The BonaVita Coffee Brewer

In the past few years I have gone through two Cuisinart coffee makers with "thermal" carafes but I was never happy with the taste of the coffee even when using Duncan Doughnuts (DD) coffee.  The first came with a built-in grinder and the second did not but it was fully programmable.  It never came close to the real thing.  

I recently bought a no frills BonaVita coffee maker as a result of a recommendation from Cooks Illustrated.  I bought the more expensive stainless steel carafe version that is glass-lined.  Other than its simple on/of switch with an automatic shut-off feature; that is it!  Like I said, it is a no frills coffee brewer. 

I bought it through Amazon for about $150 and it arrived two days ago.  As soon as I got it I ran a pot of simple water through it just to be sure that it was operating properly.  The next day was its real trial, an 8 cup pot of DD's Coffee.  In about 6 or 7 minutes the coffee was finished and piping hot.  

There is little doubt that this coffee was just as good as what you would get at DD and the carafe kept the coffee piping hot for two hours before I finished the drinking it.  I'm convinced that it would have kept the coffee hot for much longer.

I suspect that what I had been doing in the past was making coffee, but now I'm brewing great coffee.  


Highly Recommended 


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