coffee maker buying guide” align=”right” hspace=”3″ vspace=”3″ />Coffee making is a process that has been around for centuries, but the methods used have changed quite a bit throughout that time. Originally, coffee grounds were simply mixed with boiling water, producing what is commonly called Turkish coffee. The result was a burnt, muddy, and grainy drink that left a bad taste (literally and figuratively) in most coffee drinker’s mouths. Many people started pouring their coffee through linen and other fabrics to try to filter out the grit, but cloth proved to be too porous. The 19th century brought us both the French press and the vacuum pot.
Both made a significant improvement in the quality and consistency of coffee, but at that time they still lacked an effective filtering method. In 1908, a German housewife named Melitta Bentz had the bright idea to use paper in an effort to remove the loose grounds, and drip coffee was born.
The invention of the automated drip process is a little harder to pin down. A few different manufacturers take credit for the first automatic drip coffee maker, but it is clear that the process was invented in the early 1970’s. Since then, this basic method of brewing has stayed relatively the same, and the number of die-hard drip coffee drinkers has continued to increase. According to the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), roughly 50% of Americans drink coffee on a daily basis. Although the consumption of specialty coffee (espresso, cappuccino, etc.) has been on the rise, it only comprises about 12% of the total amount of coffee that is drunk. The large majority of the coffee that is consumed is brewed using the drip method.
Even though a lot of people drink drip coffee, most people have the idea that coffee is coffee and that there’s not much they can do to improve its quality. However, you can significantly alter the taste quality of your coffee based on a combination of three things: what you put into the machine, how these elements are fused, and how the coffee is kept after it is brewed.
Anyone who has owned a drip coffee maker can tell you that there isn’t much mystery to setting it up. The best thing you can do when you pull the machine out of the box is to run water through it. A lot of dust from the packing materials can get into the machine, so it’s best to make sure any particles that may be in the system get flushed out before you brew for the first time.
There is no basic priming or preparation needed in order to brew with a standard drip coffee maker because they simply pull water through a small heating unit when the brewing process begins. However, there are a few drip coffee makers that use a pour over system for brewing. This type of brewer will require a little bit of set up before you can brew your first pot. Pour over systems function like a water heater in that they hold a full tank of hot water at all times. Initially, the tank will need to be filled with a full pot of water and left to heat up. This process usually takes around 15 minutes, but once it is complete, you can brew a full pot of coffee in 3 minutes. One thing that can cause people to shy away from this type of machine is that it needs to be on all the time to maintain the proper brewing temperature. However, these machines are meant to be used this way, and it is perfectly safe to do so. Of the drip coffee makers we sell, Bunn machines are the only units that function using the pour over system.
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