Delicious Cappuccinos and Lattes for Esteemed Enjoyment

People love coffee and buy tons of coffee makers each year.  The problem with your average coffee maker is that it is usually designed to make ten to twelve cups of coffee per pot.  This is fine for the office or maybe a diner but a casual coffee drinker doesn't need all that.  With an average coffee maker, if you only drink one or two cups a day, you are wasting between eight and ten cups.  That's a lot of coffee!  Another thing is if you buy a big can of coffee, it will most likely get stale after a while.  These are all good reasons you might want a single cup coffee maker.

 
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 Single cup coffee makers are perfect for single people and those that just want a better cup of coffee than a normal coffee pot will allow.  A single cup coffee maker gives you a higher quality cup of coffee because it was designed for just that.  One premium cup of coffee.  Other coffee makers will brew more at a time but they are designed for speed not quality.

Single cup coffee makers are a bit more expensive than multi-cup coffee makers.  This is because normally the only coffee you can use in them is sold in "pod" form. This is basically a self contained package that has coffee inside little flat oval shaped filters.  If you browse your retail aisles, you should be able to tell easily what sells and what doesn't.  This is good to keep in mind so you don't buy a new coffee maker only to have it obsolete and useless in just a few months.  There are a few name brands such as Senseo and Mr. Coffee that you can't go wrong with but you should definitely shop around and read some reviews and comparisons before making your purchase.
DeLonghi Silver Lattissima Plus Nespresso Capsule System Each single cup coffee maker tends to be unique.  Some will let you change the strength you desire or if you want four or eight ounces of coffee.  Some will put foam or froth on top of each cup.  There are many different options available to you.

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There are many places you can purchase a single cup coffee maker.  The most obvious choice is a retail store that has many different types lined up on a shelf.  This lets you see what they look like, what they do, and what they offer.  Appearance is important because if your entire kitchen has stainless steel appliances, a black plastic pot might not fit the theme of the kitchen.  Price is always a factor because if something will do the exact same thing for $50.00 less, you might as well give it a shot and upgrade if necessary.

The only drawback to single cup coffee makers is that they only make one cup at a time.  If you have many guests you will have to run back and forth, replace coffee pods, and make individual cups.  The guests might appreciate the higher quality, so that is a choice you will have to make.

The History of Coffee Makers

Coffee has been used as a drink for well over 2000 years.  The first methods of brewing coffee were pretty crude but they have advanced greatly over the centuries.  People used to just chew the cherry that came off the coffee tree to get a stimulant effect.  Inside the cherry was the coffee bean.  Over time with experimentation, people started to roast and then grind the beans for better flavor.

As early as the the late 1700s, coffee makers began showing up.  This made it easy for people to brew coffee and not worry about getting grounds in their cup.  This was expensive and not many people had them.  The basic design is similar to coffee pots of today.  There was a pot on the bottom with a place to put your ground coffee on the top.  This was connected to a chamber on top where you poured in your boiling water.

People tried many different types of coffee maker throughout the years since then.  There have been percolators, vacuum coffee makers, and drip coffee makers.  Percolators use a pot over a heat source that forces the water into an upper chamber where the coffee grounds are.  The water drips through the coffee and back into the lower pot.  You know it is ready when it stops making percolating noises which are easy to hear.  Then you remove it from heat before it boils.  Vacuum coffee makers use what looks like two pots, one upside down on the other.  As it is heated, the pressure forces hot water up into the top chamber where it infuses with the ground coffee.  When you remove it from heat, the pressure is reversed and the coffee goes back to the lower pot ready to drink.  Drip coffee makers are the kind we are all used to.  Whether automatic or manual they work by dumping hot water over coffee grounds that sit in a filter.  It strains through into a pot and is ready to drink.

With the advent of electricity, coffee makers became very popular and a little cheaper.  In the early 1900s coffee makers really started to boom and by the 1970s almost everyone had a coffee maker in their home.  These were usually of the automatic drip variety as they were the easiest to use.  Todays coffee makers have many features.  They have timers that allow you to specify when you want your coffee maker to turn on, have built in grinders, storage areas, and much more.  You can buy home espresso and cappuccino machines also.  Coffee makers today range from the single cup variety to commercial units that make gallons at a time so no matter what your need, you can usually find it.

As more and more people start to enjoy different kinds of coffee, coffee makers become easier to use and offer more features.  Many combine espresso, cappuccino, and coffee all in one machine but it is rather bulky still.  Look for these to shrink in the near future.