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If you want a really excellent coffee maker for a reasonable price, the Krups KM7000 may be what you are looking for.
It's a grind-and-brew coffee maker, which means you just add whole beans to the hopper, add water to the reservoir, and start brewing. The beans are ground and the coffee is brewed all in one, simple process.
The result? Incredibly fresh coffee. The grinder in the Krups KM7000 is a conical burr grinder – the best of all grinder designs.
This brewer has a number of other great features, including water filtration and a choice of anywhere between 2 and 10 cups per brewing. (So you don't waste coffee by having to brew a full, 10-cup carafe when all you really want is 2 cups.)
It's a nice looking machine too.
The Deal: Get the Krups KM7000 Grind-and-Brew 10-Cup Coffeemaker for just $129.95 .
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This is about as good as it gets.
To our mind, the humble French press, or press pot, has always been the simplest and probably the best way to make coffee.
But there has always been this tiny flaw.
While a press pot looks great with its thin glass walls, the coffee does cool down very quickly. So to get the best coffee from your press pot, you had to serve and drink the coffee immediately.
Now Bodum offers a press pot within a thermal flask. You make the coffee in the same way. Remove the lid and add coffee grinds and hot water, then replace the lid, wait for about three minutes and then push down the plunger.
It's perfect. And it's beautiful to look at too. So you can make coffee and then bring the Bodum Columbia straight to the breakfast or dinner table.
The Deal: Pay just $29.99 for the Bodum Columbia 8-Cup Stainless-Steel Thermal Press Pot.
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This simple stove top espresso maker design has been around since 1933.
It has an amazing simple design, delivering espresso without the need for tamping, pumping or even plugging into a power outlet.
In fact, the Bialetti is about as far removed as you can get from today's hi-tech, fully automatic espresso makers.
To be honest, it doesn't give you the exact same result as a $200 machine. You don't get that cream so beloved of espresso aficionados. Nor is the resulting brew quite as dark and strong. The final brew is described as "Moka style" espresso.
If you can put aside your preconceptions about what espresso is all about, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
We use our Bialetti on a regular basis. We don't use it to make straight shots of espresso. But we do use it to make espresso to which we add hot or hot and frothy milk.
Again, I would be hard set to claim we are creating the kind of Latte you will find at your local coffee shop. But this simple stove top machine does make us a truly wonderful brew, every simple time.
Plus, of course, it is ridiculously inexpensive.
The Deal: Pay just $24.95 for the Bialetti Moka Express.
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If I didn’t already have one, I would love to receive a Keurig B60. for Christmas.
It's easy to use and makes my life simpler...especially after I just wake up and am generally impatient with any appliance that requires more than minimal attention and supervision.
To be honest, nobody NEEDS a Keurig B60. It would be less expensive to buy a regular drip brewer. Or even a $20 French press.
But that's exactly why the Keurig makes for such a great gift.
It's the kind of brewer a lot of coffee lovers wouldn't buy for themselves – but would just love to receive as a gift.
It makes one cup of gourmet coffee at a time, with no mess and no clean-up.
If there is a coffee lover on your shopping list, he or she will love you for getting them the Keurig B60.
The Deal: Don’t leave it too late...buy someone a Keurig B60 for Christmas now.
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 Burr grinders do a much better job than blade grinders, because burr grinders grind the beans between two plates, to a uniform size. A blade grinder simply smashes the coffee beans to bits through repeated impact of the blades. And the better burr grinders offer a variety of settings, so you can adjust the grind to suit your brewer – a fine grind for espresso or Turkish coffee, a coarse grind for a French Press, and everything in between. The best grinders of all are conical burr grinders, with a low grinding speed. The low grinding speed reduces loss of taste and aroma through the beans getting heated during grinding, and also minimizes the “static cling” problem you get with cheaper burr grinders. The Capresso Infinity 560 Burr grinder has all the features you need, and at a very reasonable price. It has solid steel conical burrs, and offers 16 separate settings to give you the exact grind you want. Its gear reduction motor reduces the speed of the grind, the noise generated and the amount of friction and heat generated. In other words, it's a commercial grade burr grinder, priced for home use. And the perfect gift for the coffee lover in your life. The Deal: Buy the Capresso 560 Infinity Burr Grinder from Amazon for just $89.49.
