Gadgetory

does a coffee maker have to be smart to be good no but it might make a good coffee maker that much better the 329 dollar be more connected coffee brewer has useful smart abilities that have been grafted onto the body of a quality drip coffeemaker built on be Moore's excellent brazen plus coffeemaker this machine is all about control you can adjust the brew temps and pre-soak times and it carries scaa certification but those are all features the brazen plus offered and this connected version simply removes them from the display and puts them on your phone for example you can select the amount of coffee the type of coffee and the length of pre-soak right from the phone bmore hopes that this will make the machine easier to use because the machines display is in effect the screen on your smartphone you won't have to deal with small lcds or tiny buttons in practice I found it to be useful but a bit wonky sometimes the app would lose connection and alerts sometimes arrive late you can't even schedule the machine to brew at a certain time like when you wake up in the morning that's a pretty basic function and it's sorely missed still the machine makes great coffee and some of the apps features are useful like advice for pre-soak times and bring temperatures that will match your coffee type so if you really want a coffee maker that can brew quality drip with some app connected abilities this is the machine for you for sheer performance and speed choose a techna for mocha master or bonavita a 1900 instead