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Tips for Choosing a Drip Brewer

Carafe Capacity:

How much coffee do you need on a daily basis? Choose the carafe size depending upon your consumption of coffee. 

Programmable:

Some brands offer brewers that are programmed to turn on and off. It is useful if you want your coffee soon after waking up. 

Pause Mid-Brew:

These brewers can be paused in the middle, so you can grab a coffee mid-brew. Handy if you need coffee urgently.

Water Filters:

One for you if you use unfiltered water. Thisbrewer has a built-in filter.

Overlooked Factors

These factors are normally overlooked.

Glass and Thermal Carafe:

You can either choose an energy efficient brewer or a cheaper option.

Carafes made with glass are cheap, but the plate gets heated resulting in the coffee getting bitter in taste. Moreover, the plate is constantly on using more energy.

A steel carafe (Thermal Carafe) however, maintains the temperature of the coffee at the desired temperature saving energy and gives better taste. They are expensive. 

Coffee Grinders:

There are some brewers with built-in grinders. It saves you space, but if your brewer doesn’t have one you will have to buy a grinder separately which will eventually cost more.

Having a separate grinder would allow you to grind more brew styles though.

SCAA Certification:

Use machines with a SCAA stamp, (SCAA) certifies the Coffee gears including drip brewers.

 

The 11 Best Drip Brewers

  1. Mr. Coffee Coffee maker:

PROS:

  • Small and Handy.
  • Reusable filter.
  • Can be paused mid-brewing.

CONS:

  • No Programmable features. 
  • No thermal Carafe.
  • Makes 2 normal sized cups.
  1. Cuisinart Programmable Coffee maker:

PROS:

 

  • Programmable 
  • Can be paused mid-brew.
  • Delivers quality.

 

CONS:

  • The filter is reusable so you’ll get some particles in your coffee as the filter is washed more often.
  • No sensors to maintain temperature.
  1. Zojirushi Coffee Maker:

PROS:

  • Thermal Carafe to maintain temperature.
  • Reusable Filter.
  • Alerts when it needs to be cleaned.

CONS:

 

  • It takes up space.
  • The carafe doesn’t work as well.
  • You’ll need to unplug after every use.

 

  1. Cuisinart Coffee maker:

PROS:

  • It has a built-in grinder.
  • Shuts off automatically after brewing completes. Get a stronger or lighter coffee with just a button.

CONS:

 

  • Have to be cleaned after use.

 

  1. Bonavita Coffee Brewer:

PROS:

  • Extracts great flavor because of large shower head.
  • Washable in the dishwasher, includes a shower head and brew basket.
  • SCAA certified.

CONS:

 

  • No automatic power on-off button.
  • Has only one button, no programmability.

 

  1. Technivorm Moccamaster:

PROS:

  • All metal parts of the machine can be taken apart for cleaning..
  • SCAA certified.
  • When water reservoir is empty, the heating element shuts off automatically.

CONS:

 

  • No programmable features.
  • The machine is expensive.

 

  1. Ninja Coffee Bar:

PROS:

  • It can fill up a good amount of cups in with the touch of one button only.
  • Your coffee will stay hot due to its double insulation plate.
  • Choose light or strong flavor.

CONS:

 

  • If you want one cup of coffee, this machine is for you as it makes abundant amount.
  • The quality is not really good.

 

  1. OXO Coffee Brewer:

PROS:

  • SCAA certified. 
  • Elegant in design, makes 9 cups of coffee.
  • Choose light or strong flavor.

CONS:

 

  • Takes a lot of time to brew coffee.

 

  1. Mr. Coffee Coffee System:

PROS:

  • Let’s you sneak out one cup in middle of the brewing.
  • It keeps your coffee at the desired temperature.
  • It has a built-in filter, allowing the coffee to taste better.

CONS:

 

  • Releases a lot of steam, so it can get dangerous if left unattended.

 

  1. Hamilton Beach:

PROS:

  • It can be used to brew as per a longer schedule.
  • Can also brew a travel mug.
  • Affordable price.

CONS:

 

  • No thermal carafe.
  • No filters are available, so you’ll have to buy your own.

 

  1. Bunn Coffee Maker

PROS:

  • Brewing time as low as 3 minutes.

CONS:

 

  • No thermal carafe.
  • Quality slightly low.