Coffee Makers Use More Energy than You Might Think It might surprise you to learn
the coffee maker in your kitchen uses more electricity than your refrigerator or washing ma- chine.
If you’re one of the millions
of Americans who rely on a cup of hot java to jump-start each day, consider these energy- saving tips:
• Don’t just turn your coffee
maker off when you’re finished with it; unplug it. Coffee mak- ers continue to use electricity as long as they are plugged in, even if the power is off. • Even the most basic drip
coffee makers usually are equipped with an automatic power-down function to shut the machine off between 20 minutes and four hours after the last batch is brewed. The most common time lapse between brewing and shut-down is two hours. To save energy, invest in a maker that allows you to manually program the auto shut-down, and set it for the shortest time, according to your coffee-drinking habits. • Most coffee makers con- sume more electricity while they’re keeping the pot warm than they do to brew the bever- age. Even if your machine auto- matically powers down after two hours, turn it off once you’ve had your fill of coffee. There’s no sense spending electricity to warm coffee that you’re going to pour down the drain later. • It takes less energy to reheat a cup of coffee in a microwave oven than to leave the coffee maker’s warming
tray turned on or to brew a new batch.
• Single-serving “pod” cof- fee makers have no warming
tray and brew coffee quickly, which reduces energy costs. Environmentalists, however, criticize the technology because most of the pods – small, plastic containers of ready-to-brew cof- fee – are disposable rather than reusable.
Send in Your Recipes for our Anniversary Cookbook!
new cookbook for the upcoming N Hidden
Account Number If you see your account
number in this newsletter, call our office, identify yourself and the number. We will credit your electric bill $25. The number may be located anywhere in the newsletter and is chosen at random. If you don’t know your account
number, call our office or look on your bill. To get the credit, you must call before the next month’s newsletter is mailed.
orthfork Electric is mak- ing plans to publish a
75th Anniversary of the coop- erative. NFEC will observe the anniversary in 2014.
When the earlier cookbook was published the cooperative relied on members to submit recipes. We are asking for your help once again. If you have a recipe you would be willing to share for the anniversary publication, please submit it to Romona White at 10810 N 1882 RD, Sayre, OK 73662, or at
sandstoneok@wildblue.net. Your help with this will be greatly appreciated. If you have questions you can call Romona at 928-9134.
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