Coffee ready before you are
The hardest part of a weekday morning is the gap between the alarm and the first sip. Your brain isn’t online yet, and measuring scoops feels like a pop quiz.
A programmable coffee maker rearranges that order of operations. Load it the night before, set the time, and it starts brewing on its own. Fresh, hot coffee is waiting when you shuffle into the kitchen. (Past-you finally did something nice for present-you.)
You get to pick the size. The Quirky Cafe is a 6-cup drip machine with a glass carafe and a heated warming plate. The Quirky Roast steps up to 15 cups (1.8 liters) with a 1000-watt heating system and thermal underpan heating, which suits a family, guests, or an office. Both have auto shut-off, so you can leave the house without wondering whether you left the pot on.
The brand is called Quirky, but these two are refreshingly straightforward: drip brewing, a timer, a filter basket, and a glass pot. Nothing asks for your wifi password, and it’s October, so a hot pot of coffee fits the season anyway.
