Breville BDC650BSS Grind Control Coffee Maker With Grinder- Brushed Stainless Steel

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1. Juan Pedro Gomez Verified Buyer – 18 April 2024

   Es una excelente cafetera con un muy bien valor, gracias a coffeemakers.us.com pude adquirir ya que no se encuentra en el mercado nacional.
   La cafetera cuenta con molino de café integrado y configurable, además se puede programar la cantidad e intensidad a la que se desea.
   El recipiente es térmico y mantiene el café caliente, y es de fácil acceso a la limpieza del filtro. Además de contar con temporizador para programar la hora de inicio.
   

2. DELM1077 Verified Buyer – 1 May 2024

   This machine is a great bean grinder that you can run water through. HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT A HOT CUP OF COFFEE, save your money and buy a bean grinder for $18 and a kettle. This coffee maker has a DESIGN FLAW because it has a faulty internal heating element and no base/carafe warmer. Any buyer should have a reasonable expectation that the coffee machine they are purchasing heats the water that then makes the coffee. This coffee maker does not. See manual photos where Breville repeatedly writes, “Pre-heat the carafe or cup for best results. A pre-heated carafe or cup will help maintain the coffee’s optimal temperature and help keep coffee hotter for longer.” You are reading correctly. The temperature of the coffee is dependent upon the temperature of the water YOU PUT into 1) the carafe (or cup) to warm it up and 2) the temperature of the water YOU PUT into the coffee maker’s water tank. You quickly discover that this completely defeats the “programmable” feature, the expensive feature you are paying for, and all hope of coffee that isn’t lukewarm. To be clear, there is a light on the easy-to-read LED screen that reads, “Pre-Heating,” but the water has never risen above 138 F (far below the ‘optimal brewing temperature of 194-203 F” listed on Breville’s own “Tips and Techniques” package insert). Moreover, there is no way to access this pre-heating element to adjust it upward. Moreover, the stand or drip tray is a piece of plastic: NO heating or warming element here either. Once again, your coffee temp is limited to the temperature of the water you put in. Let’s talk about the carafe; it is unusually heavy while still not holding any temperature. It cannot be “warmed” once the coffee has brewed, and it requires a funnel (not included) to pour all of the water out of the blunt-angle carafe lip into the very narrow ‘flip-top’ lid leading to the water tank. The adjustable burr grinder and strength dial are amazing and the reason I was sold on the machine. However, these features are useless because the machine is only capable of putting out lukewarm coffee even AFTER you spend the suggested “30 seconds” warming up the carafe or cup and then filling the water tank. After working with this new machine for over a month because I was convinced the water temperature issue was my fault (so I am past all return options). I finally called customer service to complain about the lukewarm coffee that this machine consistently makes. The Breville agent told me, “The machine specs do not list any heating element,” and it was my fault for not deducing this before I bought the coffee maker.

   

3. Friendly Neighbors Verified Buyer – 7 May 2024

   First and foremost, we own several Breville products and find me gravitating towards them for their design athletics and purported quality and performance. I have developed a love/hate relationship with this coffee maker. When it works, there isn’t anything better that delivers the flavor of fresh ground beans. The carafe is on par with Yeti for keeping my coffee hot until near noon. Although it is a pain to dispense 100% off the coffee due to the nature of its design. The hate… approximately 1 out of 5 grinds, the chute from the grinder to the hopper clogs. To my knowledge the only way to position the stainless closure disc is to turn the machine on, then open the hopper door to access the chute before the disc closes. It is generally messy and a pain to clear the chute. Eventually the machine’s internal water valves must crack and allow water to leak internally. This unfortunately occurred with ours and has seemingly shorted out the circuit board. During the grind cycle, the grinder never stops, and it eventually comes to a halt creating the smell of a burning motor. The bottom the machine shows water damage, rust, and discoloration. What a shame! What do you want for nearly $380. Breville clearly has an issue with this design yet does little to stand by their products. The factory offered for me to send the unit it to be repaired (if possible) at my expense. Losing faith in the Breville Brand. Had an on/off switch fail on my Breville Burr Grinder a few years ago…that made it into the trash.

   

4. Whit Verified Buyer – 18 May 2024

   While I like the ability to freshly grind beans and choose the strength of the brew, I have a few beefs with this coffee maker. For the cost, I think this maker should have few flaws. 1. You can’t see the amount of coffee in the carafe. This isn’t a deal breaker, but it’s proven to be inconvenient at times. 2. It is difficult to completely empty the carafe. It pours a little awkward and you can never get all of the coffee out. 3. It is not that hard to make a big mess. The basket has a spring outlet. If you try to fill a mug but forget to choose the mug option, it will overflow coffee out of the basket. The same will happen if you don’t have the carafe top on or get it situated just right. In summary, it’s a good coffee maker and makes good coffee. If I had to purchase again, I would keep looking.

