Breville - Luxe Brewer™ Glass BDC415BSS1BNA1

Idk why nobody has mentioned this yet—a good grinder is more important than a good machine. Invest in something like a DF64 or Baratza Forte first. Flat burr grinders are generally recommended for drip coffee but there are some cheaper conical burr grinders that work just fine. For coffee machines, there are many good ones. The Breville Luxe and Precision models are easy to recommend. They are good consumer machines with many quality of life features like auto start in the morning.

The sage has alot of settings to mess with, that could be a plus or negative. Also it has a more conical basket in it so that could be a plus for you, it makes it a little more acidic. Maybe a ratio 6 if you want a more even extraction with less acidity, or the new fellow aiden if you want a 4 cup machine. The opus isnt bad like some are saying. It depends on the type of coffee you drink. If you like a darker or richer coffee it works. Imo I would go with the fellow ode gen 2 to get that slick rich fully extracted brew.

When brewing single cup (or low volume up to the single cup line) the machine asks you to remove the carafe lid. It will always do the steep method at those volumes, you cannot override that. You can still leave the carafe and lid but the machine still does the steep cycle so results will not be great. The Sage Luxe and PB are great set and forget brewers. They do not allow for the minutia of control that an Aiden or similar will give you. If that’s why you are looking for it might be better to look at other machines.

It works exactly the same in both I think. It will release the coffee on its own

I have the latest Sage and the Aiden. Love them both.

Luxe Brewer. Both batch brew etc

Breville Luxe. Solid build. Reliable. Makes great coffee and brewing parameters can be changed. My personal opinion: avoid Moccamaster coffee makers. They are expensive and have a lot of flimsy cheap plastic parts. Brew parameters are also fixed.

I have the glass carafe version, got it for $110 open box. Both the breville brewer and baratza encore that I bought at the same time have been amazing for 5 years daily use now

I would say a Moccamaster is perfect if you’re not a coffee snob because it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of other high end drip machines. The thing doesn’t even have an alarm function to start making your coffee in the morning… because it doesn’t have a clock. This also makes them practically indestructible. I’m getting frustrated with my current drip machine (a Breville YouBrew with the worst Carafe in history), and I’m considering upgrading because I don’t need the bells and whistles.

I have the breville luxe thermal but can’t figure out the best custom settings for a medium roast to get a bold flavour.

I recently got a Breville Luxe Thermal. Programmable for morning coffee, easy to brew simple coffee and it tastes great. But also has enough adjustment to really fine tune things.

Breville is a better brewer, mocca is maybe better built.