Speaking of coffee...

I have one of these.
I love it.  The features--especially the one that grinds the beans and dumps them into the filter--are awesome.

Yeah, that's right.  It's one of the grind and brew coffeemakers.

It has a programmable timer.  Load the beans, put in the water and filter, and set the timer.  It can be ready before your alarm goes off.

It comes with a permanent filter basket.  If you want, you don't ever have to pay for paper filters again.

It uses a charcoal water filter in the reservoir.  Believe me, it makes the coffee a lot better, and there's no need to pay extra for spring water.

It's got a grind-off button for use with pre-ground coffee (like store bought decaf--which I do buy and use, since you can now purchase Gevalia coffee at Walmart).

It has a very soft alarm that beeps five times when the coffee is done, and twice when the pot turns itself off.

However, it does have its flaws.

First, you can replace your alarm clock with the programmable timer, especially in a smaller residence: the grinder sounds like a race car taking off, at about the same decibel range.  Scared the crap out of the kids, at first, and still terrifies the dog.

Second, the way it's built, the steam from the coffee making drifts up into the grinder hopper and turns any residue into sludge.  Yes, you can pull the hopper to clean and/or fill it, but it's a pain to clean, and it has to be totally dry before you can put new beans in to brew more coffee.  Otherwise, the mesh that keeps the beans from being dumped into the filter clogs, and so does the spout.

Third, the permanent filter basket, while creating a better pot of coffee than paper filters, does tend to not catch all of the grounds.  Some of the ground coffee is fine enough to be washed right through the mesh and into the pot, creating a fine sludge at the bottom. 

Overall, though, the features outweigh the flaws.  I've had it for a bit over a year, now, and love it even when I've forgotten to clean it up and set it up the night before.