   

5. Bruce Verified Buyer – 27 June 2024

   Loaded with features, the only 5 star part about it. Just by the description it’s easy to see this coffee machine sounds great and it could be a nice machine BUT!!!!! and this is after owning another machine with a burr grinder. First impression I ask myself where is the grind off button?????? there isn’t, you have to turn the grind control down till the selection say ground. Big dead right,, wrong. Where’s the auto on button, has none. Example, I hear the machine run out of beans, I run over and stop it and open the filter basket to see how much coffee ground and by design, bad design it slings a big glob of wet grounds on the floor. OK, so it looks like it ground about half of what I needed so I dial in what I think I need and restart but now another flaw, after grinding the amount I set it for and brewing I pull the carafe out to poor and it’s not full. It turns out it stopped brewing before using all the water, about what I set it for when it ran out of beans and stopped. I then need to dial in the amount of water it let in the machine and turn the grind control down till is says ground and again have to open the filter basket to continue and, yep another blob of wet grounds end up on the floor. It finishes, now the next day I have to set it back up and set the grind amount again when it should be just a grind off button. Now we have the missing auto start, you have to hit the auto start 2 times, it first flashes the time it’s set for (stupid) and then it turns on the auto start on the second push and still displays the time. Cleaning, yup if you just want to brew your coffee, drink it and run out the door forget it. There is a stainless disc with a opening for the shoot that rotates after grinding and it requires cleaning every brew when it done brewing or it hardens and is tough to get it off latter. The filter basket lid is the same, having slits in the top it traps coffee and debris inside and only rinses out if you take time to clean it right away instead of setting down to drink your coffee. We bought this after the clock quit on our old one we had so no auto start but it had a grind off and had no cleaning to speak of. If I had a replacement picked out and it didn’t cost $350 I wound just take a 5lb hammer to it and smash it. I now have to alter my busy schedule to take time to clean this thing every morning when all I want is my coffee when I get out of bed. I have more but this review is long enough. Pro’s, lots of features to get the taste you want and grinder is quiet. Con’s, No grind off button, no just push a button for auto start, PITA having to clean right away, Setup menu’s have a lot to be desired, filter basket lid traps debris and just don’t push the button and let if open by itself or it will sling wet grounds out. I W A N T M Y O L D M A C H I N E B A C K we gave away Update, This stupid thing just quit brewing with 3 cups of water in it, had to open and close the basket and set the amount to 3 cups to get it to finish. Above is pictures of having to clean, may as well get a vacuum cleaner out or you have do pick all those beans out to reassemble it. They give you a straight brush that should be more like a small tooth brush to clean out that shoot that doesn’t work. You can’t se up in there so you need a flashlight and it should have a downward slope to it and doesn’t. It is a short and when you open the basket and find coffee grounds packed in the inlet of the basket it’s time to clean it. Poor design, we had the grind and brew before and liked it much better. We will toss this peace of junk some day and get another grind and brew like we had before. Update, both me and my wife can’t wait for it to break, Shoot gets plugged and then you end up with a pot of hot water. You have to take time to pull the basket right away or the humidity hardens what’s in the shoot. The hooper doesn’t feed the grinder well, you can hear the grinder speed up like it’s out beans and then you find them off to one side not entering the grinder. WE HATE IT.

   

6. Mihail Minkov Verified Buyer – 20 July 2024

   Aunque es una máquina premium, vale cada centavo. El hecho de que no se necesita de la jarra le agrega muchisimos puntos porque he perdido ya por lo menos 4 cafeteras porque se rompe la jarra de vidrio. Y además el hecho de que la jarra es de acero hace que esta máquina me durará mucho más que las anteriores. El café se mantiene super fresco y caliente en la jarra y no sabe quemado porque no se calienta externamente sino aprovecha la jarra térmica. El único inconveniente que le pondría es que es un poco complicada de limpiar, especialmente la jarra. Sin embargo, ampliamente recomendada.
   

7. James C. Hughes Verified Buyer – 1 September 2024

   You’d think that designing a coffee machine with a grinder would be relatively simple, right? Start with a hopper, add a simple grinder, have gravity bring the grounds down into a filter basket, pour water over the top into a glass carafe with a heating element, and you’re done. The brain trust over at Breville couldn’t seem to get this together. This machine is so poorly designed you’d think it was an intentional prank. First off, Breveille uses a burr grinder about the size of a quarter that guarantees the grinder will jam. And it does – A LOT. Clearing the jam involves a multi-step process (which includes vacuuming beans with my Dust Buster) and complete disassembly of the unit. Typically after cleaning it STILL doesn’t work. I typically need to clean it and reassemble it 2 to 3 times before it works again. This is loads of fun when you’re trying to get to work in the morning. But the fun doesn’t end there, folks! For some reason known only to God, the grounds are not gravity fed in to the basket, they’re blown in from the side. This of course jams the shoot with grounds – which means you have clean the filter basket holder with almost every use. Fun times! Sometimes the ground coffee just comes shooting out of the machine and you’re left with a pile of grounds all over the carafe (see attached photo). But wait…..there’s more! IF your coffee is made successfully it is poured into the worst “insulated” stainless steel carafe known to man. The coffee STARTS lukewarm, and goes downhill from there. I’ve had to buy Mr. Coffee electric cup-warmers just to warm up the coffee. Why Breville couldn’t have gone with a glass carafe and a heating element underneath is a mystery up there with Bigfoot. The only reason this machine escaped a 1-star review is that the digital interface and customization abilities are very user-friendly. But what’s the point if it’s always breaking down? In short – if you want to quit your job for full-time coffee maker maintenance, this may be the machine for you. If not, look elsewhere.

