“For the past nearly 10 years have religiously been brewing, daily poor overs from my morning, coffee and still very much love to do so. I honestly doubted the idea that a batch brewer could really ever close to hand brewing. Then I started medical residency and my available time in the morning and required quantity of coffee precluded doing one or 2 cup. Pour overs for all of my coffee needs. Despite skepticism, I decided to go with the ratio six and have been very impressed with the cup quality. I’m able to get out of it. First of all is beautiful and well designed, looks great on the coffee bar. Then it does one thing simply and very well evenly distributes water at a consistent temperature over your bed of coffee. Have you put in good water and good beans that are grind on a decent grinder you’re gonna get an excellent result. I honestly didn’t think batch machines could produce the sort of acidity presentation, juiciness, and flavor separation that I’ve seen on for some of my brews. Are there times that I could get more out of the beans with a V60? Probably. Does it get me more than 90% of the way there with a push of a button? Yes. Dispatch could be suited my needs. I thought about the offering from fellow, but what I really wanted was something that Brooke batch of Coffee assembly as possible consistently in the morning, and leave the tinkering to my hand Roos when I have the time. I’d highly recommend the ratio six”
“Coffee from the Ratio Six is excellent - the machine is a bit fussy with all parts required for the brewer. It takes a while to figure out to manage the machine efficiently. Really like the results.”
“We have been trying to find a replacement for a discontinued Krups pour over coffee maker. We tried & returned a Fellows that was to mimic a pour over. We now opted for the Ratio Six. After a week it has met expectations.”
“Bought the Six with the thermal carafe and stainless reusable filter via the bundle. I felt it was a great value overall. Investing in a great and consistent cup of coffee (along with it being healthier) was a no-brainer for this coffee lover. I use filtered water and grind the beans fresh (Stumptown Roasters) each day. Should have done this sooner! Will likely also by a kettle and pour over option in the future for additional small batches.”
“Great brewer made even better using the glass carafe. We were looking to replace an older Bonavita brewer with glass-lined carafe and tried a couple of other options before ordering the Ratio Six. We ordered the bundle with the glass carafe directly from Ratio and have had it for about a week now.
After testing out different brewing options, here's where we landed on the options. We only drink dark organic roasts (highly recommend Alakef roasters) and always brew a full pot, so your results may vary. We had the best success with the same coarse/medium grind as we used with the Bonavita, and the recommended 70 grams of coffee for a full brew.
... Standard Ratio thermal carafe, flat-bottom basket, heat sheild. Produced a great cup of coffee, seemed smoother than the Bonavita, and stayed nice and hot for the 90 minutes or so we normally take to drink a pot. Unfortunately we didn't care for the taste in the stainless carafe after the coffee was in there for even a few minutes
... Glass carafe, Able cone, Chemex circle filter. The Able cone defintely seemed to allow more oils through and added some flavor, but the brew seems weaker than we prefer. Also definitely wasn't as hot when brewing completed and we put into our glass lined thermal carafe.
... Glass carafe, Chemex circle filter. Produced a stronger, darker flavor for us ... but still not as strong as the flat-bottom basket, and not as hot as we liked.
... Glass carafe, Chemex circle filter, heat shield. This was perfect combination for us and provided a surprisingly stronger flavor with the added heat shield. The heat shield definitely improved the brewing temperature through the filter and was enough of a difference to bring out the flavor of the coffee similar to the flat bottom filter.
When brewing a full pot for 1-2 people using the glass carafe, you'll definitely want a thermal carafe to put the coffee in to keep it hot for more than just a few minutes ... so we're trying different options for that as we're using our old glass lined carafe for the moment. But it's great to have a plastic-free brewing option like this that also looks great and is super easy to clean afterwards. Highly recommend!”
“The Ratio Six Coffee Machine makes really great coffee, really fast. We have not had ours for long, so perhaps we will find issues, but none yet with the machine. I wish that Ratio had more information available about using this machine on its site, much of what we found was on YouTube (?) and that just seems silly. But so far, so good!”
