I’m currently looking at getting a drip coffee pot. Can you recommend one?

I'll jump in here and suggest a Technivorm Moccamaster. As simple as possible but no simpler. It has an "ON" switch. Excellent drip brewer. Widely available. Handmade in EU. Five year warranty. All parts available and serviceable. Design has not changed materially for decades. Certified by European Coffee Brewing Center and the Specialty Coffee Association.

Where I'm coming from: I'm picky about coffee making and am not interested in the espresso investment for home. So I made delicious Chemex and Hario pourovers for myself, family, and friends for 15 years because I never thought I'd enjoy the compromises of a drip coffee maker. I was wrong. The Moccamaster makes an excellent half or full carafe, consistently, every time. And I don't suffer Pourover Interruptus on busy mornings. The thermal carafe version was my choice. No regrets.

Thanks I’ve been looking at that one. I love the aesthetic and simplicity. I’d like an auto start option, but it’s not a deal breaker.

Glad to hear you e got such great use out of it!

I'll second this. I've had a Moccamaster for 15 years and I suspect it'll last another 15. The version with the thermal carafe is simple, durable, and makes excellent coffee.

It depends on how much you care about coffee. If you care enough to freshly grind everyday, weigh the coffee, weigh the water, etc. then you probably just want a simple V60 pourover (or Chemex if you want something fancier). Aeropress is also good and my personal favorite brewing method.

If you want something to produce a vat of coffee in the morning on a timer, which is totally understandable, there are some good options. Buy whatever James likes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8eYs2vxT-8 (I watched the video 2 years ago and forget ;)

The problem I have is keeping coffee fresh for how little I drink. I ended up switching over to a subscription service that just sends me frozen single-cup pods of coffee. It's pretty good and very easy to make; just add to hot water. It's like $70 for 32 pods, though, so not particularly economical if you drink a lot of coffee. But it is easy and the coffee is fine.

I do weigh the coffee, but only because I’m making a custom mix of pre-ground decaf and caf coffee in the morning (I can’t mix too much caffeine with my Concerta).

My favourite methods to date are Moka pot, and French press. So I reckon the vat of coffee approach is probably they way. I reckon my favourite from the hoff video is the Technoworm.

I'm not a coffee connoisseur (and honestly could only spell that because of autocarrot), but for me beans are hands down more important than any other part of the brewing process until you get to absurdly expensive.

So we got a Krups grind and brew unit, though the exact model we have isn't available anymore, it's been going strong for maybe 7 years without any issues. It has a hopper you can just fill with beans and it grinds an approximation of the right amount for home much coffee you want (and you can put water in the night before and set it to have coffee brewed when you get up). My only complaint for our particular model is the burr is really loud, but I don't recall if it's always been that loud or it's just beginning to get old.

[edit: this is an addendum because I saw u/emptybits suggestion and just wanted to acknowledge that it's a nicer brewer but I'm a pleb and here's the reasoning I have for preferring my lazy-omatic brewer (maybe I should trademark the name?) :D] It's not as expensive (or as nice looking) as the Technivorm that u/emptybits recommends, and I would absolutely expect better extraction from the technivorm as well (at least vs our model, which has the very old school single drip point), but the convenience of a single appliance is honestly more important to me than the price difference. I think there's also an element of how much the ritual of coffee making matters to you? I don't care at all, so it's just an appliance in the corner, and there's the other extreme where people have millions of gadgets and/or siphon brewers (which I admit do look super fun, but they also apparently don't even produce good coffee?).

One thing I do wish is there was a thermal carafe option for our unit, even though it does keep the element going to keep the coffee warm I do think that even I can taste some harshness after it's been sitting on the warmer for a while, and then when the warmer does disengage it becomes cold very quickly.

Thanks, I like the idea of a grinder. To be honest I’m not even bothered by using ground coffee. Right now I mostly use a Moka pot or french press, with Illy/Lavazza preground coffee.