   

8. FiberNut Verified Buyer – 5 September 2024

   This truly is or I should say, COULD have been the best grind & brew I’ve ever owned (I have had Capresso, Krups et al). What ruins the entire experience is only 1 thing: The oddly-clumsy and worse-than-poorly designed Carafe. The carafe has a center opening onto which a cap (which has the hole the coffee brews thru) locks. The carafe having this centered opening results also in the carafe having an “inner” lip that from the center opening to the side of the carafe, is about 2.5 inches. This lip surrounds the entire top of the carafe, which prevents one from ever getting all the coffee thats been brewed, out of the carafe. Its like they forgot to put a hole or screen at the lip where it meets the (equally poorly designed) pouring spout. The coffee therefore has to (by feats of gravity i.e. holding the carafe completely upside down and swirling the coffee around) get past & over this lip in order to be dispensed. I knew something wasn’t right when I poured my first cup: Even w 8 cups of coffee in it, you shouldn’t have to tip the carafe almost upside down to pour the FIRST cup, but w this carafe, thats what you have to do. (But when you do this, drops of coffee emanate from spots around that cap, making a true mess on the counter. NOT a side-effect one should have to tolerate or experience. UPDATE 6/1/2017: Simply don’t bother. This thing made coffee that tasted like coffee I’ve brewed for years in several other coffee makers—-for only 1 month. Ever since, no matter what grind size or strength I choose, complete shit comes out. You could put the highest high-test Starbucks in this thing and choose Strength 8– and it will still come out with an odd metallic,weakish taste. Total fail. DO NOT BUY. (And yes, I clean the ridiculous basket assembly (total PITA) every night. And yes, I only use Filtered Water. (Another total PITA). The thing after only 30 days should not create coffee that is nothing like the coffee it brewed the 1st 2 weeks.

   

9. LitPick Book Reviews Verified Buyer – 4 October 2024

   We had a BDC600XL for many years. It worked fairly well until one day it began leaking from a corroded connection in the machine. I tried to contact Breville on two occasions, sending pictures and emails, but no response. After over three weeks of patiently waiting, I went and bought another coffee maker. This morning, I finally got an email from Breville apologizing for the delay in their response. They no longer support our machine but offered us 25% off a new machine. Too late though since I already bought a machine after not hearing back for them for over three weeks. Therefore, if you are contemplating buying a Breville, be warned that their support and customer service are terrible. I read this assessment of their very poor support and customer service elsewhere and now concur from our experience.

   

10. Andreas Pettersson Verified Buyer – 23 October 2024

    It’s a decent coffee maker, but for its price I expected more. For example, the bean grinder is soo loud, the first time I used it my wife thought someone was running a chain saw outside. Also it doesn’t really brew strong Swedish style coffee, even on the strongest setting .

    

11. Richard Verified Buyer – 23 October 2024

    I purchased this product on January 9th, 2022 so my wife and I have been using it for over a year and half at the time of writing. Frankly, we enjoyed using this product as it made brewing coffee in the morning quick and easy. Sadly, I can’t recommend this product to anyone as we found out yesterday that the inside of the carafe is severely eroded and rusted. We’re not sure what material it is made out of (Teflon?), but we found small traces of it floating in our coffee. We can’t think of what could have caused this erosion or when it began. It gives me the chills to imagine that we’ve been drinking this substance with our coffee for weeks or even for months… If the inside of carafe looks this way, I don’t even want to know what the inside of this machine would look like right now. It is advertised as stainless steel, but this wouldn’t happen to stainless steel. If you intend to purchase this product, proceed with caution and do not plan to use it beyond six months to be on the safe side.

    

12. dieu nguyen Verified Buyer – 10 December 2024

    I came from a kurieg. Got this 9 months ago and been using it every day since. Very happy with this especially if you are a all day coffee drinking dog. (I’m a three cups a day kind of dog) I have not have any problem with this and I used a pretty dark oily bean. Specifically Costco Kirkland house blend by Starbucks. As you can see the two pictures I uploaded is the two most concerned area of this machine. I did clean it weekly the first few months, but the past few months I’ve been really only cleaning these two parts once a month and the build up is not bad at all. The nut grinder picture is before I clean it so very little build up and most brush off pretty easily with the provided brush. The silver metal disc that dispense the grinds into the basket is cleaned already, all you have to do is wipe it down with a wet paper towel right after the brew, the build up is very very minimal as long as you do that. And maybe once a month or so you might want to unscrew that gray circle cap and take out that metal disc completely so you can clean the back side of it too. Oh and the “shoot” the rectangular hole that actually shoot out the coffee, I brush that maybe once a week also with very minimal built up. The single cup brew is significantly weaker than the pot brew. It can be I need to adjust grind size but strength option is to the max. The pot brew, the larger the pot brew the stronger the coffee. Seems like it grinds a lot more coffee when is a higher count in cups. The adjustment of grind size and coffee strength really is relative to the bean. Different bean require different adjustment. Which is sorta fun to figure out the first couple of batch everytime you get a new bag of beans. Cleaning. The minimum everyday use cleaning is emptying and cleaning the brew basket and the carafe. And there’s a metal plate between the machine and the brew basket that needs to be wipe off of coffee grind build up every use. Also the drip tray directly underneath that metal plate. I’d say about a 5 min job max. Weekly cleaning. That metal plate needs to be taken off completely to clean the build up that’s behind the plate**. And the bean hopper need to be taken out to get access to the burr grinder for a quick brushy brushy. This is about another 5 mins job. Weekly. Monthly cleaning. I guess once a month you want to pour vinegar water mixture into the reservoir and run it a couple of times then run clean water couple of time for maintenance. This is about an unsupervised 10 – 15 mins job. **to take that plate off. Put the machine back together. Open the bean hopper and turn the dial to unlock position, then push the open brew basket button, then you should see the metal circular plate do a quarter turn giving you access to the grind chute. That chute need to be brush clean also. Once you can see the chute, there’s a plastic circle in the middle of the plate that act as a screw, you can turn that loose. The metal plate should come off with it. Overall super happy and impress with this machine.

