My drip maker shuts off. This is very frustrating, since no human should attempt the consumption of six cups of coffee within thirty minutes.

I’d like to get rid of this timer, but I can’t see anything obvious on the board. Is it most likely to be in that little processor at the top left of the coated side?

lmao some of these replies are exactly the sort of thing you’d expect from reddit in like, 2011. For reference, even mildly scalded coffee tastes better than that instant shite, and I’m not drinking ut for taste.

  • its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    23 hours ago

    Leaving coffee on the burner makes it taste worse than reheating it from cold in the microwave. That and a fire hazard is why coffee makers cut off the hot plate so quickly compared to older models.

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      20 hours ago

      I bought a drip coffee maker… there is zero timer, it will never shit off unless I manually toggle it off or unplug it. this is a 6 month old coffee maker.

      bought SPECIFICALLY because it had ZERO ‘features’.

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        19 hours ago

        Okay. Nothing about my comment was supposed to imply that it’s not possible. My comment was reminding OP that there is probably a reason why his doesn’t do that, and that reason is probably informed by the quality of the parts used to make his coffee brewer in particular. I’m not saying it’s impossible to make them that way. The manufacturer chose not to do it, and that alone should make you wonder what they changed because of that decision.

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          13 hours ago

          ah, I should have cottoned on in my first reply. the reason it switches off is EU regulation, not for any safety reasons. The machine otherwise looks exactly the same as any kther coffee maker in the world.

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      23 hours ago

      The fire hazard is no greater for removing the timer, there’s a bimetallic strip in there that will detach from circuit if the thing gets over 90ish degrees. It’ll just keep cycling like that. Microwaving coffee tastes, in my opinion, worse.

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        22 hours ago

        If it’s functioning correctly that is true, but eventually that part can break, and if each use is 4 times longer than the current setting it increases the chance it could break. Even if that mechanical component is devilishly simple. Both reheating and keeping it warm breaks down the sweet and acidic elements leaving the bitter taste. The difference is reheating a single cup will do this less (especially if you use a lower powered setting on your microwave) vs continuing to do this to the whole pot as you come back to it over and over. Your preference might just be your own desire for that acidic taste or caramelizing of other elements added to the brew for flavor. My suggestion would be to just make less more often, or get a hot plate and move the pot over to that instead.

        Edit: I also meant to say that those mechanical temperature control parts are made much cheaper than in the past.

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        22 hours ago

        And they engineered that feature and tested that feature and supported those parts to make sure they can do that for the life of the machine. I’d bet your Ninja also cost more than OPs brewer.

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          21 hours ago

          That is a possibility. I have found that there are some things on which one should not sacrifice quality if one can afford it.

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      15 hours ago

      I’m a big boy. I don’t need my kitchen appliances making decisions for me.