OXO - 9-Cup Coffee Maker

Ok so I have some experience here. I've owned 2 different Bonavita, and Oxo 9 cup, Oxo 8 cup, Moccamaster KBGT, and finally a Fellow Aiden. If you are looking for the very best coffee maker for what you get in the cup as black coffee, then of those all that is hands down the Aiden. However, for all the technical wizardry it has, it is mostly plastic, so longevity is a definite unknown. Of the other ones, Oxo has the best warranty in practice, and Technivorm has the best warranty on paper. Technivorm does not warranty their carafes at all - if it breaks, you are out $80+ shipping to replace it. This is even if it breaks due to a manufacturing flaw or some other reason. Oxo on the other hand replaced my carafe for free on my Oxo 9 cup 3 times - over time it would lose the vacuum, and would get hot to the touch. The coffee maker was 6+ years old the last time - long out of warranty, but they still replaced the carafe. The Oxo 9 cup is the best all around of the coffee makers I had before the Aiden. While it is tall, it made excellent coffee, and was programmable if you wanted to use that. It requires no stirring of the coffee while it is brewing. I cannot say the same with the Technivorm. While the Moccamaster does make excellent coffee, it is more hands-on to get the best out of it because of their dumb design for the shower bar. Ground saturation is an issue - I usually stirred everything after about 1 minute of brewing. The bar also feels like it is just a bit too short - most of the water doesn't fall in the center but rather closer to the back. The Bonavita coffee makers work well, and are smaller. My old one died for no reason that I could determine after a few years. The ones made now though are technically a different company - that original company went bankrupt. The Oxo 8 cup was an absolute disaster - no idea how that thing got the praise that it does from some reviewers. It always had to be stirred or half the coffee would never even get wet. I hated it. Overall from a BIFL perspective, the TV Moccamaster is likely the top candidate. They do just work for a long time, usually. Make sure to buy it from an authorized retailer and keep your proof of purchase if you need warranty service. If you buy one with a thermal carafe - baby it. They changed from being all stainless and basically unbreakable to being glass lined a couple years ago. It may keep coffee hotter but the carafes are very delicate and prone to breaking.

I used that site's recommendation and got the OXO 9-cup coffee maker. It doesn't have a hot plate, but coffee turns bitter the more it sits there anyways. I like it. My aeropress makes a better cup, but it takes a lot more work.   I also have a Baratza Encore grinder. It's pretty loud, and you have to turn it off manually. But Baratza sells every part for it on their site. I bought it for cheap off eBay because it had a broken part that I replaced for $10. I previously bought a pretty expensive grinder that burned out in a year.

I got the OXO 9 cup in part from watching that video. Can’t beat the value of it. I like it better than the moccamaster.

I have the same setup as you (except my OXO is the 9-cup model). Fantastic coffee every morning.

My OXO Brew 9 has been going strong for over 10 years, and still produces the best-tasting of any other drip (or K-cup) I've used.

For those specific requirements, easily the OXO 9-cup. Mine's lasted over ten years, and still makes better coffee than any other I've tried. Otherwise, an Aeropress is simpler, smaller, and makes a better-tasting cup, but the process is obviously more hands-on.

I've tried them all. French press. Pour over. I waited until I got to work and used the Keurig. I prefer my standard drip because it's the least work. I have an OXO 9-cup with stainless carafe. I can set a timer night before. It has a setting for 2-4 cups vs. 5-9. I make a 4-cup pot, which fills my oversized mug. I grind the beans, pour in the water, press on, and walk away. Or the same at night and hit the timer. I dont have to watch it. Or watch a clock. I'm not boiling water separately. I generally leave the kitchen and go back later for my coffee. Sometimes in 10 minutes, sometimes I'll get distracted, and it'll be 45 minutes... the carafe keeps it hot. No worries about sitting on a hot plate. And it makes good coffee. Pretty fast. Full disclosure, if I grind beans exactly right, and allow the French press to steep exactly right amount of time, it's slightly better. I use my French press for an occasional afternoon extra cup. I'm just not willing to stand in the kitchen for my first morning cup.

