Technivorm Moccamaster69212 Cup One, One-Cup Coffee Maker 10 Ounce Polished Silver

5-YEAR UPDATE: The machine is still going strong. I descale with white vinegar every 80-100 brews (I use the filter box as a guide; once I've finished the box of filters, I know it's time to descale. I've never opened it up to clean the interior, although it would probably be a good idea to do so now. The warranty is up, so I feel comfortable taking it apart to see how the guts have held up in these 5 years. If I remember, I'll take pictures and post them here. I use 3-stage filtered tap water, and I've never noticed an unusual amount of scale buildup. I've also tasted my coffee alongside distilled water with 3rd Wave Water mineral supplements, and haven't noticed much of a difference. This machine can handle 1-2 cups of coffee per day for 5 years, I can confirm. This machine will keep its 5 stars. If I could go back and do it again, I *may have chosen a batch brewer that could brew more than 1 cup, for all the cases where I've had to make coffee for visitors. But for most days of the year, it's just me drinking coffee in my house. For times where I need to make coffee for visitors, I use my 1L French Press. My Baratza Encore on setting 10-14 works great, yielding 10-12 oz of brew in 2:30-3:30. My next drip brewer will probably be a Moccamaster again. Love mine!UPDATE: 2 months after my original impressions, I've gotten into the groove of using it and how to get the most out of it. I've concluded that setting-and-forgetting this machine sufficiently renders great coffee without altering anything out of standard coffee making procedure. The damp coffee grounds left after brewing do indeed still form a cone-pyramid shape, but I haven't noticed hardly any difference from when I stir the grounds during brewing 2-3 times vs. not touching it at all. This bumps the machine from 4 to 5 stars. This is the best single serve machine on the market. Now read my review below and keep in mind what I just mentioned.I'm going to be rather critical of this machine since I spent a pretty penny on it. But if this gets 4 stars, 99% of other auto-drip brewers probably get 1-2 stars.This machine is fantastic. I've put about 15 cycles through it, and the ones where I measured temp, they all came out to ~198-200F, and all went thru the brew process of 300g/10oz water (medium fine grind) in about 5 mins total, from flipping the switch to the last drip, 5:30 at the longest. So it does what it says it's supposed to, which is great.A few design features confuse me. The lid that sits atop the reservoir and drip cone sits a little precariously (it wants to tip if you touch the cone side). This is minor, but I feel like maybe a hinged joint on the reservoir side and the cone side would be more robust. Additionally, the drip spout is a simple U-shaped tube (longer on one side). I wonder why Technivorm didn't follow the design of the other higher volume brewer models and design a shower-head design instead of just a dripper that drops water right into one spot the whole brew process instead of the even showering you see in bigger models. I don't think this would necessarily lead to better flavor, but from what I know about pour-over coffee, a more even wetting of grounds is always better. The grounds do seem to all get wet, but once dry, they form an inverted cone/canyon once the brewing is done. I stir the grounds/water after about 30 seconds to hopefully combat this possibly negative effect. I'm too fiddly to resist, but the coffee tastes great either way. The reason I included this tidbit is that if you pay this much for a brewer that is supposed to be mostly autonomous, there should have to be minimal interference for good coffee. This is probably why I'm putting 4 stars instead of 5. If someone provides me with enough compelling evidence that this doesn't matter, I'll change it to 5.The coffee is excellent. Without the cup preheated, and waiting about a minute after brewing ends, the coffee is at the perfect temp for drinking. The mug is nice as well, and the filters seem to be flavorless/neutral.This sits in my office and gets to brew 2 * 10oz cups for me daily (Onyx Geometry, Colombia/Ethiopia blend is great through this). If you only plan to brew for yourself, this machine is perfect, because if I brewed 2 cups a day through a machine with a thermal carafe or burner, that 2nd cup would be stale/lukewarm 6 hours later, I almost guarantee it (even the good Zojirushi carafes/warmers cool off after about 4-5 hours). So it's a quick, fresh cup on demand. DO NOT buy this if you plan to brew for multiple people or an office. Grab one of the bigger volume models.

