Now at home I use a Keurig K-cup machine and love it. Upside: freshly brewed coffee each cup in seconds, and no wasted coffee. Downside: Not eco-friendly at all...generating a lot of non-biodegradable waste going into our environment. 

Don't know if this helps you at all....but that's my slant on it.

And welcome to the forum 

Coffee is my one big vice. A day without coffee is a day without sunshine, far as I'm concerned.

Through the years we've used just about every type coffee maker there is, from stove-top percs and manual drips to the most high-tech, digitally controlled machines that do everything but change the diapers and walk the dog.

In my opinion, based on all that, you just can't beat a French press. Inexpensive and simple to use, they come in various sizes. But they all work on the same principle: Ground coffee is steeped in a glass carafe. A plunger is used to then compress and strain the grounds. Voila! The perfect cup!

Ahhh, coffee!  Giver of life.  Sandman slayer...

Do what you will, but don't screw with my morning cuppa, my Joe, my Java, my mud, my go juice.

First one must decide on what technique best suits them.  There are only a few but they differ greatly in price and quality. 

A visit to your local barista is great if you have the time, inclination and a fat wallet.  I have none of those so make mine at home. 

So basically pour over, pressed or machine.  The first two are more time consuming but give a better result. I prefer a French press but that's just me and the HistoricFoodie.  You may be cut from a different cloth.  To each his own I say.

One can spend as much on a machine as one would like but I'll take a pass on that stuff.  I'm not a crazy coffee person, just a plain ole everyday coffee person.  Yes, taste is important but come on.  Let's get real about this stuff.

I've gone through several glass presses.  You know, the Bodum types.  They wear out, the glass breaks, and they don't keep coffee warm at all.  So, I finally broke down and bought an Espro double walled stainless press.  It is my preferred method, but for every day stuff, I also own a one cup Techni-Vorm Mocca-Master which is basically an automatic pour over machine.  Everybody can choose their own poison with this machine.

I can plunge the Espro and leave the ground in the carafe as it automatically seals them against further extraction.  It keeps the coffee hot and has a screen system that keeps spent grounds out of the coffee.  It can also be used with a filter should you desire a cleaner cup of mud.  And, like all presses, can also be used to brew tea.  My Espro has an available second filter method for brewing tea so there in no taste crossover.

My Techni-Vorm

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My Espro and coffee grinder shown with a freshly made jug of cold brew.  Did I forget to mention presses also make great cold brew coffee?  Oops.

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My one cup Melitta cone (green) shown next to my brown Techni-Vorm cone.  The difference in exit hole size makes a big difference in extraction time.

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The Melitta cone is my go-to backpacking coffee maker.  I also own a large Melitta cone for camping that can brew 1 1/2 quarts at a time.  I set this over a large pre-heated stainless double-walled carafe.  No pics of that but here's one of my one cup backpacking method.

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Don't get me started on espresso, cappuccino, Turkish or Vietnamese coffee.  Ugh, gotta go... this morning's cup #2 is ready.....

Not to side-track the thread, but I too have resorted to a k-cup machine because I often have several cups throughout the day but by the time remember to go back for another cup the carafe is cold and nasty. Anyway I just wanted to say, if you look around you'll be able to find k-cups that are fully biodegradable. Lately I've been getting Boyd's brand and the k-cups have a top like a normal k-cup but the bottom is just a mesh bag with the coffee in it. So much less waste to begin with, and if you can believe their boxes the whole thing is 100% compostable. They are not the only ones I've seen with a similar boast.

Bodum press parts are also available so no need to buy the whole set up again. A local hardware store here carries them.  Says something about Bodum longevity. I found out about this when my daughter broke the glass in the Bodum press I gave her.  It wuz a 'spensive fancy-schmancy Bodum press that had the strange word Starbucks engraved into the handle.  Guess where I bought that.  Ugh Starbucks.  The place where all coffees taste the same.

The Espro has features I've not seen anywhere else.  That said, I bought my Espro several years ago and that may have changed.  I know Bodum started making a double walled stainless steel pot but don't know much more about it than that.

Espro is a Canadian product and I bought one on the advice of a friend who lives in Nova Scotia.  It is one of the better things I've purchased.  These days, I'm always amazed when a product does what it advertises.

The Espro has a double basket plunger that insures no grounds will make it into your cup.  It also has a paper filter option for cleaner coffee if that is what you are looking for.  Pictured below is the double basket plunger set up.  You can see the sealing gasket along the top of the third basket from the left.  Furthest to the left is my tea plunger accessory.  That has never been used.  Call me crazy I prefer tea served in glass mugs or cups from a glass tea pot.

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This pic shows how the optional paper filter is installed.  I sometimes use this for hot coffee but always use it for cold brew.

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Paper filter correctly installed

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These units are not cheap but it should last forever and it is beautiful enough to deserve counter space.  I have, however, noticed the price has dropped since I bought mine and they do go on sale.

My one cup Bodum press is reserved for chai and rehydrating dried mushrooms.

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Arbuckle's Ariosa Blend, which is - as far as I can tell - closest to the original, if not The Original.

Black Rifle Coffee Company's Freedom Roast, which is also very good and well-balanced; bokd but not harsh.

At home, our coffee maker can accomodate both Kuerig-style pods or function as a regular drip coffee maker a la Mr. Coffee, so I have an opportunity to try many things. Current favorites are from Gevalia, both the Signature and Traditional Roasts. 

My tastes lean toward the dark and robust roasts or blends, as long as they are in balance. My ultimate yardstick determining whether I like it or not is, Does this coffee put me next to a campfire, which is un turn at the bank of some body of water in the mountina, on a nice, calm morning, regardless of the weather? If so, then chances are that I will like it....