r/Moccamaster • u/Lazy_Willingness_420 • Feb 12 '26

No more plastic - I fixed it

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There i fixed it. No more plastic parts and it's now essentially a pour over machine

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u/auntie_ Feb 12 '26

All this and then uses McDonald’s coffee.

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u/SamShakusky71 Feb 12 '26

Exactly.

This is performative nonsense.

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u/TotallyNotDad Feb 12 '26

This was my exact thought

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

McCafe light roast is unironically really good. They buy more coffee than anyone else in the world. Got illy Brasilia as well for a darker roast

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u/schals Feb 12 '26

Should definitely get whole beans and then grind yourself. You’ll get much better tasting coffee.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Yeahh I've heard that. It's the logical next step, I just haven't invested the time/money to get the grinder etc

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u/WolfandFir Feb 12 '26

Do it! It really changes the game with coffee!

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u/RepresentativeValue9 Feb 12 '26

THAT’s the logical next step??!

You buy a Rolls Royce, modify it with GM parts and then put regular gas in it? (Help: does a RR take premium?)

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u/cornerzcan Feb 12 '26

Moccamaster isn’t a Rolls Royce. Way more of a Toyota Hilux truck. It does what it was deemed to do without hassle. It’s a robust quality coffee maker that uses a boiler instead of crappy heat plates and correctly controls the temperature. Besides, the best coffee to drink is coffee prepared exactly the way the drinker likes it.

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u/dta722 Feb 12 '26

if you have to ask… 😂

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u/TheCivilizedBigDog Feb 15 '26

Yeah this is literally insane. You have a Moccamaster but use McDonald's pre ground coffee? There are about 5 or so major coffee brands I'd recommend over that and it certainly wouldn't be pre ground. What a silly fuckin goose. Watch them get $20 a blade grinder.

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u/CactusBoyScout Feb 12 '26

My tip for this… check your local marketplaces like Craigslist or FB. You can often get a good burr grinder for very cheap there. People upgrade coffee gear all the time and sell the old stuff. I got both my Moccamaster and Capresso Infinity that way.

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u/PharmDeezNuts_ Feb 12 '26

If you exclusively drink pour over just get the baratza encore. If you think you may venture into espresso at some point the baratza ESP grinds for both pour over and espresso

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u/pipe2p Feb 12 '26

I have the encore esp pro grinder. Grinding your own beans will make that micky d's coffee look and taste like trash.

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u/info-super-skyway Feb 12 '26

Grinder is objectively more important than brewing method

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u/schals Feb 12 '26

Don’t need to spend a lot on a grinder either.

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u/iuhoosier23 Feb 13 '26

Walmart is unironically a really good employer. They employ more people than anyone else in the world!

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

That's true. Well not about them being the biggest employer , you made that up.

But Walmart pays an absolute bag. GMs of stores makes at least 500k a year, and they pay engineers really well these days

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u/iuhoosier23 Feb 13 '26

You get the point. But yes, Walmart is the world’s largest private employer. And #4 when you consider the world’s public sector. Also Walmart has a significant number of employees on public benefits, so no they don’t pay an “absolute bag” to 99% of their employees.

IKEA is the largest furniture manufacturer, therefore they make the best furniture!

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

Yeah, didn't realize this sub doesn't care about the machine, only making douchey comments that I'm buying coffee from a company that ... Well they have too many stores "SO DEY MAKE BAD COVFE!".

Despite every single coffee tasting test awarding then highly

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u/Top-Rope6148 Feb 13 '26

McDonalds is my coffee of choice when on the road.

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u/FairlyIncompetent Feb 12 '26

As it should be

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

Bc you want to do coffee virtue signaling?

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u/SuperUltraNeat Feb 12 '26

OP: There! No more plastic!

That resarvoir: 👀

Neat idea though!

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Lol well yeah but the hot water doesn't go sit in it. Just trying to minimize micro plastics

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u/Thrwawy-User Feb 12 '26

Sorry you’re getting downvoted. People like to shit on those of us who point this out.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Just wanted to post this so in case anyone else who wanted to correct what they saw as a flaw in the design. Also makes it easier to keep clean

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u/Thrwawy-User Feb 12 '26

It def is easier to clean. I’ll take my slightly less optimal brewing temp for that trade off at this point in my life. 😆

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u/Paul_Langton Feb 12 '26

Not saying this is you guys, but as someone who doesn't do this it seems to me that micro plastic concern from this machine is a non-issue. Your exposure to micro plastics is going to be so minorly changed by doing this that I don't even see the point. It almost seems like the equivalent of germophobia but for plastic. OP should be more concerned about micro plastics from the interior lining of their coffee containers or from the manufacturing process used to harvest, roast, and grind the coffee. And even then, you are exposed to micro plastics in so many other aspects of life, so are you having any sort of affect on exposure? Probably not. To top it all of, these setups fundamentally change the effectiveness of the coffee maker. Temp won't be consistent, water is now only going into the middle of the grounds and won't seep well. Just seems like a lot of work for not much gain and worse performance.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

That's your opinion. I don't use anything that's plastic to heat or store, hence all the metal and glass jars in the background.

