Technivorm Moccamaster KBGV Select is the best coffee maker for the daily grind
New Yorkers possess an instinctual knowledge of where to secure a reliably good, undeniably cheap cup of coffee: the corner bodega. It costs $3, maybe $4; it’s poured before your Apple Pay loads and, if you’re really lucky, arrives in that iconic blue-and-white cup.While the bodega has cheap coffee, we wanted to know which coffee maker out there mastered quality.Thus, for the New York Post’s Made It Here Awards for the best coffee makers, we rigorously evaluated seven premium machines — ranging from a relatively modest $369 drip brewer to an absurdly extravagant $4,499 all-in-one machine — with one defining question: Which machine actually brews a cup magnificent enough that you’d willingly walk right past your corner shop? We judged every single contender on five distinct parameters: coffee quality, ease of use, build and maintenance, counter space footprint and of course, overall value.Evaluating the bold, brilliant brew required an exhaustive taste test conducted by Helen Pinch, a coffee sommelier from Paloma Coffee & Bakery in Brooklyn, New York.Ironically, the ultimate victor emerged as the absolute cheapest machine we tested, and by far the simplest.The Technivorm Moccamaster KBGV Select boasts two tactile switches, zero glowing screens and no connected apps.
Hand-built in the Netherlands, it silently brews a 10-cup pot in under seven minutes, and it outright conquered our rigorous taste test.See our full testing criteriaFunctioning as a premium 10-cup drip coffee maker, the Technivorm Moccamaster KBGV Select features a classic glass carafe, an independent hot plate and a dedicated switch designed specifically to optimize half-pot extractions.It proudly carries approval from the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and certification from the European Coffee Brewing Centre; in fact, Moccamaster claims it is the sole brewer on the market to actively hold both prestigious certifications for both full and half carafes.Capacity: 40 ounces (1.25 L,...