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THE BREWER Plastic-free

An automatic drip brewer whose maker lists stainless steel, glass or silicone for every part that touches water or coffee.

Source-reviewed $$$ · indicative price band Reviewed

Price & availability: $399.99 sale price ($479.99 list) on simplygoodcoffee.com, checked September 26, 2026.

Why consider it

  • Simply Good lists 304 stainless steel, borosilicate glass or silicone for every part that touches water or coffee, and says no plastic or aluminum does.
  • The manufacturer lists an 8-cup (40-ounce) batch in about six minutes, an automatic bloom and a warming plate that shuts off after 40 minutes.
  • Replacement parts are sold, including the glass carafe with lid, the showerhead and the filter basket.

Practical tradeoffs

  • Silicone seals and connectors remain in the brew path.
  • The warranty is two years, or five years with a $13 quarterly descaler-and-filter subscription.
  • The manual says not to remove the carafe during brewing, and it brews 2 to 8 cups.
  • The manual asks for descaling every two months or 100 brews with a coffee-maker descaler, and advises against vinegar.
  • Its linked lab report tested coffee quality in the Olson brewer, not materials, and the brewer was not on the SCA certified list on September 26, 2026.

Our assessment

This is a manufacturer-document review, not a brewing or lab test. We have not used this brewer.

Its appeal is the parts list. The maker names a material for every part that water or coffee touches, from the glass reservoir to the steel showerhead and the silicone lid seal. That is more detail than most brands publish, but it is still the maker’s declaration. We found no independent teardown or particle test of the current model, and we found no published study that has measured what any home coffee maker sheds.

Silicone is a synthetic rubber, so this is a plastic-free brew path by the maker’s definition rather than a polymer-free one. Buy the model named Plastic-free: the shared manual also covers the brand’s Glass and Thermal models and mentions plastic parts that touch liquid.

If your current coffee maker works, keeping it is a reasonable choice. The cheaper routes, a steel percolator, a glass pour-over or a steel French press, give up automation or change the style of coffee.

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