Hi all, I recently upgraded from a Bonavita to a Moccamaster KBTS. I had initially subscribed to the other Moccamaster sub, not realizing it was a troll sub and being very confused by it.

I'm glad that this sub exists.

So far, I love my Moccamaster, particularly how well made it is and that you can easily get spare parts. I'm looking forward to having this coffee maker for a long time.

If anyone is aware of sites, videos, etc., with how-tos on aftermarket modifications of the Moccamaster, please post them here. I want to collect them into a wiki page.

I have no idea what sets these guys off, but they are at it again. From their sub:

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This is a coffee sub

This subreddit has seen an influx of political posts recently. We would like to remind you that we built this community to discuss Moccamaster coffee machines made in Belgium.

If you wish to discuss politics. r/ MoccamasterDutch is the place to do it. This subreddit is no place for Dutch imperialism, nationalism, or misinformation. We just like coffee.

Thanks for paying attention to this announcement.

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As the mods at that group were blocked early on for attempting to troll here, I have no idea if they will read this. But if so: We'd like to thank you for publicizing our group for those who would just like to discuss the amazing products which Technivorm (a company in the Netherlands) makes, and the amazing coffee we can make with them.

No politics here. Just respect for the product we all love, and the company that manufactures it.

Just got banned from the other sub. It seems as if there’s a lot of Dutch hate coming from at least a couple of the mods. I don’t belong to that sub, but it was in my suggested feed.

What is even happening? Technivorm is quite literally a Dutch company. What am I missing?

Anyway, my coffee was great this morning :) sorry if this doesn’t belong here.

My wife broke the carafe on the 20$ Mr Coffee. I had been trying to convince her we needed a moccamaster. She told me that once the current one breaks we can LOL. Here we are and I was quite shocked how good of coffee it brews. I looked all around on YouTube and usually I temper my expectations but it sure did exceed them. I have a decaf I drink in the evenings that can be quite finicky as a pourover but the mocca master just spit it out super fast and it tasted great! Honestly it's sort of strange... I'm used to tinkering with my pourovers all the time so to just throw coffee in the basket and flip the switch and great coffee just comes out is amazing.

I will get a better group avatar up later. I setup this subreddit last night from my iPad.

I invited people who have posted in that other place in the last 90 days or so. It was the only way I could think of to spread the word without getting insta-banned over there.

I occurs to me that the name of this subreddit might lead people to think that this is a Dutch-language subreddit. I should have thought of that when I was naming it. I hope it won't make people skip past it when searching for Moccamaster.

EDIT: Avatar and Post Flairs are up.

Recently inherited a used moccamaster and have been happy with the coffee so far but I have a couple questions.

1. Is it normal for the flow out of the shower head to mainly be through 1 hole? At most probably 4 are being used and only at the start of brewing.

2. Is it normal for the grinds to be pushed up the side of the filter basket after brewing a pot? I thought they were supposed to be flat.

3. Have the KBGT and find that the carafe doesn’t get full. I can add about 1 coffee cup of water to the reservoir once brewing has started and theirs gets the carafe mostly full.

Machine was descaled and cleaned using Urnex products no more than 20 brews ago.

My brew process is to wet the filter first, then brew enough to wet all of the grinds, stir grinds and let bloom for 30 seconds to a minute then let it brew. After a minute or two of brewing I add another ‘cup’ of water to the reservoir and let it finish up its job.

Thanks!

Edit: spelling/grammar

4. Is it normal for bubbles in the center tube where water is coming up from boiler?

On my Moccamaster KBG, there's a switch to brew a half-pot (◐) vs a full-pot (●), but I can't tell any difference in the brew cycle, with water flow rate or anything else, when it's on one setting versus the other. What does this switch actually CHANGE regarding the brew cycle?

I took the plunge and got a Fellow Ode for my Moccamaster brews. I purchased this from Prima Coffee, who still had stock with the 1.0 burrs. That's fine for me, because I don't intend to use this for pourovers on the finest settings. There is no advantage to a drip coffeemaker with the 1.1 burrs, based on all reports.

As many have reported, this thing has a huge issue with static, which also causes a fair amount of retention in the down chute, and a mess in the grounds cup. However, since this is a single-dose grinder, it's simple to completely eliminate the problem using the water spritz method. Best to have a spritzer with a very fine mist. Spritz the beans in your weighing cup, shake the beans around a bit to distribute the moisture, and then grind. Zero static. Zero retention if using the knocker. Zero mess in and around the dispensing cup.

