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No-Hassle Coffee Maker

Bodum, the company that popularized the French press, reinvents the plug-in brewer

By Keenan Mayo

The Bodum Bistro Pour Over Coffee Machine dismantles for easy and efficient cleaning. It is also available in red, white, and green

The Bodum Bistro Pour Over Coffee Machine dismantles for easy and efficient cleaning. It is also available in red, white, and green Nick Ferrari for Bloomberg Businessweek

 
The Want: An attractive coffee maker that delivers gourmet brew with one-button, Mr. Coffee convenience, for the caffeinated commuter who has no time to earn a barista certificate.
 
The Get: The new Bodum Bistro Pour Over Coffee Machine ($249.95, bodum.com), the Danish company’s first electric-drip coffee maker, heats water almost to a boil before distributing it evenly over ground coffee beans using a unique “shower head dispenser.” The machine has a gold-plated stainless steel filter that preserves taste, and the coffee stays hot inside an insulated pot. One casualty of the pour-over revolution? That superfluous hot plate.

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