Sprudge: "Ratio Six hits all the marks"

Sprudge.com includes the Six in their 2024 gift lineup:

"Whether we want to admit it or not, the automatic coffee machine is a must-have piece of equipment. I love making my morning pour-over, but when there’s company over, I’m not trying to bust out brew after brew like I churning my way through the afternoon rush. A good automatic coffee maker is a godsend. There are a few things that make for a good coffee maker. They have to be able to heat water to around 205°F, they have to be easy to use (so easy an in-law can do it), it needs to have a thermal carafe as opposed to a heating element, and it must look good.

There’s a secondary and perhaps more subjective consideration: I want a flat-bottom brewer. While my main squeeze is a conical brewer, the Chemex, for this large-format coffee making, I want a solid, consistent cup, and that’s where flat-bottom coffee makers have an edge.

So for me, the Ratio 6 hits all the marks. It brings water to an appropriate temperature (and even has a rubber collar to trap in more heat for use with lighter roasts, which handle higher temps a little better), is a one-button wonder, has a thermal carafe, and it looks great on the counter in a modern coffee aesthetic sort of way. And it’s a flat bottom brewer. It’s also the Goldilocks of the Ratio line. The Ratio 8 looks more elegant but comes with a higher price point whereas the 4 doesn’t have the capacity I want in an automatic machine."

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