Wirecutter Is Wrong: This Is the Best Drip Coffee Maker — Reviews in Review

According to Wirecutter, a New York Times-owned website that performs and publishes extremely in-depth product reviews, the best coffee maker comes from OXO. The site crowned the OXO On Barista Brain 9 Cup Coffee Maker, saying, "This stylish brewer makes consistently good coffee, has a solid thermal carafe, and can be programmed to brew automatically before you wake up."

I love all things OXO (as do my fellow Kitchn editors!), and I actually got this coffee maker even before reading the Wirecutter review. I trusted the brand, was into the space age-y look, and had a broken cheap-o drip machine on my hands, so I decided to give it a try.

Sadly, I have to say: I do not agree with Wirecutter.

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