Mom’s old coffee pot finally bit the dust. It’s blowing the kitchen’s circuit breaker.
Her arthritis is flaring up and she recently started wearing compression gloves. Lifting and pouring from a 12 cup caraffe is getting harder for her. Eliminating the carafe of hot coffee makes it safer for anyone with weak or impaired hands.
I browsed Amazon and found this Hamilton Beach 12 cup model that dispenses a single cup. No carafe!
4 star rating from over 48,000 people. The pot must work pretty well.
I’d guess other brands have a similar feature.
I want to try it at Mom’s house and see if my steel Stanley thermos fits under it.
Anyone else bought one?
A couple 2 min videos
Features
How to fill with water and add coffee grounds. It uses standard 12 cup, round filters.
I will suggest that she wait for the coffee to completely cool before emptying the insulated reservoir.
Limiting any burn risk to a single hot cup that might spill.
I realize the weak part of the design is the O ring that seals the water tank. It’ll probably start leaking eventually. I’d hope it lasts at least 5 years before any leaks.
My water pick is similar and it leaks from the tank connection.
If it helps, I bought my husband a very versatile Ninja Coffee Bar last year for Christmas, and we’ve been well pleased with it. You can set it to fill a carafe or one cup, and no paper filters to bother with.
I am surprised at the new features manufacturer’s have added in the past few years.
I saw several dual mode pots. That use the Keurig cup or you can fill a standard, 12 cup, round filter.
Mom would have liked the single serving Keurig. Except she likes weak coffee. I’m sure the Keurig makes perfect coffee for my tastes. But mom would say it’s too strong.
There are many many different K-cup brands with all levels of strength. Look at the box for the world Mild. Also a few of the K-cup people are marketing packs of 3 rather than boxes of 12 or 18 so you can try out more kinds. There are also variety packs. Not all coffee made in a Keurig is “strong”.
I think that Keurig cups are more often on the weak side, and there are literally hundreds of options to choose from. As someone who likes stronger coffee, I have to search for strong coffee. My impression is that weak coffee is easier to find. If you think that a Keurig brewer would be easier for her to manage, I would encourage you to look at those.
