if anyone wants a gently used moccamaster in very good shape, pm me. it works great i just don’t make drip anymore.
i have the Technivorm Moccamaster 39340 CDT Grand Coffee Maker, 60 Ounce, Silver.
Santa brought me a Moccamaster Technivorm. First pot, not even geeked out by exact weight, and it’s great.
You will love it Dennis!
My Technivorm was delivered 16 years ago. Been making a pot a day ever since. The thing just won’t die. Does anyone else have one that old?
Mid 2000’s here, but I probably only use mine 3 times a week so yours has mine beat on cycles.
Is there significant weight variance after grinding?
Depends on the grinder (some have higher retention than others, usually discussed in reviews) and the roast (darker can have more retention). You don’t want it to be significant.
People grind by weight, volume, or time. All of those can vary depending on size of beans, level of roast, grinder, grind level, whether beans came from freezer, amount of beans in the hopper if not just for a single use (density of beans, packing of smaller vs larger beans, their hardness, and whether weight of more beans in the hopper feed the burrs more efficiently), probably other factors.
I’m a partial geek, at most, I typically brew a pot of drip coffee in the morning. Maybe if/when I retire I’ll switch to pour over methods. Weight is most consistent. If I had to guess, I think volume is next and timing is least consistent. I’ve never tried to quantify but I think the methods can differ by as much as 15-20% in terms of quantity of coffee grinds produced (assuming a variety of different types of beans rather than always the same).
-Al
Decided to replace the previous one after 17 years of daily duty. It still works, just leaked a bit of water after each brew.
Considering how simple the Moccamaster design is and the primary advantage over a Mr. Coffee type machine is that it delivers the water at the proper temperature over the grounds, I’m surprised it has only been relatively recently that we’ve seen competitors engineering coffee makers to do the same.
I say that as a very happy Moccamaster user. Side note, mine was provided by a wine merchant as a gift 15 years ago. That was a wake up call for me that I was spending WAY too much money on wine, which I’m sure was the opposite of the intended effect.
Mines a baby only four years old. (But that’s already longer than any previous coffee maker has lasted). Coupled with decent grinder (Ode 2) and good coffee from our local fine foods (Cafe Monte 2/3 “Roma” and 1/3 Colombian Antioquia) we get a great brew.
My only quibble is the shower head. As previoulsy mentioned. But easily remedied with a little stir of the brew part way through which nowcis just part of the overall ritual - weigh, grind, fill water, brew. But it is surprising they haven’t addressed that, I’d imagine it would be pretty easy to fix.