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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by devindotcom on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:11PM (#50373742)
I have a Technivorm Moccamaster KBG-V and they use good plastic for their parts but it's still plastic (except the thermal carafe etc). There's a new copycat version that's all glass and plastic (Simply Good I think?) but not sure how it actually performs.

What I'm surprised at is that no one has made non-plastic drop-in replacement parts for the reservoir, basket, and funnel. The KBG-V is highly modular so it's strange to me that no one has gone this route. It shouldn't change anything significant in the brewing process or quality of the coffee.

Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by skew-aberration on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:34PM (#50373931)
Does it even make a difference for non-heated parts? Potable water is delivered in PVC pipes and HDPE hoses these days.
Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by tedd4u on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:09PM (#50374661)
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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by onion2k on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:13AM (#50377800)
Technivorm Moccamaster KBG-V

That sounds more like a gun in Cyberpunk 2077 than a coffee machine.