According to coffee connoisseurs, Starbucks uses dark roast coffee beans commonly called French and Italian roast. Dark roasting actually destroys coffee beans flavor. In a coffee taste test done on the same month when Starbucks launched their Coffee Equipment Company acquisition, it was founded that dark roasts Aged Sumatra, Arabian Mocha Sanani, Kenya Nyeri Mathira, Kona, and Shakisso all had bitter taste. Units included in this type are pretty much standard and there s really nothing jaw-dropping about them. Single serve pod system This coffee maker is used by most offices these days since it doesn t make much of a mess. It requires less cleaning and less maintenance and it lets you play around with different flavors and blends them easily. The same thing if you are no fan of preparing coffee with cleanup or mess afterwards. These are the advantages you get when you choose and use the single cup coffee brewer. However, just like any other machine, there are also disadvantages to expect from single cup coffee makers. The choices of coffees will be limited for you, as in contradiction to the hundreds of types of ground coffee beans to be ground available in the market. It has three parts: a cylindrical pot for hot water, a container for coffee grounds, and a cylindrical pot for the finished brew. Coffee percolator is often made of aluminum which some people don t like as it interacts with the acid in the coffee. 2. Pumping Percolator - The popularity of this brewer can be attributed to the aroma of the coffee during brewing. It produces a single-serve cup using ground coffee sealed in a filter bag called a "pod." It is shaped like a percolator with the movable upper part bent forward. The pod is inserted inside the container and the snout is pressed down to extract the coffee. Nothing beats the freshly brewed taste of coffee and every kitchen must possess one of these coffee makers. The Biggin which started off in France in the 1800s has two levels. It has a pot holding coffee in the compartment above where water was poured to empty into the compartment which is the coffee pot underneath. During the same period, a French creator built the pumping percolator. It is a device in which boiling water in a base chamber pushes itself up a pipe and then drips or percolates all the way through the ground coffee back in the base chamber.