None. Coffee is an evil foul thing, much like chicken.
Except for Kona-- that stuff actually tastes like it smells!
Kettle on the stove, use a funnel and coffee filter on the pot.
Most coffee machines in the US do not get the water hot enough, so you waste the coffee in the filter. Water has to be close to, but not quite, boiling.
BTW, a tip for people in the US who miss European jet-fuel coffee…take your average crap American ground coffee in the can, and zap it for about two seconds in an electric coffee grinder…yes, you heard me…re-grind the ground coffee. It brings back the aroma and flavor, and the finer grind makes a stronger coffee - so if you like it strong, use the same amount, if you like it weaker, use less, but you will save money and it will taste better.
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An old espresso machine that I used maybe twice. Currently residing in a bag by the front door.
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A snazzy new chrome espresso machine friends of mine bought me for my birthday. Makes terrific espresso, but I haven’t got the hang of the milk-foaming-nozzle-thing yet, so my latte is only so-so.
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An electric kettle for making instant coffee, because my snazzy new chrome espresso machine is much too complicated to operate at 7 AM.
I don’t have any coffee makers.
1 12-cup Krups drip
1 small espresso machine
1 French press
1 campstove perculator (which is actually used when camping – to boil the water to go into the French press!)
Full disclosure: we’re about to move, so I’ve gotten rid of a couple. I sent the “just in case” drip machines to the thrift store and thew away a spare carafe from a previous Krups. I’m down to my “bare minimum” number.
Although I very much like BiblioCat’s “French press for tea” idea… okay, after the move.
Er… percolator
Posted pre-coffee, obviously!
I’ve got a cheap-o drip model from Target that is used for everyday, a Krups espresso maker that has been banished to the cabinet by my wife because we are short of counter space, and a smallish stove-top espresso pot.
My wife rarely drinks coffee, and I can get by with drip as long as the raw ingredients are good.
One thing I might want to invest in is one of those big electric perk urns like my parents used to have that makes thirty cups at once.
I have a great 1960 stainless steel Bunn-O-Matic. Commercial type.
It is the kind you see in old diners. You have to hook it up to a water supply but it makes the best coffee in the world.
1 regular ol’ drip type with timer that sits on the counter and is used daily
1 very cool expresso-cappacino maker that sits in it’s box on top of the cabinet and is used maybe twice monthly
1 ginormous 30-cup percolater that stays in storage except for big parties
3 seems respectable, and I have one grinder, does that count?
I’ll probably buy a french press soon, but even I wonder why. I’m a total coffee slob, I even happily drink the chemical sludge the machines at work spew so it’s almost like why waste the money buying finer equipment or ingredients?
Well, there’s the container of Maxwell House Instant coffee in the cupboard that we bought about 1.5 years ago that’s been used exactly once…other than that, none! Coffee = instant migraine and even a cup of regular tea causes insomnia. Decaf and herbal teas are all I can handle and my SO just doesn’t really like coffee OR tea.
I do have three different types of wine glasses and a small variety of beer mugs and tumblers. Ethanol is better than caffeine! hehehe
Irish Coffee. Best of both worlds.
I have a 12 cup Mr. Coffee with timer
a Krups expresso machine–mmm foam
and a Mr Coffee iced tea pot
We do not have a problem with caffiene in this household.
a 12 cup automatic drip coffeemaker, the sort that I burn out annually – I should save up and get a good machine one of these days. Used daily.
and an espresso/capuccino maker I use maybe 4 times a year. I like the stuff, it just doesn’t make much and it takes awhile, so I prefer regular coffee instead. Had this machine 3 or 4 years.
and an electric Krups grinder, which has lasted for 10 years – but my Krups coffeepot only lasted a year. Hmm.
Hmmmm…
one 12-cup electric, which I never use anymore unless I have a bunch of people over
One 12-cup French press
2 6-cup stovetop moka pots (one had the gasket go kaput on me, and I couldn’t find a replacement gasket anywhere, so I bought the other on a trip to Ikea - and then found replacement gaskets for the first one)
One one-cup ersatz French-press sort of thing which drains directly into the mug, which I used at work before they finally bought decent coffee there
One espresso maker (a 5-year anniversary gift from work - I got to pick something out of a catalog. The microwave was out of stock, and well, espresso seemed like a better idea than a chainsaw. I kid you not; that was actually one of the choices)