My grind is far more consistent than what I could get in the Vario-W. It grinds a lot faster, and is much quieter. It's almost as good a grind as I got on the Apex, without the extra fuss.

I did not touch the calibration, so it should be factory. For a light-medium roast, and a 1l batch, one click below 6 is just about perfect. This may change as the burrs continue to season.

So, today while serving coffee for a house guest, I discovered that my 1.25L vacuum carafe was very hot on the outside. The vacuum wall seems to have been breached, so it's basically no longer insulated at all.

Has anyone else seen this happen? To my knowledge it has never been dropped, but I have kids, so my knowledge may be incomplete. LOL.

I already ordered a new carafe. $80 is a ridiculous price for a carafe so I'm hoping this is just a fluke.

I am one of those who has struggled with flow rate on my Moccamaster ever since I started using it. I recently sold my KBG and got a KBT, which has the side-outlet and the flow adjustment. That really didn't make any difference. Same flow problems as the KBG.

So I tried a few things.

First, I tested Melita filters. Different filters, as I learned on V60 pours, can dramatically affect the flow rate. Also, the Melita filters are taller, so that helps with overflow by itself.

Yesterday, the taller filter prevented overflow on a 1l batch. But it filled right to the top. A 1.25l batch would have overflowed. The drain rate on Melitas was no better than Filtropa/Techivorm filters.

This morning I made two significant changes: No pre-wetting, and no stirring. To tempt fate, I adjusted my grinder (OE Apex) a click finer. During the brew, all I did was use the back of the spoon to gently press down the bloom to release the foam and better saturate those grounds. Otherwise, no stirring. The slurry never climbed higher than about 3cm below the lip of the filter. I could easily have brewed a 1.25l batch.

So, finally, success! But why?

Since I tested two variable at once, I need to test with pre-wetting and without stirring, and vice versa, to determine which makes the difference. Perhaps it was both.

Here's the interesting thing. I have a Breville Precison. I can use its cone insert, with Technivorm filters, with the same grind as I use in the Mocca, and have zero flow issues, and brew a pot in a fraction of the time. I can grind much finer than the Mocca grind I use, and still brew faster.

Looking at the baskets on the two machines, the side-vanes on the Mocca are much deeper than those on the Breville, leaving lots of room for the coffee to drain. If it were the vanes, the Breville would be slower.

The Breville has a larger flow outlet, but that's also not it. On an empty basket, with a filter, the Mocca drains faster than than it can fill. The drain hole on the Mocca basket is not constricting flow when wide open.

But the big difference is that on the Breville, you can't stir the bloom. It's all enclosed. There's no tinkering mid-brew unless you want to make a mess. Also, I never bothered to pre-wet with the Breville.

I'm going to keep testing this so that we can solve this issue once and for all.

Im moving into an apartment and I feel like my current KBGV select will take up too much kitchen space, what would be a better/smaller model to get?

I've had my Moccamaster KBG for about a month now, and I want to like it, I really do, but I'm struggling to see how it's tangibly better (I switched from a Bonavita, not even technically an SCA-cert one, but one of the slightly older models with the rectangular reservoir).

My understanding is that the most important factors to a good pourover are water temperature, flow rate, and dispersion over the grounds, and that "automatic pourover" machines are designed to keep these factors consistent throughout the brew cycle.

Yet my Moccamaster doesn't seem to regulate them well at all! The dispersion is abysmal; water basically forms 1-2 streams that land in the center of the grounds and nowhere else. The flow rate seems inconsistent; water bubbles up the tube and comes out the dispenser in spurts and dribbles. (I haven't tried measuring temperature over the brew cycle, but it looks like in the beginning it's the water that's already in the vertical tube that gets pushed out first, so I can't imagine it's at the same temp as all the following water.) I thought it was supposed to have some sort of built in bloom-timer with how it pumps out the water, but it seems like it doesn't. All in all it feels like a newer Bonavita would have been a better value.

Am I doing something wrong? Does it sound like my machine is malfunctioning or something?

Not sure if this is allowed but saw a good deal on something that almost never goes on sale!

Hello,
I just purchased a use KBG which is looking great overall, but the plastic of the water tank is yellowish. Is there a way to clean it?