How to Make Better Drip Coffee at Home

 The automatic coffee maker doesn't get much love from coffee people.

Pour-over gets the beautiful slow-motion videos. Espresso gets the fancy machines. French press gets to look like it belongs in a cabin with a leather-bound journal.

The drip coffee maker? It sits on the counter and quietly does its job every morning. Usually before anyone in the house has managed to form a complete sentence.

And you know what? I respect that.