[Music] Today we’re going to review this it’s The precision brewer from sage or Breville depending where you are in the World for me it’s sage and i’m going to Tell you why this has been my go-to Brewer for the last two years at home This review has been two years in the Making it’s because about two years ago Sage got in touch and said can we send You a machine let us know what you think And i said sure that would be good and i Got it took it home and it was kind of Like a us version but with uk power Through it it wasn’t the dedicated uk Machine that was going to come a couple Months later two years later well here We are they’ve finally released the Machine and i gather they had some Issues the uk london in particular has Very hard water and they found that a Challenge in testing for this brewer in This market so they’ve gone away changed A few things added some upgrades i’ll Talk about that in a second and it is Now available so it’s a kind of odd one For me most of my reviews are powered by Patreon it means i go and buy products And i don’t owe anyone anything This is different because this was sent To me originally or the first one before I had a patreon and i said i would Review it and i will honour my Commitment but know that

Unlike other patreon reviews this was Sent to me by the manufacturer i’m not Being paid to make the video they don’t Get any influence or input into the Video but you should know i didn’t pay For this and i’ve had one for two years So let’s dive into some just quick Overview specs of this whole thing it’s An interesting approach to home brewers It’s 250 pounds in the uk which puts it At the upper end of the the sort of Small batch brewer market for the home But Not at the very top which i think is Interesting It’s a very sage product it looks like a Sage product it feels like a safe Product the brush metals they use the Kind of plastics The whole design aesthetic is very sage And if you like that you’ll like this if You hate that You’ll hate this but i like it i’ve got A couple sage things at home and it kind Of fits for me unusually this thing can Brew up to 1.8 liters which is a lot of Coffee certainly for the home that’s a Lot of cups of coffee in the morning for A family but It doesn’t have to brew at that kind of Volume it does a kind of clever thing Inside the brew basket You’ve got two brew sort of cones you’ve Got one cone like this which is designed

To use the kind of molita style papers i Really like the filtropa papers myself But if you take that out you’ve actually Got a kind of flat bottomed brewer and It does come with papers for it so you Can brew larger volumes in this with the Cone brewer which is my preferred brewer You can brew up to 1.2 liters which Frankly Is a lot it’s enough it’s more than i Would need but the extra is kind of Interesting more than that you don’t Even have to use this brew basket there Is an adapter set that lets you put in a V6d or a kolita or something change the Shower head and change the sort of piece Here where it sits and you can use Whatever flat bottom to pour over brewer You want whatever cone-shaped brewer you Want you’ve got it you want to use it You can use it you can have an automated Version of the thing that you brew with All the rest of the time That’s kind of cool it does also come With a metal filter basket if you want To do that if you want to go zero waste And not use paper whatsoever this is an Option I’m generally not a huge fan of these Things i like them in principle i just Personally Always prefer the taste of paper Filtered coffee underneath you’ve got a Carafe it is a thermal carafe which is

Good they do i think a version that is Glass with the heating plate that nobody Should buy ever just get the thermal Carafe just get the thermal carafe and Then the tanks at the back pretty simple Pretty obvious so far in the tank in the Uk now they’ve added one extra thing Which is this it’s a it’s a water Softener it’s a little filter uh it Lasts about three months and so you just Set it and it will soften your water When you turn on the machine for the First time it will ask you how hard your Water is there’s a test strip and stuff That basically tells the machine how Often to prompt you to descale it while This is nice i would still strongly Recommend just putting good Soft clean water into your machine and Not letting this do the softening but if You have no option then this is a good Thing so now we need to talk about why This is called the precision brewer why It’s a sort of smarter than average Brewer and and how the features inside Might stack up to other brewers in the Market So in the control panel Day to day there are three settings that You can use as kind of pre-programmed Settings for brewing They are fast gold and strong And they’re really going to change the Flow rate for the machine

A fast brew is designed to just pump More water into the basket quicker Allowing your brew to happen in a Quicker way in the morning i’ve never Really wanted to use that nothing about Fast appeals to me but it’s a function And it’s available and again strong That’s going to be sort of more Extracted which in many ways is often Good but for me I use the gold setting or i use my own Programming most of the time now you can Go in and set up what’s called my brew It’s kind of custom brewing setup with That you can control the bloom volume as Well as the balloon time You can control your overall flow rate From very slow to much quicker and then You can control your brew temperature And that gives you a single degree Celsius increments to change your blue Temperature which is Extremely accurate so this is kind of Billed as being a very controllable very Programmable brewer that does deliver Consistent temperature and in my Experience Yet it really does so beyond that There’s a couple more things to talk About in the menu one of which i’m not Super interested in which is the cold Brew functionality It’s designed to sort of run overnight So you can have it run for i think up to

