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Drip Coffee Makers — super simple, super cheap

Technology Connections · 4.7M views · 2022-08-11 · 36:29

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Overview

Technology Connections explains how the simple American drip coffee maker works, including the bimetal valve and bubble-pump heating, and compares the original Mr. Coffee with modern machines.

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HN recommends it as a clear, enjoyable look at why simple designs are brilliant, and as a pointer to a channel with a hacker's-eye view of everyday technology.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2022–2024

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What people said

LesZedCB · 2023-01 · Strong recommendation

Technology Connections on youtube has an awesome video about coffee makers! its 35 minutes, but i highly recommend it! [VIDEO] i think it's actually amazing how much design went into these "dead simple" coffee machines!

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mewse-hn · 2024-01 · Recommendation

Drip coffee makers are just better than the old percolators. Technology Connections on youtube has a video about drip coffee makers which is very good (he demos an original mr. coffee machine which has some differences vs modern machines) [VIDEO] He also did a vid on percolators recently which I haven't watched but the thumbnail suggests its an extended rant about how they suck [LINK]

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aksss · 2023-12 · Recommendation

Just a friendly recco for the Technology Connections YouTube channel. Really liked his exploration of the Coffee Machine and other vids. Not affiliated in any way. [VIDEO]

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