Tea or hot chocolate just doesn't cut it for me, I need my java and I need a lot of it.

Since I drink so much coffee I realized that the heater on my coffee maker was almost constantly on and that I could probably do something about this power consumption.

I started looking into alternatives to my normal coffee maker - something a little more energy conscious. I found these thermal carafe coffee makers and they seemed to make a lot of sense.

My thermal carafe coffee maker was purchased about a year ago and it cost me around $120 at the time. I'm guessing that because of the initial price it's probably not going to save me any money on electricity, but that really wasn't my point when I purchased it.

Since I'm also planning to go off grid in the near future I'm collecting and buying products that are more energy efficient so that my total electricity consumption will be reduced.

The thermal carafe coffee maker seems to be the way to go because it doesn't use the burner to keep the coffee warm, it drips into a thermos that doesn't allow the initial heat used to get the water up to the basket to escape. Since I drink coffee throughout the whole day, I'm saving a lot of energy by using this type of coffee maker.

It's true that with the extra money I used to buy a coffee maker like this I could have bought anywhere from 300 to 700 kilowatt hours of electricity which would keep a lot of coffee hot for a long time but later, when I'm living off grid, I'm not going to have to produce or store the extra electricity I'd need to keep my coffee hot so the extra expense on the coffee maker right now is worth it.

If you're a real coffee lover like me, I know that when you want a cup of coffee you're going to want it hot. You're going to want to be able to brew your coffee mild or strong or any way you like. I'm pretty sure that you're not going to want your coffee tasting burnt either. That's why, from one coffee-lover to another, I'm suggesting the Cuisinart DTC-975 Programable Auto Brew 12-Cup Coffeemaker to brew you a great cup of coffee that uses less energy and makes your energy footprint a little bit smaller.