I tried Pam's suggestion and poured boiling water into the coffee filled coffee filter (covered by another filter) and it worked fairly well. Better than no coffee at all!

I'm waiting for DS to get here so I can go to the store. I'll get a cheap-o model at the grocery store to use until I can get a "real" one!

The one that just broke was what I considered a cheap-o model and it lasted for nearly 2 years!