Coffee has been around a long time, but did you know that coffee makers have been too? The oldest one we know is the ibrik, a copper container used in ancient Turkey. It had a long handle with a grooved tongue and produced a very strong coffee, since there is no filtration involved. It is still used today.
If you think Turkish coffee is a little too thick for you, there are many other types of coffee machines to choose from. From simple to state of the art, you have your choice.
The most common and popular coffee maker is the simple drip model. You pour water in the top, it is heated, goes through the coffee grounds and pours into a glass carafe.
That works just fine, but many people seem to want a little more out of their coffee machine. There are models today that can be mistaked for a stereo system, with LCD dials and gages that give all the information you need to know: the time, the time to brew, the temperature of the coffee and even more.
You may find it important to have a degree of brew desired feature. A lot of folks find the auto shutoff indispensible because they always forget to shut off the coffee maker. In today’s rushed world,...