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Holiday Gift Guide 2025: The Best Home Coffee Makers

Vince Marotta hated his coffee percolator. In 1969, he set out to design a better consumer coffee maker, one that would heat the water to an ideal 200° F, not the near-boiling temperatures of a percolator, which were prone to over-extracting the coffee. The resulting appliance, Mr. Coffee, changed the world. By 1975, Marotta had sold more than a million units…...

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: The Best Home Coffee Makers | Vince Marotta hated his coffee percolator. In 1969, he set out to design a better consumer coffee maker, one that would heat the water to an ideal 200° F, not the near-boiling temperatures of a percolator, which were prone to over-extracting the coffee. The resulting appliance, Mr. Coffee, changed ...