Good Housekeeping, Good Better Best: All About Coffee: The Best Coffee Makers for Your Money & Smart Tips for a Better Brew with Eva Bleyer
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 106 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Good Housekeeping, Good Better Best: All About Coffee: The Best Coffee Makers for Your Money & Smart Tips for a Better Brew with Eva Bleyer
The Not Old Better Show, Good Better Best Interview Series
☕🚨 Is Your Coffee Maker Ruining Your Morning?
We talk endlessly about productivity 📈, performance 🎯, optimization ⚙️, and daily habits.
But when was the last time you examined the one ritual millions rely on every single morning?
☕ Coffee.
In our latest episode of The Not Old Better Show, I sat down with Eva Bleyer, Reviews Analyst at the Good Housekeeping Institute 🧪, to ask a deceptively simple — and surprisingly revealing — question:
👉 Is your coffee maker helping your brew… or quietly sabotaging it?
What followed was not a casual conversation about gadgets. It was a masterclass in precision 🎛️, temperature control 🌡️, grind size ⚡, maintenance 🧼, and smarter purchasing decisions 💡.
Small variables. Massive impact.
Because here's the truth: details matter. In the test kitchen. In business. In leadership. In life.
We also explored how evolving lifestyles — downsizing 🏡, living solo, simplifying routines 🧘♂️ — should change the tools we choose. The "best" option is rarely the most expensive 💰. It's the one aligned with who you are now.
There's something powerful about refining the ordinary.
A better cup of coffee may seem small. But elevating daily rituals can sharpen focus 🧠, reduce waste ♻️, conserve money 💵, and bring greater intention to how we start our day.
If you value evidence over hype 📊, insight over marketing noise 📣, and practical wisdom you can apply immediately — this conversation is for you.
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://notoldbettershow.info/NewEpisode
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Not Old Better Show, good housekeeping interview series on radio and podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | The show covering all things health, wellness, culture, kitchen, cooking, and more. |
| 0:13.1 | The show for all of us who aren't old. |
| 0:15.3 | We're better. |
| 0:16.2 | Each week, we'll interview superstores, experts, and ordinary people, doing extraordinary things, |
| 0:22.7 | all related to this wonderful experience of getting better, not just older. Now here's your host, |
| 0:28.7 | the award-winning Paul Vogelsang. |
| 0:35.1 | Thank you. I'm Paul Vogelsang, and welcome to the Good Housekeeping Magazine, Good, Better, Best Interviews series. Today we are all about coffee. The best coffee makers for your money and smart tips for a better brew with Eva Blyer. What if I told you the most important part of your morning routine? |
| 0:54.9 | I'd be letting you down. |
| 0:56.9 | That familiar hum. |
| 0:59.4 | That first aroma drifting through the kitchen, that first sip you've counted on for years. |
| 1:05.8 | Coffee isn't just a drink. |
| 1:07.0 | It's a ritual. |
| 1:08.0 | It's memory. |
| 1:08.6 | It's comfort. |
| 1:09.9 | And for many of us in the not old better show audience, |
| 1:12.9 | it is a daily reset button. But here's the question. Is your coffee maker helping your brew |
| 1:19.9 | or quietly hurting it today on the not old better show good, better best interview series? |
| 1:27.1 | We're talking all about coffee and not in a |
| 1:29.7 | trendy kind of over the top way. We're getting practical, smart, evidence based, as a matter of |
| 1:35.3 | fact, because whether you're living solo, downsizing your kitchen or simply wanting a better cup |
| 1:41.5 | without spending a fortune, you deserve coffee that works for you. |
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