There are a lot of variables that go into brewing the perfect cup of coffee. And unless you fancy yourself an aficionado, you probably don't sweat the details. So why not let Technivorm's Mochamaster sweat them for you. It ensures the perfect water temperature while brewing so all you have to worry about is whether you …

If the minimalist aesthetic in your kitchen is cramping your ability to brew up a cup of joe whenever you need a caffeine boost, Scanomat's Top Brewer keeps all the grinding and brewing hardware under the counter, out of sight.

Some people (ahem, Matt Buchanan) claim that the coffee maker is the worst of all possible brewing methods. Maybe so—but it's still a machine that bazillions of people use daily.

If you find the look of a typical espresso maker, with all its dainty knobs and levers, lacking in character, you're not alone. Israeli design student Schmuel Linkski's concrete-encased Lavazza unit is a bold ode to refinement and durability.

What was my Lifechanger? Hmmmm...iPhone? iPad? Macbook Pro? Let's dig back a little deeper…Airplane? The1MB original-style Mac (with external 20 MB hard disk), on which I wrote my Ph.D. thesis? Radio Shack TRS-80? Nope, it was a coffee maker!

The iMac CS: A Coffeemaker, Subwoofer and Mac Mini All-In-One. You don't even know why you want it.

Here's a fantastic idea for a product: A coffee maker that responds to voice commands...just not a voice command to "make me some freaking coffee!"

For the first recipe in our MacGyver Chef series, I tackled one of the lowliest of kitchen gadgets: The coffee maker. Since it sucks at brewing coffee, I wondered if there was some other use for it...

While fine espresso makers are the exception, coffee makers often fail to inspire through new, fresh design. But this wedge-shaped coffee maker concept by design student Kamil Kurka is striking, if nothing else.

Designer Alisson Wilson Ströher's IMO coffee maker is intended to be a compact, practical solution to household coffee making—but it looks like he picked up aesthetic cues from the HAL exoskeleton.