    

13. Ethan McGhee Verified Buyer – 6 January 2025

    *Pics attached showed product leaking while brewing – watch the paper towel below the machine get progressively more wet.* One year of greatness – brewed delicious coffee at the touch of a button. Could be a little tricky to clean but nothing too difficult. Then problems started piling up. After just over a year of use (now just barely out of warranty) the grinder started acting oddly. The grinder motor wouldn’t stop running during the brewing process (when it would previously only run for about 10 seconds at the start of a new brew), or even after the cup of coffee was ready. I assumed there may have been a bean stuck somewhere, so I gave the machine a full deep clean which seemed to solve the problem. Until I noticed water would now leak from the back of the machine during use, leaving large puddles of water on the countertop (see photos). Not great obviously, but theoretically something I could have lived with if it wasn’t a sign of key problems with the rest of the machine (hint: it was). About this time I get in touch with Breville support, who were a huge disappointment during this process. They ask me to take a video of the machine running so they could help determine the issue. Well, I ran the machine again, prepared with paper towels for the mess. However, not only did water start pooling underneath the machine, but I caught a whiff of a new, strange smell. I thought it might have been something burning, but it was tough to be sure over the coffee aroma. At that point I was not willing to run the machine again. Things break – it happens. But when you pay this kind of money for something this “high quality”, you assume that if/when something goes wrong that the company who made it would stand by their product and make it right. Breville had great reviews across their suite of products, so I was willing to take the leap on a fancy coffee machine with that false assumption. All told there were around 7-8 messages between myself and Breville support – the last three were me asking for any follow-ups, maybe troubleshooting tips, etc over the course of the last 2-3 weeks. I have yet to receive any more responses. No one paying this $ amount for a coffee machine is only hoping it lasts a year, so a 2-star rating feels right. Great first year, but ultimately feel very let down by the lack of longevity and poor customer support. I’ll be drinking instant coffee while I save up for a different brand.

    

14. CindyG2 Verified Buyer – 13 January 2025

    I absolutely love this coffee maker. Hands down the best I’ve had yet! I don’t have a lot of counter space so I wanted a coffee maker with a grinder so I didn’t have two appliances sitting on my counter. This is the perfect solution. Previously I had a Cuisinart Grind and Brew but it required so much daily maintenance and it stopped working after about a year and a half. So I decided my new one would have all the features I wanted. I wanted the ability to brew into a travel mug and still have the option of brewing into a kraft. During the work week we brew into our travel mugs before leaving for work, no wasted coffee and no coffee kraft to clean but on the weekends we use the kraft. This coffee maker fits our lifestyle perfect. It is so easy to use and the auto brew function allows me to set a travel mug to brew for my husband who occasionally goes into work before I get up. His coffee is brewed and ready when he leaves all he has to do is put on the lid. I can’t imagine having another coffee maker!! The only complaint I have about this coffee maker is there are a lot of plastic parts and I’ve only had it for a couple weeks. I hope it holds up better than my last one or I’ll be seriously disappointed!

    

