Coffee Makers come in a huge variety of types, sizes and costs. To get the perfect coffee maker for you will actually take quire a bit of time to research the options available to you, to make trade off decisions about feature wants versus needs and to finally balance all of that against price and convenience of use.
My recommendation is to take all of the time necessary to make a good decision for your next coffee maker. You really want to get one of the best coffee makers that you can. Let’s face it, you start every day with your coffee maker already so you really do want your day to start off right. This IS a good place to splurge on yourself.
Once you get a great coffee maker the next thing you want to do is to again indulge yourself by buying GREAT coffee beans. Experiment on different types of beans, different roasting levels and different types of coffee drinks. You will soon find a few favorites and even some coffee drinks that are suited to a particular mood.