rxonmymind
Super Member
Ayaaa! Time, where did it go? I'm late for the review so here it goes....
Technivorm is made in the Netherlands for over 50 years which gave them a lot of time to get it right. They did for the most part.
Hands down from a build aspects it's quality. Be it the machined aluminum to it's thick copper heating element and removable part to have it be cleaned I can't find to much fault. With the water reservoir and coffee bean basket the only parts that are plastic I find that acceptable.
Aesthetics wise it's beautiful to see. I always go back to saying if something has to take up real estate be it speakers or coffee maker it better look good. With that it's a welcoming site in the morning but one will pay handsomely for that privilege as ours was just north of $300.
I found the best grind for this coffee was on fine. This allowed the water to "bloom" or "mushroom" out from the inside of the basket thus allowing full saturation of all the ground coffee. If one were so inclined one could stir the this saturated brew once to mix up the grounds to get a nice soak.
With coarse coffee I found that the water flowed through a bit too fast and didn't saturate the grounds and in one case left parts of the grounds dry in the basket. A shameful waste.
First pick shows the solid soaking of grounds. Nice creama too!
Brewed at a perfect temperature of 200° the Technivorm takes around 4-6 minutes to brew a full pot depending on several factors such as grind, amount etc.
Once brewed it'll hold the temp to around 180 ish degrees give or take +-5° for 1 1/2 hours then stay warm depending on house temp for another 30 minutes.
So how does it taste? Outstanding. This was a solid purchase which we hope will be the last one we buy for many, many, many years.
Technivorm is made in the Netherlands for over 50 years which gave them a lot of time to get it right. They did for the most part.
Hands down from a build aspects it's quality. Be it the machined aluminum to it's thick copper heating element and removable part to have it be cleaned I can't find to much fault. With the water reservoir and coffee bean basket the only parts that are plastic I find that acceptable.
Aesthetics wise it's beautiful to see. I always go back to saying if something has to take up real estate be it speakers or coffee maker it better look good. With that it's a welcoming site in the morning but one will pay handsomely for that privilege as ours was just north of $300.
I found the best grind for this coffee was on fine. This allowed the water to "bloom" or "mushroom" out from the inside of the basket thus allowing full saturation of all the ground coffee. If one were so inclined one could stir the this saturated brew once to mix up the grounds to get a nice soak.
With coarse coffee I found that the water flowed through a bit too fast and didn't saturate the grounds and in one case left parts of the grounds dry in the basket. A shameful waste.
First pick shows the solid soaking of grounds. Nice creama too!
Brewed at a perfect temperature of 200° the Technivorm takes around 4-6 minutes to brew a full pot depending on several factors such as grind, amount etc.
Once brewed it'll hold the temp to around 180 ish degrees give or take +-5° for 1 1/2 hours then stay warm depending on house temp for another 30 minutes.
So how does it taste? Outstanding. This was a solid purchase which we hope will be the last one we buy for many, many, many years.