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  • Jul 22, 2009, 11:12 AM
    excon
    Krupps Coffee Maker
    Hello:

    This isn't about cooking, exactly. It's about my love/hate relationship with my Krupps coffee maker. Now, it should be understood that Krupps manufactured the ovens that killed my ancestors... and they make a damn fine coffee maker...

    Now, I KNOW my coffee maker knows that I'm a Jew. It has been burning me ever since I got it... but it makes a damn fine cup of coffee. Did I mention that I live in Seattle? We take our coffee very seriously here. I guess cause there's nothing to do when it rains except drink coffee.

    But, back to my Jew hating coffee maker... Sometimes it'll stop keeping the coffee warm. It does this especially when it knows that I want another cup. I think I mentioned what a fine cup of coffee it produces, when it isn't screwing with me...

    Should I get rid of it? I kind of like whacking it. Makes me feel like I'm whacking some of those German a-holes...

    I think I'll keep it.

    excon
  • Jul 22, 2009, 11:24 AM
    twinkiedooter

    Obviously the heater element for the burner plate went kaput or the wiring went. If you can still get it to produce piping hot coffee, buy yourself a nice Thermos and put your freshly brewed java in that. I do that myself as I hate to waste electricity keeping the coffee warm. Also, keeping it in a thermos (preferably a Stanley steel guts model) keeps it from getting stale as coffee has a tendency to get old real quick if exposed to the air. My Stanley keeps my coffee piping hot for many happy hours after being brewed. Don't bother with the pre-heating of the thermos. I tried both ways - no preheating and preheating and I found that if I pour the freshly brewed coffee within the first few minutes of being run through the unit the coffee stays just as hot as if I preheated the thermos.

    Yeah, keep the naughty machine until it totally stops brewing. If I was closer to Seattle I would volunteer my fixit sonny to take it apart and do a proper diagnostic of the innards of your Krupp to see just what went kaput. He's successfully repaired our Mr. Coffee machines that usually go tits-up in the first year. He has all the proper special screwdrivers, etc. to open them. So you could say he's a seasoned expert coffee machine repairdude.
  • Jul 22, 2009, 05:06 PM
    Just Dahlia
    Are we going there:confused::D

    Fey! It's schlock! Get your tuchas off the couch and get a 'Auto Grind and Brew Thermal' from Cuisinart! I have one and it's great!

    Then send me some coffee, I love Seattle! And maybe some cheese curds!
  • Jul 22, 2009, 05:30 PM
    LisaB4657
    Excon, sweetheart, I love you.

    I have a Krups. I've never bought anything but Krups. My mother is a survivor and she's the one who told me to buy Krups.

    My love/hate relationship with my machine is because of the cup indicator on the side. It's a clear plastic tube with numbers marked on the inside. If you pour the water in too fast (more than a trickle) it'll develop a bubble and you don't know exactly how much water you have in there unless you start tapping the tube to get the bubbles out. The problem is that if you tap it too hard you dislodge the tube a bit and you find a little puddle of water under the machine when the coffee is done. Ggrrrr

    As for your problem... my machine has an automatic shutoff that can be set for 1 to 4 hours. Is it possible that you have an auto shutoff and it's set to shut off too soon?
  • Jul 25, 2009, 10:59 AM
    lshadylady

    Excon: Dahlia has it right! A cuisinart Automatic with the bean grinder , filter in the water tank, and stailess steel thermal pot. Keeps coffee hot and fresh all day. Maybe Krupps has one with those features. Go shopping online and see. I got mine at penny'si
  • Oct 9, 2009, 06:21 AM
    kbcabs
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  • Oct 9, 2009, 06:27 AM
    excon
    Hello:

    Oy vey!

    excon
  • Oct 9, 2009, 08:25 AM
    excon
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Just Dahlia View Post
    Fey! It's schlock! Get your tuchas off the couch and get a 'Auto Grind and Brew Thermal' from Cuisinart!
    Hello Dahlia:

    Got me a 10 cupper on the way from Amazon. I can't wait. Anybody want to buy a used Jew hating Krups coffee maker SOB?

    excon
  • Oct 9, 2009, 06:24 PM
    twinkiedooter
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello Dahlia:

    Got me a 10 cupper on the way from Amazon. I can't wait. Anybody wanna buy a used Jew hatin Krups coffee maker SOB?

    excon
    Sure. How much with shipping to 44691?

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