
The Ratio Four is one of the best coffee makers I’ve ever tested. Actually, no — for me personally, it’s the best. I’m one of those people who loves pour-over, but find it quite laborious to make more than one a day. The Ratio Four isn’t a drip machine in the same way a Moccamaster is a drip machine — it’s an automated pour-over.
With an automatic bloom and hands-free brewing, the Ratio Four makes coffee like a V60, Kalita Wave, or Chemex, without any of the hard work. I can press ‘Start’, go back to my desk and work for five minutes, and after checking a few emails, my coffee is finished. It’s the perfect solution to my everlasting I-want-coffee-and-I-want-it-now dilemma.