It has significantly elevated the flavor of "good enough" beans

Brew good beans, grind the with a good conical burr grinder, use a good filter, use good water

If you're spending this much on a coffee maker you've probably figured out that grinding the beans up the night before and leaving them sitting in your coffee maker all night does not produce good coffee.

Makes a great cup of coffee if you are using good beans.

We recommend buying a separate coffee bean grinder or only using freshly ground coffee beans that have been roasted no later than 2-3 weeks

I feel like I'm not just smelling the actual bean, but the rain forest it came from

Fresh ground coffee beans and the Bonavita coffee brewer = heavenly morning coffee.

I used freshly ground Haitian Blue beans from Fresh Roasted Coffee (See here).

Be sure to set the burst of water option to get the most out of your fresh beans

The taste is fantastic and the pre gassing feature only adds a bit longer to the brew time and is a noticeable difference when using freshly ground quality beans

I pair it with the Baratza Encore grinder and a local roaster for some fresh beans and have said permanent goodbyes to office coffee, k-cups and overpriced coffee shops

I grind fresh coffee beans each morning, and since preparing the brew -- weighing and grinding beans, filling the water tank, pre-heating the carafe, wetting the filter, filling the basket, etc. -- and actually brewing the coffee takes as much as 6 minutes in total, that functionality would rarely get used anyways

This is likely helped by using a bean that I like and grinding just before use

It's not a miracle machine, but if you get a good roast or grind your own beans, this makes a pretty tasty cup

I use fresh roasted beans and filtered water.

to "steaming."I have a new, local shop that grinds its own beans and my next step is to try the pre-infusion mode

I recommend engaging the feature that causes the power indicator light to blink as the Bonavita brews, especially if you fresh-grind beans

I've tried bagged grounds, and I've tried whole beans, and ground them myself

Whether i use good beans or not it produces a cup that has little flavor

We used already ground coffee as well as grinding our own beans

I've had this brewer over a year and grind my own freshly roasted beans from "Grounds For Change" in Washington State.

I drink folgers, I don't grind my own beans, so you see what kind of coffee drinker I am.

This is likely helped by using a bean that I like and grinding just before use

I grind fresh coffee beans each morning, and since preparing the brew -- weighing and grinding beans, filling the water tank, pre-heating the carafe, wetting the filter, filling the basket, etc. -- and actually brewing the coffee takes as much as 6 minutes in total, that functionality would rarely get used anyways

As a side note, my Capresso 560.01 Infinity Conical Burr Grinder (See here) does grind the beans quite finely even at the coarsest setting, so the water on top of the grounds at the end of the brewing cycle could be attributed to that fact.

Bottom line for me was how good the coffee turned out , I use freshly ground beans and flavor is my top priority from a brewer and this one does that job well.

I grind our coffee beans for each pot of coffee; we use beans from Dazbog Coffee, Starbucks, Old San Francisco Bay, and other companies

We use freshly ground beans and filtered water, and we're treated every morning with far better coffee than any other brewer we've ever used

the coffee comes out pallid, despite being high end freshly ground beans

I grind my beans in a Capresso 565, tried many different grind settings, but could never get an acceptable cup of coffee

It makes my coffee in the morning, and with fresh ground beans, filtered tap water (we have a chlorine smell from our tap

You will never be satisfied with any other coffee maker after you've had the great coffee produced by this coffee maker...as long as you are using good quality beans, of course.

I use Melitta basket filters with my medium fresh ground beans

Pre soak works great and we are using it on ground coffee it would probably be even better if we used fesh ground beans

, I'm to grind the beans, then brew immediately.

To not waste beans I grind very fine 7.5 on a KitchenAide grinder

Uses less beans, louder, brewing time has slowed

I bought the expensive beans thinking I would make my coffee as good as the coffee shop did.