15. jg Verified Buyer – 16 January 2025

    After reading many, many reviews this coffee maker ended up the winner to replace my fairly cheap machine that was showing age with electrical problems, and the Breville toaster works so well we just had to get another one of their creations. First and foremost, I was not happy giving up cone filters for the basket type and it took a while for me to give in to that, but in the end it’s not that huge a deal. Aside from the horribly designed carafe that drips no matter how you pour it and has to be tipped upside down and shaken to try and get all the coffee or water out (when rinsing), my biggest issue is with the grind size. I have been using an old Braun coffee grinder for over 20 years and like my espresso roast coffee ground into a powder to use for my coffee (European style) and despite the adjustable grind control, this coffee maker just will not do a fine grind. My first attempt at using the default settings was pretty surprising as I couldn’t believe the amount of coffee it dumped in the basket for just half a pot. It was ridiculous. So I used the calibration feature which lets you weigh the amount of coffee ground in 10 seconds and input it into the settings (which disappear after each power fluctuation, just like the time) to reduce the amount it was grinding for each strength level. I also thought maybe there was a piece I could shim or adjust to get it finer, but cleaning the whole thing (it comes apart in many pieces for cleaning in a very clever manner) actually made it worse because I think I added more room for the larger grounds to fit through the teeth. Also, while cleaning out the grinder I noticed there were a lot of grounds that stay stuck in the chute each day so unless you disassemble everything and clean it every day, the first coffee that hits the basket is the stuff that was sitting there for around 24 hours getting stale. Getting ready to brew is quick and easy, but cleaning up is a little annoying. The point where the basket meets the grinder is up under the top of the coffee maker so unless you have really tall counters, you have to bend over (maybe get some artificial lighting too) and get a cloth of some sort in there to wipe up the wet grounds. There’s also a cute shelf below the rotating disk that seals the grinder from the basket to catch grounds, and that shelf can be pulled out for cleaning. Then after getting rid of the grounds and rinsing out the lid (I use a little dishwashing liquid as well to get rid of the oil from the grounds) then it all has to be dried before putting together for the next run. Therein lies another of the issues I have with this coffee maker. All my previous coffee pots I could just leave half open or partially disassembled to dry, but this one goes together one way and one way only. So you either have to lay the pieces all over the counter or dry everything off with a paper towel — every day. One additional topic on cleaning has to do with the water reservoir. There is no access to where the water is stored and no way to see or clean it. The convenience of this machine is great and like other Breville appliances it has great engineering and thought into the design, but for me a few key things keep it from being great. Bottom line, I expected more for a $300 coffee maker. Pros – No more ground coffee everywhere on the counter to clean up in the morning – Awesome user interface to control making coffee – Water tank can stay full and it only uses enough for the amount of coffee being made – Works excellent for individually brewing almost any size cup – Grinder disassembles nicely for cleaning – Basket seals cleverly to allow coffee and water to enter with little mess – Emits almost no steam during or after brewing (I’m not sure where it goes) Cons – Have to use a napkin or paper towel to clean up wet grounds off coffee maker and basket every morning – Can’t pour coffee without dripping on the counter or down the carafe – Custom settings disappear after each power fluctuation – Time disappears after each power fluctuation (auto start time was saved though) – No way to “open everything up” to dry – Grind chute holds a lot of coffee which ends up sitting there getting stale – Uses LOTS of coffee with default settings – Requires more cleanup than any other coffee making system I have ever owned – Takes up a lot of counter space Pictures show awesome display and controls, finest grind possible, things inside (behind filter basket) that need to be cleaned. Update: After using this machine for a number of months now, I can definitely say this is going to be the next appliance replaced in our house. And I am downgrading it to one star. Multiple times I have awoken with little to no coffee brewed in the morning for various reasons. – Since the beans in the grinder feed only from the front, sometimes they don’t feed at all (see picture) and there is about 1 cups worth of beans ground into a 10 cup carafe of “coffee” (this has happened with all sorts of roasted types, oily and dry). – Since the bean hopper is smoke colored its tough to see in there at night and occasionally it will just run out of beans (because it uses SO many beans) and I won’t find out until the next morning (when I’m running late of course and don’t have time to go through the whole cleaning process required to make another pot of coffee). So the result is I have to take the top off the hopper ALL THE TIME to see what is in there and to redistribute the beans to the front so they will grind properly, totally negating the reason for keeping beans out of the air for freshness (not that the lid is anywhere near airtight to keep beans fresh anyway). – Sometimes a bean will jam the grinder and it just doesn’t grind. Of course I don’t find this out until I try and figure out what the issue was THIS TIME and possibly end up wasting beans to try and make it grind something. I also noticed that the “grind control” knob (at least on mine) rattles like crazy while it is grinding and makes more noise than the grinder. If I put my finger on the knob while it is grinding, it’s amazing how much less noise it makes. I was actually going to put a piece of tape over it, but since you have to open the top of the hopper a couple times a day that would be even more annoying than the increased noise. I still can’t get over how little control over the grind size you have and how much coffee this thing goes through to make a decent cup of coffee (see picture of massive amount of grounds in filter). I’m about ready to get my 30 year old Braun grinder back out and deal with cleaning it up instead of all the cleaning required for this coffee maker (the whole reason I got this coffee maker was to reduce the need to cleanup bean dust flying everywhere). Speaking of the cleaning, I have never washed coffee grounds down the drain before in my life (on a regular basis), and I am very uncomfortable with how much coffee you have to wash down the drain to clean this thing out on a daily basis (be prepared for at least an extra 10 minutes a day). Every other coffee maker I’ve had I would just crack the filter basket open on and let it dry out during the day so it could get composted, but there’s no way to do that with this machine. Taking the hopper out and cleaning the grinder out is a mess. When it is all fresh and new it comes apart great and looks like it was really well thought out, but I don’t think any of the engineers actually use their own product. I went back and read through the instructions and started laughing when I realized they want you to use a vacuum cleaner and waste a handful of beans just to disassemble the grinder. I’ve been using a spoon to scoop out all the beans left under the hopper when it gets removed, and that takes quite a while, but coffee beans are like gold — you don’t just throw them away because its inconvenient to pick them up. Finally, the carafe not being able to pour without dripping all over the place is driving me nuts. I was actually going to make a video of all the different ways you can try to pour to keep it from dripping and how the carafe still spills coffee either on the counter, down the front of the carafe, or in the coffee maker. I’m pretty close to just heating up a nail and forming a real spout on it. This thing was certainly a waste of $300, maybe someone will be happy buying it at Goodwill.

