Update, October 2026: OXO has discontinued the Brew 9-Cup.The machine (part number 8710100, sold from 2015 to 2023) no longer has a live listing — a catalog check returns "currently unavailable," and a search for the line now brings back nothing but third-party counter mats and scoop holders. OXO's current brewer in this slot is the Brew 8-Cup, which keeps the rainmaker shower head and the double-wall thermal carafe this machine was bought for — and adds the SCA certification the 9-Cup never actually held. It is our current pick and it sits at the top of the list below. This review stays up for the people who already own one.
A correction this page owes you.Earlier versions of this review described the 9-Cup as SCA-certified. It was not. OXO's certified modelsare the 8-Cup (certified 2025) and the 12-Cup (certified 2023); the 9-Cup never appeared on the association's list, however widely it was described that way online. What was true is that OXO rated the machine to brew in roughly the 195-205 degrees F window the SCA recommends — a published manufacturer spec, not a certification.
Temperature was still the reason to buy it. Most inexpensive drip makers brew lukewarm and under-extract, leaving a thin, sour cup no bag of beans can fix; the 9-Cup did not have that problem, and getting the water hot enough is unglamorous, invisible under the lid, and most of the difference between a mediocre pot and a good one.
The second thing it got right was saturation. OXO gave the 9-Cup a "rainmaker" shower head that rained water across the whole bed of grounds instead of dribbling it through one hole, so the bed extracted evenly rather than the machine drilling a channel down the middle. That is what a careful pour-over achieves by hand, and paired with a correct brew temperature it is the whole ballgame for drip. The 8-Cup carries the same shower head and adds an automatic pre-infusion bloom.
It also had the convenience the premium brewers leave out: a programmable timer, so you could wake to a fresh pot — something the Moccamasterand the Bonavita both skip — draining into a double-wall thermal carafe rather than onto a hot plate. The timer is the one thing its replacement does not carry over, and that is the honest reason some owners of this machine should look at OXO's 12-Cup or a Cuisinart DCC-3200 rather than the 8-Cup. The compromises, for the record, were an appliance-grade build never meant to be dismantled and repaired the way a Moccamaster is, and a single multifunction dial that took a few minutes to learn.
The short answer
Quick picks
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In detail
The picks, in full
SCA-certified drip coffee on a sensible budget
OXO Brew 8-Cup Coffee Maker
8-cup / 10-40ozSCA certified 2025Thermal carafeRainmaker shower head
The value pick that brews at the right temperature without the boutique price — and this one is actually certified.
- Brew quality
- 8
- Ease of use
- 9
- Build quality
- 7
- Versatility
- 7
- Value
- 8
Pros
- +On the SCA's current certified-home-brewer list (certified 2025) for a fraction of what the hand-built machines cost
- +The rainmaker shower head and an automatic pre-infusion bloom saturate the whole bed instead of drilling one hole through it
- +A switch sends the brew into a double-wall thermal carafe or straight into a single mug — anything from 10oz to 40oz, with no hot plate to stew the pot
Cons
- −No programmable timer of any kind — you cannot load it the night before, which the 9-Cup it replaces could
- −TechGearLab measured its brew averaging 193.6°F, just under the SCA's 195°F floor — the certification is the test pot, not a promise about every one
- −Brew-through carafe lid is fiddly to clean and the carafe is hand-wash only; an appliance, not a repair-forever heirloom
Don't buy this if…
…you want coffee waiting when you wake up. This OXO has no timer at all — OXO's 12-Cup or a Cuisinart DCC-3200 is the programmable choice, and the Moccamaster is the one you'll still be repairing in ten years.
The buy-it-for-life drip machine
Technivorm Moccamaster KBGV Select
10-cupHand-built in the Netherlands196-205°F brew temp5-year warranty
The drip machine you buy once. Hand-built, repairable, and it brews at the right temperature.
- Brew quality
- 10
- Ease of use
- 8
- Build quality
- 10
- Versatility
- 6
- Value
- 7
Pros
- +Brews in the SCA-recommended 196-205°F window, which is the single biggest reason its coffee beats a cheap drip machine's
- +Hand-built and genuinely repairable — parts are sold individually, so it's designed to last a decade, not a warranty period
- +A 5-year warranty that the build quality actually backs up
Cons
- −Expensive for a drip machine, and it's a pure filter brewer — no programmable timer, no frills
- −The flat-bottom basket wants a decent grind and a paper filter to shine
Don't buy this if…
…you want a wake-up timer and a hot plate that keeps coffee going all morning. The Moccamaster is about brew quality, not convenience scheduling — a programmable Cuisinart or OXO fits that better.
