Sage's latest release is the drip coffee maker we've all been waiting for, and it's only £249
Perhaps Sage's best-known drip coffee maker is the Precision Brewer, and eight years after its initial release, Sage has given it a well-deserved upgrade. Meet The Luxe Brewer.
Retailing at £249, the Luxe Brewer features a range of new features including a strong brew and even cold brew concentrate setting, but the feature I'm most excited about is its removable water tank.
Users of the original Precision Brewer will know that it can be annoying to have to use a jug to top up your coffee maker, so this simple update will make an instant difference to the user experience.
The next generation of Sage's Precision Brewer, the Luxe Brewer features SCA (Specialty Coffee Association) Golden Cup standards and offers versatile brewing options, including Cold Brew and even Custom settings.
The Luxe Brewer already launched in the U.S., where it has both a thermal jug and a glass carafe. This U.K. launch is called the Luxe Brewer Thermal, offering a double-walled carafe that will insulate your coffee for four hours without any additional heat. Which is better for flavour, as hot plates can degrade the taste of your brew.
Carafe aside, Sage has added a jazzed-up new interface to the Luxe Brewer, which allows you to tweak your bloom volume, bloom time, brew temperature and flow rate for full control of your coffee.
There's also a range of pre-set modes: Gold Cup Standard and even Cold Brew. I don't know about you, but it's been a few weeks since I touched a hot coffee, so the addition of a cold brew setting is very welcome!
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We'll be testing the new Sage Luxe Brewer in the weeks to come, but in the meantime you can buy it direct from Sage for £249. That's actually less than the OG Precision Brewer, which sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
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