Coffeemaker Buying Guide From The Folks At consumer Reports.

Some of the most basic coffeemakers make at least a decent cup of coffee.

This pod type single serve coffee maker has a few quirks but with a bit of practice you can make decent coffee with it.

The
Gevalia G90 Pod Coffee Maker has following features:

1. Two-sided pod holder: one side holds a single pod of coffee or tea, flip it over and a deeper well holds two pods of your choice a choice of 6-oz., 8-oz. or 12-oz. brewing
2. Opaque 40-oz. water reservoirs,
3. Removable water tanks and drip trays
4. Auto shut-off
5. Sealing rings under the locking pod holders to capture flavor
6. Adjustable spouts for various sized cup

With the 169164 coffee maker plugged in and the small blue light stuck on or flashing at you, press and hold the 1-4 button and the TSB button at the same time for 4-5 seconds or so. This will cause the frozen Coffee cooker to exit it’s error status and return to its normal working functions.

Your GE Coffee maker should now be back in it’s just out of the box state.

World of Warcraft (WoW) players now have the honor of consuming more coffee per hour of video game play than any other gaming group.

A recent study by a Bonn, Germany team has found that World of Warcraft players take in nearly 1 ounce of coffee per hour of WoW game play. This far exceeded the second place Age of Empires PC gamers who came in at a little over one half ounce per hour. In 2009 World of Warcraft was the largest massive multiplayer online role-playing game with over 11 million monthly subscriptions.

The study also broke down coffee consumption by video game console. PlayStation 3 players came in first in putting down the largest amount of coffee per hour. Xbox 360 players were a close second with the Wii console a far distant 3rd place.

On another German note the market research company Media Control GfK recently reported that Germany has overtaken the U.K. as the largest market for video games in Europe. The report cites strong sales in Germany during the first half of 2009 versus a 20 percent drop in U.K. game sales last year. The Wii Fit, which has dominated the German sales charts since the beginning of the year, is credited for Germany’s overtaking the UK.

The Cuisinart DCC-1200 has the style, use, and design of this coffee maker I love. However, I am not a fan of the taste! I have tried adding more grounds, less grounds, with the metal basket, without, you get the idea, and the coffee either tastes weak and a bit metallic, or funky strange with the bit metallic. Like it is being brewed with spring water that has had minerals added which is good for drinking by itself, but I prefer my tap water for coffee. I drink my coffee black, so I taste the brew, not creamer, sugar, milk, sweetener.

I would give the Cuisinart DCC-1200 12-Cup Brew Central Coffee Maker 3 out of 5 stars.

Your cup of coffee looks good in the morning. You don’t fall asleep after a cup of coffee. You can always warm coffee up. Coffee comes with endless refills. You can’t end up in jail for ordering coffee at 3 AM. Coffee is out of your system by the next morning. Coffee can be made as sweet as you want. Coffee smells and tastes good. You can turn the pot on, leave the room, and it’ll be hot when you get back. They have coffee at police stations. You can always dump a bad cup of coffee. No matter how ugly you are, you can always get a cup of coffee. A big cup or small cup? The size doesn’t matter. You can have an intelligent conversation with coffee. Coffee is ready in 15 minutes or less. Your Coffee doesn’t take up half your bed. Coffee doesn’t mind if you wake up at 3 AM and decide to have a cup.

This coffee book is a rather crazy, but interesting, travelogue that loosely related to the spread of coffee from Africa to the rest of the world. It will keep you entertained and is well worth reading. Even though it is a true history on coffee origins the book leans more toward his fun times Allen had on his journey.

I would give it 4 out of 5 stars since I liked the adventures as much as the coffee facts.

Why you should never take a coffee pot into the bathroom.

When we first got the coffee maker home I was a bit concerned that it felt cheaply made, but it’s held up well after about 20 uses. It has a small footprint on the counter and brews a surprisingly good cup of coffee. The permanent filter works well with a medium grind but don’t go to fine if you don’t want specks of coffee beans in the bottom of your mug.

Some people have complained about about coffee grinds flowing over the top sides of the basket. Black & Decker recommends 2.5 tbsps of coffee but I have been able to get away with 3.5 tbsps and it not overflow. I once went to 4 tbsps but it poured over and ruined my morning cup so keep it within reason and you will be O.K.

One great thing about the Black & Decker Brew ‘N Go is no carafe to clean out. Just throw your coffee mug in the dishwasher and your done.

On average, the highest quality coffee is grown in altitudes around 3000 feet. This altitude allows for a elegant, yet complex flavor blend in the coffee cherries which contain the beans. These fruits must then be hand-picked from trees which can bear flowers, green fruit, and ripe cherries all at the same time.

The outer layers of the coffee cherry are removed to reveal 2 beans, which are then cleaned, dried, graded and gone over by hand. Coffee beans range in color from pale green to dark yellow when raw. Coffee beans are exported in their raw state for roasting, blending and grinding at their final destination. Most coffee beans you will find in stores are Coffea robusta and Coffea arabica.

• Standard American roast: beans are medium-roasted, resulting in a moderate brew, not too light or too heavy in flavor.

• French roast and dark French roast: heavily-roasted beans, a deep chocolate brown which produce a stronger coffee.

• Italian roast: glossy, brown-black, strongly flavored, used for espresso.

• European roast: two-thirds heavy-roast beans blended with one-third regular-roast.

• Viennese roast: one-third heavy-roast beans blended with two-thirds regular-roast.

• Instant coffee: a powder made of heat-dried freshly brewed coffee.

• Freeze-dried coffee: brewed coffee that has been frozen into a slush before the water is evaporated, normally more expensive that instants but with a superior flavor.

• Decaffeinated coffee: caffeine is removed from the beans before roasting via the use of a chemical solvent (which disappears completely when the beans are roasted) or the Swiss water process which steams the beans and then scrapes off the caffeine-laden outer layers.