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  • #16
    Originally posted by dmo View Post
    Have you considered the Behmor Brazen?
    I was just about to say the same thing. Wouldn't it be the best option?

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    • #17
      Originally posted by dmo View Post
      Have you considered the Behmor Brazen?
      Never heard of it. I just checked it out and it sounds like it makes good coffee, but it doesn't look like it's really designed for making just one or two cups at a time. However, while it might be a tad easier to make coffee with this than an Aeropress, it seems like clean up is a lot more work than an Aeropress. The Aeropress is so darn easy to clean!

      What I was hoping to find is a machine that would do everything for me at the press of a button. Like a Keurig but without the shi*ty coffee. Sounds like the super-auto machines might be the way to go. But they're a lot of money so I need to find a place where I can try them out before purchase.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by uscpsycho View Post
        Never heard of it. I just checked it out and it sounds like it makes good coffee, but it doesn't look like it's really designed for making just one or two cups at a time.
        The Behmor Brazen will make a single cup or a whole pot.

        Originally posted by uscpsycho View Post
        What I was hoping to find is a machine that would do everything for me at the press of a button. Like a Keurig but without the shi*ty coffee. Sounds like the super-auto machines might be the way to go. But they're a lot of money so I need to find a place where I can try them out before purchase.
        Just as with a non-super-auto, to maintain the best coffee possible the grind will need to be regularly adjusted on a super-auto. Just as the super-auto will require regular cleaning as well. There is no machine out there that will make great coffee with only a push of a button with nothing else ever having to be done to it. As much as some want it and despite manufacturers and retailers claims to the contrary, it just....doesn't....exist. I had what was arguably the best super-auto available ($USD25,000 MSRP) on my bench for half a year and the difference between what it produced and what came out of the non-super-auto HX sitting next to it was easily discernible.


        Java "It pays to know your machines" phile
        Toys! I must have new toys!!!

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Javaphile View Post
          The Behmor Brazen will make a single cup or a whole pot.



          Just as with a non-super-auto, to maintain the best coffee possible the grind will need to be regularly adjusted on a super-auto. Just as the super-auto will require regular cleaning as well. There is no machine out there that will make great coffee with only a push of a button with nothing else ever having to be done to it. As much as some want it and despite manufacturers and retailers claims to the contrary, it just....doesn't....exist. I had what was arguably the best super-auto available ($USD25,000 MSRP) on my bench for half a year and the difference between what it produced and what came out of the non-super-auto HX sitting next to it was easily discernible.


          Java "It pays to know your machines" phile
          I can't help but wonder if the super-auto machines are that much better than the built-in coffee makers I am not crazy about. What would make one of these better than a built in?

          I don't want something that works with a push of a button with nothing that EVER needs to be done. But something that doesn't require a process for EVERY cup. You know?

          The more I read here the more I think that the Aeropress is really the best way to make 1-2 cups of coffee. That is, once you figure out the technique & "recipe" that works for you. I use the inverted method and after some trial and error I love my coffee. But it takes like six minutes to make which means I resort to the Keurig when I don't have the time or when I'm feeling lazy. I guess for $30 I shouldn't complain...

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          • #20
            Six whole minutes!
            So... you want a displayable sexy looking machine that can put out a quality cup of coffee in less than 6 minutes... but not just with the press of a single button... as you really don't mind being a part of the "process". Hmmmm... I think I'll file this one in the "Too Hard" basket and move right along.
            Good luck with your search and please let us know what you finally come up with... it should prove interesting.

            Disclaimer: Any smart-assery found in the above is entirely due to the time of day and the relative ludicrousness of the quest

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Vinitasse View Post
              So... you want a displayable sexy looking machine that can put out a quality cup of coffee in less than 6 minutes... but not just with the press of a single button... as you really don't mind being a part of the "process".....
              Easy fix. They call it a barista and some are sexy machines. Many can manage a quality cup in less than 6 minutes.

              Available now at your local cafe

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              • #22
                Are there any good built-in coffee makers?

                My advice to the OP is to stick with your aeropress for now and in the meantime visit some retailers in your area to try out the various machines, whether they are super autos or semi automatics or manuals.

                You never know, once you taste an espresso from a decent machine you might change your mind and your requirements for what you need/want at home.

                Just keep in mind there is no magical machine that allows you press to press a button and produce a quality cup of coffee.
                Last edited by kopigeek; 21 July 2015, 05:47 PM.

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