for itself easily. http://www.delonghi.com/en-US/products/coffee-and-espresso/coffee-makers/automatic-coffee-makers/magnifica-esam-3300-0132213012/ http://www.delonghi.com/en-US/products/coffee-and-espresso/c...

by ssharp 13y ago

cortesoft 13y ago

60 seconds to clean isn't nothing. Changing the keurig pods takes less than 3 seconds. It might make me lazy, but every second I am not cleaning my coffee device I can be doing something else.

lisper 13y ago
This. Plus I have yet to see any non-pod-style coffee machine that can competently make one cup at a time.
- not-gro-tsen 13y ago
  I have a manual grinder and an Aeropress. Making one cup at a time is easy, and the taste is superior to pod-style coffee in my opinion. The time I spend grinding the coffee is part of the enjoyment.
  - balls187 13y ago
    Really? http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/bbbb918e28fa404b836246b63cb5af65.jpg http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/bbbb918e28fa404b836... I much prefer that machine to the crappy k-cup machines.
    - lisper 13y ago
      Hard to tell what machine that is from just a tiny photo.
      - balls187 13y ago
        Soz for the smal shot. Basically it's a machine with 3 compartments: Coffee, Decaf Hot Chocolate And you can push a button, it grinds, and outputs your cup. I prefer it vastly to the k-cups.
  - lisper 13y ago
    Never heard of the aeropress before. Will have to try it. Thanks for the tip!
  - sk5t 13y ago
    I just got an Aeropress and it's very nice--smoothest coffee I've ever tasted. Slightly more fiddly preparation compared to a pour-over or press, but worth the effort.
- nl 13y ago
  I have the previous version of the Delongi Primadonna[1]. Fully automatic - you attache the milk frother, pour some beans in, it grinds them and makes the coffee. Previously I had the Nespresso Lattissima Premium[2] (the top-of-the line pod machine). I liked the Nespresso coffee fine, but the Primadonna makes better coffee and is no more trouble to use (It's also twice the price...). The clean up is exactly the same for both machines - you press a button to run steam though the milk frother, detach it and put it in the refrigerator. You press the "rinse" button and it runs water through the coffee system to clean that. ~Once a week you empty the grounds container or the empty pods container. The one trick is to only put as many beans as you a planning on using immediatly in the bean dispenser. It can take a lot more, but as they get exposed for longer they get more bitter. [1] http://www.delonghi.com/en-AU/products/coffee/coffee-makers/fully-automatic-coffee-machines/etam36365m---0132215185/ http://www.delonghi.com/en-AU/products/coffee/coffee-makers/... [2] http://www.delonghi.com/en-AU/products/coffee/coffee-makers/fully-automatic-coffee-machines/etam36365m---0132215185/ http://www.delonghi.com/en-AU/products/coffee/coffee-makers/...
- freerobby 13y ago
  Which ones have you tried? Any Jura machine will do the job and produce better, fresher coffee than a pre-ground pod. The upfront cost is substantially more, however; they start at about $800.
- lostlogin 13y ago
  what's the freshest you can have your coffee? If a could have my way (which frequently I can) I'd always have 1-2 day old beans. I'd take beans still warm from roasting over those older than 3-4.
mikegreco 13y ago
If optimizing 57 seconds of your day makes such a drastic difference, you are doing a vast number of things wrong.
- adventured 13y ago
  I don't think the parent implied it was drastic. How does it make sense to project that calculation onto another person to begin with? Their time is not yours, and every person values their time differently. It means your statement of them doing a vast number of things wrong must inherently be false, because there is no objective "wrong" there.
  - pizza234 13y ago
    The comment is certainly a bit overgeneralized, but it raises some important points. I've been a "time-peeler" for a large part of my life, and when I stopped being such, I became way more productive. This happened because I started to waste less and less time on things which didn't really matter. In certain cultures where most of the people watches TV, for hours every day (in average), then you start to see what's wrong with saving 57 seconds. In addition to that, somebody pointed that the structure is incredibly wasteful. For some reason, there's this widespread vision of sustainability where the responsibility is somebody else's. If this is not accepted in simple things at the bottom, where should it starts from? In this terms, the comments make sense, although of course, it's not possible to say if it applies to a given person. With these things in mind, while there are no "objective wrongs", in the big perspective, there are objective foolishnesses, to say the least.
ssharp 13y ago
It's less than 60 to clean and fill with water. The water takes longer than the cleaning. Really, if I want to be lazy and dump the grounds in the sink disposal, it would take about 10 seconds to clean.
nl 13y ago
Automatic coffee machines exist and take no longer than pod machines to make the coffee or to clean up. They do tend to be more expensive though.
shiven 13y ago
... but every second I am not cleaning my coffee device I can be doing something else. Like, picking your nose?

lucaspiller 13y ago

At the place I used to work we had one similar (I think Delonghi), except it automatically cleaned the filter. Every so often you would have to empty the tank of used grounds, but other than that it was just a case of finding a cup and pressing the button. It cost about $1000 mind...

rossjudson 13y ago

I have a de longhi machine. It's our favourite appliance. Pays for itself easily. http://www.delonghi.com/en-US/products/coffee-and-espresso/coffee-makers/automatic-coffee-makers/magnifica-esam-3300-0132213012/ http://www.delonghi.com/en-US/products/coffee-and-espresso/c...