# Well I woke up this morning, the coffee pot was broke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352 "2014-11-11T16:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/1 "2014-11-11T16:05:03Z")
I said I woke up this morning The coffee pot was broke I need a shot of caffeine Guess I’ll have a Diet Coke OK, so a broken coffee maker doesn’t make for a very good blues tune, but it’s still enough to ruin your morning. The timer is supposed to start it around 5:40 am so that when my alarm goes off at 6, the coffee is ready. I went in this morning and the coffee maker was on, but the pot was empty and the warmer was cold. So no coffee this morning - had to wait until I got to work. On the other hand, I never liked this coffee maker very much. My SIL bought it for us for Christmas a few years ago. Now I can pick out a new coffee maker of my own! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/2 "2014-11-11T16:07:04Z")
**Technivorm.** Ten years of perfect coffee before you replace any easily-replaced part for another ten years of perfect coffee. Or you can go through twice as much money for half the quality and a lot more frustration with balky controls, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/3 "2014-11-11T16:50:00Z")
Shoulda got yourself a beer instead. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/4 "2014-11-11T16:55:05Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > **Technivorm.** Ten years of perfect coffee before you replace any easily-replaced part for another ten years of perfect coffee. > > Or you can go through twice as much money for half the quality and a lot more frustration with balky controls, etc. **AB** , are you saying you repair things? You’re my hero! 😉 Twenty years use from an appliance? What planet did I wake up on this morning? I might have to start drinking coffee. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/5 "2014-11-11T17:43:42Z")
OP, do you have any No-Doz (or generic equivalent) in the house? That is pure caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/6 "2014-11-11T17:46:02Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I said I woke up this morning > The coffee pot was broke > I need a shot of caffeine > Guess I’ll have a Diet Coke > OK, so a broken coffee maker doesn’t make for a very good blues tune, but it’s still enough to ruin your morning. Well I woke up this morning, With no ‘lectricity. So I lit up a candle, Jus’ so I could see. Well I woke up this morning, With no 'lectricity. The third though I had, No coffee for me. Well I woke up this morning, With no ‘lectricity. Gotta drink more water, Jus’ so I can pee. Well I woke up this morning, The power was gone, I ain’t getting another, Goddamned kidney stone. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/7 "2014-11-11T17:48:12Z")
_sigh_ My work was done in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/8 "2014-11-11T18:08:05Z")
I had three coffee makers with a timer, two that quit working properly and one that caught fire. (Smoke detector and granite countertop prevented tragedy.) I then bought a low cost regular ol’ coffee maker and a $5 timer to plug into the outlet. Lasted over ten years and still use both although not together any more. (Retired. Don’t need coffee to be ready when I get up. Whenever that may be.) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/9 "2014-11-11T19:35:56Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > **Technivorm.** Ten years of perfect coffee before you replace any easily-replaced part for another ten years of perfect coffee. > > Or you can go through twice as much money for half the quality and a lot more frustration with balky controls, etc. Second this…but I also have several French Presses for emergencies. Not much to break on a French Press other than the glass. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/10 "2014-11-11T19:58:41Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > **AB** , are you saying you repair things? You’re my hero! 😉 Twenty years use from an appliance? What planet did I wake up on this morning? I might have to start drinking coffee. 🙂 Buy quality from a maker that will still be in business in 20 years, and doing things like making simple repairs becomes, well, simple. Buy this week’s faddish junk from a maker that remolds itself every few years… well. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/11 "2014-11-11T19:59:48Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Second this…but I also have several French Presses for emergencies. I almost went back and ETA’ed that. Even without an emergency, there are winter Sunday mornings when a press of coffee is just… right. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/12 "2014-11-11T21:54:48Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Buy quality from a maker that will still be in business in 20 years, and doing things like making simple repairs becomes, well, simple. > > Buy this week’s faddish junk from a maker that remolds itself every few years… well. Testify! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/13 "2014-11-12T00:02:12Z")
