# Worthwhile coffeemaker features...your HO please **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-coffeemaker-features-your-ho-please/706939 "2014-12-11T13:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-coffeemaker-features-your-ho-please/706939/41 "2014-12-16T17:39:01Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > If you are determined to get a drip brewer, get one with a thermal carafe as it will prevent you from cooking the coffee on the burner and making it bitter. Or just turn the coffeepot off once it’s done brewing, and warm it back up in the microwave as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-coffeemaker-features-your-ho-please/706939/42 "2014-12-16T17:42:12Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’ve been really happy with grind-and-brew coffeepots. > > You can get a 12-cup Cuisinart G&B for as low as $60 at Amazon (I’d link, but for some reason Amazon’s driving my computer crazy today; just search Amazon for ‘cuisinart grind and brew coffee pot’ - I’ve got the $100 version with the thermal carafe), depending on what features you want. But they all have pause-and-pour, AFAICT. I’ve got the same one. Works great, though it is getting harder and harder to find beans. I don’t usually use the timer, but often use pause and pour. And you can adjust the turn off time anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours. > [@](#): > > When I’ve had a carafe that wasn’t thermal, I’ve always just turned the coffeepot off after brewing was done, and nuked the coffee if I wanted to warm it. Sitting on a hot burner is generally bad for the coffee flavor, but not nuking AFAICT. We don’t have a thermal pot since nuking it works for us. We usually turn it off right after it finishes brewing. But I’m not a coffee snob, especially since I’m stuck with mediocre but free coffee at work. If you are there are lots of things you can do. I knew someone who roasted their own beans. Took forever. And their house burned down. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-coffeemaker-features-your-ho-please/706939/43 "2014-12-16T17:55:04Z")
> [@Turble](#): > > The little cone with a filter that sits on top of the cup. I’ve been to some very hoity-toidy high-end joints that use them. Much easier to clean up than a French press and I like the coffee better. > > [http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb\_sb\_noss\_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=coffee+drip+cone](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=coffee+drip+cone) I put French Press ahead of the filter cone for economical, because you don’t need to keep buying filters for the French Press. (Though the filter cone will get more snob points, if you can burble on about wetting phase, bloom cycle, exact temperature profiles, experimenting with different grind sizes, blah, blah, blah. If you just use it to make coffee-- like some kind of ignorant backwards peasant – then no snob points at all.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-coffeemaker-features-your-ho-please/706939/44 "2014-12-16T18:18:52Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I’ve got the same one. Works great, though it is getting harder and harder to find beans. Do you have a Trader Joe’s near you? They have a wide variety of beans you can buy there. > [@](#): > > I don’t usually use the timer, but often use pause and pour. And you can adjust the turn off time anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours. I also rarely use the timer. After the alarm goes off, I stagger into the kitchen, punch the Start button, then stagger into the bathroom. By the time I’ve spent some time on the john, washed my face, brushed my teeth, shaved, and stumbled back into the kitchen, coffee is ready. > [@](#): > > We don’t have a thermal pot since nuking it works for us. We usually turn it off right after it finishes brewing. Glad to hear it! I was starting to think I was some sort of weirdo in doing this. Seemed obvious, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-coffeemaker-features-your-ho-please/706939.md?page=2)