Technivorm Moccamaster 79318 KBGT thermal Carafe 10-Cup Coffee Maker 40 Ounce, Off-White 1.25l

I'm an engineer who has worked from my home office for more than 20 years, and coffee is an important part of my day. I typically brew either 6 or 7 pots of coffee at home per week, and I have e-cycled more than my share of coffee brewers that failed after a year or two. I invested in this model after reading a lot of online reviews and reading its documentation, and I'm quite happy with its quality and the quality of the coffee it brews. As an engineer, I appreciate designs that anticipate the need for preventive maintenance as well as repair. The Moccamaster is easily disassembled for cleaning, and easy disassembly also means easy repair. Removable parts fit together with simple, clean interlocks, gravity, and (in one case) friction, and the friction fit drip nozzle arm is metal-to-silicone, not cheap plastic. After months of heavy use, I can see no signs of wear, nor is it becoming loose or sloppy. The coffee tastes great. I would not consider myself a coffee scholar, but I know what I like, and I care enough to purchase whole-bean coffee from a local roaster and to grind each day's coffee fresh in the morning, not in batches. Insulated thermal carafe, rather than an actively warmed pot, is the ONLY way to go if you care about coffee flavor, unless you are sharing with others and will drink a whole pot in a short time. Coffee that is continuously heated after brewing will rapidly acquire a stale, burned taste. It's vile! This carafe is very well insulated. I brew a pot in the morning, fill an insulated mug right away, then replace the open brewing cap on the carafe with the thermal-sealed lid. The remaining coffee in the carafe is still nicely warm at noontime or even at the end of my workday and remains drinkably warm until I finish the last of it in the evening. (For reference, I don't mind if the coffee is just warm rather than staying hot -- it's worth it to avoid the stale taste.) The fully sealed thermal lid is important, and without it the coffee would not stay warm for long. There are some minor things I think could be improved about this model, and one "important usage tip" that I will share with other purchasers here. First, I wish there was a way to slow the rate of water flow into the grounds, to brew a slightly stronger pot of coffee. That's personal preference, of course. This brewer does a nice, smooth brew using water at the correct temperature, but since I take the trouble to buy good coffee, I'd prefer if the water spent more time in the grounds to absorb a bit more of that richness. Second, I'd like to see a pouring lip on the carafe. The carafe is made of spun stainless steel, and the pouring rim is a perfect circle. It works fine with the open brewing cap in place, but once you swap for the thermal cap, you have to unscrew that just the right amount to avoid a wider stream that can miss the cup. The circular lip doesn't really help to narrow the stream, whereas I think a modest outward bend in the lip, opposite the handle, would take care of this problem. I've done some sheet metal work as a hobby and have considered trying this as a DIY modification, but since it's stainless steel I'm nervous about deforming the threaded fitting for the lid. Finally, I'll offer this tip about a problem I encountered, and how I've solved it. Every so often, I found that the coffee would overflow the filter cone and make a mess all over the countertop and floor. At first, I thought the valve under the filter was becoming clogged, but careful cleaning didn't solve the problem. My next theory was that the filter paper was pressing too tightly against the inside of the brewing cone and blocking flow, so I checked to make sure there was a gap at the bottom of the filter paper (there are small plastic ribs inside the cone designed to assure clearance around the sides of the filter). This still didn't solve the problem. I tried varying the grind, thinking perhaps I was grinding too fine and the coffee itself was obstructing the flow, but that didn't help, either. I finally figured out what was happening and solved it. The problem was *too much* gap at the bottom of the filter, not too little! The rate of water flow in this brewer is such that the coffee filter *almost* fills to its brim during normal operation. When there's too much gap below the filter paper, the pool of water and coffee grounds touches the drip nozzles, and there is enough volume displaced that it can overflow the paper cone. *Then* the exit hole becomes plugged, and you've got a mess. The solution was simple: When placing the coffee and filter into the brewing chamber, gently press it down to be sure it is seated fully, and that the filter's seam is bent aside to allow it to settle all the way into the plastic housing. I've not had a single overflow since I figured this out. Aside from the very minor quibbles (not being able to increase brew strength, and the lack of a shaped pouring spout on the carafe), I'm quite happy with the Moccamaster overall, and I am glad I finally spent the money to get a durable, well-designed coffee maker. I debated between four stars and five stars, but the two minor quibbles were not enough to deduct a star from a product that is working very well for me and which I use almost every day.

