Bodum Santos 3000 12-Cups Coffee Maker
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- Max. Power: 1200 Watts
- Operation: Electric
- Type: Coffee Maker
- Built-in Grinder: Without Built-in Grinder
- Capacity: 12 Cups
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Design triumphs over taste
Pros
Stylish design
Cons
Poor coffee maker
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
The real purpose of a coffee maker is not to impress your friends, but to make a good cup. On this, the Santos fails.
Bodum brags about its emphasis on design. In this case, design wins. Taste -- of the coffee, that is -- is the loser.
Simply put, the coffee from the Santos 3000 is thin and weak. I say this having explored a number of different ways of using the machine. I've used more coffee (lots and lots more coffee). I've (per one suggestion) removed the silicon ring at the bottom of the electric kettle. No luck.
In the past I've used a French Press, which makes a terrific cup but has so much sediment you sometimes feel the need to chew while you drink. Of late, I've been handpouring water through a standard sized Melita filter, using a spoon to swirl around the water and make sure the grounds come into contact with it. That brew is pretty good: sediment free and full of flavor. It is against this that I compare the Bodum Santos 3000.
Why the poor cup of coffee? I suspect it's that the water doesn't remain in contact with the grounds for long enough. There is a period in the brewing cycle where the water and coffee swish together dramatically. That only last a couple of minutes, at most, insufficient for full flavor to develop. Of course, the fact that -- by design -- the Bodum leaves some water in the electric kettle, to mix later with the brewed coffee, doesn't help either.
Simply put, the coffee from the Santos 3000 is thin and weak. I say this having explored a number of different ways of using the machine. I've used more coffee (lots and lots more coffee). I've (per one suggestion) removed the silicon ring at the bottom of the electric kettle. No luck.
In the past I've used a French Press, which makes a terrific cup but has so much sediment you sometimes feel the need to chew while you drink. Of late, I've been handpouring water through a standard sized Melita filter, using a spoon to swirl around the water and make sure the grounds come into contact with it. That brew is pretty good: sediment free and full of flavor. It is against this that I compare the Bodum Santos 3000.
Why the poor cup of coffee? I suspect it's that the water doesn't remain in contact with the grounds for long enough. There is a period in the brewing cycle where the water and coffee swish together dramatically. That only last a couple of minutes, at most, insufficient for full flavor to develop. Of course, the fact that -- by design -- the Bodum leaves some water in the electric kettle, to mix later with the brewed coffee, doesn't help either.
