I got a Moccamaster by Techivorm (But is it worth it?)

I upgraded from my 20 year old Mr. Coffee to a Technivorm Moccamaster. I brew side by side this week. Check it out.

(Technivorm Moccamaster KBT Coffee Brewer, 40 oz, Stone Grey)

My brother’s videos – he’s way more entertaining than I am:

“This video contains affiliate links. If you click on one of them, and make a purchase I’ll receive a commission.“

[powrguy]

I have the same Moccamaster as yours. GREAT machine, and faster than the Cuisinart it replaced (with a burner). As soon as the coffee's done, I just flip the switch off and didn't care if it was manual, or automatic, when I got it. It takes awhile to dial-in your grind and brew ratio with different beans, but you will settle onto a coffee type that you like best, and then it's "set it; and forget it" for consistently great coffee (unless you become a coffee snob, and get into "pour-over, expresso, exotic coffees, etc.)

[upscalebohemian]

Stirring the grounds while in the filter basket makes a noticeable difference in flavor. I was finding this coffee harsh no matter the grind and found the shower head was essentially pounding a tunnel into the grounds in the same place, over-extracting that area and leaving the rest untouched. I now start the brewer with the carafe out and let the filter basket fill up with enough water to just stir a slurry, no more, then slide in the carafe. Much better flavor. The Moccamaster gets the time and temperature perfect, but you still need to get the grind right for best flavor, and this stirring tip to fully wet the grounds is pretty much essential, I found.

[SlickCat]

Had my Moccamaster for 12 years now and just love it. The quality of the internal parts are amazing all brass and copper, everything heavy duty. Nice review.

[dachshunddadbob]

I did pretty much the same thing as you about 6 months ago; moccamaster and a Baratza burr grinder. I would say grinding your beans before brewing is probably the biggest improvement in your coffee experience.

[mooretuba]

If you want to nerd out with it (instructions for the new dual model), making the Moccamaster a semi-automatic brewer, try these tricks: 1. Run a couple of cups from the reservoir into the filter to wash the filter and warm up the pot. Then turn it off. 2. Use that hot water to preheat the unit and the pot and any thermal container (then pour from that into your cups to pre-heat them, too ;). 3. Grind your fresh roasted coffee to a medium to medium course grind, experimenting to get the best flavor for that particular coffee and your grinder. Put that coffee (4 scoops for 6 cups water) into the filter and put your water from a different pot (to avoid any oils from your Moccamaster pot) into the reservoir. 4. Put the filter with the coffee in it in place, but not yet the pot and turn on the power switch. Let it perc a little water into the filter basket and then turn off the power switch. Carefully stir the slurry with a small spoon to distribute the water to all the grounds and let it all bloom for, say, 30 seconds. 5. Then put the pot under the filter basket where it goes and turn the power switch back on. The hot water will start up again in a second or two. If your grind is right, you should see/hear the water going through the grounds with minimal “damming” affect. It you’re confident it is going to trickle down successfully, put the top on the filter side to keep the water the hottest it can be. 6. Then pour your coffee into whatever you chose to keep it warm (that you just warmed up with the discarded hot water from the filter wash) and pour yourself a cup (which you also ;pre-heated from that same water). 7. Turn the switch off, as you won’t need to keep your coffee at 175-185 degrees as you have it in a small thermal pot such as the Hario. This is a lot like what one would do to produce a good pour-over V60 or Chemex, thinking of the Moccamaster as just a great way to keep the water temperature as hot and consistent as possible. OF COURSE you don’t need to do any of this to make a great cup with the Mocamaster. It’s just fun to experiment with ways to make drip coffee as good as it can possibly be. The downside to this brewer is that it will show flaws in coffees, water and grinds more than most others. The upside is that when you really get it right, the Moccamaster also has the ability to showcase a great coffee and grind in it’s best possible light. This nerdy approach still only takes a few minutes, maybe 2 minutes more than just running your coffee through normally, which will very likely taste very similar to doing all of this ;)

[vittoriostoraro]

THE BEST brewers. Great support. Also repairable. Mine is 13 years old. Not pre-heating the carafe is idiotic and pointless. Also, you need to measure the WATER temp WHILE it's brewing, not after. But then again, you see no difference.

[cartalkers]

Spend a little more $crill and get yourself a Baratza Encore grinder, built like a tank and parts are readily available to rebuild it. I have had mine for many years and rebuilt it about a year ago.

[leeh]

Really like an honest review affordable coffee maker vs $$$$ expensive is it worth the high price nay we agree with you great video

[whatthehell]

Thanks for the video and the recommendation on a grinder

[gordonspicer]

quality of the plastics used needs upgrading now specially for the price. Otherwise grear fast resuts without fail

[joemug]

All this smug coffee crap…..is crap. It’s not a science to make good coffee. Good grief.