People who want great drip with zero settings
Bonavita Connoisseur 8-Cup (BV1901TS)
8-cupOne-touchPre-infusion modeSCA certified
One button, correct temperature, thermal carafe. The no-nonsense SCA brewer.
- Brew quality
- 9
- Ease of use
- 8
- Build quality
- 7
- Versatility
- 6
- Value
- 8
Pros
- +A single button and it brews in the right temperature window — the simplest path to genuinely good drip coffee
- +Pre-infusion mode blooms the grounds, which higher-end pour-over technique borrows
- +The double-wall thermal carafe keeps coffee hot without a taste-wrecking hot plate
Cons
- −No programmable wake-up timer — you start it when you're up
- −Plainer build and support than the premium options
Don't buy this if…
…you brew on a schedule and want coffee ready before you're out of bed. It has no timer — and neither does the OXO Brew 8-Cup, so a Cuisinart is the programmable choice.
What to buy instead
If you wanted a properly brewed pot at a sensible price, the OXO Brew 8-Cupis the direct heir, and it is the machine that has taken the 9-Cup's slot across this site. It keeps the rainmaker shower head, the double-wall thermal carafe and the single-serve option, adds an automatic pre-infusion bloom, and unlike the 9-Cup it genuinely appears on the SCA's certified-home-brewer list. The honest trade is the timer: the 8-Cup does not have one.
If the wake-up timer was the point, OXO's own 12-Cup is the programmable certified machine (certified 2023, same rainmaker shower head), and the Cuisinart DCC-3200does scheduling for far less money — at the cost of a cooler brew and a hot plate that keeps coffee hot by continuing to cook it.
If you wanted one great pot and no decisions, the Moccamaster brews in the same window with a decade-longer service reputation and parts sold individually, and the Bonavita Connoisseur is the cheapest honest way onto the certified list — one button, thermal carafe, no timer either. Our Moccamaster vs Bonavita comparison is the head-to-head if those are your two.
If you already own a 9-Cup
Nothing about the machine stopped working when the listing went away, and the thing that shortens a drip maker's life is almost always scale rather than the motor. Mineral scale builds inside any heated brewer and slowly drops the brew temperature out of the window the machine was rated for, so descale on a schedule — more often in hard-water areas — and keep feeding it fresh grounds at a weighed ratio. Our guide to cleaning a coffee maker covers the routine. Carafes, baskets and shower heads for this machine are still sold as third-party spares, so a cracked carafe is not the end of it.
How we picked
We do not run a testing lab
We compiled published manufacturer specifications, computed what each option costs to run where relevant, and cross-referenced aggregated owner reviews, then scored each product against a published rubric. The scores are judgments from documented research — they are not measurements we took, because we do not have a lab and we are not going to pretend we do. Where a number came from a manufacturer or a standard, we name it in Sources.
Questions
Frequently asked
What happened to the OXO Brew 9-Cup?+
OXO discontinued it. The 9-Cup (part number 8710100) was sold from 2015 to 2023, and its listing now comes back "currently unavailable" on a catalog check — the only 9-Cup results left are third-party mats and scoop holders. OXO's current machines in the range are the
Brew 8-Cupand the 12-Cup, both of which are on the SCA's certified-home-brewer list. The 8-Cup is our current pick in this slot.
Was the OXO Brew 9-Cup SCA certified?+
No, and we got this wrong on this page for a while. OXO's 8-Cup (2025) and 12-Cup (2023) are on the SCA's
certified list; the 9-Cup never was, despite a lot of writing online that says otherwise. OXO did rate it to brew in roughly the 195-205 degrees F window the SCA recommends, which is a manufacturer spec rather than third-party certification.
Does the OXO Brew 8-Cup have a timer like the 9-Cup did?+
No — that is the one real step backwards. The 8-Cup has no programmable or delayed-start function at all, so you cannot load it the night before. If a wake-up pot is non-negotiable, OXO's 12-Cup keeps the timer and the certification, and the
Cuisinart DCC-3200 is the cheap programmable option if you can live with a hot plate.
What is the rainmaker shower head on the OXO?+
It is the part that distributes water over the grounds. Instead of dribbling water through a single hole, which channels it down one spot and extracts unevenly, the OXO's shower head rains water across the whole bed so every part of the grounds extracts together. Even saturation like this is what a careful
pour-over does by hand, and it carried over unchanged from the 9-Cup to the 8-Cup that replaced it.
Receipts
Sources
We do not run a testing lab, and we do not pretend to. Where a measured number came from a manufacturer spec sheet or a published standard, we name it and link it. Where we could not verify something, we say so on the page rather than quietly leaving it out. Read our full method.