It takes good beans and turns them into that standard "blah" coffee you get at a diner

The coffee did not stay hot in this "thermal" pot for more than one hour at most; the coffee tasted bitter, and I use really great French beans which are strong and a bit bitter but that's what I like; Still, this was not the coffee taste I wanted or liked

Brew good beans, grind the with a good conical burr grinder, use a good filter, use good water

Using fresh ground beans and filtered water of course.

The better the beans, the better the coffee, but we often make a hurried pot out of pre-ground packaged coffee and it is excellent

And if you do, you better be grinding your own beans every morning and using high-quality ones at that

I think it's way more important to use fresh beans and grind them right before you make the coffee, than the coffee maker you use anyway.

I can usually grind the beans OK, and often remember to fill the water reservoir, but that last thing -- why doesn't it refuse to brew if I don't put the water in?

I grind my bean before I make the pot of coffee.

Previously I would manually bloom freshly ground beans, then run them through a

Grind your whole beans each morning and enjoy!

I grind my own beans (I use 76 grams of beans for a full pot of coffee) and then I let the coffee bloom with the feature that is built right in by pressing the "go" button and holding for a few seconds

I've always ground my beans fresh before brewing, but this machine improves the taste even more

I've always ground my beans fresh before brewing, but this machine improves the taste even more

My technique is to place hot tap water in the carafe to pre-warm it, while I grind my beans.

Even with less than ideal coffee it made the best pot of coffee I've had at home, so I'm excited to see what it will do with freshly roasted and ground beans

Grind your whole beans each morning and enjoy!

I do grind the coffee beans before I brew the coffee

Use the best beans that you can, like Peet's coffee

I highly recommend keeping the "bloom" option on if you're grinding fresh beans to ensure the flavor keeps up

typically I run hot water from the tap into it (hot as I can get it) and let it sit in there while I weigh and grind the beans

Fine for people who brew with stale beans, but even with the "special power button" setting for fresh coffee, mine foams over the top of the paper filter

i do use a burr grinder and purchase relatively good beans, recently roasted by a local roaster.

Previously I would manually bloom freshly ground beans, then run them through a

For background, I like hearty roasts (French and Italian), grind my beans daily and also have a Gaggia Classic espresso machine and a Breville bean grinder.

I can usually grind the beans OK, and often remember to fill the water reservoir, but that last thing -- why doesn't it refuse to brew if I don't put the water in?

I do heat it with hot water while I am grinding the beans and putting the water in the reservoir

I think it's way more important to use fresh beans and grind them right before you make the coffee, than the coffee maker you use anyway.

now it works just as great as when it was new.

I read some reviews which said that the coffee doesn't come out hot enough/ stay warm in the carafe, but I've brewed a pot of coffee, poured about half of it into cups, and came back an hour later to refill them, and the coffee in the carafe was still just as hot as when it was brewed.

I've used other percolators, including nice expensive ones, but never found the coffee to be as good as from a Keurig or Aeropress

In addition, the coffee does not takes a good as from my 8 year old Cuisinart coffee maker

Thus, the coffee didn’t taste as good as it could.

This replaced a $300 dollar European coffemaker and is just as good as for less than half the price.

The carafe does a good job of keeping the coffee warm but not as hot as when it comes out of the machine.

The coffee doesn't seem to stay as hot as in our old one.

Not as great as it was rated

I would say if you're going to invest the money, pick up a grinder as well as it has made all the difference.

If coffee temperature is a concern, then I think there are coffee brewers out there with carafes that offer much better insulation, such as the Zojirushi EC-YSC100, available for the same amount of money

Most of the aroma should be going in the carafe so that your finished product tastes as good as it can.

For the short time my coffee sits in the carafe it stays nearly as hot as when I made it

I have owned you most in-expensive models and spent more based on widely regarded reviewer sources as well as from consumer reviews found on sites such as this one and found this little gem to give the biggest bang for the buck

Everything works as it should, and I am uber excited to have a pre-infusion mode to allow the coffee to bloom

After 4 months it doesn’t keep the coffee as warm after 20 minutes(so not as hot as when it was first bought).

Coffee is excellent, comes out very hot, stays hot n carafe and is delicious.