# RIP Mr. Coffee **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mr-coffee/815317 "2018-06-02T14:35:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mr-coffee/815317/41 "2018-06-06T20:58:12Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > Our old coffeemaker died recently (I can’t remember the make), so I broke out the Mr Coffee we had in storage. Didn’t like it. The carafe dribbled if you didn’t pour just so. Bought a new one, also a Mr Coffee. Pours fine, thank you, AND has a strength setting so you can have stronger brew! UPDATE: I decided I don’t like this new Mr Coffee machine. The grate you pour the water into through the top is so tight that you can only trickle the water into it. I may clip some openings in it. It, as noted above, makes coffee that tastes like plastic, but that’s fading, so it won’t be a big deal soon. The pot itself is designed in such a way that to get the last few tablespoons of liquid out, you have to totally upend it, then it comes rushing out and all over. The lid of the pot comes off if you even look at it sideways. It’s always falling off. Can’t just leave it off, though. That’s what keeps the valve open while you’re brewing coffee. You just have to pop it into place AGAIN every time you move it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mr-coffee/815317/42 "2018-06-06T22:13:07Z")
Do you pour coffee before it finishes brewing? Because, if you are not in that big a hurry, someone put that there valve in there, you can yank it out. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mr-coffee/815317/43 "2018-06-08T19:46:25Z")
Nobody uses a V60 or Aeropress then? ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mr-coffee/815317/44 "2018-06-08T20:30:39Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > Nobody uses a V60 or Aeropress then? Nope. Nobody. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mr-coffee/815317/45 "2018-06-08T20:32:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It is slightly different from “hot water” – that is the silliness that the Brits imbibe. My percolator acquires a dark patina on the bottom, which I do not perceive as particularly affecting the flavor, but if it gets too thick, it can interfere with function. It comes off fairly easily with a brush or rag and some coarse-grain salt. Vinegar can also help. A dishwasher makes no sense – for anything, really, because it barely saves one any time anyway. I think you and I agree, though you sort of made it sound as if we didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mr-coffee/815317/46 "2018-06-08T20:46:12Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I think you and I agree, though you sort of made it sound as if we didn’t. I was expanding on the point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mr-coffee/815317.md?page=2)