Pricey, but it does performI've had one of these for a couple of years now. It consistently brews great coffee, from 1 to about 5 cups.
It brews a full pot very quickly, in maybe 5 minutes, at a great temperature.
The metal thermal carafe keeps the coffee warm for 2 hours or more.
It has a very large footprint and very thick cord, which could be an issue if you've limited counterspace.
The price is steep (thank you for the gift, dear wife) and Amazon's price is pretty much what it costs anywhere.
But if you spend the money to buy really good coffee, and maybe grind the beans yourself, this will get you the true, best taste from your efforts.
If you want a less-expensive coffeemaker that seems to come close to this, check out the BONAVITA BV-1800 AUTOMATIC COFFEE BREWER.
*THE* Coffeemaker ...you can stop looking nowThe Technivorm Moccamaster is a marvel. And, believe me, I did enough research beforehand to assure myself that such a description was probably true, just on account of the price. Woo! I have never paid so much for a coffeemaker! I have, however, owned 8 of them in 30 years. That's just not right. What I knew going in was that none of the 8 coffeemakers I have owned measured up to this one --some because the technology/market demand wasn't "there" yet and others because they just aren't as good, even though they had major brand recognition and lots of rave reviews and some even worked pretty well.
The most important thing I have learned during all my years of coffeeholism is something I learned doing this research: The water that brews your coffee has to be between 195-205 degrees; otherwise, there's virtually no possibility that the flavor can be extracted from the ground beans. I guess grinding the coffee beans right before you brew counts for a lot, too, but I...
My Masterful MoccamasterThe Technivorm Moccamaster KTBS is a simple brewer: it has no grinder, no clock, no auto-brew function and no prompt to decalcify or clean the machine. It is simple. It is uncomplicated.
It has an on/off switch, a toggle on the basket that controls flow rate (no flow, medium flow and full flow), and a button that does not allow the machine to brew until the carafe is in place depressing the button. The number of features is underwhelming.
The Technivorm Moccamaster KTBS is not a particularly good-looking machine--at least not initially. The Bunn Phase Brewer is a dazzling-looking machine with nearly all of the features mentioned above. The KTBS is a short, squat machine that doesn't have the counter appeal of the Phase or many other brewers. The KTBS is simply the better brewer.
I consider myself a beginner/intermediate coffee drinker. The extent of my brewing knowledge can be summarized in the following paragraph:
Run through the brew cycle...
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