Just found your blog - really enjoy reading about your off-grid lifestyle!

I think The Wife has had us try just about every possible kind of coffee maker over the years. Percolators, press-pots, espresso machines (a wedding gift), straight-to-carafe drip machines with incorporated grinders...

The press-pot is deliciously low-tech and makes some of the strongest coffee.

But for the last several years we've had a basic drip pot from the second hand store. Cost $5. And I have to say I'm damn grateful it has a timer so the stuff is ready when I get up in the morning.