    

16. Janet Verified Buyer – 26 February 2025

    After reading less than stellar reviews, I was a bit hesitant to buy, but it was time to replace our old grind and brew machine and we didn’t want the same one that we had already replaced twice. Besides, I have other Breville products that I love, so we took a chance. Wow! This machine is intelligently designed and does so much to ensure you get the proper grind size and brew strength. It will take some time, but I recommend that you sit down and read the instruction manual from cover to cover and then get started. I love the calibration feature. We like to try different roasts and taking the time to calibrate will help you get the most bang for your buck and not waste beans. I can’t say enough about how much we love this coffee maker. To say it’s a life changer may seem like hyperbole, but if you are a coffee lover, you’ll understand. I think it’s smarter than I am, but my feelings aren’t hurt in the least. Be aware that it is a tall unit (17” at its tallest point where the grind control knob is) and may not fit under your cabinets. It was a smidge too tall for my cabinets, so I created a coffee station on an open counter.

    

17. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 4 March 2025

    La cafetera llegó muy rápido y en excelentes condiciones. El manejo es muy fácil y puede calibrar a su gusto dependiendo de cómo quieres el café, el tiempo para preparar es considerado como normal.
    Es necesario comprar un excelente café para poder disfrutarlo, puedes (opcional) comprar los filtros, ya viene incluido un filtro de malla metálica.
    Estoy muy contento con la compra
    

18. commonsense Verified Buyer – 9 March 2025

    I’ve had this machine for 2 1/2 years now and it has started going South. It is not dispersing the correct amount of water. I’ve tried the troubleshooting solutions offered in the manual to no avail. This morning I attempted to make a 14 oz cup of coffee as I do every morning and when the buzzer went off I went to fetch my coffee. I had a teaspoon of coffee in my cup. That was the last straw. Honestly, this machine has always had some kind of issue. Mostly with the amount of coffee it would grind. I’ve had to calibrate it several times but it eventually seemed to work itself out. I bought a warranty for this product based on the reviews and I’m glad I did. I have submitted a claim and will be purchasing another coffee machine but it will not be this one. It had one job to do and it never really did it consistently. It was a nice concept but it does not work and apparently Breville does not care because they have not addressed the complaints/issues so I’m back to the drawing board. I think I’ll buy a separate coffee grinder and coffee maker. Neither will be a Breville. I read all the reviews, good and bad, and weighed my options. The winning feature that sold me on this machine was that I could fill the water tank to capacity and it would disperse water according to the number of cups/ounces I wanted. Setup was stupid easy. Wash all the parts. Put it back together. Run a couple of tanks of water through it to clean out any nasties that may be lurking and walla! You are ready to go. I did get a little surprise when I plugged it up. The measurements showed up in milliliters. Oh no! You mean I have to convert? Have no fear. Just grab your trusty manual and it will tell you how to toggle to ounces. You do have to customize it to your liking which could take at least a week. For instance, you have to get the grind size right for your beans and tweak the strength according to your taste. Making single adjustments at a time will eventually get you there. I also tossed the included gold toned filter to the side and opted for paper filters. I don’t like the muddiness you get from those mesh filter baskets. I have never made a pot of coffee so I’ve never used the carafe. I only make one cup a day so I only use the single serving mode which is freaking awesome. By the way, a cup of coffee to Breville is a paltry 5 oz. My cup is 12 to 14 oz depending on the vessel I’m using that day. With the single serving mode, the water infuses with the coffee for a period of time depending on your strength before it is released into the cup. This is quite important because when making small amounts of coffee, the water would not be in contact with the coffee long enough to extract its goodness and would produce a weak cup of joe which is the basis of a lot of complaints concerning grind and brew coffee makers. This infusion feature is the cure for that. Now I’ve seen a few complaints/comments about the daily cleaning routine for this machine. I’m not sure why. Like setup, daily cleanup is a breeze. A few damp coffee grounds are left on the silver plate that opens to let the coffee drop into the basket and a few dry grinds fall into the catch tray underneath. You simply wipe the grounds off the plate, dump the tray and rinse the coffee basket. Takes less than 30 seconds. I’ve added a few photos that show the machine after a brew cycle, after I’ve wiped the plate down and even the grinder when dissembled. The grinder is a little fuzzy but there is nothing but dust in there. A couple more things. I don’t like the brush that came with the machine. I will be purchasing another small stiff bristled brush to brush away the grounds. And since some people complained of the machine giving up the ghost way to soon, I brought a 4-year warranty from Square Trade for $30 bucks. If it does break I’m covered.

    

19. Susan Layng Verified Buyer – 9 March 2025

    The Reveille Grind and Brew is an amazing coffee maker. Breville makes excellent products and although pricey, there is always value and money well spent. It arrived well packed. The sound from the grinder is muted and much less noisy than other grind and brew coffee makers. The coffee stays hot in the thermal jug and one can even brew one cup in a tall travel mug which is a nice touch. It makes a very full-bodied cup of coffee. Very smart looking with brushed stainless and easy to read lighted dials. I would recommend this coffee maker.
    

