Bruce Aguilar do you find it makes a terrible sound when it brews? I just bought one and the machine made this horrible electronic/mechanic sound while running 😫

Sunday mornings with Gail, PLEASE!!! :D

Cyrille Beenhackker I think that's the actual purpose of this "review".

I'm with you: Gail should just have her own show reviewing all things coffee.

yes please a followup with a reviiew of the pour over function. Love Gail's reviews, always interested, informative, concise, pleasantly voiced and best of all brings a genuine sense of humor and fun, to a topic can easily become too too pretentious and precious for its own good.

Hmm

You poor thing

Kitaara3 xoxox

It's really incredible! What brew settings have you tried out?

How do I determine the amount of water spilled for distillation?

Kevin M I have had the mocha master for about 3 years now and I love it!!!

Funny you should ask! Stay tuned...

Hi Leland, this is exactly how the brewer is supposed to work in Gold mode. SCA doesn't allow for blooming in their certification program. If you want to control/adjust blooming, you need to use the MyBrew mode, where you can control all the variables. I hope this helps.

There is not a hot plate for the carafe on my unit and I don’t believe it’s an option.

Hi remove carafe from base as the plunger allows coffee to cool off quicker.

I was just considering buying this brewer but I see way too many reviews about issues that happen after the first year. Some say it doesn’t brew hot anymore and others have said the coffee doesn’t get saturated. It’s a shame because I always thought breville to be a premium product.

Try filling carafe with hot water before brewing coffee. Then empty out water . After carafe is filled with brewed coffee remove carafe from the coffee maker.

Jason Brooks I have three pour over adapters which all work flawlessly with the unit. Here’s a demo of the Hario: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNZ2qbCSyMXQhqM.html

Would definitely need to have a bigger footprint, but one can dream!

I'm right there with you Jasongvl. I am in the market right now of looking at what my options are to get rid of my Cuisinart Grind and Brew and step up in quality of my automatic drip coffee maker...but I just can't find any that are SCAA certified with a built-in grinder. I don't think this exists yet, which is a shame because I do like the convenience of programming my Grind and Brew the night before and pair that with the quality that comes from fresh ground beans. Do you know of any that I might be missing?

I currently have the "Andrew James Filter Coffee Machine with Timer and Integrated Grinder" but mine has had minor issues with it. But works fine now. I would just like a Breville (or in the UK "Sage") model as I love their machines- I have a grand espresso machine of theirs. I know what you mean with the convenience thing :)

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Max Murray do you enjoy this coffee maker?

Max Murray do you enjoy this coffee maker?

Really nice machine, like every other Breville appliance in my kitchen. You can really dial in your brew, and repeat it. Isn't that the goal?

I want to see it too!

Sam Chen I'm very curious about it since they introduced the brewer. It's interesting cause a manual method of brewing is being automated and i wanna see what it is compared to manual pour overs.

I'm going to drop into the Bellevue SCG this weekend and ask. They were playing with it last week so if it's still out I'll try it and report back in person. I imagine it's more about flow control than anything, I can't imagine there's anything fancy about how they do the water. Hopefully we'll see! Will report back if I get to see it.

Sam Chen oh wow it's good that there's an SCG there near you. Haha! It'll be good to know thanks for that!

Cool, so I went in to the store to test the pour over. Here's what we found. To do a pour over in the machine, they have a separate attachment that sits between the dripper portion and the brewhead. This attachment is not included with the brewer (booooo). We tried it anyway with a V60 just sitting on top of the dripper. We did ~400ml to 30gm of coffee in a copper V60 with a paper filter. We did not measure the brew time. The output was ok. It wasn't great, it wasn't horrible. When we looked at the grounds in the V60 it was pretty under-saturated. We thought this could be due to the additional distance that the attachment would have made up for by propping it up a couple of inches. It also could do with how the water came out. Unlike a Technivorm or Bonavita equivalent, water doesn't come up in bursts it's a fairly steady stream. It did do a bloom/preinfuse but after that water just continuously dripped. My biggest complaint is probably the fact that everything is automated so you don't program the amount of coffee that's in it and set a ratio you just brew until the water tank is empty. I would guess that a kalita (usually more forgiving) could have produced better results. I will say this would be a reasonable choice if you wanted to make only 1 or 2 cups, I would probably use a V60 or Kalita instead of just asking the unit to brew a cup. But this won't completely replace the need for a gooseneck kettle to do a proper pour over. Anyways, I'll probably be back in the shop this weekend to pick something up, so if you have more questions I can maybe get them answered.

Celtic Bear buy their “grind control” brewer if you want a built in grinder. I have both and this one is a definite step up in the finished product quality department. Worth the investment in counter real estate and a grinder

I bought this machine 2 days ago in Canada, at Bed Bath and Beyond. $70 manu rebate and 20% store discount. With tax it cost me $250.87 Canadian dollars. I have a Sylvia Rancillio, and a Baratza grinder. I am all set to go for expresso for morning, and mug or company coffee later in the day.

BCFran3 good for you

Had mine about a month and worth every dollar. Thinking about getting one for the office. Ya so you don’t use all the features everyday.. but on those days you don’t have to go in to work, you can play around with other features and have a ball.

Is SCAA certified.

That's not really accurate. I own this Breville, but not the Ninja. Definitely similar, but the comparable Ninja is around $229 while this is $299, so it's certainly not $200 more. I'm extremely happy with this unit because I like the complete customization available. The Ninja seems to be a very nice machine as well, especially if you want to do tea (which this unit does not). However, I like the pour over feature, which the Ninja does not have. I already own Breville's automatic tea maker, so I didn't need that functionality. However, if I had to do it over again I might just opt for the Ninja because it is more of an all-in-one machine, just not as customizable. To each their own. 😊

They sell coffee equipment of all brands and price points. They carry quite a few Breville products too. I doubt they'd ever sell anything called, "Ninja".

briguyo22o Breville, designed by the Aussies and made in China has come a long way in the last couple years in the quality department. I am a coffee geek, have one of these (and a couple other breville products) and use it everyday. I really like waking up to have my pour over with this appliance. Don’t hate, buy it and be happy! Peace