Breville - Precision Brewer Thermal Carafe

I sold my precision brewer after a while, partly because of it being difficult to clean properly. It had all these nooks in the basket and the thermal caraffe lid always contained leftover liquid which seemed unhygienic[](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=8c342fd051715880&q=how+to+pronounce+unhygienic&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOMIfcRowy3w8sc9YSnjSWtOXmPU5eINKMrPK81LzkwsyczPExLjYglJLcoV4pPi4eIqzcuoTM9MzctMtmJRYkrN41nEKp2RX65Qkq9QANSVD9SWqoBQBAAn2r_lXwAAAA&pron_lang=en&pron_country=gb&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixyter7IuNAxXLcvEDHdKYIH4Q3eEDegQIPhAO). Has this been improved?

Haven’t seen anyone mention the Breville Precision with thermal carafe. It gives you a wide range of adjustment for bloom time, temp and pour over speed, the carafe holds 60 ounces and it’ll keep coffee hot for 8 hours (warm for another 8 to 12 depending on how full it is).

I've had a Breville Precision coffee maker for a few years now and I absolutely love it. It has tons of custom settings, and you can adjust the water temperature by degree.

I picked up a Breville Precision Brewer at TJMaxx for $179 & havent looked back. It makes a great cup, once you figure out your settings. I havent tried it, but I hear the cold brew function on it is a joke, though. Really good coffee beans make all the difference in the world too. If you are going to go through the trouble of finding a really good coffee maker, find a local roaster & brew good beans. Cheers!!

Breville Precision brewer and Fellow Aiden allow you to tweak a lot. But the Moccamaster quietly and easily delivers good brews.

Same. Bought it full price though but worth it. They're called Sage in Europe (I guess the website redirects though) and they also have a glass carafe one with heat plate but don't get that. The insulated one will keep your coffee warm for roughly a working day and heat plates burn your coffee.

They are really simple machines so getting one that is more expensive means it is probably full of features you don't need but that are points of failure. You really need to go high end on drip machines. Like, my programmable Sage (Breville outside of the EU) Precision Brewer is great but it's a 300€ machine. Even a Moccamaster is just a 300€ machine that has two buttons. On/off and half / full can. It's maybe a bit more stylish. It might have a more complex program, it might have higher quality materials. But none of that matters if you don't grind your coffee in the morning. You can throw some store bought pre ground garbage into the cheapest coffee maker you can find and it will taste the same. So just get the 30€ one and replace it every 2 years. Everything between 30 and 300€ is just the 30€ machine with a timer.

I guess that is not the main design criteria. They are primarily designed to be Batch brewers, not single serve brewers. I brew a 750ml batch every morning and the thermal carafe keeps it warm all morning. But as a single serve machine, the stainless carafe would cool the coffee pretty quickly, I would guess. I personally think you would get better V60 results by doing it manually, seems like a lot of faff, cleaning and compromise to use a machine IMHO. I don’t have the Luxe, but have owned the Precision Brewer for over 4 years and love it. It sounds like you are looking for a single serve machine that can do batch brewing, rather than the other way around?

I had a Cuisinart "Grind - N Brew" with the built in grinder for 10+ years. Thought i'd "Upgrade" to the Breville with its hopper of coffee beans and it automatically figuring out how much coffee to grind based on how many cups of coffee you were making in the pot. After about 2 years it started to leak, starting off once in a while, and then getting worse. And by leak, it's not just some water running out... its while the coffee is being made and since I use the timer i'd come downstairs in the morning to see a ton of coffee spilled all over the counts, down the drawers, and on the floor. The chute between the grinder and basket would also clog. I went back to a new Cuisinart like 3 years ago and it's been great.

Okay so in order of importance: 1) grinder 2) espresso machine 3) drip machine / pour over 1) grinder. It sounds like you need something that’s capable of both filter coffee and espresso. There are tons of options out there and it’s a huge rabbit hole. Based on reviews I’ve watched, I think I’d reccomend the Timemore 064s. [Here’s a good video going over a lot of the options in your price range](https://youtu.be/3VohJapkObs?si=tYM0scVHTklmwoyM) 2) espresso machine. The two options I’d recommend are the Breville bambino plus or the Gaggia Classic Pro, depending on what type of person your partner is. If they are a tinkerer and like to upgrade things over time and do a bunch of research, you want the Gaggia. If they like a more set it and forget it experience, the Breville is the best thing you can get out of the box for your budget. Both have built in milk frothers as most semi auto espresso machines do. 3) drip machine. Now, if you think your partner would like to do a pour over every morning (about a 10-15 min process) you can go that route and get them a v60 and kettle. But what I’d actually recommend is the Breville Smart Brewer with the insulated carafe instead of hot plate. There are a lot of good drip coffee makers - the smart brewer has some really nice UI/UX feature imo. Your partner could grind the coffee the night before, then set it on a timer so there’s fresh brewed, hot coffee right when they wake up. Don’t get any drip machine with a hot plate as it just burns your coffee I think this setup will come in a few hundred below your budget, so you could use leftovers to get them a subscription for coffee or a nice big gift card to any roasters you know they like * if you are in the EU, everything Breville will actually be called Sage Good luck, and what an awesome gift! Sorry about formatting I’m on mobile

Just as a data point, I don't like my Breville Precision Brewer at all. Huge disappointment, and far too many shortcomings for the price point imo. It replaced my Wilfa Tim Wendelboe brewer (1st gen) – I would have bought that again had it still been available in the U.S.