It lasts for years.

My folks had similar one eons ago & you cannot beat them for reliability.

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End of story. Get a bean grinder too.

get at the supermarket?

a fresh grind is a gift from the caffeine Gods.

My little local hippie ass coffee shop. He ships. Full pounds. Many places
sell 12 ounce “pound of beans” or coffee.

https://yeahmetoocoffee.com/

He sells little French press coffee makers too. Cheap!

Some of the supermarket brands print the roasting date on the package. Peet’s comes to mind. Freshest stuff I’ve seen in a grocery store was about a month old.

And whole beans hold in the “essentials” longer and better than already ground.

But yeah. And a local roaster, if you can find one, is the cat’s meow. The freshest stuff I’ve bought was still warm from the roaster.

They've gone up, like everything else, but I still won't use anything else.

Bonus: if you’re at the Goodwill, and the color of the label on the coffee maker you’re looking at matches the color of the week, the price is cut in half. It used to be 75% off, but Goodeill stopped doing that around here on January 1.

Only $25.

A French press
Just about any French press.
They’re very inexpensive and the coffee they make is great.

And grind your own beans. With a burr grinder, not one of those “spinning blade” types.

I’ve got thirteen or fourteen coffee brewers of various types and the best coffee-to-cost method is far-and-away a French press.

out of bed and make it. He's a great guy and cooks gourmet meals for us but I am thinking about bringing a regular coffee maker to his house next time we visit.

My first cup is with a bit more of a tablespoon. I add about a half a tablespoon for my second pour over.
Saves coffee, space and I use BOGO beans from local Publix. I rotate the type of coffee and while it is not gourmet, it satisfies my palate.

Have two Melitta cones bought in mid 1970s as they fit into top of metal Stanley thermos would take to work when worked in the woods in 20s and 30s.

Have two gold filters and have used a total of four since first discovered this technology.

Probably have been through 8 to 10 tea kettles.

Moved to Berkeley in 1973 to attend Cal and lived several blocks from original Peets store on corner of Cedar and Vine.

That is where learned this cheap and easy technique.

Probably more than 75% of coffee have made as an adult coffee addict, has been from Peets. Traveling, camping or whatever carried this coffee technology and beans.

Now cheat and get pre-ground beans that a neighbor buys for me at Costco and seldom leave home. Long ago before Peets went corporate and wherever lived got Peets coffee by mail or parcel post. Not that long ago bought coffee at Safeway or Costco but situation is such seldom travel away from home.

Have a ceramic pitcher from 1970s for company and also two identical French presses, also dating from 1970s.

Long ago ground beans with manual grinder until discovered ease of electric grinders that also wear out.

Have had other coffee technology and even an expresso machine but they have all passed from my life and were never main method.

Go crazy getting a cone and tea kettle. One can find gold filters online. Think I'll make my 3rd cup today now even though nearly 7 PM!.

only cost you about $25. Get whole beans and grind your own or if you don’t have your own grinder, open the bag and use the store’s grinder. I have used this method for decades and it makes for great coffee.

Nothing fancy, low price.