So coffee is my passion. It all depends on what you drink. If you just need the caffeine boost and don’t care about a decent cup of coffee, a drip is the way to go. in all seriousness, there are a few decent drips on the market. I haven’t had much success with them in comparison to other methods.
If not, the aeropress is a great device is you don’t mind fussing with a manual process for 225 grams of coffee. There are methods to get a little more, but I found that method to be more similar to an Americana than a standard cup. Still good though, but you’re going to need to buy whole bean and grind your own for the proper grind size. I found that pushing down on the plunger hurt my wrist after awhile, so I moved to pour over and espresso.
French presses produce a solid cup of coffee, but you’re doing to need much coarser grounds than you get pre-ground - need your own burr grinder again. The best part is you just fill it with hot water for 5 minutes, push down the ground,land, and that’s it.
The V60 (single cup) someone else linked to here and a chemex (up to 32 oz) are two great choices for a great quality pour over coffee (up with aeropress at the top IMO), but again it’s a manual option that takes 5-10 minutes including heating the water up. You could probably get away with pre-ground coffee for this option.
Don’t even bother with espresso makers. It’s a rabbit hole that will cost thousands of dollars to make something resembling coffee house espresso.
If you want the best cup of coffee, you need to buy your own beans. Some people roast their own, but I find that unnecessary and unreliable - roasters are generally experts/better than us at what they do. The coffee you get from the store is stale. Always. If it doesn’t have a roast date, it’s not fresh. Americans are typically accustomed to the stale flavor because we have never known better. And don’t even bother with the pre-ground, more surface area means it goes stale faster. Fun fact: people with cockroach allergies typically cannot drink preground
