Consumers buy more automatic-drip coffeemakers than any other small kitchen appliance, so it’s no wonder they use about $400 million worth of electricity just brewing coffee every year. To make an energy-efficient but still high-voltage cup of java, start with the pot:
French press. Bodum Chambord’s elegant but inexpensive model (pictured left) makes delicious coffee; the Columbia design contains the coffee in a thermal carafe to keep the beverage warm without the need for an electric hot plate.
Chemex manual drip coffeepots. This hourglass-shaped flask can use recycled paper filters. Make as little as one cup of coffee, or as many as ten.
Chef’s Choice electric French press plus. This environmentally-friendly technology combines the French press and an energy-saving electric kettle in one pot.
One-cup coffeemakers. These efficient pots can brew coffee in less than a minute, eliminating the need to prepare a whole pot. Check the housewares section of Target, Wal-Mart, or your local department store.
When buying a new coffeemaker:
Consider how much coffee you consume at any given time. If you drink only one cup of coffee in the morning, and maybe one again in the evening, don’t buy a machine that automatically brews eight or ten or twelve cups. You’ll be wasting energy, water, coffee-and ultimately, money.
Get a carafe. Do you sip coffee sporadically through the morning or afternoon? Rather than keep a pot warm on an electric hot plate, buy a good insulated carafe to keep your “joe” hot through the end of the day.
Looking for an electric-drip appliance? Choose one that shuts off automatically.
And if you like to grind your own beans, try:
Danesco manual coffee grinder. A stainless steel grinder with a clip canister, it lets you grind coffee beans fine or coarse using no kilowatts but your own.
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2 thoughts on “How Eco Is Your Coffee Pot?”
I use a reusable gold coffee filter in my automatic coffeemaker. A gift after a visitor was impatient when I made coffee in my small single gal french press (read makes coffee for one vs. coffee for several) during their visit. After making a pot coffee in the morning, I unplug the coffeemaker to zap vampire power.
I use a Melita pour over cone drip coffe system . Two parts. pot and filter holder. Pour water over for however many cups you like.
Personally its the best coffee aftger a glass percolator. they take too long and are hard to find. Bodum coffee is alwasy inconsistent, dusty, murky and weak. Just my thoughts, after all I am http://www.Thecoffeeguy.ca
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