This coffee maker is the crème de la crème of all coffee makers. If you’re debating on purchasing, STOP NOW AND DO IT. I spent hours upon hours of researching for the best coffee makers out there. I was tired of dealing with cheap coffee makers that were once known for being great. I purchase the best quality coffee. Just so happens that a friend owns his own coffee plantation and roasts his beans as well. It’s amazing coffee from Panama and I wanted to get the full flavor of his coffee. I took the plunge and ordered the Moccamaster Technivorm with the 10 cup capacity. Here are my takeaways: -Brews FAST -Brews exactly the cups that you want. If you want 4 cups, you get 4 cups. -It’s HOT without adding hot water. -It’s easy to assemble -It’s easy to clean -Brews the coffee exceptionally well with zero bitterness. You get the full flavor of your grounds. Perks: I’m typically a little coffee with my cream and sugar type. Being diagnosed as borderline type 2 diabetic had me changing up things. I love heavy whipping cream as my creamer and I’m usually a heaping 2 tablespoons of sugar gal. I switched to erythritol a year ago, with half sugar. This coffee maker has me doing leveled teaspoon of erythritol and a 1/4 of a teaspoon of sugar. I feel like I’m actually going to be able to go to only erythritol, then maybe no sugar at ALL with this coffee maker. Never in a million years would I have thought that possible. So, although it’s pricier than your average coffee maker, it’s worth it in many ways. I’m getting my coffee grounds fully brewed. The taste is exceptional. I have already reduced the amount of sweetener. Run and buy this coffee maker!!

A truly great coffee machine. I've had mine several months and am still in love with it. Makes consistently delicious coffee; works right out of the box. You don't really even have to read the directions. I did because I was so excited to have it. lol. I love the design - both form and function. I bought this mostly for health reasons. I'll go there and circle back to COFFEE. So, most coffee makers allow the hot water to interface with all the plastic components. Hear me out. It's common sense. Heat increases the leaching of bisphenols (BPA, BPS, BPF), phthalates, dioxins, and other toxins (microplastics) that get stored in us. Not good. Estrogenic, toxic > crushes hormones, ED, estrogen dominance, liver/kidney damage, neurotoxicity, immune suppression, cardiovascular damage, microbiome damage/leaky gut, INFERTILITY, prostate/testicular/breast CANCER. This device uses BPA-free plastics where any surfaces interface with water/coffee. Ok. Let's talk coffee. I LOVE this machine. Ugh. So great. I mean, yes, as with any brewing device, you have to get the grind size right. With most commercially ground coffee's, you're good to go. Just get the amount of coffee right. I'll come back to that. I buy specialty whole beans and grind them. Too course: weak and under-extracted. Too fine: over-extracted and bitter. Again, critical to brewing coffee: you have to get the water-to-bean ratio right. Sorry. Some people just don't know this stuff. If you like strong coffee and are grinding your beans, I'd chatGPT what that ratio should be. Buy a cheap digital scale on Amazon. I measure to get the correct dose based on what I like. But aside from all of that, this machine brews to perfection. The water gets heated adequately to extract whereas with a Mr Coffee type machines, not so much. The word I'd use to describe the coffee I get from the Moccamaster: SMOOTH. More words: Delicious. Mind-blowing. My wife loves it as much as me. I don't see how you can go wrong with this machine. Oh, and get the one with the carafe! (this model, duh) Why? Coffee sitting on any burner BURNS in some ridiculously short amount of time. You don't want that. Think convenient store coffee. No. So for that reason, I love the carafe. Keeps the coffee warm. Comes with a different lid for that. So they provide a lid that allows the coffee to brew and drip into the carafe and yes, you can pour perfectly from that after it brews. But if you wanna keep it hot for long, you use their other cap. You just tighten and un-tighten to pour. Can't go wrong. Hand assembled. Great warranty. Looks cool in your kitchen. People swoon :) You will swoon.

