Awesome! I'm so glad I could help you feel more comfortable with your new purchase. I still love mine. I like using my own settings in "my brew". If you start playing around with the temperature, bloom and time it can really make a difference in how your coffee tastes. 195 for dark roast and 205 for very light roast. Good luck! Cheers.

Thank you sincerely for your comment! It truly means a lot to me (I’m such a rookie at videos) 🥰 did you purchase one?

Thank you Jonathan!! :-)

Wow that's such a nice compliment. I'm truly grateful. Thank you!!! I'm not an expert video maker that's for sure. Maybe one day :-)

Enjoyed all of your commentary, especially ,apologies for being blind ,not literally of course😉 Drawback for me is the height, & the 💲💲💲💲💲 .Still ,it's a beauty. Thank you💙

ThePost1968 thanks so much! I love this machine ❤️

Thanks! I never did figure that out :-) Now I know. I have been happy with the OXO burr grinder with integrated scale. It's great to set the number of grams you want! On the flat mesh filter, yes it does leave sediment, but most mesh filters do. It's a thing. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you Brett

Awe THANK YOU! Much appreciated. :-)

herculesx thank you so much for your kind words. I hope you get it and that you love it as much as I do!

Eddie R water goes through coffee grounds and out comes amazing tasting coffee. They all do the same thing so I didn’t figure that was the important part 😊☕️ but if you really want it I’ll record it working for you! 🥰

Hi Marius! Thanks for the question. Actually, it does make some steaming noises. That's perfectly normal. I'd like to say I knew why, but I can only assume that it's because the boiler is getting the water to the proper temperature (up to 205) and it's releasing some steam, otherwise there would be a pressure build up and things could get messy! But I'm not a scientist, I just play one on t.v.

That’s interesting they’d give it a different name. I agree it’s awesome! 😊☕️

Hi Sinmaan. I will be honest, I actually don't use most of the settings either! I pretty much always use the "my brew" setting every time. But this feature alone is worth it to me. Because when I have a light roasted coffee, I can turn the temperature up, and increase the bloom time, and even have the water flow slow for better extraction! Then when I switch to a very dark roast I either select fast brew or I make the bloom time 10 seconds, lower the water temperature and set it to medium water flow. This makes for a perfect cup no matter what coffee I'm using. I have not found another machine that will do this. If you want a brewer that will brew hot enough, you will want an SCA-certified brewer and it will cost you $200 and up. There are many options, the Ninja, the Technivorm are great options. If you want a simple brewer that is good enough, the Bonavita has a good reputation, and I have had good luck with the Cuisinart coffee makers and you can find either for under $150, but always go with the thermal carafe because the warming plates make your coffee taste gross. IMO. :-) let me know what you pick!!!

stan sams amazing?! Wow 🤩 thanks!! 😊

Orrin Belcher thanks so much for your input! I means a lot.

I have seen in some videos that the pour over setting at 205 degrees with 8 oz of coffee only comes out in the cup about 135 to 140 degrees a little on the cool side. Does this happens with yours? May be it needs 20 ounces or more to brew hotter temperatures in the cup at the 205 degree setting. What have you experienced temperature wise with different brewing size options? Thanks

@@orrinbelcher6593 Hi Orrin. I have done some testing of the temperatures, and it does seem to have lower temperatures in the cup when using less water. It is likely because the cup is cold. But the coolest temperature I measured was at 153 degrees when brewing 12 oz. Since I'm a whimp when it comes to hot temps, it doesn't bother me at all. Plus it seems to still taste perfectly brewed! So it's a WIN for me :-)

Bean Hoppers Coffee Subscription ~ Thank you very much on getting back to me, your video review on the Breville was superbly done and I knew you would probably know, thanks for the insight on the cold cup. I greatly appreciate your taking the time on testing and getting back me. It meant a lot. I’m looking forward to more of wonderfully done reviews.

