Under Counter Coffee Maker

Ah, the ubiquitous coffee maker. In the age of mass media and mass consumption and home appliances, the home coffee maker has made it’s mark and is evidently here to stay. Amongst the numerous appliances that take up kitchen counter space, the coffee maker seems to hold its own, demanding at least a square foot of counter for that hot cup of brew. Kitchen counter real estate is in high demand, and the manufacturers of coffee makers everywhere realized something had to be done. Enter the under counter coffee maker.

The under counter coffee maker has been around for quite a while. The principle behind an under counter coffee maker is that it can hang suspended from cabinet bottoms thus leaving the counter space beneath it free of clutter. Sounds good enough on the surface, but when you analyze what manufacturers did with the original idea, you would realize that too many corners were cut to see to it that it was not too bulky. A cabinet bottom can only take so much weight right? This meant that the original coffee maker of this kind did free up counter space-sure enough-but the brew left much to be desired. In the process of decreasing its weight and bulk, the under the counter coffee maker had an even more devastating problem, a substandard cup of brew.

Every coffee aficionado knows that even if you have to devote two square feet of counter space to a true cup of hot brew, then it is a sacrifice that must be made. Everyone loves free counter space, but not when you have to sacrifice the best part of waking up. So, the manufacturers realized after sales began to decline that it was time to make an under counter coffee maker that could walk the walk. Eventually, the coffee maker that was suspended beneath the cabinet became a technologically advanced contraption with plenty of glass and stainless steel. An appliance that could turn out a cup of coffee just as tasty as your average free standing coffee maker. Interestingly enough, the newer suspended coffee makers are essentially the same as the gourmet counter top variety, namely they heat water and force it through the awaiting coffee grounds into a sometimes heated kettle. Essentially, the coffee making process is precisely the same as any drip automatic coffee maker, and can come with all the special options available to your run of the mill drip counter top variety. The only difference is that the under counter coffee maker is suspended with a mounting device beneath the cabinet.

With time, the under the counter coffee maker will become just as ubiquitous as microwaves and your run of the mill automatic kettle types. The under counter coffee maker not only measures up to gourmet brewing standards, but also frees up counter space like no other. If you love coffee, but don’t seem to have the space; consider the under counter coffee maker variety today.

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