I purchased this product because of the Americas Test Kitchen rating and the claim that it was well designed and thought out. After 15 or 20 years my MR Coffee thermal carafe model failed. I tried to move up in the world of coffee makers and paid ridiculous amounts for a supposedly better product. The construction and manufacture of the Technivorm are fine. It does deliver 208 degree water to the top of the coffee grounds and consistently completes a pot of coffee in about 6 minutes. The coffee is not bitter and generally is very good. However the major deal breaking deficiency is that the delivered coffee is not hot enough nor as hot as the old 50 dollar Mr Coffee model. I used a Thermo Pen to measure the water temperature going into the grounds at about 205F -208F. The coffee temperature coming out of the grounds is about 171F. The nice hot coffee drops more than 35 degrees during transport from the top of the grounds to the thermal carafe. The cause is obvious - a stream of fresh coffee flows about 1/2 tp 1 inch in open air - the stream is essentially designed to cool the coffee. The MR Coffee had a different set up for the transfer of the coffee stream from the grounds to the carafe - and I think it worked better. I tried very hard to overcome this Technivorm design flaw by preheating he carafe. Tap water was not enough so I purchased (yeah - I sunk good money after bad) a 4 liter Zojrushi hot water heater and preheated the thermal carafe with 208F water. Despite this the coffee temperature drops too low after a short time in the carafe. I called the Technivorm and was pleased that a real person answered and conducted a pleasant unrushed conversation with me. Unfortunately he indicated it was unreasonable to expect the coffee to stay warm for more than a few minutes and I should have purchased the electric heater model if I wanted the coffee to remain drinkable an hour or so. I pointed out that my old Mr Coffee did this easily but he offered that I could return the purchase the Amazon as he did not want and unsatisfied customer. I think the fatal design flaw for this product is the stream of coffee which is open to the air as it transits from the grounds to the thermal carafe. If the 208F water actually made it into the carafe any where near 200F the carafe could likely keep the coffee much warner for a reasonable time period. I really was into this purchase and tried for several weeks but I can only recommend this if you plan to consume all the coffee within about 30 minutes and even then you may find the coffee too cool to fully enjoy.

I love this new machine, it works well. The coffee tastes great for a drip. Now I like the design but have found one issue. Three times my wife used the machine and the decanter was not completely against the machine so the coffee overflowed. My suggestion is that there should be a switch that turns off the machine if the decanter is not in place. The mess if you get it wrong is awesome. the plastic round stand that comes with the machine for the decanter to sit on is slick and the decanter can easily topple of it. So my wife made the mistake three times and I have had to put a sign warning people to check the decanter is snug against the unit. Again love the coffee and a suggestion due an issue that came up with our usage.

