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hi guys this is Brian Bennett foreseen it appliances and right now we're taking a first look at the bonavita bv1800 we've all been there you wake up in the morning you you know put on a fresh pot of coffee and you have pretty much five minutes to drink it and you run out the door and most of your coffee is wasted because by the time I get home it's cold so this machine is basically made to make just five cups of coffee at a time or even smaller batches than that that way you can just you know drink what you make and don't waste a whole lot of coffee which is expensive priced at 140 dollars it's also a little bit less than it's bigger and more expensive sibling the Bonavita a 1900 TS that cost one hundred and ninety dollars unfortunately though I have to say it doesn't quite live up to the hype it is a little bit inconsistent in its brewing temperature you know somehow it takes a little longer to reach the optimal brewing temperature if it does at all and whatever the reason as resolves what you get out of this machine often tends to be over extracted and bitter and that's something that is definitely not what you want in a coffee machine the 1500 TS has a thermal carafe right here so it's designed to keep your coffee warm for a few hours on this side you're gonna find the water reservoir it's pretty big it's easy to pour into it's just like the 1900 TS and then you there to switch on the front to activate it holding down the switch also toggles the pre infusion mode on and off this mode just like the 1900 TS enables the water to go into the brewing chamber and sit for about 30 seconds and that way it pre saturates the crowns and and kind of cooks off some of the more unbeliever full-on desirable aspects of fresh brewed coffee so when you boil it all down the bonavita bv1800 TS doesn't quite have the performance that you'd expect from a Bonavita product in my opinion I think you're better off saving up for the bonavita bv1800 TS that's an additional $50 but you're going to get a lot better performance and much more flavorful coffee for more check out my full review at cnet.com I'm Brian Bennett for CNET appliances