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Best Thermal Carafe Coffee Maker – Newco OCS-8

by John on February 9, 2011

This coffee maker makes the most delicious coffees around! The Newco OCS-8 really is a hidden gem in the collection of coffee makers in the market.

Some of the best coffees that I have had were served at hotels or by an event’s catering team. If you are wondering why, it is probably because the coffee is kept warm in a thermal pot rather than warmed in a carafe on a warming plate. If you liked those coffees, the Newco OCS-8 may be the one for you since its thermal carafe is similar to the thermal pots used by the hotels and catering companies.

Best Thermal Carafe Coffee Maker - Newco OCS Series OCS-8 Black Brewer

Make Delicious Coffee as Easy as You Please

One of the best things about this thermal carafe coffee maker is that it is foolproof. It is the most straightforward and user friendly coffee machine. All you need to do is pour the water in, turn it on and let it brew you the perfect 8-cups of coffee every time! There are no fancy functions to be programmed by pushing various buttons – so you are unlikely to make the coffee maker crazy.

Reviewers commented that the coffee made by the Newco OCS-8 is bursting in flavor and very smooth. The heating elements in the coffee maker boil the water to the ultimate brewing temperature (around 196F to 200F) and extract the coffee flavor to its fullest taste by retaining the oils from the coffee beans. The 8 minutes brewing time is also ideal for coffee extraction!

The Good of Thermal Carafe

Many people love the thermal carafe for two reasons. First, there will not be any ‘burnt’ coffee taste that usually resulted from the heating of the hot plate. The coffee is kept warm by the heat retaining carafe instead of the hot plate heating the floor of the glass carafe.

Secondly, they like the fact that when you’re hosting a dinner party, you can bring the carafe to the living room without needing to put the carafe on a heating plate to keep the coffee warm. I, myself, would take the thermal carafe to my living room on a lazy Sunday so that I could have warm coffee while I read the newspaper or a book. The thermal carafe will keep my coffee warm up to 5 hours!

The Bad?

The price tag for the Newco OCS-8 is actually a bit steep for the most of us. If you’re looking for the best thermal carafe coffee maker on a limited budget, there are a few other coffee makers around. Furthermore, it can be hard to get in stores because Newco doesn’t have any official distributors in the U.S., if you prefer to shop offline.

A minor disadvantage would be that the carafe is not clear and see-through. So if you’re sharing a pot of coffee with a few people, you may be short of coffee without you realizing it.

Get Extra Carafes

Here’s a great tip for those who love to host a lot of parties: get extra thermal carafes from Newco. Brew a couple of pots of coffee and keep them warm in the extra thermal carafes during the course of dinner. This is so that you can have enough coffee for everyone including refills without having them to wait for the Newco OCS-8 to brew more coffee.

In short, the Newco OCS-8 has the right functions for a basic coffee maker with a thermal carafe. Even though it is slightly pricey than the other thermal coffee makers, it is worth it, even the Specialty Coffee Association of America vouch for this coffee maker.

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