You don't like long detailed reviews than stop here and just buy this coffeemaker. If you want details read on.... Just as a brief background I have been a coffee drinker for more than 25 years and have owned practically every high-end coffeemaker available. Some live up to part of their hype but none that I have experienced actually deliver 100% of the manufacturer's claims. The most recent machine that I've used is by Remington which was called icoffee. Admittedly, this was a very clever idea of using a machine to produce a French press like coffee. The downside is the company has terrible customer service, the machine falls apart in every way imaginable, and the really just should not be that much maintenance in making coffee. This thing required constant cleaning and disassembling it was a pain. It did however brew coffee in a very unique way by circulating a reservoir full of coffee grinds with your boiling water to produce a very strong near oily coffee. If that's your thing, and if the company is still in business, then go with that. I have also owned a commercial Bunn multi-hotplate coffeemakers which in my opinion produce some of the best coffee money can buy. The problem with those is that unless you own a gas station they are hideous and are inappropriate for nearly anyone's home. Probably the best bang for your buck and by far the most substantially built unit but again it's commercial and looks like it. This thing is built like a Mercedes and will last for 20 years... But again, even the single pot coffeemakers are very unattractive. I buy a lot of items on Amazon due to verify customer reviews. This coffeemaker rates off the charts in customer satisfaction and quality. For over $300 it had better so I figured I would give it a chance (my icoffee finally broke). It is a very attractive piece for anyone's kitchen but the amazing thing is that it really performs as well as the manufacturer's claims and the reviews you read online. Go to any search engine and type in the name of this brewer with the word "reviews" after it and you will be impressed. Throughout the world people rave about the quality of this machine. They can now add me as one more totally satisfied customer. This coffee maker practically has a cult like following, it really is something. The coffee that this machine produces is perfectly on the line of strong and smooth. There is no bitter aftertaste or watery coffee just perfectly brewed coffee and exactly the correct temperature. Many years ago a friend of mine who owns a couple of McDonald's told me that the secret is in the temperature and the grind. He was correct, this machine uses copper coils to properly heat water to exactly the right temperature which then cools as it passes through the grinds. What you get is perhaps the best tasting coffee money can buy. As I leave all of my Amazon reviews, I will simply state that if you don't believe me or if all of the reviews have convinced you, give it a shot… If you don't like it this is a prime item and Amazon will take it back no questions asked. You literally have nothing to lose. ps the $300 price tag is a big pill to swallow up front for coffeemaker.. Make a couple of pots (I strongly suggest the one with the stainless steel carafe not the glass coffee pot) and I firmly believe that you will feel that it was $300 well spent.

Best drip coffee. Period. LONG warranty. Wanted one of these for a decade! Maybe just a little fussy to prepare for next pot. Quiet. Makes what they call 10 cups max. 8 of these cups total 1 liter, if that helps. Carafe of this model is a real thermos and keeps coffee warm a very long time. Many, many models to choose from. Suggest you look carefully.

Update (7 months of daily use): We use this every day. A couple quick observations, first that the latest model of carafe we didn’t care for. Handle felt cheap, and the look just isn’t as fun as the original. There are however, benefits to the glass lining, so if you like the new one, that’s great. Also, I read several reviews that talk about overflowing baskets. We never had that issue, but make sure you crease the filters and get the proper grind size. I also read that people complain about how many parts are involved with daily use (basket, lid, water cover., etc.) and while I can understand the frustration, in the end it’s better to keep everything clean. So many machines that are easier to use, less fiddly, hide oils, grinds, and other contaminates in areas you really can’t ever clean. So it’s nice to have the ability to really take things off and deep clean. Finally, I can’t stress enough how using a smart plug with more advanced timing capabilities has really changed the way we prepare the night before and brew early in the morning. Definitely recommend that. Overall we are still very happy with it, and have done about 4 full descale and tabz cleaning sessions and it all comes out as new. Original Review: We use this every day, replacing an old worn out drip brewer from 10+ years ago. Figured it was time for an upgrade to a simpler machine that’ll last us many, many years to come. FYI, our machine came with the OLD carafe, not the new glass lined carafe shown in the photos. Pros: - Can be used with a smart plug for a far more advanced setup with scheduling. - Brews an excellent cup of coffee. If you can use a scale, do so. 69-71 grams of coffee for 1.25L of water is a good ratio. You can tweak to get a stronger or lighter brew with your grinds and extraction. - Easy to clean and maintain, descale every 100 batches or so depending on how hard your water is. - Urnex TABZ or CAFIZA work great for removing oils and stains in carafes. - Workflow is easy to manage whether you prep night before or setup in the morning. - Serviceable with Mochamaster offering most parts to replace by the user. - Latest model includes a smaller, right angle plug (US model) that makes countertop use much easier. - Polished silver really disappears if you have a lighter kitchen as we do, versus say, black, red, or stone grey. Cons: - If you need programmability, look elsewhere, or use a smart plug (which is arguably better anyway). - Lots of parts, but not over the top, just something to keep in mind. - Simple machine with no bells and whistles to adjust anything, but expect a Gold cup of coffee (SCAA rating) which arguably doesn’t need adjusting. - It’s pretty tall, but so are many machines now. So keep that in mind for under cabinet use. - Approved sticker (see photo) is lame. Hand applied and crooked which I guess gives it ‘character’?!? - Wish they had more color selection in this model.