Medelco Personal Coffee Maker

Simple to use, Good filter, Nice cup of coffee
This product is simple and produces coffee I like. No more wasting paper filters for me, or drinking nasty coffee from the company coffee pot.

I used to use a French press to make my coffee at work for that little pick-me-up. That tastes good to me, but the French press is a hassle to clean, and the glass vessel I have is very delicate-- I worry it will shatter next time I wash it. There's another reason I want to get away from the French Press: I want to buy pre-ground coffee (I'm just a casual coffee drinker, not a connoisseur) and the French press allows too much of the coffee grounds and sludge into my cup when using anything finer than coarsely ground coffee. I figured I would try this product, and get a similarly tasting cup of coffee without the sludge in my cup. Well, I'm happy with the results.

The filter prevents most of the "dust" from the store-bought pre-ground coffee from getting into my cup of coffee. Well, it allows more dust to get through...

Very cool
So some time ago I posted on a few coffee sites, looking for a mesh, single-cup coffee brewer. I had a funnel that held a paper filter, but I kind of missed the fines at the bottom of the cup you get when you use mesh. So I ordered this thing. It comes with a diffusor which I promptly threw into a drawer and began dumping hot water directly on the grounds. It worked great. Yes, it does get a bit clogged with finely ground coffee, but eventually the water goes through...I wasn't in that big of a hurry and, if I was, stirring or swirling sped things up.

Then, one day, I found the diffusor again and decided to try it. It had a very interesting effect; it kept the fines up in the coffee rather than allowing them to get to the mesh. This had two effects. It sped up the coffee, and it kept that pinch yummy of "turkish sludge" from the bottom of the cup, which most people would also find to be a positive. So now I use the diffusor...sometimes.

Works Best for Tea
I bought this for making coffee in a temporary location, but found it didn't really work out too well. It's great for tea though. I have a lot of loose-leaf tea and using this little device is one of the fastest and simplest ways of making a single cup of tea when you aren't using a tea bag. I use it often for that purpose.

But coffee grounds don't seem to get along with this coffee maker very well. The device gets clogged up with coffee and the water doesn't pass through properly.

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