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Another coffee gadget claiming to make an excellent tasting cup is the Toddy. I haven't tried this yet but it's supposedly good.

For years I drank my coffee with milk and sugar, then trying to be more health conscious I cut the sugar. Not long after that I cut out the milk and can only drink it black now.

Despite the fancy gadgets mentioned above (I also have a decent pump driven espresso machine at home) I'm not too much of a coffee snob. I still drink coffee from an old drip-brew machine; if you want it to come out good just make sure you grind whole beans and use approximately 1 tbsp grinds per 6oz cup of water.

"The patented ready-to-brew reservoir keeps water at the ideal brewing temperature of approximately 200. (Conventional home brewers heat water until it boils up to coffee basket.)"

Your argument from authority is a coffee machine advertisement. Another claims the brew is better-tasting long and cold.

I worked for McDonald's in the 90's. If you don't mind my saying, the suggestion their coffee came fresh off the drip after 5:45 AM is as ludicrous as debating its quality (at any temperature).

Google third-degree burns. As I understand the case, legal action was justified, even if I weren't politically inclined to hope an old lady with crotch blisters can have her day in court with a billion-dollar international business.

http://www.toddycafe.com/.

Brew an entire pound of coffee in one shot, then dilute a cup's worth whenever you want some. It's easy to adjust the strength, and all you need to do is heat the coffee to your taste (or stick in a couple ice cubes for iced coffee).

The problem with most coffee is the acid that cames out when brewing with hot/boiling water. Cold brewed coffee keeps the acid locked up in the coffee grinds and is very gentle on the stomach.

http://www.toddycafe.com/about/news_cooking_light. php

Second, even if you brew your coffee with boiling water, you're not supposed to serve it that way. Only a moron would think that giving a cup of boiling water to a person in a car is a good idea.

You might say that I should expect McDonalds to serve my coffee that hot, because that's what they've been doing. I disagree. It is not reasonable to expect a restaurant to serve me boiling hot coffee, especially if I'm in a car. Like another poster said, McDonalds' coffee was 40 degrees hotter than other restaurants' coffee.

My first choice would be to buy a decent espresso machine and some some high quality pods (I prefer fine grounds, but pods are cleaner for the office). Someone at my office does it and it makes the day worth living sometimes. I can hear the barely imperceptible screeee of the steamer warming up from 15 cubes away, like a dog hears a silent whistle. Granted, the owner of the machine is way up the food chain, so she can get away with steaming a pot of milk every now and then. It might be different if every other cube jockey did it. But then, lattes are for wusses, and espresso needs no steam, of course.

Second, I would look into a french press, as mentioned elsewhere on this post. All you need is course grounds and hot water. Infinitely better than your garden variety industrial hotpot crap.

Third, I would look into cold-press method. With 2/3 less acid, it's easier on your stomach (quite a benefit if you'll be pulling a long coding shift), and you can have it cold or add hot water to it. You can make the extract overnight, and bring it with you. It's probably some of the smoothest coffee you'll encounter, but a bit of advanced planning is needed.

I drink coffee first for the taste, then the caffein, not the other way around.

And you're looking for instant coffee? All instant coffee tastes like shit, relatively speaking. Buy a percolator, or if that's not your thing, a small espresso machine. If you're dead set on instant, I find the more expensive it is, the better it tastes.

I drink coffee first for the taste, then the caffein, not the other way around.

And you're looking for instant coffee? All instant coffee tastes like shit, relatively speaking. Buy a percolator, or if that's not your thing, a small espresso machine. If you're dead set on instant, I find the more expensive it is, the better it tastes.

This Coffee brews cold, and beats the pants off of your coffee.

Ohmigod, did I just get into a "My coffee is better than your coffee!" argument on /.?

Time to go home, kids.