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   Hello Kurt Weiske!   
      
   ** On Wednesday 30.06.21 - 06:57, Kurt Weiske wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    KW> For single-serve coffee, Black and Decker makes an   
    KW> innocuous little single- cup coffee makes called a "Brew   
    KW> 'N Go" that sells for under $20, and coffee afficionado   
    KW> web sites love it. It's one of the only coffee makers that   
    KW> gets the coffee to the right temperature - hot enough to   
    KW> maximize flavor extraction and not too hot to boil the   
    KW> grinds. It makes a great cup, comes with a thermal mug and   
    KW> its own gold filter.   
      
   I can't get the B&D unless I travel outside my town.   
      
   I read about the 195F to 205F range for optimum extraction.  I     
   just did a test with my one-cup filter-over-cup method. By the     
   time the water has boiled, and about 1 minute later when I     
   start pouring the water, the temp ranges from 200F-189F during     
   the pour in the slurry (thermometer probe is wedged between the     
   paper filter and the cone.)   
      
   So.. I'd say a resonable attempt at achieving the right temp is     
   pretty good!  And the temp is about 150F before I add a little     
   cream.   
      
   A machine just seems overly complicated for a simple task as     
   making a single coffee with a cone filter.   
      
   Now I'm curious what temp my hacked Bosch Tassimo maker that   
   now operates as an instant hotwater machine at my shop is at   
   when it deliveres the hot water.   Will report.  But generally,   
   I find the results just fine. I use a spent coffee pod's   
   barcode (which I've placed on a dummy pod) which is supposed to   
   "program" the right temp for coffee.   
      
   Sometimes I'll just use the machine to produce the hot water I     
   need for a cup of tea. Again.. the pod versions for the tea are     
   very expensive.   
      
    KW> I have one at my desk at work, saves me the indignity of   
    KW> making Keurig coffee.   
      
   Keurig does seem to have bio-friendly disposable cups now.  But     
   the cost for all those pods, per cup is about 5 to 10 times the     
   cost of doing it the way I do.   
      
   One advantage I could could see with the brewers.. you can get     
   them going and go about your business with other things. But     
   really.. pouring the hot water manually through the filter only     
   takes 30 seconds at most.  I really don't need a machine that     
   saves me from 30 sec standing over my cup.  :D   
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