Melitta Ready Set Joe Single Cup Coffee Brewer

by Melitta

Product Features

• 1 cup capacity
• Black
• Brew A Phenomenal Cup of Coffee
• Cone Fits All Cups
• Fast Easy Clean up

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0014CVEH6
• Item model number: 64007
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (104 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #33 in Home & Kitchen > Kitchen & Dining > Small Appliance Parts & Accessories
  • #65 in Home & Kitchen > Kitchen & Dining > Coffee, Tea & Espresso

Product Description

The Melitta 64007B single cup coffee filter cone is not glamorous but it is the easiest, cleanest and most economical way we know to brew a phenomenal cup of coffee at home. All you need to do is set this cone on top of your favorite mug, drop in a paper filter of freshly ground coffee and pour boiling water through the cone. When the cup is brewed, just dispose of the grounds and pop this cone into the dishwasher. Fast, easy, clean, delicious! Melitta coffee is rich and flavorful, with a surprising depth and smoothness. A delight for everyone's tastebuds. Keep five or six of these in the cupboard and when company comes, impress them by brewing everyone their own, fresh cup made to order! Dishwasher safe

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

132 of 134 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Way to Start making Good Coffee, November 26, 2007

By 

Andrew Cox "powerdog242" (Tallahassee, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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I like this product. It is inexpensive, has filters that can be found anywhere, and provides real coffee taste in instant coffee quantities and time. This is great for me, because I do not drink more than 1 cup at a time, and making any more would just waste coffee time and money.

This cone allows you to come up with your own perfect brewing recipe without wasting pounds and pounds of coffee. The way the beans are roasted, the quality of those beans, the amount of coffee grounds you use and how they're ground, the temperature of the water: all of these have a bearing on the taste of your coffee.

First, the water:
The industry standard for the ideal cup of coffee begins with a water temperature of 195-205 degrees. This is not quite boiling, which is why the "Monsieur Brew" brands make such bad coffee. Brewing with water at the boiling point over-extracts the beans, making for an overly bitter-tasting result.
Use a food thermometer to find this temperature range and use it with 2 tablespoons of coffee per 8 ounce cup of output as a starting point. Then vary the amount of grounds and water temperature as you see fit.

Now for the grind and blend of your coffee beans:
Melitta recommends that you get a coffee ground a little finer than the standard drip grind. You can easily get this done in one of the better supermarkets that has a coffee grinder for specialty coffees.

As for the blend, I'm not going to recommend brands, but the hallmark of inferior blends of coffee is that they start tasting sharp and nasty as they cool down. If this still happens with your Melitta filter after you've used the right amount of coffee and the right temperature of water, then you can blame it on your daily grind. With this filter you will quickly find which brands are good and which are bad in a matter of cups, not pots.

After this, keeping a couple of brief notes on what you do and how much stuff you use per cup will lead you to the best recipe for your kind of coffee in a relatively short period of time.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good value, October 27, 2008

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Jane Shepard (NYS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Melitta Ready Set Joe Single Cup Coffee Brewer (Kitchen)

Good product and improved over previous design...open at bottom so you can view how full the cup is getting so no overflow. New handle design is also an improvement.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Add coffee to water, stir, then pour into filter, April 19, 2011

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DIYBob - See all my reviews

This review is from: Melitta Ready Set Joe Single Cup Coffee Brewer (Kitchen)

I've been using the Melitta system for over 20 years, and about 5 years ago starting using a new technique, which I like better. So here it is.
First, I fill my coffee cup with hot tap water to preheat it. Then fill the Melitta brew cone with a #4 filter, and wet it down with hot tap water. I like the over size # 4 filters, it keeps grounds from going down the side of the filter using this technique.

Next, I heat room temperature spring water in a Pyrex glass measuring cup, using a microwave. If you measure the water, you can easily get the right microwave time to produce 185 F degrees. For me, it's about 1:50 for 8 oz. You want to avoid adding the coffee to boiling (212 F) water, it can make the coffee taste bitter. If it boils, let it cool for 60 seconds or so.

Then, I add the coffee, measured with a scooper, directly into the Pyrex cup full of hot water, and stir vigorously for 10-15 seconds. If you want, you can wait a little longer, depends on your taste.

Last, I pour the coffee and grounds into the Melitta cone/filter, which is placed over the empty pre-warmed coffee cup.
I think the end result is better, due to the longer contact time, and better ability to stir the coffee/hot water mixture. Give it a try yourself.