9-Cup Coffee Maker

Oxo 9 cup no question

The Aiden is my favorite coffee maker ever, and I have owned quite a few (Melitta Clarity, 2 Bonavita, Oxo 9 cup, Oxo 8 cup, and Technivorm KGBT). It excels at both single cup and batch brew. There is an issue with the flow meter getting clogged but Fellow is very good about supporting it and replacing the machine if this happens.

Ok so I wrote this awhile back when asked about coffee makers I've owned. Bottom like - the Oxo 8 cup was the least favorite of all the coffee makers I have ever had. ------- It's been years since I've had a Bonavita, and it was from the old company rather than the new one. I owned both a cone filter Bonavita (TH1800?) and the flat bottom one (1900TS?). I had once done a comparison between the Oxo9 cup and the Bonavita, and the Bonavita just produced slightly richer tasting coffee overall, but the Oxo 9 cup was a great coffee maker. The Oxo 8 cup to me was a disaster - it absolutely would not extract evenly - every brew, unless you stirred it, would have entire sections of coffee that never got saturated. It's like they designed it for coffee that wasn't ground well, and they expected the basket to fill so all coffee got wet - with my grinder the water would just flow on through. For the time I had it I had to remember to stir 3 minutes after starting the brew or the coffee sucked. With the Technivorm, I was pretty disappointed after wanting one for so long, with how "hands on" you had to be to get the best brew - the showerhead bar design does not do a great job of initial wetting, so I always found myself stirring after the first minute just so all the coffee would get saturated. Flavor wise it was pretty comparable to the Oxo 9 cup. I did not notice a huge difference between the two. What shocked me with the Aiden was on the first brew. My in-laws were visiting for Christmas and I had some cheap pre-ground coffee that I'd been making in the Technivorm. Considering that everyone was adding creamer to it, it didn't matter much. On a whim I brewed the same coffee in the Aiden as a lark for the next pot, and the improvement in flavor was drastic - like I could actually drink it black compared to the previous brews on the technivorm. Effectively with the Aiden you get two brewers in one: You have a very capable batch brewer that does a terrific job - I use just regular Bunn 12 cup filters. But where it shines is on the single cup - bloom, full saturation, and totally customizable settings for ratio, temperature, and number of pulses. But you don't HAVE to do any of that and can just use their standard settings based on coffee roast level. Essentially you can have it both ways - either super easy, or as detailed as you want to be. And it's consistent - my v60? Never consistent. But this is essentially the same every cup, unless you tweak a brew parameter. In an Aiden 2.0 I think my two main requests would be for a light in the water reservoir - its VERY hard to see how much water is left unless your kitchen is fully lit - and for a removable drip tray. It does drip quite a bit after a single cup brew, even if you remove the basket since there is a lot of condensation. A removable tray would make this easier to clean. The lid to the water reservoir could use some work too - it works quite well, but it just feels very flimsy.

I have the oxo 9 cup and the grinder and it’s been rock solid for 7+ years. Takes up a lot of space, but it’s worth it.

Used to own this one. Makes amazing coffee. Programmable option or use a smart plug. Save $ on machine, buy better beans! Support.local roasters. Get. Handmade ceramics to drink from.

Why were u downvoted? Got the 9 cup too. Kinda still working on dialing everything in exactly. I grind with a Baratzza encore and locally roasted beans. What ratios/grind sizes are you working with? The manual quantities work out to about 18:1 ratio.

I have an oxo on 9 barista brain coffee maker that's probably about 10 years old. https://www.oxo.com/barista-brain-9-cup-coffee-maker.html (also now comes in black) it has a timer. yeah the beans sit overnight but that's a compromise I'm willing to make for hot coffee when I roll out of bed. it's been great. makes great coffee. and oxo has great customer service (they replaced a carafe I confessed to dropping after the warranty was up without asking any questions). it only in the last week has had a minor quirky issue with the control knob but it still works fine. so is it bifl? probably not quite. will it serve you well and have coffee ready in the morning. heck yeah brother.

I did not like the OXO 9-CUP. It had a rubbery/sweet smell that I could mostly trace to the silicone parts. Tried replacing, descalers, etc. But ultimately had to return it. MM has been great.