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Coffeemaker 1 Cup Manual | 
 enlarge | Brand: Melitta
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $4.43
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 6017
Media: Misc.
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Warranty: 1
MPN: 640008
Model: 64007
UPC: 055437640008
EAN: 0055437640008
ASIN: B0014CVEH6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Brews a cup of real coffee in the time it takes t | | • | Makes 1-2 cups of coffee | | • | Includes start up supply of Melitta No. 2 coffee | | • | Black |
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Product Description
- Makes 1-2 cups - Brews a cup of real coffee in the time it takes to make instant - Includes start-up supply of Melitta No. 2 (No. 69160) coffee filters - Assorted colors
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
A Good Way to Start making Good Coffee November 26, 2007
Andrew Cox (Tallahassee, FL United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I like this product. It is inexpensive, has filters that can be found anywhere, and provides real coffee taste in instant coffee quantities and time. This is great for me, because I do not drink more than 1 cup at a time, and making any more would just waste coffee time and money.
This cone allows you to come up with your own perfect brewing recipe without wasting pounds and pounds of coffee. The way the beans are roasted, the quality of those beans, the amount of coffee grounds you use and how they're ground, the temperature of the water: all of these have a bearing on the taste of your coffee.
First, the water:
The industry standard for the ideal cup of coffee begins with a water temperature of 195-205 degrees. This is not quite boiling, which is why the "Monsieur Brew" brands make such bad coffee. Brewing with water at the boiling point over-extracts the beans, making for an overly bitter-tasting result.
Use a food thermometer to find this temperature range and use it with 2 tablespoons of coffee per 8 ounce cup of output as a starting point. Then vary the amount of grounds and water temperature as you see fit.
Now for the grind and blend of your coffee beans:
Melitta recommends that you get a coffee ground a little finer than the standard drip grind. You can easily get this done in one of the better supermarkets that has a coffee grinder for specialty coffees.
As for the blend, I'm not going to recommend brands, but the hallmark of inferior blends of coffee is that they start tasting sharp and nasty as they cool down. If this still happens with your Melitta filter after you've used the right amount of coffee and the right temperature of water, then you can blame it on your daily grind. With this filter you will quickly find which brands are good and which are bad in a matter of cups, not pots.
After this, keeping a couple of brief notes on what you do and how much stuff you use per cup will lead you to the best recipe for your kind of coffee in a relatively short period of time.
A great way to make a cup of coffee November 22, 2007
D. B. H. (Balt)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm picky about one thing in life - and it's coffee. I also travel a bit and find myself far from a cup of good coffee - that's when the Melitta comes in handy. I bought two so I could leave one at my daughter's house so when I visit I can drink my brew - she and her husband don't drink coffee - GASP!
One Cup Perfect Brew August 17, 2007
S. Mui (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I LOVE this item. I've had one for over 15 years and it finally cracked so I am replacing it. I only drink one cup of coffee every morning and this is just perfect for that. I also like my coffee absolutely piping hot, and this is another reason why I like the cone because I boil the water in my tea kettle first.
I highly recommend for those of you who like just one cup in the morning (or whenever).
Backpacking essential October 28, 2007
Janice N. Hofmans (Hanford, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband and sons use this one cup coffee maker every backpacking trip they go on. It is worth its weight in a backpack for a hot, delicious cup of real coffee at 7 in the morning at over 6000 feet elevation. We use the manual 10-cup coffeemaker from Melitta in our RV when we do not have hookups so this small one was a delight when the backpacking trips were planned.
Single cup coffee filter holder June 8, 2008
Jesse Leonard
This filter holder works great. Even though the output hole appears to be pretty small, it flows really well. When I drink coffee it's usually only one cup at a time or I can just add a little more coffee to make two cups if a guest were present.
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