On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 4:20:19 AM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 21:39:33 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > wrote:
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> >On Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 4:38:27 PM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:16:05 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> >> > wrote:
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> >> >My daughter's Mr. Coffee Ice Coffee machine is currently my favorite way to make a cup of coffee. It allows the coffee grounds to steep in the water until you open up the spigot. I let it set for a couple of minutes. I've been making some great coffee for the last few days. My secret is to not measure the coffee into the basket. For some reason, measuring it out by eye is the best method!
> >> Does it work like a cold brew or hot brew? I just dump grounds and
> >> water into a decanter and tuck it into the fridge for a day. I put it
> >> through stainless mesh the next day and get very smooth coffee.
> >
> >It's a hot brew machine. It similar to a regular automatic drip machine except that there's a spigot to close off the pour so the coffee can brew a while. There's a tall insulated cup that you can fill with ice and then drain the hot coffee into when you're ready. It probably makes a good cup of iced coffee but I've never tried to.
> In some ways, then, it can act similarly to a French press, with the
> grounds staying in the water until wanted.

Full contact with the grounds makes a lot of sense to me. I mean, we don't make tea by pouring water through tea.