Look into [OXO's 9-cup machine](https://www.oxo.com/shop/coffee-beverage/coffee-tea/coffee-makers-grinders/barista-brain-9-cup-coffee-maker.html) and the [Moccamaster](https://us.moccamaster.com/collections/thermal-carafe-brewers/products/kbgt?variant=40200137670819). Both machines are frequently recommended and I also have experience with both and agree with the praise they receive. The reason they're pricier than most is their build quality, the consistent and high heat they produces, the design of the water dispersion, and -- yes -- their brand names. Both machines have also been recognized by the Specialty Coffee Association for their quality, which I'm sure is tied up with bureaucracy and isn't the only/best way to assess the quality of a brewer, but still, it's certainly something. Those are the two machines I would personally look at within your price range and I do believe they are worth their price. They both make delicious coffee. Fellow's Aiden is also a newer entry that piqued my interest but I have no experience with it and so I can't really comment. Their stuff is typically fantastic and similarly marked up because of brand name like OXO and Moccamaster.

I have a mocca master and I like it a lot. Before it we had an oxo 9cup. I can honestly say we didn't see a difference. The oxo is cheaper too. I will contest that the mocca master is a simpler build and built to be repairable. I don't know what the repairability is for the oxo. We did a side by side and the coffee was indistinguishable between the two.

Oxo has been working great for 9 years. I just descale when the light comes on and clean the carafe with boiling water and a dishwasher tablet. Makes great coffee. Got it due to scaa approval. When it dies I will likely get the moccamaster just because I like how it looks and the colors it comes in. But nothing wrong at all with the oxo 9 cup with insulated carafe I have.

I've had both Moccamaster and OXO 8 cup brewer. I've also had the OXO 9 cup brewer. Flavor-wise, Moccamaster is way better than the OXO 8 cup. Moccamaster and OXO 9 cup brewer were much more similar. Design-wise, the OXO 8 cup is a lot shorter and can fit in many more places. The piece that screws into the carafe is a detachable design with a hard plastic piece and a rubber piece. The rubber piece retains a lot more coffee oils than the plastic pieces. I prefer Moccamaster. I sold the OXO 8 cup brewer and 9 cup brewer and kept my Moccamaster. If it broke, I'd fix it. If it broke beyond repair, I'd buy another one immediately.

The Oxxo 9 cup coffee maker is really good and very stylish too. It makes outstanding coffee at around $200 or so. If you don't mind dropping $300+ on a coffee maker, the Technivorm Moccamaster is very good. They are extremely well built and all repairable with easy to buy parts from Technivorm. I got mine for $10 in a thrift shop so I feel it is a great value at that price. But I know lots of people who have paid full price for them and they all love theirs. I would have a hard time shelling out so much for a coffee maker. Also sometimes they go on sale.

If you want a little cheaper option, the Oxo 8 or 9 cup coffee makers are also SCA approved automated pourover styles and run around $200 instead of like $350.

I agree. The Oxo is great.

Anything certified by the SCA is going to make a great cup of coffee. Lots of folks swear by the Moccamaster, I have an OXO because it was like half the price, but I doubt you can go wrong with anything on this list. https://sca.coffee/certified-home-brewer

Unpopular opinion. No. I made a post a few days ago. You can read up on it. The unit feels cheap. Compared to my oxo which cost 50% less, it is considerably cheaper plastics. As for the brew. No matter what I do, the coffee is weak and under extracted. I'm currently waiting for different filters. I suspect the moccamaster filters are too thick, and catch too many oils / flavor compounds. As someone who really wanted to love the moccamaster, I can only recommend it for style and the absolutely amazing thermal carafe it comes with. As for actual brewing and material quality, it is second tier.

We have the oxo and I'll second that it makes. A great cup of coffee

I’ve got the OXO which I use when guest are here (day in and out I mostly brew espresso or pour overs.) it makes a very good cup of coffee, on par with the Moccamaster. It is louder and doesn’t feel like it will last 20years like most Moccamasters do. For occasional use or tighter budget it’s a really good option. Sometimes you just need a big drop for ease of use.

