Performance Thermo

thoughts on this long term? in general i like mine but i find that unless im doing a full jug (which is rare) i feel i need to bloom/stir the grounds to get a good extraction. if you just let it run the grounds look very uneven and the water just plows through the coffee leaving a funnel shape. also the water seems to come out of all the holes at the start of brewing, but after a few seconds it tends to turn into a basically a single stream due to surface tension. i do wish it had a broader shower head especially for making smaller amounts. My wife also doesn’t like it as its not so hands off/automatic. At least you can steep by shutting off the drip, which is one of the main reasons i got this instead of the moccamaster. but i do wish it didn’t require as much supervision.

I bought the Wilfa Performance brewer, distributed by Lardera in the U.S. Since I got it in the summer of 2024, it's been extremely consistent and makes great coffee. It's easy to clean, water is consistently in a range of 203-207, and it seems to extract well. At $250 it's pricier than I expected, but it's been a great experience. I really wrestled with getting a Moccamaster, but I didn't quite like their carafe and wanted something larger for serving groups.

I ended up buying the Performance and have been using it close to two months now. It makes delicious cups of coffee!

I’ve been mostly happy with it . I’d be 100% happy with it if the hot water drip covered a wider area in the filter basket

I love mine I use it as an automatic clever. I keep brew stop on for 2 minutes and then release. I bought the combo together with the grinder and it works well for me.

Love mine. They did a new version since that video I think, some of the stuff he complains about is fixed. I still make pourovers pretty regularly, but when I’ve got a wall of meetings it’s nice to just go automatic.

Mocchamaster. I gave our 12 year old one to a family member because I purchased a Wilfa. Windlebow designed and made these for a short time, but you can’t get them stateside anymore. The technivorm is still brewing consistently and so is my Wilfa.

That's my issue too. I don't understand why no one has made a coffee machine with glass parts and minimal plastic. When my wilfa drip machine dies I'm going to strip it down and see if I can swap out the plastic parts.

Glass for the reservoir, make the filter coffee holder into a porcelain or glass pour over yoke that isn't attached to the body and sits on the jug. Or have it held by wires that warm it up so it doesn't shock the coffee when the machine starts and you get consistently warm water running through the coffee. And swap out the plastic sprinkler for metal. I've thought about this a lot.