And, according to Peterson, there was a growing fear that the Bonavita business was stagnating as a result.

As with the other machines mentioned here, it’s also the same pour over style drip coffee maker and brews roughly the same amount of coffee. With all of these cases, there are lessons to be learned even for the coffee-averse — especially for brands that think they have rights to certain trademarks.It took only a year or two before those others started hitting the market,” said Clive Coffee’s Hellweg. The Clever Dripper is great because it steeps very similarly to the french press, except instead of pressing the screen down to separate the grounds, a little trigger on the bottom of the brewer drains it through a paper filter. Still, the fact that they are turning professionals’ heads indicates that mainstream coffee consumption patterns and expectations are changing. Compact and efficiently designed, the Bonavita Enthusiast 8-Cup Drip Coffee Brewer with Thermal Carafe consistently turned out a terrific cup of coffee and has a blooming feature that can upgrade a very good cup to a great one.

At the beginning of 2021, Smartco informed Espresso Supply that it was ending its trademark agreement with its distributor of nine years. Being the industry standard, Bonavita coffee brewers are used by judges in World Coffee Competitions. For smaller amounts of coffee, the OXO 9-Cup also adjusts the pre-infusion and overall brewing time (you have to select between brewing a two- to four-cup pot or a five- to nine-cup pot).Clive Coffee’s Hellweg recently went to Milan to attend a big coffee festival there and noticed the changing buzz. But the trade-off with pour-over is convenience: Making a good pour-over requires some technique, and with most pour-over drippers, you can brew only one cup at a time.