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Classification of Coffee Makers

A coffee maker is an appliance that brews coffee by pumping hot water and passing it

through ground coffee beans. The process involves drawing off the water after it has been run

through the grounds, leaving the flavor behind in the pot. The earliest "coffee-makers" were

probably just pots of boiling water, into which someone would drop a roasted bean. These

devices have been adapted to the modern electric drip coffeemaker (Wongtada 79). The four

most common classifications of coffee makers include Percolation, automation, infusion, and

vacuum methods.

Coffee Makers can be classified by their level of automation (also referred to as "brewing

technology"), the type of coffee being brewed, and the quantity of coffee brews prepared in a

given time period. The most automated coffee making machines are also known as automatic

drip-brewers, as all steps in this process are automated. Automatic drip coffee makers can be

"single cup" systems, capable of brewing one serving at a time. In these systems, the user must

fill up a reservoir with water to supply the heating element; this is often done once for most

coffees, but multiple times for stronger or more acidic coffees (Wongtada 78).

Some coffee makers now brow coffee using principles applied in espresso machines.

Prior to electric drip-brewing devices, brewed coffee was made by pouring hot water over

grounds in a pot or pan (a process called "French press") or by the manual filtration of ground

coffee through cloth filters. Though some early pot coffeemakers used various ingenious

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mechanical floating-piston devices to do this, these were generally too complex to be

commercially successful. The most popular types of coffeemakers are drip-brewed machines

with an insulated carafe, stovetop espresso machines (espresso pot), and French press (Wongtada

69).

Several methods have been developed for automating the process, including devices that

automatically ground the coffee beans as they enter a funnel, but these are more closely related

to grinding machines than to coffee makers. An automatic drip coffee machine can also be a

fully automatic machine that brews coffee at predefined intervals and times, again requiring

manual intervention from the user only when the brew cycle is finished.

The first automatic coffeemakers were manufactured and sold by companies that were

invested in creating those products. Soon after, highly successful manufacturers of drip coffee

makers started creating them from scratch. The best-known type of automatic drip brewer is the

electric drip coffeemaker. This device was introduced in the United States by General Electric in

the late 1970s. This kind of machine is somewhat dangerous because the hot water is continually

in contact with electrical heating elements. However, it brews coffee very quickly, and requires

little attention from the user. Notably, some electric drip coffeemakers allow the brewing

temperature to be adjusted. They also tend to be uniform in size, appearance, and capabilities

(Wongtada 70).

In the United States, most drip coffeemakers are fitted with a thermal carafe to keep the

brewing hot and fresh for several hours. The next step in evolution was to make a container that

kept coffee hot after brewing but looked much better than a glass carafe. Once this was done, it

became clear that people wanted a way to keep their coffee warm without using an electric

heating element to do it. Enter the thermal coffee cup. Even though the thermal coffee cup was

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Surname 1 Name Instructor Course Date Classification of Coffee Makers A coffee maker is an appliance that brews coffee by pumping hot water and passing it through ground coffee beans. The process involves drawing off the water after it has been run through the grounds, leaving the flavor behind in the pot. The earliest "coffee-makers" were probably just pots of boiling water, into which someone would drop a roasted bean. These devices have been adapted to the modern electric drip coffeemaker (Wongtada 79). The four most common classifications of coffee makers include Percolation, automation, infusion, and vacuum methods. Coffee Makers can be classified by their level of automation (also referred to as "brewing technology"), the type of coffee being brewed, and the quantity of coffee brews prepared in a given time period. The most automated coffee making machines are also known as automatic drip-brewers, as all steps in this process are automated. Automatic drip coffee makers can be "single cup" systems, capable of brewing one serving at a time. In these systems, the user must fill up a reservoir with water to supply the heating element; this is often done once for most coffees, but multiple times for stronger or more acidic coffees (Wongtada 78). Some coffee makers now brow coffee using principles applied in espresso machines. Prior to electric drip-brewing devices, brewed coffee was made by pouring hot water over grounds in a pot or pan (a process called "French press") or b ...
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