powdered instant will dissolve in tap water in a coffee emergency. ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/14 "2014-11-12T00:03:38Z")
We received a Braun coffeemaker as a wedding present. It was awesome and brewed 8 cups of coffee every day for 14 years until its demise. Sadly, by then Braun no longer sold coffeemakers in the US. Since then, we have gone through 4 coffeemakers in 6 years. Expensive ones and cheap ones. They keep dying. I miss the Braun. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/15 "2014-11-12T03:11:31Z")
OP has a great excuse to jump in the car and make a run to McDonalds for breakfast and coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/16 "2014-11-12T06:58:01Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I said I woke up this morning > The coffee pot was broke > I need a shot of caffeine > Guess I’ll have a Diet Coke > OK, so a broken coffee maker doesn’t make for a very good blues tune, but it’s still enough to ruin your morning. What the hell do you mean it doesn’t make for a very good blues tune? Look, you just didn’t get to the part where you were late to work because you went through a Starbucks drive through to get your fix. And you got fired for being late. So you drove home, got home early, and found your wife in bed with your best friend. And somewhere in there, you had a fender bender. And your dog just up and died. Sheesh, your blues song just writes itself. The hard part is deciding whether to write it in E or G. You want a hard blues song? I tried writing one for Astigmatic Prescott, who had the blues because his polo pony needed to be reshod and his preferred farrier was vacationing in Europe. And the ashtray in his Bentley was almost full. Even making a slide from a bottle of Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare didn’t help the song. _“I have the upper class blues, and I’m feeling somewhat distressed”_ ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/17 "2014-11-12T15:39:09Z")
**AB** , Thank You! My Kitchenaid is biting the dust slowly but surely (surprise surprise), and I now have a decent alternative that won’t break the bank! FWIW, I use an Aeropress on weekends and have been very happy with the coffee it puts out. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/18 "2014-11-12T15:53:11Z")
I really like Hamilton Beach appliances. They are made in Canada and seem very durable. Heres a nice coffee pot that will probably last 10 or more years. > **[Amazon.com: Hamilton Beach 12-Cup Digital Coffee Maker, Stainless Steel (46201)...](https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-Stainless-46201-Discontinued/dp/B0041A5H5S)** > > Amazon.com: Hamilton Beach 12-Cup Digital Coffee Maker, Stainless Steel (46201) (Discontinued Model),Black : Everything Else I’ve heard friends say they have to replace a Mr Coffee every three or four years. I bought my current Hamilton Beach coffee pot in 2007 and it’s still chugging along. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/19 "2014-11-12T15:58:24Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > powdered instant will dissolve in tap water in a coffee emergency. Not everyone likes this, but if you can get very finely ground Turkish coffee (finer than espresso grind), you can use it almost like instant coffee, with the bonus that it actually tastes like regular coffee. It also the Polish technique for making coffee. The standard Turkish/Greek technique involves boiling the coffee and water in an ibrik/briki/cezve, but you can just put a tablespoon of Turkish coffee in a mug, pour boiling water over it, stir, wait a few minutes, and drink. The ground will naturally settle to the bottom if they are the right grind. I just either buy pre-ground Turkish coffee in a bag or tin, or I go to the Middle Eastern places near my folks’ house and have them grind it from whole beans on the spot. I also have a French press for my regular ground coffee, but if I just want a quick cup, I go the Polish-Turkish style. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352/20 "2014-11-12T16:12:12Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > **AB** , Thank You! My Kitchenaid is biting the dust slowly but surely (surprise surprise), and I now have a decent alternative that won’t break the bank! > FWIW, I use an Aeropress on weekends and have been very happy with the coffee it puts out. That’s disappointing to hear, since I just bought a KitchenAid last night to replace the dead Mr Coffee. But hey, at least I had coffee ready and waiting for me this morning. Maybe I should start saving now for the next replacement, three or four years down the road. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-woke-up-this-morning-the-coffee-pot-was-broke/704352.md?page=2)