20. TeeOhDblDee Verified Buyer – 20 March 2025

    UPDATE: Year 8… RIP to my Breville Grind Control Coffee Brewer which lasted 7 years, 10 months. Honestly I’d have been happy had it lasted 2 years when I first bought it considering I was going through 3-4 brewers per year for a few years prior to buying the Grind Control. The machine technically still worked when I retired it due to a tank leakage I’d neglected to acknowledge that led to a rust build-up on the bottom of the unit. More rust than I wanted to deal with removing. Also, it was looking rather worn after producing so many cups of coffee over so many years. In the nearly 8 years of using the Grind Control I also started drinking and making different coffee brew methods such as French Press, Moka, Pour Over and Espresso. With all those options I afforded myself the time to research and read reviews on other automatic coffee brewers before buying another machine. Nothing seemed to compare to the Grind Control features wise though. So I read the reviews here as well. Not sure where all the hate directed towards this machine comes from. So. Some people overstate how difficult the cleanup is. Cleaning the Grind Control is similar to cleaning an espresso machine. If you want good coffee but feel like maintaining a machine is to complicated, it’s probably best to buy your coffee somewhere. You can start cleaning the Grind Control as soon as the grinder stops moving – just unlock it, remove the hopper and as many beans as needed to be able to remove the grinder, remove the rest ov the beans and clean this area with a brush during the brewing cycle. Use a pipe cleaner to clear the 3 holes in both the top and bottom grinder sections. Once your coffee is ready, take a sip or two then put it on a warming plate while you take a few minutes to brush the grinding chute clean and wipe the entire machine clean with a damp microfiber cloth and wash the filter basket and all removable parts. Pat dry the spout where the water flows into the basket, just above the grinding chute as well since this area can acquire a mineral build-up that can affect the taste of your brew. After a few months of research and having no coffee from a drip machine, I bought my second Breville Grind Control 8 years and 2 months after the first. I’ve been using it for a month now and I’ve certainly missed this coffee. I’m maintaining the new machine better after each use than I did – some of the steps I listed I didn’t do before. The only time I ever disassembled the grinder mechanism on the first machine was during the descaling process. I do use very dark beans though, and since I’ve grown accustomed to deep cleaning an espresso machine after regular use, I’ve noticed details about cleaning this machine I neglected before that when done regularly, produce a better brew. Also with this new machine, I only use the included basket instead of paper filters. This method delivers a brew consistency closer to a French Press, which is sort of what the Grind Control is – an electric French Press… … … … End of Year 8 Update… … …. UPDATE: FIVE (5) Years Later… I Still use this machine daily, usually for at least 2 single serve cups of various size, depending on the mug I’m using that day. Occasionally I’ll brew a pot, either when I have guests, or the day after I run the Decalcification cycle, which I just ran today. The machine has a censor that tells when to clean, but rather than waiting, I prefer to clean every 6 weeks. In addition to the brush provided, I use a bamboo picnic knife to scrape inside of the chute to remove more grinds. Compressed Air is useful as well when doing a deep clean of the machine which I do twice a year ((OUTSIDE)). With the hopper removed (and excess beans) I spray the compressed air through the chute and the grinder (top half removed). Vinegar-soaked paper towels help remove ground coffee built up around the grinder and in the chute. Allow to air-dry, and reassemble. …(End of 5 Year UPDATE)… The Breville Grind control is the best product with an electric cord I have ever purchased. I first saw it at the mall, and upon inspection it was clear it was designed for people who really enjoy coffee, by people who really enjoy coffee. The display model was the only one in stock, and the next store did not have it either. I logged onto coffeemakers.us.com when I got home, and 4 days later it arrived. The next morning, just over 2 weeks before my 42nd birthday, I tasted the coffee I always wanted but never was attainable. The ability to brew as few as one to as many as 12 cups is awesome. Before work I only have time for one cup, usually 350 ml. On days off I fill the entire carafe, and after more than 3 hours, the last mug is still a very drinkable and tasty temperature. For a single cup, which I enjoy black, I use strength setting 8 (strongest), and grind setting 1 (finest). For a carafe I use 3 on the grind setting. For after work, I found it quite easy to make an even stronger brew by starting the machine just long enough to grind beans for a 295 ml cup. Stop, open and close the brew basket door, adjust the grind for 235 ml cup, and within a few minutes I have a great base for whatever espresso type drink I have attempted to make. I purchased a separate milk frothing/steaming machine, so now when I visit the local Coffee House it is only to buy beans. Clean up is easy. Barely 2 minutes of rinsing and wiping. The longer it sits, the tougher it is to wipe the release disk, but I’ve not been so lazy yet that it has been bothersome. This past weekend I performed the descale process for the first time. It was simple and the machine is programmed to allow plenty of deep cleaning time. The previous brewer I owned was a single cup grind and brew system. It made a decent cup of coffee, but was no where near as hot or good. Clean up was tougher as the actual grinders had to be rinsed and dried after each cup. After a few months, the pressure point on the lid of the grinder popped off, cracking the lid. I made it work for a few weeks until I found the Breville Grind Control. Honestly, the coffee is so tasty I actually thank the machine as soon as the brew process is complete. The only downside? I work at a Diner and usually allow myself whatever coffee I can manage to sip until 10 a.m. I just can’t taste it anymore. It tastes vaguely like that sip of decaf I mistakenly had a couple years ago, and as such, leaves me asking, why? Why would anyone drink this? Well, I for one, am currently devising an iced coffee recipe for my Grind Control so I will no longer have to. I paid full price for my Breville Grind Control, and have neither requested nor received compensation for my honest review. It has had no performance issues so far and I am extremely satisfied with the purchase. The photos are of a latte macchiato, from start, to beginning of the end, made using the Grind Control and separate frothing machine. If you need a new coffee brewer and you really enjoy coffee, this is the machine you need.

