plantmanager said:Most of them can be programmed to be ready when you get up, Debbie.There is nothing that gets me out of bed faster than smelling coffee.

Unfortunately, mine doesn't have that. It is a 4 cup, but could get out the 12 cup machine that does have the timer... Which means I'd have to get the stepladder out to get it. (I'm vertically challenged).

Me too!

Can't you get a timer to plug the coffee pot into???? The SU has a couple of those that he uses to start the tractor block heaters in the winter.

I used a plug in timer on my electric percolator "way back when", before they started making coffee pots with built in timers. It worked great!
Rusty

I buy .starbucks French roast at Costco..grind and then French press it...a bit of heavy whipping cream and two Splenda..and I am good to go.
Just in the morning..when I worked would drink afternoon too. It keeps me up if I have past 5 or so.

I have been going through coffee at a very high rate so for the past few months I have simply been buying what clearance stores had in stock.
Mostly different types of dark roast I have been buying, from 3,99 to 7,99 a bag.
Last week I bought a Starbucks bag of Dark Roast and a bag of Maxwell House Original Blend.
Do not see Maxwell House in bags very often but I mixed them together.
Not great but not bad.

Whatever brand of coffee I buy I always shake ground cinnamon on top of the grounds before turning on the pot...tasts great and cinnamon is good for you.

I prefer my cinnamon in rolls....................

gingin said:Whatever brand of coffee I buy I always shake ground cinnamon on top of the grounds before turning on the pot...tasts great and cinnamon is good for you.

There was a time, less than a decade ago, I would have tried that and probably liked it BUT some where along the line, maybe because I used and tried so many, I simply have zero desire for coffee with spice flavours of any kind.
It does sound good though.