FROM BEAN TO BREW Sep 5, 2006
It may come as a surprise that many of the machines used to make espresso drinks can be bought for home use and cost little more than (if not so much as) regular drip coffee makers, and they produce similar - if not the same - results as those from a coffee bar. But first, what exactly is espresso, and how does it differ from regular coffee. (Buffalo News)
Personal perk Dec 17, 2005
Peter Greene, president of NPD Houseworld, a division of the NPD Group home appliance marketing research firm, believes they'll never replace the familiar automatic drip coffee makers. "I don't think your everyday coffee drinker and the majority of the population are going to go in this way," he said. (Cincinnati Post -- Business)
Leaders & Success Sep 10, 2005
It sold large drip coffee makers to a small, Seattle-based retailer. Schultz noticed that the Seattle firm purchased an unusual amount of coffee makers. (Investors Business Daily)
Toplikar: Say it ain't so: Mr. Coffee loses ground in hot market Dec 30, 2004
But Riekhof says there's one thing that you most need to worry about with drip coffee makers: The heating element under the pot must maintain just the right temperature. "Some of them burn too hot. Some of them aren't hot at all. It's nice to have one where the heating element is adjustable," Riekhof said. (Lawrence Journal World)
Toasters, Cuisinarts and microwaves, oh my! Nov 4, 2004
Toasters and coffee makers, although self-buttering popcorn poppers, slow cookers, toaster ovens and drip coffee makers are gaining. 1975: Say hello to the French-made Cuisinart food processor. (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Espresso doesn't come cheap Sep 28, 2004
Especially when compared with drip coffee makers, real espresso machines seem so expensive, starting at more than $150 and running upward of 10 times that much. But people who hand $4 a day to their friendly neighborhood Starbucks barista for a venti skinny latte should probably do the math, because that's almost $1,500 a year, which makes any home machine seem like a wise investment. (AZCentral -- Home)
