Really enjoying the simplicity and the flavour. Easy to set up, use and clean, and it makes excellent coffee too. Especially like the glass-lined carafe.

I kind of had my doubts about Moccamaster, but with the generally glowing reviews I pulled the trigger during a decent sale.

I'm no coffee snob, but I love good coffee, and wondered if a unit that met the "golden cup standard" would make even better tasting coffee than my old maker (which is supposed to meet the standard, but actually falls short temperature-wise).

The Moccamaster brews much faster than my old unit and has no bloom phase (I didn't know about this prior to ordering - I assumed it would have a bloom phase). The coffee taste profile is also somewhat different (more acidic), and I prefer the taste of the coffee brewed from my old unit.

Also to consider is that none of the covers are hinged, so it's much less user friendly than a standard coffee maker; you have to physically lift off both the filter cover and the reservoir cover, to load the filter and fill with water. It tends to get water droplets wherever I temporarily set the covers, which is annoying for cleanup. The covers and filter housing are also very light plastic and feel cheap. Pouring water into the reservoir is also more difficult, since the water outlet arm blocks of part of the reservoir, unlike other more standard coffee makers; if you hit the arm with the flow, it'll cause water to fly all over, and will also direct cold water to run into the filter housing area.

There’s one other annoying aspect I didn’t consider prior to ordering the unit. If you want to brew directly into a travel mug rather than the carafe, you have to find a way to depress the little white button at the front of the unit so the coffee will brew. Again, it’s just another quirk of the coffee maker that you can’t disable, and have to work around.

As an engineer and very practical hands-on person, it's a real head-scratcher to me why this unit is so highly rated - it's not a user-friendly design at all, and in my opinion the coffee is makes is subpar. From other reviews, I don't doubt that the unit will function well for years, but we've moved beyond this kind of outdated design.

Overall, I'm not impressed considering the cost of the unit, even on a decent sale.

I will let you know next when I give it to my husband on is birthday.

I’ve used department store automatic coffee machines and progressed to various pour overs/ french press/ Aeropress. We finally bought a Technivorm KBT so that we could easily make coffee if guests were over, and for the convenience in the morning (push the button and go). Chose this model as it is designed to brew smaller batches or larger batches by adjusting a switch on the brew basket. You can also play with the bloom time by closing the switch on the brew basket, but I’ve found the coffee is excellent brewed just as is. Technivorm makes great coffee (as good as our pour overs) and does it quickly and very consistently.The stainless steel carafe is glass lined, and keeps the coffee hot (we usually finish coffee within an hour). The criticisms I have are small: the carafe does not easily empty the last of the coffee (small amount) and one must make sure the switch on the brew basket is not closed when brewing or it could overflow. This hasn’t happened yet as we usually don’t close the switch. One note is the cups are smaller than standard cups - to make two 8 ounce cups of coffee we use the 4 cup measurement. We don’t anticipate it will be a problem when we have company over as if we need more coffee, it is very quick and easy to brew. We wish we had bought the Technivorm earlier as it met and exceeded all our expectations.

Easy to use and good coffee.