- Type
- Automatic drip brewer
- Capacity
- 40 oz / 1.25 L, 10 cups
- Brew time
- 4 to 6 minutes for a full carafe
Moccamaster
Moccamaster KBGV Select review
Updated 2026-07-27
The US flagship of the Moccamaster range: a hand-built Dutch drip brewer with a copper heating element and a selector that brews a half or a full carafe to the same standard.
Our opinion
7.7/10
Buy it once
This is the machine you buy when you have decided drip coffee is the thing you care about and you never want to think about the machine again. It is fast, it holds proper brew temperature, and people are still running theirs after fifteen years. What stings is that $369 gets you no timer, so the machine that costs more than most espresso setups cannot have coffee ready before you get downstairs. We would still buy it, and we would still grumble about that every morning.
- In the cup 8.5
- Value 7.5
- Ease of use 8.0
- Build & longevity 8.5
- Versatility 4.0
- Type
- Automatic drip brewer
- Capacity
- 40 oz / 1.25 L, 10 cups
- Brew time
- 4 to 6 minutes for a full carafe
- Brew temperature
- 196 to 205 F
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What works
- +The only Moccamaster certified to Golden Cup standard at both half and full carafe
- +Holds 196 to 205 F through the whole brew, which most drip machines do not
- +Five-year warranty and a repair-rather-than-replace parts supply
- +Brews a full 40 oz carafe in four to six minutes
The catch
- −No timer and no clock, so you cannot wake up to made coffee
- −The glass carafe is thin, and owners break them
- −$369 buys no grinder, no app and no cold brew, just very good drip coffee
- −A single spray arm rather than a full showerhead, so the bed benefits from a stir
What owners say
Recurring themes from public owner discussion (Recurring themes across r/coffee threads and owner discussion aggregators, Published long-term and video reviews of the KBGV Select), paraphrased. Checked 2026-07-27.
Comes up as praise
- +Longevity dominates the discussion. Reports of five, ten and even twenty years of daily use are common, and Technivorm's parts supply means a tired machine gets fixed rather than binned.
- +Owners consistently rate the coffee well above other drip machines they have owned, and the speed of a full carafe gets mentioned almost as often.
- +The simplicity is part of the appeal. There is a switch, and that is close to the whole interface.
- +The five-year warranty and Technivorm's repair reputation come up repeatedly as the thing that justifies the price.
Comes up as gripes
- −The missing timer is the single most repeated complaint, and owners find it hard to forgive at this price.
- −The glass carafe is thin. Breaking one is a common story and the replacement is not cheap.
- −The spray arm is a single outlet rather than a dispersion showerhead, and some owners report uneven saturation and stir the bed to compensate.
- −The price is acknowledged even in glowing reports, usually framed as worth it only if you keep it for a decade.
Watch
See it in action
Video: Lifestyle Lab. Embedded from YouTube.
Full specifications
| Type | Automatic drip brewer |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 40 oz / 1.25 L, 10 cups |
| Brew time | 4 to 6 minutes for a full carafe |
| Brew temperature | 196 to 205 F |
| Heating element | Copper |
| Carafe | Glass, with a two-setting hotplate |
| Hotplate | 175 F or 185 F |
| Brew basket | Automatic drip stop |
| Volume selector | Half or full carafe |
| Certification | SCA and ECBC approved |
| Warranty | 5 years |
| Made in | Netherlands, hand-assembled |
Who it's for
The Moccamaster KBGV Select suits drip-coffee, batch-brewing, buy-it-for-life.
About Moccamaster
Moccamaster is the coffee brand of Technivorm, a Dutch manufacturer that has built the same essential drip brewer since 1968. Every machine is assembled by hand in the Netherlands around a copper heating element, carries a five-year warranty, and is certified by both the Specialty Coffee Association and the European Coffee Brewing Centre.
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