We've used a Cuisinart drip coffee maker for decades because of ease-of-use. Fill it up, let it brew. However, when we were first married, I had a ceramic pot with a water-and-grounds basket assembly to perch on the recessed rim of the pot. Measure grounds into the basket, press the water reservoir into the basket till secure, and pour measured hot water into the water reservoir. Very good coffee! While in college, Himself had a plastic coffee cone that supported the filter over the cup you brewed your coffee into. One cup, fresh, at a time. So very old school - and now known as the trendy, hipster "pour over" coffee". What's old is new again...