Skip to contentThe average coffee maker makes hot water very efficiently but unfortunately the vast majority of them do not have a built in dispenser. This makes it a lot harder to use them for anything other than making coffee.For some people this is fine but in a house full of very different people I find that hot water dispensing coffee machines are invaluable and used far more frequently than one might expect.I have been using a good Cuisinart for a long time now; it’s got an independent hot water system on the side which is frequently used to make tea or oatmeal in the mornings. It...…Skip to contentThe average coffee maker makes hot water very efficiently but unfortunately the vast majority of them do not have a built in dispenser. This makes it a lot harder to use them for anything other than making coffee.For some people this is fine but in a house full of very different people I find that hot water dispensing coffee machines are invaluable and used far more frequently than one might expect.I have been using a good Cuisinart for a long time now; it’s got an independent hot water system on the side which is frequently used to make tea or oatmeal in the mornings. It...WW…

Skip to contentIf you’re anything like me you like the concept of making a single cup of coffee at a time but you don’t like the idea of resorting to Keurig-style coffee makers.Enter the tiny, single serve French press. There are lots of them out there and some are better than others.The first French press I ever bought was a mid-sized 34-ounce French press made by Bodum. It worked fine but as I started making smaller and smaller batches of coffee, sometimes a single cup at a time, a few times per day, the bigger coffee press proved to be too big and annoying to use.These days I cling to my...…Skip to contentIf you’re anything like me you like the concept of making a single cup of coffee at a time but you don’t like the idea of resorting to Keurig-style coffee makers.Enter the tiny, single serve French press. There are lots of them out there and some are better than others.The first French press I ever bought was a mid-sized 34-ounce French press made by Bodum. It worked fine but as I started making smaller and smaller batches of coffee, sometimes a single cup at a time, a few times per day, the bigger coffee press proved to be too big and annoying to use.These days I cling to my...WW…

Skip to contentYou make french press coffee because it makes some of the best coffee possible but did you know that an insulated french press makes coffee even better because the insulation stabilizes the brewing temperature significantly?I’m going to guess that you do probably know that already but I’ll take a second to drive home the point.The best temperature to brew coffee is roughly 190-195 degrees and if you were to slowly drip water at this temperature over your grind then that would be awesome but a french press will lose temperature consistently throughout the 4-minute brewing...…Skip to contentYou make french press coffee because it makes some of the best coffee possible but did you know that an insulated french press makes coffee even better because the insulation stabilizes the brewing temperature significantly?I’m going to guess that you do probably know that already but I’ll take a second to drive home the point.The best temperature to brew coffee is roughly 190-195 degrees and if you were to slowly drip water at this temperature over your grind then that would be awesome but a french press will lose temperature consistently throughout the 4-minute brewing...WW…

Skip to contentGamble Bay Coffee tries to stay ahead when it comes to keeping you informed about all the unique products in the coffee space. As such, in today’s article we are going to talk about the carafe-free drip coffee makers that you may not know about.There may come a time in your life where you might want to brew your cup on demand, one cup at a time, directly into your cup rather than into a full carafe.Keurig coffee makers are the obvious option in this scenario but those require k-cups and they can make it hard to fine tune your brew to your own specific tastes.They also require...…Skip to contentGamble Bay Coffee tries to stay ahead when it comes to keeping you informed about all the unique products in the coffee space. As such, in today’s article we are going to talk about the carafe-free drip coffee makers that you may not know about.There may come a time in your life where you might want to brew your cup on demand, one cup at a time, directly into your cup rather than into a full carafe.Keurig coffee makers are the obvious option in this scenario but those require k-cups and they can make it hard to fine tune your brew to your own specific tastes.They also require...WW…

Skip to contentKeurigs aren’t perfect. They’re usually great, reliable machines that brew us our morning coffee at the single touch of a button! But they do have some occasional flaws and annoying occurrences. One of those experiences is your Keurig making weak coffee that tastes a bit watery or not as strong as you once remember.We’ve experienced this at Gamble Bay more than we prefer, but we’ve also come up with a myriad of unique ways to really fix the issue for good. A lot of them have to do with general maintenance and routine cleaning but not all of them.One of the reason we love our...…Skip to contentKeurigs aren’t perfect. They’re usually great, reliable machines that brew us our morning coffee at the single touch of a button! But they do have some occasional flaws and annoying occurrences. One of those experiences is your Keurig making weak coffee that tastes a bit watery or not as strong as you once remember.We’ve experienced this at Gamble Bay more than we prefer, but we’ve also come up with a myriad of unique ways to really fix the issue for good. A lot of them have to do with general maintenance and routine cleaning but not all of them.One of the reason we love our...WW…

