Brew Perfectly Balanced Coffee Every Time with the Breville BDC450BSS Precision Brewer Thermal Coffee Maker

D. Bruckmeyer: I love this coffee machine from Breville. It took some trial and error to find my preferred settings, using Melitta #4 cone filters, which I prefer to the baskets. I like bold flavors and drink mostly dark roasts without milk or sugar. For me, the 'Gold' setting delivered too weak a cup, even experimenting with different ratios of water and coffee grounds. 'Slow' too was not strong enough. In the end, I settled on the following custom settings:

Bloom time: 40 seconds
Brew Temp: 94° c (201.2° Fahrenheit)
Flow Rate: Slow
Pour Over: Off (haven't purchased the attachment but may someday try it)

I fill the water up to 8 cups, the maximum amount for cone filters, and put in a generous amount of medium ground beans (I use Mayorga, either Muy Macho or Winter Blend), always by eyeball but probably about 2/3rds of a cone's worth.

Anyway, these are the settings that I enjoy, but I love that the machine gives you plenty of options to really dial in what you like. The 'Auto Start' button is also a great feature, just set everything up the night before and program it to start brewing about 5-10 mins before you intend to wake up.

It is on the tall side, so...

United States on Nov 28, 2023

Walter R: Si pudiera, la devolvería de inmediato. Estaba entre esta y la Moccamaster. Compré esta máquina al ver los reviews en youtube y acá. Por favor, vayan por una moccamaster, por algo las cafeterías de especialidad de TODO EL MUNDO las ocupan. Gran error cometí al comprar esta Breville... La presión del agua/vapor que genera la configuración "gold" es tan fuerte que dobla el filtro de papel sobre la cama de café en AL MENOS 8 de 10 veces. Tengo que tener un limpia pipa de metal y una linterna al lado de una máquina de 8000 pesos para hacer café, para cuando el vapor doble el filtro y yo lo pueda corregir. Eso implica que si no estoy poniendo atención, en varias ocasiones queda un café "a medias" muy aguado... eso implica café $$$ y filtros $ que se van directo a la basura.

Mexico on May 27, 2020

Roger Feighney: Love the HOT coffee

Canada on Nov 17, 2019

Norma Juarez: Es perfecta tanto para una taza como para toda una jarra. Me encantó, tiene el tamaño justo y luce genial en la cocina

Mexico on Dec 04, 2018

idateacher2: Please note this review only reflects the unboxing, two pots of coffee, and trying the 1 cup mode. I am disappointed with this machine overall. Initial setting you are supposed to do a litmus-type test to determine how hard your water is and then set it accordingly. Mine did not come with the litmus like stick, so just left it at the default. Then you have to flush it. Setting this thing is done very differently than any of my prior pots, and although not terribly difficult it for sure is not intuitive either. When I did the initial flush, less than 2/3 of the water went through. It appears from the paperwork that it should have emptied the full 60 ounces of water. I ran the rest through using the fast cycle. I then set to program it so my coffee would be ready when I woke up. Again, not intuitive. You have set the basket or cone setting, somewhere in there be sure to set it to "gold cup" or fast or whatever your choice is, set the clock and finish with pushing a very small button that designates that the auto program is turned on. Once you hit this button then you can set the time for the pot to go off. Again, not intuitive, but once you get used to navigating the menus it is not...

United States on May 01, 2018