"I will never buy a coffee maker with a glass caraffe that sits on a warming burner." That's what I used to believe; and mostly I still do. But sometimes there are reasons to believe otherwise. After two weeks of daily use I've learned to manage this coffee machine's quirks. It's not the perfect coffeemaker if you are making coffee for a crowd; but if you are pleased to drink just one or two (small) cups at a time and are willing to be meticulous in dealing with it, this can be an excellent choice.
Here's my story.
Going from two pots of coffee a day to eight ounces of coffee a day can be difficult. I needed a little help from my coffee machine. I needed something that made sense of the idea of making two cups of coffee at a time. Few coffee machines do. The most distinct characteristic of this machine is that it is small. Its small footprint unclutters the counter just a bit, which I appreciate. I'm enough of a foodie that for great coffee if I had to buy a behomoth of a machine to make the perfect small cup of coffee, I would consider it. Until recently I would drink six or ten cups of coffee in a day, so a large machine worked for me.
I've had maybe six pretty good coffee makers over the last two decades, and have grown pretty picky about coffee. I buy varietal beans, roast them, and grind them in a pretty good Italian burr grinder with forty grind size settings. I've avoided coffee makers with a glass caraffes that rest in contact with a burner because leaving fresh brewed coffee on the burner always causes coffee to scorch. A vacuum insulated caraffe does not scorch. So that's what I've always bought.
Never would I have considered the Zojirushi if I expected to brew more coffee than I would drink at one time. But that is exactly my use case for this coffee machine. If I drink all the coffee right after it brews, the burner can help the pot get up to temperature, meaning the coffee will not have to be reheated right after brewing - as I had been doing with my old coffee maker in order to get it to a good temperature for adding cream. I brew the coffee, serve it, and turn off the warming burner immediately. The one time I forgot to do this, I noticed that the clever engineers at Zojirushi had regulated the temperature of the burner to be low enough not to burn the coffee into horrid resin-smelling char.
My first several batches out of this machine were weak and under-extracted. I noticed that brew time is short, about two minutes, and I ground my coffee finer. I tamp it lightly into the filter to create a little more flow resistance. These practices made a big difference. I also decided to preheat the water in a microwave until it is nearly boiling. This might slightly shorten the brew time it but, more importantly it increases the temperature of the water near the start of the cycle. Here at a mile above sea level I needed all the temperature I could get for such a short brew cycle. I also began the practice of adding a pinch of salt to the coffee grinds because coffee tastes less bitter with a little salt. Also coffee causes one to excrete salt; so there were health benefits to the practice.
Once I had dialed in all the elements of the process I realized that I was making better coffee than I ever had before. I was paying a little more attention to the ritual of making it - an appropriate way to approach using a Japanese coffee machine. And I was enoying this single cup of coffee more than I had been enjoying two pots a day. Big bonus, in grinding the coffee finer and drinking less I had cut my coffee bean utilization by considerably more than 85%.
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ZUTTO Coffee Maker EC-DAC50
The ZUTTO Coffee Maker features a removable water tank and water filter that lasts up to 2 years under normal use for clean operation. It brews up to 5 cups of coffee and features automatic keep warm.
With Charcoal Water Filter
Purifies water for better-tasting coffee and lasts up to 2 years under normal use.
Sleek, Compact Design
The cone basket is designed to be housed within the glass carafe, keeping the unit compact.
Key Features
- Convenient 5 cup size
- Removable water tank
- Compact design
- Charcoal water filter lasts up to 2 years under normal use
- Automatic keep warm
- Instruction manual in English, Traditional Chinese and Korean
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About Zojirushi
In 2018, Zojirushi Corporation celebrated its 100th anniversary, and a century of products designed to improved customers' quality of life--bringing comfort, ease, vitality and affluence to people around the world. Zojirushi was established in 1918 as a producer of hand-blown vacuum bottles. The Zojirushi line was expanded to include a wide range of stainless steel vacuum bottles, rice cookers, breadmakers, Air Pot beverage dispensers, thermal serving carafes, specialty cookware, small electrics, restaurant equipment and other products. Striving to remain faithful to the principles that embodied the company's first 100 years, and the reputation of quality and durability it earned them, Zojirushi looks forward to a future of continued innovation and inspired design.
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| Price | $63.96 | — | — |
| Capacity | 5 cups / 0.675 liter | 10 cups / 1.5 liters | 12 cups / 1.8 liters |
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | 8-7/8 x 6 x 10-3/4 inches | 10-5/8 x 8 x 14-7/8 inches | 11-1/8 x 8 x 14-7/8 |
| Electrical Rating | 120 volts / 650 watts | 120 volts / 1,200 watts | 120 volts / 1,320 watts |
| Carafe (not interchangeable between different models) | Glass Carafe | Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Carafe | Glass Carafe |
| Timer/Clock Module | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Removable Water Tank | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filter Type | Cone-Type Filter | Basket-Type Filter | Basket-Type Filter |
| Auto Shut-Off | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clean Light Alert | - | ✓ | ✓ |
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| capacity | 5 cups | 1200 milliliters | 12 cups | 600 milliliters | 12 cups | 25 ounces |
| material | Plastic | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel, Plastic, Glass | Plastic | Stainless Steel, Plastic, Glass | Plastic, Glass |
| input interface | buttons | buttons | buttons | buttons | buttons | buttons |
| voltage | 110 volts | 120 volts of alternating current | 120 volts | 120 volts | 120 volts | 110 volts |
| wattage | 650 watts | 1100 watts | — | 120 watts | 1050 watts | 3.3 watts |
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| weight | 2.11 kilograms | 1.8 kilograms | 8.88 pounds | 2 pounds | 10.25 pounds | 1.33 kilograms |
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I just got this coffee maker over the weekend and it is so cute! I’ve used it twice now, but I’m not used to measuring out the water and the coffee grinds. I purchased a keurig around 2010 and now I have a Cuisinart coffee brewer and I’m trying to get away from using k-cups all the time but I didn’t want to get rid of the Cuisinart. I’ll probably use this coffee maker on the weekends and even though it’s not programmable I can still get it ready at night and in the morning just push the button and a few minutes later I have a pot of coffee.The one thing I need to remember is 1 cup of coffee is only about a 5 or 6 oz cup for this coffee maker so if you want an 8 oz cup you’ll need to use 2 cups of water according to the measurements on the water reservoir which means 16 oz’s of water for an 8 oz cup seems like a lot of water. If you want 2, 8 oz cups of coffee you’ll need about 4 cups of water. The measurements for this coffee maker are not for larger cups of coffee and is designed for 1 person if you want a larger cup or 2 people for a smaller cup of coffee. My first cup of coffee was strong because I measured the water according to the ice level instead of the hot water level, lol.All that in mind I really like it and it makes a good cup of coffee through my own trial and error and will keep it.
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