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 You can buy a new coffee maker for yourself or as a gift for someone else at any time of year. A coffee maker is a commodity item. It's one of those things we need in the kitchen. But an espresso and cappuccino maker – well, that's an indulgence and a luxury. It's not the kind of thing we naturally rush out and buy for ourselves. That's why it makes such a great gift. The Lello 1375 Cremissimo Ariete Espresso/Cappuccino is a stainless steel beauty, which will look great in any kitcken. It has a ThermoBlock 15-bar pump-driven system, which is a fancy way of saying that the water is pushed through the coffee grinds at just the right pressure, giving you a perfect espresso with a nice crema. And then, if you choose, you can use the frothing wand to steam your milk for a nice cappuccino. This is a very high quality machine, and price is right too. The Deal: Buy the Lello 1375 Cremissimo Ariete Espresso/Cappuccino Maker now for just $119.99.
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 We just did a little research at Amazon.com to access their bazillion bits of data on what people are requesting for holiday gifts. Within the cooking and kitchen category we expected to find a few coffee makers among people's favorites. But no. At least, not yet. The one coffee-related item included in the lineup was the Krups Fast Touch Coffee Grinder. This is a blade grinder and nothing fancy. But clearly people want it enough to put on their holiday wish lists. In fact, we have one of these ourselves and although it doesn't have the more advanced features of a burr grinder, it does the job it was intended for just fine. And it's inexpensive too. So whether you want one for yourself, or plan to give it to someone else as a gift, grab your Krups now before the Amazon wish-listers get busy and buy them all. The Deal: Pay just $19.99 for the Krups 203-42 Fast Touch Coffee Grinder.
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 Yes, you could have knocked us down with a feather. We never figured we'd see a K-Cup coffee maker being made by any company other than Keurig. But here it is, in all its stainless steel glory - the Breville BKC600XL Gourmet Single Cup Brewer. And yes, it is a K-Cup brewer, compatible not only with every K-Cup out there, but also with the nifty, money-saving "My K-Cup" coffee filter unit. This is a very smart, high-end machine. It does everything you get from the Keurig B70. But its many features and beautiful appearance come at a price. And a price that is significantly higher than you'll pay for any of the Keurig brewers. So why would you buy the Breville? Because of its looks. If you have that stainless steel look in your kitchen, this brewer will fit right it. And if you by it now from Amazon.com, you'll save $100. The Deal: Buy the Breville BKC600XL Gourmet Single Cup K-Cup Brewer for just $299.99.
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 Cuisinart has come up with a very cool one cup coffee maker. Yes, it uses coffee pods…so you can make one cup at a time with minimum fuss and bother. But better still, it takes ground coffee too. In the same pod holder you use for the coffee pod, you can also scoop in loose coffee and make just one cup of coffee. The pod holder and the filter for the loose coffee are one and the same. The pod holder is a metal sieve. (No messy paper coffee filters to deal with.) The upside to this machine is that you can still go for the super-convenience of using coffee pods...and you can also save money and choose from a wider range of coffees by using ground coffee. It's up to you. This brewer has a ton of neat features, including a variety of brew size options and a choice between a regular and bold brew. By all accounts this Cuisinart works really well and should be high on people's gift-giving list this coming holiday season. The Deal: Pay just $199 for the Cuisinart SS-1 Cup-O-Matic Single Serve Coffeemaker, and save on every cup by using ground coffee.
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 There are plenty of thermal jug coffee makers out there, but the Capresso MT500 probably has the highest ratings of all of them. The thermal jug keeps your coffee warm for up to 4 hours, which pretty much covers anyone's needs. That's a full morning or afternoon, with hot coffee ready to pour. And, unlike coffee makers with glass carafes on a hot plate, you won't end up with bitter, over-stewed coffee after the first couple of mugs. The Capresso MT500 comes with a GoldTone filter cone, so you don't have to worry about paper filters. It also has a charcoal water filter, so you can make great coffee without unwanted flavors from your tap water. All in all, it's a great machine with a very stylish look and feel. The Deal: Get the Capresso MT500 thermal jug coffee maker from Amazon for just $179.00.
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