Like many people, I prefer that no one talk to me before I’ve had at least one cup of coffee in the morning . So, when the coffee pot I’d had since 2020 finally kicked the bucket earlier this summer, I was faced with quite a dilemma.

Trying to waste as little time as possible when procuring its replacement, I turned to Amazon to find a new no-frills coffee pot — that is, a model that would get me my caffeine fix without costing a fortune — in a pinch. Thanks to my Prime membership , the Black + Decker 12-Cup Digital Coffee Maker was magically sitting on my kitchen counter two days later, brewing its first of many pots of coffee.

Black + Decker 12-Cup Digital Coffee Maker

$41 at Amazon

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