The Great Coffee Maker Conspiracy

 Just the other day, the heating coil in my coffee maker of over 12 years
broke.  I had a Braun Aromaster that cost $20 at the time.  I really
liked the simplicity of this coffee maker in that there were only two
parts, everything was easy to clean, and since it was so simple there
wasn't much that could go wrong with it -- which is probably why it
lasted so long.

So Saturday I'm shopping online for a new one only to find out that
Braun doesn't make the Aromaster any more.  They have an entire new line
of coffee makers that cost between $70 and $100.  Who wants to pay that
much for something that just heats water dripping it through coffee
grounds?  A coffee maker isn't much more complicated than a toaster.  
Why did Braun get rid of their simple machine other than perhaps they
didn't want it competing with their more expensive ones?

So I looked at other brands hoping to pick one up at Target.  All the
$20 machines had so many bad reviews it's almost as if Mr. Coffee, Black
and Decker, and others purposely produced a shitty low priced product to
get us to spend $50+ for the higher end coffee machines.  Finally I gave
up and luckily one of my neighbors had a house sale and she had a clean,
not too old one for $10.  Normally I wouldn't buy a kitchen appliance
used but since I know her and know that she's a clean person I bought
it.

So, in summary, I think there's collusion in the coffee maker industry
to get us to spend more money on coffee makers.  Frankly, I don't give a
damned if a coffee maker has a clock or is "programmable" (whatever that
means).  I just want it to make god damned coffee -- period.  Can't
someone come up with a decent low cost coffee maker like the Braun
Aromaster once was?

 

Well, there's the Braun Aromaster :-)

http://www.braun.com/na/products/fooddrink/breakfast/coffeemakers/aromaster/models.html

I guess the problem is finding someone who sells it.

--
Bert Hyman    St. Paul, MN    bert@iphouse.com

 
http://www.braun.com/na/products/fooddrink/breakfast/coffeemakers/aromaster/models.html

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-10-Cup-Braun-Aromaster-Coffee-Maker-Pot-KF-400_W0QQitemZ250178171617QQihZ015QQcategoryZ116010QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem  

 

You say you just want to make coffee. I just checked the Walmart site,
and they have two 12 cup coffee makers that sell for $25.

Like you said, it's just a matter of dripping hot water over a filter filled
with ground coffee. Why should you care what a "review" says?

The last 2 new coffee makers I bought cost $12 and $20. You can consider
this to be a good review for the low-priced $25 machines.

Don

 

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