Ready Set Joe Review

By Tara Ziegmont On October 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Gear, Gifts for Moms, Holiday Gift Guide, Mother's Day Gifts

My husband likes to start every morning with a cup of coffee. Untilnow, he’s been making a small pot of coffee and dumping most of it downthe drain or trying to save it for a second day. Neither of theseoptions is ideal, but he really likes that morning cup, and a daily aconvenience store run is not in our budget. The Melitta Ready Set Joe has solved our problem.

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The Melitta Ready Set Joe is a very simple device. At first glance, the Ready Set Joe is nothing more than a plastic funnel sitting on top of a coffee cup. I was dubious about it, but we tried it anyway.

To use the Ready Set Joe , you put a #2 filter inside the funnel (Ready Set Joecomes with a small sample pack of fileters.), add a scoop of coffee orloose tea, pour hot water in, wait, and then pour more hot water in. That’s it. Really.

What we like about Ready Set Joe

Ready Set Joeis perfect for its purpose – to brew one cup of coffee or tea, quicklyand simply. My husband’s coffee was perfect. He said it tasted exactlythe same as what comes out of his coffee pot. My tea was a bit weakerthan I prefer, but really okay.

Ready Set Joe is inexpensive. You can buy it with a ceramic mug or with a plastic travel mug, and the set is well under $10.

What we didn’t like about Ready Set Joe

The Ready Set Joe is not designed for tea. As I mentioned above, itmade an okay cup of tea, but it would have been better if it hadsteeped a bit longer.

You have to refill the funnel twice because it isn’t the same size as the mug. This second step bugged my husband, but not enough that he stopped using the Ready Set Joe. He’s still using it in the morning and in the evening two weeks after we received it.

Be aware that the Ready Set Joe isn’t going to replace your full-sizedcoffee pot. If you need more than a cup or two, you won’t want to usethe Ready Set Joe. In that case, a full-sized coffee pot would bebetter.

The bottom line on Ready Set Joe

I would buy a Ready Set Joe, and I would recommend it for any coffeedrinker on your gift list. In fact, I think I’m going to buy one for myDad for Christmas.

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Tara is a freelance writer/editor and high school teacher whoprides herself on being a little crunchy and a lot quirky. She lovesfood, photography, and crafts, but really Feels like home when she’s being silly with her husband and their toddler.

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About The Author

Tara Ziegmont

Tara is a wife and mother of two small girls who left a 10-year career as a high school science teacher to be an at-home mom, professional blogger and social media consultant. She has been publishing Feels Like Home (http://FeelsLikeHomeBlog.com) since 2007, where she encourages her readers through a variety of posts: food and cooking tips, craft ideas, home management hints, and a myriad of parenting (mis)adventures that help make her readers’ lives easier – or at least make them laugh. Currently serving as an Ambassador for Similac Strong Moms and Arm & Hammer's Switch to Save program, a Blogger Advocate for Mizkan, and a member of MomAgenda's Council of Media Moms, Tara is the featured Life at Home blogger at Sonsi Living (http://SonsiLiving.com). Tara also operates an Etsy shop called Violet Elephant (http://VioletElephant.Etsy.com), a local blog called Harrisburg Area Moms (http://HarrisburgAreaMoms.com), and encourages other bloggers through speaking engagements at conferences including Type-A Parent and Bloggy Boot Camp.

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