How Eco Is Your Coffee Pot?

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 pressBodum 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.

 Wondering what kind of coffee to buy? We’ve already figured it out!

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About Diane

Diane MacEachern is a mother of two kids, best-selling author and award-winning entrepreneur with a Master of Science degree in Natural Resources and the Environment. She founded Big Green Purse because she is passionate about sharing her experience and expertise with anyone who wants to live green and save money doing it.

2 thoughts on “How Eco Is Your Coffee Pot?”

  1. 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.

  2. 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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