Skip to contentHere are the best Keurig coffee makers of 2022. My favorite is the Keurig K-Supreme Plus but there’s a good argument to make that the Duo Plus and the K-Café are the best models too which I’ll go into a bit further down this page.The newest machine in the Keurig lineup is the K-Supreme Plus SMART. This is a step up from a tech standpoint as it integrates an app and can change brew settings automatically for you based on which k-cup you put in the machine.I’ll review this new machine in greater depth lower on this page but to be brief I want you to understand that the SMART...…Skip to contentHere are the best Keurig coffee makers of 2022. My favorite is the Keurig K-Supreme Plus but there’s a good argument to make that the Duo Plus and the K-Café are the best models too which I’ll go into a bit further down this page.The newest machine in the Keurig lineup is the K-Supreme Plus SMART. This is a step up from a tech standpoint as it integrates an app and can change brew settings automatically for you based on which k-cup you put in the machine.I’ll review this new machine in greater depth lower on this page but to be brief I want you to understand that the SMART...WW…

Skip to contentCleaning a coffee maker is fairly simple and straight forward. Even still it’s something that most people either never do properly or simply don’t do at all.I for one had a coffee pot out of college that I used for the better part of a decade and I can’t remember a time when I properly cleaned out the machine. These days things are different. I care a lot more about my coffee and I know that clean coffee makers make better coffee in addition to being more sanitary.The best way to clean a coffee maker is to cycle white distilled vinegar through a brew cycle and pause the brew...…Skip to contentCleaning a coffee maker is fairly simple and straight forward. Even still it’s something that most people either never do properly or simply don’t do at all.I for one had a coffee pot out of college that I used for the better part of a decade and I can’t remember a time when I properly cleaned out the machine. These days things are different. I care a lot more about my coffee and I know that clean coffee makers make better coffee in addition to being more sanitary.The best way to clean a coffee maker is to cycle white distilled vinegar through a brew cycle and pause the brew...WW…

Skip to contentNo matter what you’re buying if you’re going to be spending your money on anything it’s usually worth it to plunk down a few extra bucks and buy the better option on the table.With insulated travel mugs there’s nothing different. What’s great about buying good travel mugs though is that the best options sometimes have very little price differential than the inferior options available to you.I firmly believe that no single travel mug is best for every possible use. There are some pretty good travel mugs that can be used for just about anything but for each need I’ve assembled...…Skip to contentNo matter what you’re buying if you’re going to be spending your money on anything it’s usually worth it to plunk down a few extra bucks and buy the better option on the table.With insulated travel mugs there’s nothing different. What’s great about buying good travel mugs though is that the best options sometimes have very little price differential than the inferior options available to you.I firmly believe that no single travel mug is best for every possible use. There are some pretty good travel mugs that can be used for just about anything but for each need I’ve assembled...WW…

Skip to contentI’ve owned a french press coffee maker for years. The first one I got was somewhere in 2008 but I only become a truly avid french press user since the Spring of 2013.During my limited time using french presses in those early years I came to know a few things very well.When I started using a french press I really only though they were all the same but in this short amount of time I’ve come to appreciate differences in style and function.As such I’ve sorted this page into more focused groups for easier browsing, categorization, and shopping.As this site develops this page will...…Skip to contentI’ve owned a french press coffee maker for years. The first one I got was somewhere in 2008 but I only become a truly avid french press user since the Spring of 2013.During my limited time using french presses in those early years I came to know a few things very well.When I started using a french press I really only though they were all the same but in this short amount of time I’ve come to appreciate differences in style and function.As such I’ve sorted this page into more focused groups for easier browsing, categorization, and shopping.As this site develops this page will...WW…

Skip to contentNot long ago I published an article on how much white vinegar is needed to properly clean a coffee maker. To summarize that piece it depends on how hard your water is and how often you brew coffee.In todays piece I wanted to explain a related question in greater depth. I want to expand on the frequency side of the equation.How often should you clean a coffee pot with vinegar?The short answer – For simplicity sake it’s best to just run some vinegar through a brew cycle once every month or so. You don’t have to think about it and therefore it’s easy to add this into your...…Skip to contentNot long ago I published an article on how much white vinegar is needed to properly clean a coffee maker. To summarize that piece it depends on how hard your water is and how often you brew coffee.In todays piece I wanted to explain a related question in greater depth. I want to expand on the frequency side of the equation.How often should you clean a coffee pot with vinegar?The short answer – For simplicity sake it’s best to just run some vinegar through a brew cycle once every month or so. You don’t have to think about it and therefore it’s easy to add this into your...WW…