A reader asked in a comment about humidity in the pantry with the coffee maker in there. First, we have very low humidity here. We do keep the door open and the drawer pulled out when he’s making and drinking coffee.
He uses the Zojirushi Coffee Maker, which is a carafe style. The bottom (where the pot sits) does not heat up. The insulated carafe is what keeps the coffee hot.
Coffee Maker
There’s very little steam that escapes from this coffee maker. You can see the short distance between where the coffee comes out and the lid and the coffee comes out in a jet and then it kinda closes itself back up so that no steam escapes. The coffee would stay just as hot even if Vince took the carafe off the coffee maker and set it on the counter while there’s coffee in it.
I don’t drink coffee and Vince usually drinks one cup in the morning on weekdays and then fills a thermos type cup to take with him. Then he dumps the pot and cleans it so there’s very little time that there’s hot coffee actually in the pot.
Our household is probably not the typical coffee drinking household and if you use one of those coffee pots that has a lot of steam generated, I would not recommend putting it in a closed pantry.
Sherrill says
You guys find the most unusual products! I’ve never heard of Zojirushi (but like I said, I don’t drink coffee). I had purchased a Keurig for DH for Christmas one year and he said it was the BEST present he’d ever received! HA But when he passed, I asked the family if anyone wanted it and my son took it. So anyone who comes over to my house doesn’t even have the option of a cup of coffee. Does that make me a bad hostess?! 🙂
JudyL says
Not at all! I don’t drink coffee and don’t even know how to make it so I never serve it.
Judy H says
I understand your desire to keep the counters cleaned off, but I would be very loathe to sacrifice my pantry space to a coffee maker. I wouldn’t want to reach around it and deal with it in the way all the time. Maybe if I had a much larger pantry, but not with the one I have!
We have a Zojirushi bread machine, and it is wonderful! I think they make good products. We’ve had our bread machine for 20 years. I don’t use it every day, but I use it often enough that I’m surprised it’s still going strong! It makes wonderful pizza dough! 🙂
Katherine says
I have a Zojirushi bread machine as well. Still going strong after 24 years. For years we made all our bread and still use it about twice a week.
diane - FL says
What a great idea! I have on my To Do list the make-over of my pantry. It has the wire shelves which are good for circulation but that is all. I have a nice size pantry but it could use better shelves and more thought put into it to make it a more useable. Right now even though I have plenty of shelves and room I still have stuff on the floor. I hate it but the shelves won’t hold the weight.
Donna in KS says
In our previous home, I had two double door pantries! My husband did not want the microwave sitting out so it went into one of the cabinets when the kitchen was remodeled and the cabinets were built. Some people questioned that, but the doors were open when microwave was used and only certain items were kept in that pantry. Boy, do I miss all that space! Work with what one has!
Maxi says
I, too, have the Zojirushi bread maker and just love it. We’ve had several but this one makes the best large, perfect loaves of bread. Now I will check into the coffee maker.
Sure like your new kitchen!