How often do you replace your coffee maker?

[Anonymous]

A basic 12-cup drip coffee maker, $30-$40. Mine is maybe 3 hours old, but no matter how I descale it or scrub it down, it still brews weird, like stale coffee.

Are these sort of a consumable product?

[Anonymous]

*years, not hours

[Anonymous]

I have a Keurig. I don’t plan on replacing it until it breaks. Had it about 6 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a Keurig. I don’t plan on replacing it until it breaks. Had it about 6 years.

Maybe that is slightly different that a basket drip brew?

[Anonymous]

Did you mean 3 years old? If actually 3 hours then take it back to the store!
I would honestly ditch it and get a chemex or a French press which you can keep clean.

[Anonymous]

I use a French Press. I replace it when it breaks.

[Anonymous]

Funny you asked this. DH and I are in a disagreement over our eight year old Nespresso. One spouse wants to replace, the other says it's fine.

[Anonymous]

I only replace when it breaks. Regular cleanings seem to be sufficient.

Are you sure it's the coffee maker and not the coffee?

[Anonymous]

If you don't clean it properly then its not going to work and the coffee is going to taste bad.

[Anonymous]

My Keurig is at least 10 years old. Will buy another one when it dies. My parents keep drip coffee makers at least that long.

[Anonymous]

Mr. Coffee, i use it until it breaks. Always have, always will.

[Anonymous]

I had my drip coffee maker (grind and brew) for ten years until I replaced it. Clean it monthly with vinegar, no problems.

[Anonymous]

Moka pot made in Italy, have replaced every 5 years because the plastic(?) handle eventually crumbles off from the heat of the stove

[Anonymous]

If you don't like the coffee your machine makes, then replace it. But, first, make sure you are actually buying good coffee and grinding it properly. A new machine won't help if you have bad beans or a bad grind.

There are people who will tell you you need a french press and burr grinder to even approach a good cup of coffee. I am not one of them. But, I do buy good whole beans (Peet's, from Costco) and grind them with a decent blade grinder (Keurig, I think) to the recommended consistency for the cone filter in my drip coffeemaker (Cuisinart).

[Anonymous]

What the heck? Who are you people with the keurigs lasting 6-10 years? I'm lucky if it lasts me two months. Luckily I bought it from Costco and they easily replaced it (twice now, I feel wrong about this but it should last longer than that!).

ugh.