Reply To: Fresh Coffee on Shabbos

Thanks, 80. For some reason, after I hit send I was no longer logged in. My cookie must have expired while I was typing?

ames

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and takes too much counter space.

LOL at the counter space! I am not familiar with the ‘High-tech’ design so I can’t comment in an educated way, but I have a suggestion. Did you know that you can pour in the water while the machine is unplugged? That advice could save you from a spiteful coffeemaker, since it probably won’t be able to hiss at you without electricity.

Is there a hot plate under the carafe? If there is, then I would think it’s strange to have a second heating element by the pump – but maybe that’s what makes it ‘hi-tech’. If it’s like most drip coffeemakers, then the only heating element is the hot plate, so the water passes through the brew basket at the same temperature as you filled the reservoir.