Customer Reviews

Medelco Personal Coffee Maker

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4 star:		(1)
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This product is simple and produces coffee I like. No more wasting paper filters for me, or drinking nasty coffee from the company coffee pot.

I used to use a French press to make my coffee at work for that little pick-me-up. That tastes good to me, but the French press is a hassle to clean, and the glass vessel I have is very delicate-- I worry it will shatter next time I wash it. There's another reason I want to get away from the French Press: I want to buy pre-ground coffee (I'm just a casual coffee drinker, not a connoisseur) and the French press allows too much of the coffee grounds and sludge into my cup when using anything finer than coarsely ground coffee. I figured I would try this product, and get a similarly tasting cup of coffee without the sludge in my cup. Well, I'm happy with the results.

The filter prevents most of the "dust" from the store-bought pre-ground coffee from getting into my cup of coffee. Well, it allows more dust to get through than a paper filter, but it performs much better than the swissgold® KF 300 One-Cup Coffee Filter I bought from Amazon.

I should probably note that I'm generous with the amount of coffee grounds I use to brew coffee. It tastes better that way.

So some time ago I posted on a few coffee sites, looking for a mesh, single-cup coffee brewer. I had a funnel that held a paper filter, but I kind of missed the fines at the bottom of the cup you get when you use mesh. So I ordered this thing. It comes with a diffusor which I promptly threw into a drawer and began dumping hot water directly on the grounds. It worked great. Yes, it does get a bit clogged with finely ground coffee, but eventually the water goes through...I wasn't in that big of a hurry and, if I was, stirring or swirling sped things up.

Then, one day, I found the diffusor again and decided to try it. It had a very interesting effect; it kept the fines up in the coffee rather than allowing them to get to the mesh. This had two effects. It sped up the coffee, and it kept that pinch yummy of "turkish sludge" from the bottom of the cup, which most people would also find to be a positive. So now I use the diffusor...sometimes.

I bought this for making coffee in a temporary location, but found it didn't really work out too well. It's great for tea though. I have a lot of loose-leaf tea and using this little device is one of the fastest and simplest ways of making a single cup of tea when you aren't using a tea bag. I use it often for that purpose.

But coffee grounds don't seem to get along with this coffee maker very well. The device gets clogged up with coffee and the water doesn't pass through properly.

I got tired of electric coffee makers. Either they break down due to early demise or the coffee just doesn't taste good. Some of them the first cup is good but after a 30 (or more) minute stay warm it is like black mud. I usually like one cup, maybe later another so no waste with Medelco. To my surprise I found this little gadget and it really is my answer to good coffee. The only 'problem' have is I like a large 18oz coffee mug and this is made to fit over smaller regular sized cups. I have a Starbucks clear double wall cup that works great for brewing, can see how much I'm making, the personal coffee maker fits on top perfectly. Then pour brewed coffee into the mug. No paper filters to buy. Anyway, I had no idea this was available, and this does answer my needs as now theres less clutter on my kitchen counter and a fresh cup of coffee anytime I want!

For a few years I've successfully been using a melitta one cup manual cone with a paper filter to make my coffee (i freshly grind the beans before each use). I mastered my technique so that i get a full flavor. I've been searching for a resuable/washable filter so I don't have to continue buying paper filters. The first time I tried the medelco, I ground up my beans finely (just like when using the paper filters) and it clogged the gold filter to the point I only got 1/2 cup of coffee and the taste was off. The 2nd time I produced a medium grind. The gold filter did not clog however the coffee taste was HORRIBLE.
If the melitta one cup with paper filter is 5 starts, the Medelco is a 1 start.
Unfortunately I threw out the box so I cannot return it. Good concept but terrible in use.

After making a cup of coffee be careful when emptying over a trash can as the bottom "rim" part keeps falling off. Then you have to retrieve it from the trash. YUCK! Maybe I'll try a dab of super glue. Other than that it does the job well.