    

21. Blessed Mom Verified Buyer – 25 March 2025

    Reviewing Breville BDC650BSS. Previously I used Capresso 455 CoffeeTEAM with thermal carafe for 8 years…finally gave up the ghost. First, my bias…I love fresh coffee and a grind-and-brew is the only kind of maker I considered. It will cost you more, but I feel it’s worth it in the coffee quality. Started looking a year ago and nothing seemed to come close to the Capresso, which required minimal upkeep and cleaning. Finally the Breville did. I love it, and but for two minor issues, it would get 5 stars. I LOVE: 1) I can make in the carafe (a full 12 cups) or an individual cup (different quantity settings, in mL); 2) Individual strength and grind settings; 3) comparatively large hopper…comparatively; 4) carafe option 5) cup keyhole beneath the removable drain allows for positioning a taller cup or maybe a short tumbler if using the make-a-cup option 6) relatively low maintenance and upkeep 7) not nearly as loud as the Capresso 455…at most, half as loud I DISLIKE: 1) Pot issues…but not like Colorado and Washington 🙂 Pot does not pour as smoothly as I’d like. Once half the pot is poured out, the flow starts to break up and splatter about slightly. Additionally, the pot retains ~1/8 cup nearly-unusable coffee, even when fully poured. To get most of it, you have to remove the lid and invert. Finally, my old Capresso carafe had a float that sealed the receptacle if the pot was tipped too far with coffee in it…great for taking the pot to work with me in the car. This carafe pours when you tip it regardless, and the brew receptacle on the top just catches and diverts to the inside. Neither portion of the lid seals. While this doesn’t seem to significantly impact keeping the coffee hot, it does not really keep it hot very well past a couple hours. All minor issues, but it seems like they missed slightly on an otherwise easily-engineered pot. 2) The cleanup, while superior to most grind-and-brews, requires more attention and effort than my old Capresso 455. It has a basket with a connected top portion that has two layers, but no way to break it down. Save for using a swab or other thin brush, I can only run water thru the very top layer to rinse. Second, you have to wipe down the metal disk that separates the ground coffee stream from the basket (see pics). Not a big deal, just a bit more effort than my old maker. Overall, I love it. I would probably give it 5 stars, but for the two mentioned items above. It takes a bit of care to set up properly with the correct functions and selections; but once you get the hang of it, it’s a relatively quick setup.

    

22. HMark Verified Buyer – 26 March 2025

    Did not use this. My counter to cabinet height is 16.5 inches. The product description states 16.3 inches. No problem. But when it arrived it wouldn’t fit at all and measures a full 17 inches tall. Beware. Make sure you have a bit over 17 inches clearance before buying! 3 stars because it looks quality.

    

23. John Wink Verified Buyer – 3 April 2025

    This coffee maker is supposed to have two neat tricks, and it fails at both. The party piece here is that the coffee maker has a built-in grinder, so your beans are ground just before your coffee is made. The ideal scenario is that you set it all up on the built-in timer, and when you get up in the morning you have fresh-ground, fresh-brewed coffee waiting for you. The problem is that this coffee maker tends to poop itself with frustrating regularity (see photo.) Despite daily cleaning, this mess happens at least once a week, meaning that one should not leave the coffee maker running unattended. Scratch scenario one of having fresh-ground, fresh-brewed coffee when you wake up. The other neat trick is that this coffee maker can make anything from one cup to one pot of coffee, and technically this does work just fine. The problem is the aforementioned cleaning regimen. Keeping this thing clean is a lot more work than any other coffee maker I’ve owned, and one quickly realizes that it’s not worth the work for one cup, and so you just end up making full pots of coffee every time. The most frequent cleaning need is the bottom of the grinder, in behind the filter holder. Unfortunately, the knob to open this is inside the bean hopper, so unless the hopper is mostly empty you will need to dig through the beans to get to it. There’s also a weird dependency wherein you have to hit the menu button to turn on the machine, open the filter, close the filter and then open the filter again before the knob will open the bottom of the grinder. What’s that about? The idea of this coffee maker is really cool. The reality just doesn’t live up to expectations. Don’t waste your money on this one. UPDATE: There is one pretty good thing about this unit that I forgot to mention… The carafe does keep the coffee nice and hot for three hours or more.

    

24. PenguinClassics Verified Buyer – 4 April 2025

    The Breville Grind Control is an EXCELLENT coffee machine first and foremost. The controls, grind capabilities, and construction of the machine ooze quality. If fresh ground coffee in noticeably varying degrees of strength is what you’re after, this thing delivers. Thoughtful touches like an included cleaning brush and a space for extra tall containers (like travel mugs) elevate the design further. However, while the machine is super easy to clean – it requires a tooooon of water to do so as you have to clean both the reusable (which is a huge plus – thank you Breville) filter basket and the brewing assembly it sits in. I definitely feel bad every time I clean the thing out but this might just be the unavoidable side effect of a machine like this. The big miss with this product comes not with the machine itself but with its included carafe. While just as premium feeling and effective at keeping your coffee hot as the machine is – getting your coffee OUT of the carafe is a different story. Because of how the insulated metal part of the carafe is shaped, you have to turn the thing basically upside down to get anything out of it (see included image – there’s 5 cups in there) even when its pretty full. This leads to leakages and a torrent of really hot coffee potentially overwhelming the cup you’re trying to get it in. The carafe and water usage during regular cleaning aside however, this is far and away the best coffee we’ve had out of a (mercifully small) machine and we’re confident it will last many many years of daily use.