Plans brew to replace drip coffee makers

USA TODAY ^ | 2/17/04 | Bruce Horovitz

[Dane]

Procter & Gamble is about to give Starbucks a serious run for its cup-at-a-time, gourmet coffee gold mine. Along the way, P&G (PG) hopes to change the way millions of consumers make and drink coffee.

On Tuesday, the maker of Folgers and Millstone coffees will announce a pressurized, single-serve coffee-making system. It was developed with four coffee appliance giants that, combined, control three-fourths of the domestic market. The technology was created by Black & Decker (BDK), which is licensing it to Mr. Coffee, Krups and Hamilton Beach.

[Dane]

The Home Café system brews coffeehouse-style coffee

[Dane]

I still cannot understand why people pay 3 or 4 bucks for a cup of coffee.

[GreenLanternCorps]

I think my parents are still using a late 60s early 70s Corning Ware percolator...

[1stFreedom]

Lots of people go for the atmosphere.

And this system isn't exactly new. I've seen plenty of similiar models. The only real difference is this one is reasonably priced.

[Prime Choice]

Ew. Why would I want to make my coffee like *$? I'll keep doing home-brewed, thankyouverymuch!

Besides...

[steve50]

It's a status symbol. Much like you see them with $2 bottles of water that are less pure than what comes out of the tap.

On the coffee,they better name it carefully, not sure many conservatives would go for the french press method.

[TADSLOS]

"This is huge,"

No, it's....

[krb]

I still cannot understand why people pay 3 or 4 bucks for a cup of coffee.

• it is good coffee
• the place smells great
• sometimes there are some really hot chicks there
• it's only $2 or so

[Snowy]

On the coffee,they better name it carefully, not sure many conservatives would go for the french press method.

Done correctly, fresh press tastes the best, followed by the perculator. Auto-drip is the most popular because it's the easiest to make and clean up after.

[RandallFlagg]

I have a small Starbucks in my kitchen; flavored beans, all the good stuff. I can make anything that they can.

But, I have a coffee mug that holds the entire pot in a single pouring.

[MizSterious]

We still use our ancient (purchased in the late 60's, but this style has been around forever) New Orleans style drip coffeemaker. Boil (berl, in New Orlean-ese) the water, and let it drip through slowly. The slower the better, in fact. Starbucks coffee has never been as good as this, and it's probably because of how they brew it.

[TADSLOS]

I'm not sure I want the steam equivalent of a pipe bomb on my kitchen counter.

[bankwalker]

I still cannot understand why people pay 3 or 4 bucks for a cup of coffee.

Do the math. 5 days/week * $4 = $20 per week or about $1000 per year. Invest with compound interest and get to retire a few years earlier.

[BrooklynGOP]

I use a french press.

[PeteFromMontana]

Heck, I paid more for my Bunn than this one.

They will have to pry it from my cold dead hands, I've had various Bunn's since the 70's. I'm used to watered down tasteless coffee and noone is going to get me to change.

[Schattie]

Well several soi dissant coffee experts I've talked to say that Starbucks overroasts their beans, which seems like a reasonable assertion to me.

[Dane]

I've never used a percolator in my life. I rmemeber as a kid everyone had one. By the time I made coffee it was the auto-drip method.

What did a person do? Put the grounds and water in the percolator without a filter. Also I've herad that people used put egg shells in the percolator.

[js1138]

It ain't gonna replace my three burner Bunn machine I got brand new at a garage sale.

[TSgt]

LOL!

I'm just waiting for the lawsuits to start flying as soon as someone does something stupid with this thing.

[Glenn]

I use a professional grade Bunn coffee maker. It makes a pot in under 2 minutes. When I need coffee -- I need coffee.