South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
Best coffee makers for ’22
Having good coffee at the start of the day shapes how your day is going to be. So it is a must to get a great coffee maker. While making coffee can be hard, there are coffee machines that can help. But making great coffee is hard, even for a machine. To do it right, many variables must come into alignment: Hot water needs to hit coffee grounds within a precise temperature range. The entire brewing process has to happen within an ideal window of time too. Only a handful of drip coffee makers can pull off this sort of alchemy — the vast majority don’t, and the java that they make tastes awful.
We have, however, found some noteworthy exceptions on the market that brew great coffee. Even better, you don’t need to spend an arm and a leg to get the best coffee maker. Sure, you could drop almost $500 on a trickedout Ratio Eight that’s as gorgeous as it is capable, or put a dent in your wallet with monthly K-cup purchases for your Keurig. But all it takes is less than 20 bucks to get the single-serve Oxo Pour-Over funnel, which makes a first-rate cup and easily bests your typical Keurig coffee pod.
And those aren’t the only brewers that a coffee lover might want to check out. There’s also the Oxo Brew 8-Cup, a winner of our Editors’ Choice award and our pick for all-around best automatic coffee brewer. Another is the KitchenAid Siphon Brewer, which uses an ancient technique to achieve dramatic and outstanding results. No matter your budget or preferred brew strength, there’s a machine on this best coffee makers list that’ll fit your drip needs perfectly. We promise, you’ll never have
to drink coffee from pods or an ancient coffee pot again.
GE Appliances Cafe Specialty Drip Coffee Maker
While the GE Appliances Cafe Specialty Drip Coffee Maker doesn’t come cheap, it does offer a lot for the money. If you are a coffee drinker who likes a smart coffee maker, you can enjoy perfect coffee with its auto brew feature. It’s an excellent brewer that brews fast and with exceptional water temperature control. It also offers a quality thermal carafe, makes 10-cup batches and links to Wi-Fi to provide smart app control. The Cafe is easy on the eyes, too, using lots of brushed metal in its design.
BEST DRIP BREWER Oxo Brew 8-Cup Coffee Maker
The Oxo Brew 8-Cup Coffee Maker delivers SCA Golden Cup-rated coffee that tastes just as good coffee from our previous favorite, the Bonavita Connoisseur, but Oxo’s new coffee brewer is more thoughtfully designed. This drip machine also comes with a special single-cup filter basket for Kalita Wave filters. The Oxo Brew is the best drip coffee maker that’s compact, stylish and sturdy, plus it comes with a thermal carafe that doesn’t drip or spill.
BEST FOR TRADITIONALISTS Technivorm Moccamaster
Dutch company Technivorm
has sold exceptionally good drip coffee makers for decades. Its Moccamaster drip coffee machine sports a design with clean lines and sharp angles that harken back to 1968, the year the first Moccamaster hit stores.
Retro design aside, the Moccamaster KBT 741 consistently puts out perfect freshly brewed coffee that will satisfy coffee connoisseurs. Its stainless-steel thermal carafe also keeps its contents hot for a full six hours.