People who live alone or have different coffee preferences than their housemates might be better off with a single-serve machine, many of which offer a range of serving sizes. This Keurig K-Mini coffee maker has a variety of useful features, as well. It can brew regular or bold coffee, and the machine is fully programmable, allowing you to set it up to 24 hours in advance.
Our top pick has six buttons with preset temperature settings on the handle, plus a Start button and a Keep Warm button. We started our original testing by timing how long it took each kettle to bring a liter of water to a boil. With the variable-temperature kettles, Keurig K-Mini we also measured how accurate their internal thermometer was for various non-boiling temperatures. We recommend this precise-aim gooseneck kettle for anyone preparing pour-over coffee or for tea lovers who will geek out over its spot-on temperature accuracy.
Clean your coffee maker with baking soda by using a one-to-three ratio of baking soda to warm water, allowing it to dissolve before pouring the mixture into the coffee maker. While I’m not a fan of the K Cup way of life, I appreciate that Cuisinart included environmentally-friendly brewing products upfront without me having to buy the reusable filters separately. That in itself makes the Cuisinart Coffee Center a viable option for those who want a coffee maker with the best of both worlds. I’ve already congratulated the manufacturer on its reusable single serve filter in this Cuisinart Coffee Center review.
Sometimes simplicity is best, and two of our experts recommended the budget-friendly Chemex Pour-Over Glass Coffee Maker as one of their favorite options for a great cup of coffee. Both commented on the simplicity of its design, as well as the thick paper filters. Designed Cuisinart Coffee with an extra-large glass carafe and ergonomic knuckle-guard handle, this dripless coffeemaker can hold up to 14 cups of perfectly brewed coffee. This particular model is black with a glass carafe, which boasts a 12 cup capacity to make plenty of coffee for the day.
But the biggest problem was that after boiling, the water had a slight plastic taste and smell. The KitchenAid KEK1722 Electric Kettle was a runner-up pick previously, but after long-term testing, we were beyond irritated by its excessive beeping. Also, the kettle always defaults to Celsius; for Fahrenheit temperatures, you have to change the settings every time you use it. For our 2022 update, we repeated the boil speed tests , as well as the temperature accuracy tests.