Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> I know this comes up from time to time, but what are your feelings
> about coffee makers these days? French press still seems to be a
> favorite, but what about the high end drips?

Fresh ground coffee makes a difference, so I recommend you purchase
something with a built-in grinder. The shelf life of roasted coffee
beans is much longer than the shelf life of ground coffee.

Cuisinart makes something called a Grind-n-Brew which we used for many
years before switching to espresso, and we found it an excellent
machine. We did have a couple of problems with it but the customer
service from the company was exemplary - they replaced a few parts for
us and finally sent us an entirely new machine when ours was three years
old, all at no charge to us and all without any hassle. We still have
that machine and if we were to need to buy a new coffee maker again,
we'd buy another. They were $150 when we bought ours - looks like
they're $100 or less now.

-S-