Breville - Precision Brewer Thermal Carafe

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.

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

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.

I had one for about a year and determined it was my brew size. It's way easier to get a great tasting batch when your making 500+ ml than 1 or 2 cups (which was my normal use case). I ended up getting rid of it and getting an Aiden and I'm much much happier. Even brewing a single cup I can get a great tasting one basically every time.

If you can squeak out a few more dollars (or find it on sale) check out the Breville Lux Brewer. I have the Precision brewer for 5 years or so and its been outstanding and I would recommend except it does not have a removeable reservoir (I wish it did!). Looks like the Lux Brewer has the same functionality but has the removeable reservoir. I dont know if it can do single cups without using the carafe, but its completely capable of making single cup qtys because thats pretty much all I use it for. It has a bunch of other cool features like cold brew, pour over adapter, and things like that. Its programmable to whatever recipe you want but I almost always use the default gold setting. It makes great coffee provided you use good beans, grind, water quality, and so forth. There are cheaper ones, but this is the one that I would go for as it uses an insulated carafe instead of a warmer plate. [the Luxe Brewer™ Thermal | Breville (US)](https://www.breville.com/en-us/product/bdc465?sku=BDC465BSS1BNA1)

If you can squeak out a few more dollars (or find it on sale) check out the Breville Lux Brewer. I have the Precision brewer for 5 years or so and its been outstanding and I would recommend except it does not have a removeable reservoir (I wish it did!). Looks like the Lux Brewer has the same functionality but has the removeable reservoir. I dont know if it can do single cups without using the carafe, but its completely capable of making single cup qtys because thats pretty much all I use it for. It has a bunch of other cool features like cold brew, pour over adapter, and things like that. Its programmable to whatever recipe you want but I almost always use the default gold setting. It makes great coffee provided you use good beans, grind, water quality, and so forth. There are cheaper ones, but this is the one that I would go for as it uses an insulated carafe instead of a warmer plate. [the Luxe Brewer™ Thermal | Breville (US)](https://www.breville.com/en-us/product/bdc465?sku=BDC465BSS1BNA1)

Same, got one 2nd hand for £90. Good, Fresh coffee every morning that stays warm. Love it.

Honestly I'd go with the breville they are great

I went with the Breville precision brewer. It is well made, and the insulated carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours. The Technivorm Mochamaster didn't make enough coffee for us.

I bought the Breville Precision Brewer, and it is a great coffee maker. The MochaMaster was too small, and we only make one pot per day.