New Yorkers already know where to get a decent cup of coffee.
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It’s their local bodega or their favorite coffee shop (within walking distance).
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If they’re a gold-star New Yorker, it likely only costs $3 or $4 and comes in a certain blue-and-white cup with a Greek amphora wrapped around.
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So, due to that, we didn’t test the cheap coffee makers.
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The bodega has cheap covered.
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For the New York Post’s Made It Here Awards, we tested premium machines, ranging from $369 to $4,499, with one question: Which ones make coffee so good, you’d skip the shop?
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Helen Pinch, a barista from Paloma Coffee & Bakery in Brooklyn, New York, put these machines to the test.
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We asked ourselves: How easy are they to use?
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How loud do they get?
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Most importantly, which one brews the best battery acid New Yorkers need to keep the city that never sleeps awake?
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Drip is the bodega’s game, so this is where a home coffee machine has to work hardest to justify itself.
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Both winners skip the pod and the plastic basket and act more like a pour-over with an on switch.
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You bring the ground coffee.
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They handle the water.
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Hits 196 to 205 degrees Fahrenheit, the SCA’s target brewing range
10 cups in one go
Hand-built in the Netherlands with a 5-year warranty
Only 6.5 inches deep
Cons:
No timer, so you can’t wake up to a pot
The hot plate keeps cooking the coffee
This is the machine we’d buy first, and it’s the least complicated one we tested.
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It just makes “really good coffee,” according to Pinch.
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You fill the tank, add grounds, flip the switch and get up to 40 ounces, about 10 cups.
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A second switch drops it to a half carafe for the mornings when it’s just you.
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“[The coffee] hits at first with acidity, then sweetness, then just the finest bit of bitterness at the end,” Pinch described the Moccamaster’s ability to brew the best cup.
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“It really brings out the stone fruit, mango and apricot.”
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Moccamaster says it brews between 196 and 205 degrees, the range the Specialty Coffee Association sets for good drip, and it can hit that range in under a minute and hold it through the brew.
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It’s SCA-approved, and it won our sommelier blind taste test.
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It’s built like a prewar, too.
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Moccamaster hand-builds every one at its factory in the Netherlands, crafting the body from metal, and the few plastic parts are BPA-free.
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For a New York kitchen, the shape helps.
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It’s 6.5 inches deep and 14 inches tall, so it fits under the upper cabinets.
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“It does what a good cup of drip coffee should,” Pinch adds.
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“It offers a comforting and rich taste without being overly chalky or tasting like ‘jet fuel’.”
Why it beat the Fellow: It’s $30.95 cheaper, it won the taste test, it comes with a 5-year warranty instead of 2, and there’s nothing on it to update, pair or troubleshoot.
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Certifications: SCA approved, ECBC certified | Warranty: 5 years |
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A lot of settings to work through on a small screen
If you buy $45 bags of single-origin, high-altitude beans, this is your machine.
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Fellow refers to its Precision coffee maker as a pour-over without the process.
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I’m not surprised,” Pinch opines on her extensive experience with the brand.
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This machine replicates a manual pour-over by executing a dedicated bloom and pulsing water through the grounds, all while maintaining precise temperature control.
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“You get a fabulous cup of drip coffee,” Pinch adds.
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“[It has] a lot of acidity and bright flavors.”
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A smart dual showerhead automatically adjusts to your chosen brew basket.
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It’s quiet, too.
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There’s no hot plate, so you better pour it while it’s hot.
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The body is mostly plastic, which other reviewers knock at this price, and the lid is tall enough to bump low cabinets.
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A fully automatic machine grinds the beans, doses them, brews and dumps the grounds.
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…and 69 more, not listed.
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