Sorry for the late reply. You’ll never get a great flat bed from an auto coffeemaker. The only method that will create this will be a pour over method. The slower the pour the better. And even with pour over you need to swirl in the middle. So, yeah… that’s auto brewing and convenience. ❤️☕️

@@BeanHoppersCraftCoffee Thanks for coming back on this! Glad to know it is not just me. It tastes great anyway, so I am happy! :-)

Cold brew is already concentrated, so you would always add water or milk to dilute your final drink. I'm sure you could put some more coffee grounds in, but you'd need to get the ratio just right so it all fits into the brewing basket without overflowing! There's only so much water/coffee grounds that will fit in the basket. If you want to make a larger batch of cold brew, I highly recommend getting the coffee toddy maker! It makes about 50-60 ounces of cold brew concentrate so it lasts a long time! Personally I prefer making larger batches. Check out the brewer on beanhoppers.com

Oh I know! I seriously had the same issue. I love the technivorm machine. It’s makes amazing coffee. Really. But I love this one because I can control the temperature and bloom time when I have a dark roast or light roast. It makes a huge difference for me. But the technivorm has a cleaner design and top quality and a nice brew head... so hard! Good luck with that choice! 😃

Hi Ardavan. Thank you! The carafe keeps it hot enough for me for a good 3 hours, but I like my coffee cooler. If you like it piping hot, I'd say only 2 hours.

Tonya Mixon so happy it helped😊 it’s a bit long....but at least you got the info! Write back and let me know how much you love it once you use it. And if you need any tips. I’ve got specific settings I like to use on the “my brew” option for different roast levels.

Hi George, I actually did not use the over ice brewing method, and I probably would not be the right person to answer what works best because I really dislike iced coffee. I think it's always bitter. Something about the reaction that happens when hot brewed coffee hits ice makes it that way for me. Even if I cool it off first. Hot water extracts all of the positive compounds from your coffee, and often times some of the negative compounds. When you put it over ice, it essetuates that, and I don't like it at all. Cold brewing coffee is a much better way to get cold coffee. Pour cold brew over ice and it's magical!

@@BeanHoppersCraftCoffee I like traditional cold brew, too. But depending on the coffee I sometimes want to taste the intricacies of the bean, aka taste notes and cold brew, as you eluded to does not extract those taste. Find James Hoffman KZfaq recipe for Iced Coffee (aka Japanese iced coffee) he explains it much better than I do. I realize the precision brewer BDC455/450 will do cold brew but like you said when I make cold-brew I typically make a double batch at least 32 oz and the precision brewer is limited to 20 oz maximum for cold-brew. So when making cold-brew I typically use my Mason jars and make concentrate that last up to 7-10 days. I also like sweetener in my coffee so when making cold-brew or iced coffee I make homemade simple syrup because granular sugar or stevia don't dissolve well in cold coffee. Thanks for the video and conversation.

I have actually tried, but my method is not very scientific. I used my kitchen thermometer as close to the shower head as possible and I only measured it at 192, when I had it set at 201. I'm sure the SCA is better at measuring these elements than I am! :-)

@JRPG W E E B if you're using a light roast you need to turn up the temperature using the My Brew mode and stop using the Gold setting. Also, make sure you're preheating the carafe.

Hi George. Are you referring to the cold brew option? It’s actually an awesome feature and easy to use. It just doesn’t yield enough in my opinion. But it turned out lovely. Perhaps I should do a video on that and link it from this one.

@@BeanHoppersCraftCoffee no i misspoke i mean the over ice mode.

When you brew using this coffee maker, all of the water you put into the water reservoir is used to brew your coffee. You can not select a batch size where it uses only some of the water. I belive that's what you were asking... :-)

It’s surely not the cheapest machine. But the only one I’m aware of that lets you control the water temperature. And it can also make jus one cup 👆😋☕️

Haha right!? That’s how it’s supposed to work.... but not in the coffee world. They have to make it fancy and confuse everyone. European made coffee makers call 5 oz. one cup of coffee. Here in the US, one cup of coffee is 6 oz. but in cooking it’s 8 oz... If you have a coffeemaker that’s says it’s an 8 cup coffeemaker, get a measuring cup out and measure how many ounces it takes to get to the 8 cup mark. It’s either going to be 40 oz or 48 oz depending on the brand. So if 8 oz is really a “cup” then it should be called a 5 or 6 cup coffeemaker. But it’s not. They’re all like that. This is why we calculate our measures in coffee by oz. or grams instead of cups. Cups means different things. Oz and grams are always the same. 😊☕️

The SCA brew ratios cone in two measures, one is connoisseur 6oz, one is standard 8oz. Melinda is correct that the overwhelming majority of drip coffee makers manufactured in the United States measure cups as 6oz.

Thanks for being such a sweet and kind person ❤️

She did a fine video! Where's yours so I can criticize it?

Well, I guess I can't entertain everyone :-) sorry. But thanks for watching anyway!