I gave away my Technivorm Moccamaster. We just didn't care for the user experience. Brewed good coffee though, and it's a very attractive apparatus, and heats up and brews very fast. The shower head is garbage though and requires manually moving the filter holder around to get it uniformly wet, and at that point I might as well be doing a manual pourover. We replaced it with a Behmor Brazen brewer which is very ugly and bulky but the user experience is 10x better, and brews equally good coffee.
My experience is similar. I have an Aiden and XBloom. Prior had a Behmor. Plus all the pourover and other coffee equipment possible pretty much. But I really loved the aesthetic and simplicity. Ultimately my Aiden and xBloom make much better coffee and turns out all that fine tuning I can do was way more important to me than I estimated.
I have enjoyed my Behmor brewer for a number of years. Flatbed, showerhead brewer with control of brew temp and bloom time. Of course Technivorm is a great, proven brewer as well.
The Aiden might be overkill -- sounds like the thing you want is a good drip coffee maker with a clock.
The "clock" part isn't the expensive thing (you can get a Mr Coffee thing with a clock for $30), it's the "good". Tbh I'd buy a decent one second hand. I've used the Behmor Brazen and Oxo 9 cup, and recently switched to the Breville Precision (all second hand), and can vouch for all of them, tho I really do like the Precision the best. And all are cheaper than the Aiden.
Just look up any of the coffee makers recommended by SCA. The technivorm is the only coffee maker I’ve seen that doesn’t get all the coffee grounds wet and infuse the whole bed. The fact it’s recommended as much as it is, is mind boggling considering it doesn’t do one of the most basic required elements.
I’ve had a Breville, Vario, behmor and now an Aiden. I would never buy a Breville anything again. Had 3 in less than 6 months that all failed and part of failing was dripping water all over a nice wood counter. All the others heat water to the correct temp just like a technivorm but also saturate all the coffee. The Behmor and Aiden allow you to make adjustments like water temp. I currently have an Aiden and it’s the best coffee maker I’ve had. The pour over are fantastic and it might be better at that then making larger amounts of coffee
How is the Aiden complicated? You add coffee, water and push brew. It has a quick option that works just like a regular coffee maker. If you have used a coffee maker before it’s not complicated at all. You “can” use the other setting that allows you to make adjustments but you also don’t have to.
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Durable, repairable workhorse, but pricey with basic features.
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