[vicar7]

Hope I can get the powers that be in the house to purchase a Bunn O Matic.

[norraad]

They seem to have resisted the pressure to cheapen beyond what is safe.

I've actually gone back to pouring water just off the boil into a Melita funnel.

It's just as fast if not faster and you can control things better to your liking.

Not to mention pennies on the dollar compared to the rapidly rising cost and rapidly declining quality of machines.

[norraad]

Also, the Melita funnel fits perfectly on those thick glass pyrex 4 cup measuring cups ( which you can preheat with a little boiling water to stay nice and hot, even longer wrapped with dishtowel, without burn taste the heaters give).