14 hours where it’ll slowly pump water Cold water into your brew basket You don’t put the lid on the carafe it Steeps it for a long time and then Eventually drains it i don’t really like The taste of coffee brewed that way That’s just me so i’ve had no interest Whatsoever in using it i don’t use it There’s one more thing though that i do Use on this That i’m a little bit ashamed of in a Way This machine has an auto start and Sometimes Sometimes I might grind my coffee before going to Bed and put it in the brew basket and Have the machine come on at like six in The morning if i have to get up early And i kind of love getting up to Fresh-made coffee it’s it’s a wonderful Thing I’m aware that grinding fresh is best But i’m also aware that if it’s an eight Hour window yeah i’m losing something But i’m not the world’s most perceptive Coffee taster at six in the morning i Just want it to taste really good so i’m Happy to lose a little bit of aromatic Complexity in exchange for someone Having me a fresh pot of coffee ready at 6am that’s the deal so i use that more Than i suspect i should tell people i do I like it it’s a nice little function

It’s not unique to this but it’s a nice Function to have there So so far i’ve had nothing really bad to Say about this brewer and in fairness i Have really enjoyed using it for the Last two years it’s been a Steady staple reliable part of my Morning brewing routine That doesn’t mean that i have no Complaints or quibbles or things that i Should highlight along the way So firstly The water tank in the uk version They’ve done a kind of annoying thing to Me they’ve converted it from imperial to Metric thank you very much but they have Left the lines in the same place which Were i think 20 30 40 ounces And then i think 60 ounces for the Larger size so on here you’ve got like a Like a 900 mil mark I’m just not brewing 900 mils of coffee Very much I would like a liter mark i would like a Half liter mark i i just feel that’s a Reasonable thing to ask for i’ve come to Accept this i mean i’m already brewing Us ratios at home but i had hoped with The release of a uk brewer they’d have Just that have just gone in at the kind Of half one liter thing you know now When it comes to the two brewers in here I think the cone-shaped brewer brews

Significantly better than the Flat-bottomed brewer My theory is it’s the shower head that’s Really optimized for that kind of cone Shape in terms of coverage in terms of Agitation disruption as it’s brewing It brews really nicely i just struggled To match the quality on the 1.8 litre Bruise on the flat bottomed bruise even With a thicker bed depth it just i’ve Just struggled to really really really Get the same quality in the cup it’s a Funny thing but i also wish this was a Removable water container i think there Are a couple of brewers out there like The the top end wilfred brewer where you Can just take the water tank out it just Makes it easier to fill i just i think It’s a nicer experience it’s not Particularly difficult to do i don’t Think this has to be mounted on here With the carafe i do like the design but It suffers the same frustrations that Every carafe suffers which is you can’t Pour out absolutely everything there’s Always just like a little bit left over I don’t understand it’s in every carafe And it just makes me angry when you’re Brewing with the the cone-shaped filter Some coffee will get out Into the kind of open basket area If you just rinse out the cone and don’t Remove this you will not rinse out all The coffee that’s under here so it’s

Easy to have a little bit of Accumulation here You know and you pull this out now You’re gonna be like uh And it needs a clean so um I was a bit lazy to start with until i Opened this up one day and was slightly Disgusted with myself but just be aware You need to pull this out every time to Clean it properly And so there it is there is the sage Precision brewer it’s a brewer that i Have enjoyed using for two years at 250 Pounds it’s not cheap but i think it’s Actually a pretty great investment in Your morning brews I think if you need something to do Larger volumes something like one and a Half to two liters often then i would Buy a small commercial brewer they’re Not much more expensive but the the Shower head and basket combo is usually A little bit more effective at brewing That way That said i can’t think of many cheaper Commercial brewers that have the level Of control And programmability that this thing has So i could see these in small offices You know it’s a batch brew in cafes that Don’t sell much batch brew i have no Idea on commercial warranties but at Home It’s good it’s big no question and you

Know that’s a Big old thing i’m okay with that i’ve Got the space it’s never really bothered Me but So in comparison to other brewers in the Past i’ve had both a tecniform and also The the sort of high-end wilfer brewer As well i like both of those brewers i Enjoyed the coffee that they made but Neither of them had the kind of feature Set and the reliability and the control That this thing has it’s it’s a Different brewer in many regards to Those brewers i’m genuinely impressed uh And i find it an easy recommendation and So i’d really be interested to hear from You do you have one of these i mean These have been out for two three years Not a lot of the world Do you still have it do you still use it Every day have you had issues that i Haven’t mentioned yet What did i miss what didn’t i talk about I’d really be interested to hear your Thoughts and maybe there’s another Brewer at the price point that i’m just Not seeing that i should check out leave Me a comment down below I’m going to say thank you so much for Watching I hope you have a great day [Music] You