Sites like the Wirecutter and the CNET were growing their mainstream audiences, catering to a group of well-informed aficionados that had increased spending power and social media accounts. You have to press the button or start twisting the dial to switch from the digital clock to the brewing options (these display as either “2-4” or “5-9,” in reference to the number of cups you’re planning to brew).

So, you may have noticed that I refer to this machine as a drip coffee machine throughout my Bonavita 8 Cup Coffee Maker review. Many of the recipes are easy to make and healthy, but of course, you'll also find big brunch indulgences. The best thing about this coffee maker is that it makes a great cup of coffee which in my way of thinking is the reason you have a coffee maker.Superkop Lever Espresso Machine One of the most unique espresso makers currently on the market, this is our First Look at the Superkop ratchet lever espresso machine. It's a great option to be able to serve breakfast in bed - just bring up the entire carafe and you can have hot coffee refills, or to set the carafe on the table during a brunch gathering.

To start off, the Bonavita Connoisseur 8 Cup Coffee Maker is a compact little machine, making it ideal for smaller kitchens.

It launched in late 2011, and its two most popular products perform key coffee-making functions that may seem simple, yet are difficult for hardware to do repeatedly and consistently. However, the subject of today’s Bonavita 8 Cup Coffee Maker review has an audible signal when the brew cycle is done. With that in mind, once I get a thorough hands-on Bonavita 8 Cup Coffee Maker review completed, I’m sure it will earn a place on my list of top picks. CoffeeGeek has been online for twenty years now, educating, entertaining, and connecting the specialty coffee loving public.

All of the machines below are capable of brewing some of the best drip coffee around, thanks to their SCA certified engineering. It brews in 6 minutes into the thermal pot and it tastes so good I may stop using the Senseo (which is hard to find pods for it). As it is an 8-cup brewer, my initial reservations were whether it would be able to handle the everyday grind (no pun intended) by brewing an amount of coffee more suitable for one or two persons rather than a pot of coffee to serve at brunch. Go ahead, brush your teeth in the bathroom with reckless abandon; it’ll chime from the kitchen when it’s done! So the brewers we recommend will likely yield four or five servings, depending on the size of your pour.

This means your coffee will stay at perfect temperature in the carafe for 30 mins before it even starts to cool. But the trade-off with pour-over is convenience: Making a good pour-over requires some technique, and with most pour-over drippers, you can brew only one cup at a time. Since Gross was employed by Smartco at the time, the Brewista brand was also owned by its Chinese manufacturer. One version says that Bonavita never went out of business, but was instead hampered by its former U.