After two months of daily use, I can definitively say that this is a phenomenal little coffee maker that was worth the price. If you put good beans into this thing and spend minimal effort getting a grind size that works well in the Cup One, you'll get a fantastic cup of coffee.I started with grocery store 8 O'Clock pre-ground coffee, and two level scoops produced a nice, drinkable cup. But then I moved to what I consider sort of mid-range "fancy" coffee - Regalia in Queens, NY - I got a great cup with their single origin subscription, which is fairly lightly roasted.I use a 1st generation Fellow Ode grinder, and I'm grinding at one notch above 4. I agree with some advice I read that basically you don't want to be too coarse for this brewer, which mimics an immersion brewer. If you're getting really drastic craters in the bed and you fine up your grind, you'll get a gentle bowl and the flavor will be much improved.If you're the kind of person who either drinks one cup in the morning at home or who likes brewing only one cup at a time, and likes classy looking easy-to-use appliances, this brewer is for you.

I had a Cuisinart DCC-1200 for a few years, but I only need to make coffee for one. I switched to a pour over Melitta Single Cup Coffee Brewer and eventually sold my 12-cup programable drip machine, but some mornings I still missed the convenience of push button coffee. I never felt like the "four cup" setting on the 12-cup machine worked well (though in general I'd liked the Cuisinart quite a bit overall in my pre-pour over days). I looked around for automatic solutions designed for 10-20 oz, but definitely ones that didn't use pods. I had received a Keurig as a gift once, and even in the period where I added cream and sugar to coffee, the pod coffee consistently tasted old, stale and flat.There were some Mr. Coffee and Cuisinart machines in the <$40 that I was considering this time around. Then my coffee nerd kicked in. After developing a taste for pour over, I wanted to do better, if I could. I considered the Zojirushi EC-DAC50 Zutto 5-Cup Drip Coffeemaker and the Bonavita BV1500TS 5-Cup Carafe Coffee Brewer, Stainless Steel. While reading the reviews of those, click-bait ads for 8+ cup Moccamasters kept showing up on my screen. “No, internal consumer impulse drive. You don’t need a 32 oz coffee maker.” But the siren call kept echoing in my ear. On a whim, I searched web forums and such for whether the 8-cup Moccamaster made decent partial pots. That’s when I found that the company made this “1-cup” version designed to make 10 oz. I checked the SCAA and ECBC, and they list all Moccamasters as certified. BUT THE PRICE! I gave the impulse a 48 hour cooling off period. In that time, I went to the store and looked at the Mr. Coffees. But my heart was already lost.The Moccamaster came well packaged and indeed, the ECBC sticker was right there on the machine. The 60s/70s form factor is an obvious aesthetic selling point and certainly makes my kitchen look classy. If you remove the cup stand, the maximum clearance for your vessel is 4 13/16” by my measurement. If you tilt the mug before setting it down to get it under the bottom of the spout, you could fit a 5 1/16” tall mug. If your mug has at least a 3” internal opening, the size could go up to 6” tall, but again, you’d have to kind of tilt your cup opening under the cone to make it fit before setting it down. Sadly, my Klean Kanteen has a 2 3/16” internal opening at 6” tall, so I cannot brew directly into it. Instead I use my Better For Your SS mugs that holds 13.5 oz when filled to the very top.After following the instructions for set up, I used it for a week. Today I did a test. I used 18g of medium roast Aldi whole beans (basically, I wanted to see how the machine would do with the lowest end coffee I could drag myself to purchase) ground at the lowest “medium” click on my Capresso Infinity. I used my CoffeeSock Drip #2 size cone cloth filter (same one I use for pour over in my Melitta dripper). Filled room temperature, Britta-filtered water to the line (which is 300 ml). Pushed the button, and it took 0:20 for the water to start coming out of the spout. I restarted my timer when the first water hit the grounds bed. At 0:05 the water was coming out the bottom of the filter. At 1:55 the machine shut itself off automatically, but coffee continued to drip into my cup until 4:55. I haven’t yet used the provided Technivorm-branded filters.The grounds measured about 195-199 degrees for 90% of the brew. The coffee in my preheated mug measured 165 degrees when the cycle was over. The total brewed coffee volume was 254 ml.My overall impression is that if you have some high end coffee that does well with sub-200 degree water, and you can get the right grind to get the drip timing right, I think this has the potential to produce fantastic coffee. When I have some extra time, I’ll review it with higher-end coffee I’ll compare head-to-head with the same coffee made in the pour over and update this review.