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If your drip comes out tasting not amazing, that's on you. Drip is a perfectly acceptable way to make coffee. Its just a matter of grind, roast, and filter parameters. Its not like I don't also have about 15 other ways to make coffee. The biggest factor in drip (imo) is actually the hot-plate most american coffee makers come with. This absolutely ruins the coffee very quickly. Turn that off and just accept that you'll need to finish the whole pot in about 40 minutes (longer if you use a vacuum urn). I have no problem finishing a pot of coffee in 30-50 minutes.
The amount of people that think all drip coffee is the same is wild. Yeah what you get out of a keurig cup is probably going to be shit, because they use shit coffee. Some people are perfectly fine with that, and that's just as valid as those of us that put way the fuck too much effort into it.
Sometimes I take the time to use my mocha pot. Sometimes I'll make cold brew. Sometimes I just want a good cup of coffee with minimal effort. With the right settings and coffee, drip coffee is going to come out a helluva lot better than anything you're gonna get at a chain place.
The cooler coffee is, the longer it stays tasting good. Making an extra cup or two and letting it sit at room temp for an hour or two and then heating it up in the microwave works for me. Too large a quantity may not cool down fast enough, and if you heat it back up to scalding that can have an negative effect.
Yeah, depending on the design, though, those hotplates can really damage the flavor. Technology Connections does a great in-depth breakdown of how they do this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp9H0MO-qS8
They are just way way way too hot. The pretty much start ruining the coffee right away.
Sorry if I was unclear. I'm in agreement with you that hot plates degrade coffee. I was recommending the let it cool down and heat it back up later approach.
Not only that, but coffee made well will taste fine cold/room temp.
Yeah, I prefer it hot, but my cold coffee is perfectly drinkable.