When it finally died — with a dramatic puff of steam and an electrical smell — I decided to find the best budget coffee maker available, with “budget”…
Here is what I learned from actually using them every morning, not from reading spec sheets.
The full immersion brewing extracts oils that paper filters trap, resulting in a cup with body and complexity.
But it requires attention and a gooseneck kettle for best results, and some mornings I simply don’t have the bandwidth for a coffee ceremony.
After two weeks of mediocre results and counter space it didn’t deserve, I returned it.
