Kneel Before the Coffee Maker

Rhonda got a new coffee maker, and I must say it looks like a futuristic machine that will take over our household (rise of the machines...).  Here are some photos of our old coffee maker and its beefed-up replacement (for the record, the old coffee maker made an entire pot of coffee while the one new makes only one cup at a time, yet it is more expensive -- I'm still wrapping my brain around that one).

Yes, our existing coffee pot had dried water spots on it, I don't need to hear about it ;-)

Here is your standard coffee maker.

And then there is a COFFEE MAKER!!!

I think it is watching me...

Be afraid, be very afraid.

In all fairness, the new coffee maker doesn't actually glow this brightly in the dark.  I took the last two photos with all the lights out and with a 30-second exposure.  It's actually just a slight glow that is not highly noticeable.  I was surprised in the last photo to see the individual rays of light coming from the main button -- click on the last photo to see it larger and see what I mean.  Neat!

The coffee maker also brews hot chocolate, hot tea, and even makes iced drinks.  Rhonda has tried one cup and said it tasted very good (we bought a variety box of the single cup ground coffee packets that the maker takes).