Bonavita - 5-Cup Compact

I really like my five cup Bonavita with insulated carafe. For the $200 CAD I paid, I couldn't ask for better. I really appreciate how small it is, it takes up very little counter space. And while it's not aesthetically nice like the Moccamaster, it's not ugly either. The insulated carafe on it is fantastic, I've had coffee that is still warm 6 hours after I've made it and without the burnt taste you get from a hot plate. And lastly, and most importantly, it makes a great cup of coffee. I've never had a bad cup from this machine. It blooms the coffee, gets to the appropriate temperature, and just makes a tasty and smooth pot every time.

I love my sboly single cup brewer and my bonavita 5-cup.

Bonavita. One button drip coffee, generally very good quality. 

I am 5 years in on a BV One Touch and it's still making solid coffee with the pre-infusion mode. I would buy it again today.

Bonavita is my personal favorite drip coffee maker. Italian machine that comes with a thermal carafe, coffee pot so that it can keep your coffee warm without a heater. Not sure what the technology is like now but mine has a couple of drip style options when it comes to how the water falls onto your coffee grinds. Can find them for less than 200 for a 8 cup coffee pot, or less than 100 for a 5 cup coffee pot.

Second the Bonavita Thermal Carafe brewer. Half the cost of the Mochamaster and 99% of people wouldn't be able to distinguish a cup from one or the other. Fresh beans and a good grinder matter WAY more than picking between two very good brewers.

I had a Bonavita, traded up to a Moccamaster, and a few months later, went back to the Bonavita. Don't believe the hype.

Bonavita w/ thermal carafe

I have one of these and it's still going strong after a decade of use. The thermal carafe is nice. Keeps coffee hot for a long time and doesn't burn it because there's no heating element. It has one button on it, so operation couldn't be easier.

Have had my Bonavita, the insulated one, for 12 years now used twice a day. Offers the same certification and temps as mochamaster and looks like a very simple coffee pot. Descale it once a year and looks the same as the day I bought it.

I think at the end of the day results rule. This is my 3rd SCA rated brewer. OXO, Bonavita, and my KBGV and neither of the others are even close to cup quality. The Bonavita was solid but the Moccamaster still makes a more consistent cup. The only feature that matters to me is great coffee.