Moccamaster KBG Select Filter Brewer - Adaptive Volume Performance

The Ultimate Gold-Standard Home Coffee Brewer

Handmade in the heart of the Netherlands since 1968, the Moccamaster KBG Select Filter Brewer brings café-quality batch brewing straight to your kitchen counter. Fully certified by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and the European Coffee Brewing Centre (ECBC), this iconic machine is designed for true coffee lovers who refuse to compromise on flavour. Built with a heavy-duty copper heating element, it heats water to the absolute perfect brewing temperature (92°C to 96°C) within seconds, ensuring your filter coffee is extracted perfectly every time—never sour, never bitter, just smooth, rich, and aromatic.

Adaptive Volume Control for the Perfect Half or Full Jug

What sets the KBG Select apart is its intelligent Adaptive Volume Performance. Featuring a clever selector switch, it allows you to choose effortlessly between a smaller 4-to-6 cup batch or a full 10-cup (1.25L) carafe without losing out on flavour. For smaller volumes, the machine automatically slows down the water flow, extending contact time to ensure flawless extraction. Complete with a smart hotplate that keeps coffee at the ideal temperature for 40 minutes without scorching it, it is the ultimate flexible brewer for solo morning cups and hosting alike.

Moccamaster KBG Select Filter Brewer Brochure

You get this when you Purchase through Prime Coffee Suppliers:

• Free! Delivery (Worth £95): 1-3 days Free Standard UK Delivery, Direct from UK Warehouse.
• Free! 2 Years Full UK Warranty - This includes: Parts that break due to manufacturing defects, and back to base repairs in one of our workshops in the UK. If a repair cannot be done a replacement machine will be sent out. This is inclusive to manufacturing defects and not damage from daily use or cleaning related issues.
• 1 Tree planted with every order of a Moccamaster KBG Select Filter Brewer with our environmental Project through Ecologi.
• Included in the box: Filter coffee machine, Glass jug, Filter basket, Lid filter basket, Lid of water container, Wateroutlet 9-hole, Measuring spoon, Instruction manual, 3 No. 4 filters

Features

Intelligent Select Switch: Easily toggle between brewing a half jug (4–6 cups) or a full jug (10 cups). The machine automatically adapts the water flow rate to guarantee perfect extraction and full-bodied flavour, regardless of the batch size.

Gold-Standard Certification: Officially certified by both the SCA and ECBC, ensuring your filter coffee meets strict, professional standards for temperature, brewing time, and extraction quality.

Ultra-Fast 6-Minute Brew: Equipped with a powerful 1,520W element, it brews a complete 1.25-litre jug of delicious filter coffee quietly and efficiently in just six minutes.

Precision Copper Heating Element: Rapidly heats water to the precise, optimal brewing range of 92°C to 96°C and automatically shuts off the boiler the moment the water reservoir is empty.

Smart Hotplate & Mixing Lid: The carafe lid features a built-in mixing tube to ensure uniform taste throughout the jug, whilst the intelligent dual-stage hotplate keeps coffee at 80°C to 85°C for 40 minutes before automatically shutting down for safety.

Automatic Drip-Stop: Pull the glass carafe away to pour a cheeky first cup mid-brew without any messy drips or spills on the hotplate.

Artisanal Dutch Craftsmanship: Proudly handmade in the Netherlands using premium, sustainable, and highly durable metal housings. All plastic parts are 100% free from BPA, BPS, BPF, and phthalates.

Specification for Moccamaster KBG Select Filter Brewer

Is the Moccamaster KBG Select the Best Filter Coffee Machine? | Overview & Barista Tips

If you are looking to elevate your home brewing setup, you have likely cross paths with the iconic silhouette of the Moccamaster. Handmade in the heart of the Netherlands since 1968, these certified gold-standard machines are a staple on premium kitchen counters across the UK.

But is the updated Moccamaster KBG Select Filter Brewer worth the investment, and how do you get the absolute best out of it? Whether you are on the fence about purchasing or looking to perfect your morning routine, this quick-start guide answers your biggest questions.

What Makes the "Select" Switch a Game-Changer?

Older automatic drip brewers struggled with smaller quantities because the water would rush through the coffee bed too quickly, leaving you with a weak, sour cup. The KBG Select solves this completely with its innovative flow-control switch:

• The Half-Jug Setting (Up to 750ml water / 45g coffee): Slows down the water flow rate, extending the contact time between the water and coffee grounds. This ensures flawless extraction and rich flavour even when you are only brewing a few cups.

• The Full-Jug Setting (1L to 1.25L water): Opens up the flow rate for larger batches, brewing a full 10-cup carafe in just 6 minutes without over-extracting.

• The Barista Hack: You can use this switch to save a bad grind! If your pre-ground coffee is a bit too coarse, run it on the half-batch setting to force a deeper extraction. If it’s ground too fine, use the full-batch setting to speed things up and avoid bitter, stewed notes.

3 Pro-Tips for Brewing the Perfect Batch

While the Moccamaster is designed to be a seamless, automated "turn-on-and-walk-away" machine, a few insider tweaks will yield café-quality results every single time: 

• The Secret Stir: The 9-hole stainless steel spray arm does a brilliant job, but for maximum sweetness, give the coffee bed a gentle stir with a teaspoon right as the water starts filling the basket. Ensuring all grounds are evenly wet prevents uneven channeling.

• The Water Retention Rule: The volumetric markings on the BPA-free reservoir show how much water you put in, not how much coffee comes out. Because coffee grounds naturally retain about 2g to 3g of water per gram of coffee, filling the reservoir to the 1-litre mark will yield roughly 850ml of liquid in your glass jug.

• Dialing in Your Grind: Start with a medium-coarse grind (like rough sea salt). If your coffee tastes thin or sour, refine your grind; if it tastes bitter or harsh, make it coarser.

Cleaning & Care: The 100-Filter Trick

To keep your precision copper heating element performing flawlessly at its optimal 92°C to 96°C temperature range, regular maintenance is vital.

Top Tip: Tie your cleaning routine to your filter papers. Moccamaster paper filters come in packs of 100. Every time you open a fresh box, it is time to descale the machine and scrub the ridges of your brew basket with a specialized coffee cleaner (like Cafiza) to eliminate old flavour taints.

Discard your used filter paper immediately after brewing to minimize coffee oil build-up, and your Moccamaster will easily live up to its famous reputation as a brewer designed to last a lifetime.

About the Brand - Moccamaster

Moccamaster, manufactured by the Dutch firm Technivorm, was founded in the Netherlands in 1964 by industrial engineer Gerard Clement Smit under a simple philosophy: "Life is too short to drink bad coffee." The brand fundamentally changed the home brewing landscape in 1968 with the launch of its iconic filter coffee machine. Decades later, the company remains fiercely dedicated to its artisanal roots, with every single unit still meticulously handmade and individually tested in the town of Amerongen.

Their core mission is to combine technical precision with sustainability, creating durable, modular brewers that are easily repairable and built to last a lifetime. By utilizing a unique copper heating element to lock in the gold-standard brewing temperature of 92°C to 96°C, Moccamaster has earned prestigious ECBC and SCA certifications, cementing itself as the global benchmark choice for serious coffee lovers worldwide.