Drip brewing is the most popular method of coffee brewing, owing to the overwhelming popularity of the automatic drip brewing coffee machine. There are, however, several manual drip-brewing devices on the market, offering a little more control over brewing parameters than automatic machines.
Compared to other brewing methods such as French press or Espresso, in which the brewing water doesn't go through a paper filter, drip brewing produces clear, light-bodied coffee, which is free of sediments but also of some of coffee's oils and essences which can get trapped in the paper filter.