If you are in the US check the current SCA approved coffee makers. I have a Moccamaster, bought used for €100. The Oxo ones are highly rated too though & I had a KitchenAid that was on the SCA list but they haven't resubmitted it for approval so it's not there anymore but still a great cup of coffee. Iirc that's about $150? New.

Ok hear me out. Nespresso. The vertuo type makes 7oz cups (which is as strong as like 12oz of drip) and it’s sooo good! We’ve switched entirely and put away our regular coffee maker. Which, btw, is an oxo kind. I think it was like $200-$300, and makes really good coffee!! There’s no timer on it but it’s pretty quick and keeps coffee hot like literally all day, which was amazing when our oldest was a newborn.

I loved my Oxo. Great machine, super easy, one button great cup. Aiden there’s so much you can do. I can control the temperature and duration of the bloom, temp & the rate of water pulses into the bed of coffee throughout the brew. I can do an 8 hour cold brew. Aiden will use the exact amount of water you set and will tell you how much coffee to add based on your selected profile, the type of coffee or exact batch from specific brand. It’s the closest cup to pour over I’ve had from a machine.

Don’t get a glass carafe. Get a thermal carafe instead. The glass craft needs to be heated, and those heat plates use hundreds of watts of electricity, and also negatively affect the taste of coffee. (Source: 30+ years in the coffee industry.) We have an Oxo at home and love it. It brews at the appropriate temperature, has a very good extraction rate, and brews into a thermal carafe which keeps the coffee hot and drinkable for hours.

A while back, I had a fancy Oxo coffee maker that had a removeable water scale, you could tell how many cups of coffee you want to make, how hot do you want the coffee to be, how to brew the coffee based on how the grids are, etc. It originally cost about $300 back in 2016 or so. It was great while it worked but after a few months, it kept on giving me random error messages (descaling, water scale needed to be constantly reset, it would stop mid-brew, etc. After about a month of trying to troubleshoot it, I gave up on it and got a Moccamaster for the simplicity (No scales and it had just 2 buttons - on/off and half pot/full pot) of making a simple but enjoyable cup of coffee. It's also incredibly dependable to work whenever I need it to and I have some relief knowing that when it comes time to repair it, the parts for it will be readably available.

They’re good, but I think they’re overpriced. Towards the end of my Moccamaster’s life it wasn’t brewing very good coffee no matter how many times I descaled it. I got about ten years out of it. I replaced it with an OXO brewer, which was about half the price and, frankly, brews as good if not better coffee than the Moccamaster ever did. It doesn’t look as cool, admittedly, but it has a bloom cycle, and the shower head distributes water more evenly over the grounds. I never understood the Moccamaster’s weird wand thing with a single line of holes. It never saturated the coffee very evenly. I feel like the Moccamaster needs a design reboot.

I agree. I’ve had both machines. The OXO is excellent and brews coffee just as well for half the price. I still miss my Moccamaster sometimes because I liked how it looked, but that’s about it.

Moccamaster. I have had both (thermal carafe version) and prefer the MM. America’s Test Kitchen just reviewed some options and recommended the thermal carafe version. Using a burner to keep coffee hot can burn it. I started with the Oxo and the stupid dial control for everything was annoying. I had to keep the instructions nearby for reference. Also, the water diffuser (where the water comes out over the grounds) would not stay on and constantly fell in the grounds which would cause an overflow and grounds would end up in the carafe. The MM has an on/off switch and a button at the button that the carafe presses against to say it’s properly seated so the water won’t run everywhere. I’ve had it 4 years and never had an issue. Perfect coffee in around 6 minutes. I recommend paper filters because the reusable ones still let some grounds through ( may just be that my burr grinder makes a little fine powder). Every box of filters (100), I run one of the cleaners through with a couple of rinse cycles and she keeps purring along. I also pull the top square metal water dispenser off every week or two and give it a quick scrub in the sink. As the water drips down on the grounds, the steeping water can splash on it. Every review I saw on it said you could also easily buy any of the parts if they wear out.

Found a moccamaster for free on my towns buy nothing FB page. Needed a new filter basket and lid for the water tank as they were both missing. Both easily grabbed from Amazon for $15-20 each. Looks and works like new. Great coffee. The Oxo also get hot enough, and has great customer service for lot of replacement parts.