coffee maker

over a week ago, i broke the carafe of our coffee maker. such a tragic loss... not really. i've had this little coffee maker for a good eight years, and i believe only used it a handful of times. if memory serves me correctly, it was used when my old roommate came back from hawaii and brought with him some kona coffee. after about a month, i believe the coffee maker went back into the cupboard. for 8 years, i've lugged that little 4-cup coffee maker from my digs on valmont, to aurora ave, to the hill, portland pl., penn st in denver and now in east denver. i think in the eight years i've had it, it's seen more action in 4 weeks living in our new home than it did in the 8 years i had it in boulder. i didn't even know what make it was until we bought our new one and i looked at the label- GEVALIA.

so. yesterday the fam went to bed bath beyond for a new coffee maker and a present for our friends who are getting married next week. we ended up getting a braun, 10-cup coffee maker. simple, black, with a glass carafe- 19.99USD. we were teetering on getting a 69.99USD coffee maker that was programmable so we could set it up the night before and have fresh coffee when we woke the next morning. the only thing is, we seem to do most of our coffee drinking during the week. and for me, i have coffee available to me at the office; and lately, have been drinking green and peppermint tea. so we settled on the cheapie coffee maker, i mean, it is only coffee.