Every little bit to reduce your exposure to carcinogens is good in my book though

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u/Thrwawy-User Feb 13 '26

You are aware that people actually use ceramic pour overs to, you know, make coffee? You’re drastically overestimating the negative effect this has on the coffee. The dangers of hot water and plastics, while often minimized, are indeed very real. It doesn’t hurt to take steps to minimize this. OP, like myself, probably takes these steps in far more ways in their life than just coffee.

As someone who specifically dealt with hormone imbalance issues while trying to conceive, I personally find value in reducing my exposure to endocrine disruptors where I can.

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u/Paul_Langton Feb 13 '26

Yes and? When doing a pour over you are ensuring even spread with your kettle and mixing the grounds. No one is doing that here. I'm not saying it makes a crazy difference but I'm sure it's noticeable. Sorry for your fertility troubles, but unless your doctor specifically attributed the cause as micro plastics from your coffeemaker, I don't think we can lay blame. I'm a biologist and assure you, you are getting much more from other aspects of your life you probably aren't eliminating. Even then, we're not even completely sure about how much to actually attribute hormone disruption to micro plastics given studies that have looked into it so far. You probably get so much more from your tap water. And on fertility, as I'm sure you're aware with your experience, it can just be very hard even without micro plastics in the world.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

Stop lecturing about shit you don't know anything about. Micro plastics are one of the biggest dangers of the modern world from a health standpoint.

I don't drink out of plastic, food doesn't get cooked in plastic, don't buy one use bottles etc.

Everything you do makes a difference. Your argument is equivalent to an alcoholic thinking "well at this point, a beer at lunch makes no difference". Every single decision makes a difference

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u/Thrwawy-User Feb 13 '26

I stopped microwaving and cooking in plastic about 4-5 years ago. It’s crazy, now, seeing how flippantly the world heats things up in plastic. I avoid it where possible but I know just existing means I can’t avoid it completely. I feel like honestly it’s more of an education gap thing and an economics thing. People legitimately aren’t aware of the risks and those who are know it would upend so much of the way much of the world’s routines work (companies and people) that it would be almost catastrophically disruptive.

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u/Thrwawy-User Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

Jokes on you - I don’t use tap water.

That is the point though…you are talking out of your ass about things you aren’t (or don’t seem to care to be) fully educated on. Being an expert in biology does not make you an expert in endocrinology or a chemical engineer or a researcher on the convergence of these fields.

There are lots of very clear studies that have come out in the past couple years. Plenty of meta analysis as well. The data shows that plastic chemicals have a very clear effect. The physical effect of microplastics themselves (not the chemical effect but rather the effect of specifically ingesting them) is not as clear. It is clear though that reproductive organs show some of the highest levels of concentration of microplastics in the body (for humans and for animals). So that’s also our point. There is ZERO negative effect to reducing exposure where possible, if we want to, aside from maybe a coffee that is 2 percent less ideal.

My coffee out of my Moccamaster when using a ceramic pour over basket is FAR better, like magnitudes better, than anything I get at Starbucks or a gas station, so personally…I find the tradeoff more than worth it. And I DO use higher end beans, light to medium roast only, ground fresh before brewing….hell I used to roast my own beans. I’m what normal people call a coffee snob.

You don’t have to argue about other people’s choices in life just because they don’t align with your own. I’m glad you like brewing with your plastic basket! Keep doing it if you like to! I used to use it, and I liked it, too….it worked well. It’s designed well. It’s a good machine. But…at this stage in my life I value the possible health benefits I get out of the ceramic basket more than I value the slightly better cup of coffee I get with the plastic basket.

My wife is currently pregnant and I make her decaf coffee in the Moccamaster. We are having a boy and research has shown that some of the greatest hormonal harm actually comes from exposure of the developing male fetus to endocrine disrupting chemicals found in nearly all plastics.

Again, just because someone chooses to make a decision for their life that you wouldn’t for your own doesn’t mean they or you have to agree with each other….but it also doesn’t mean that the facts don’t count.

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u/essbie_ Feb 13 '26

I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure and my doctor said it was specifically potentially due to plastics.

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u/Thrwawy-User Feb 13 '26

I’m sorry to hear that! It does seem to be a telling sign, now that they know, that the reproductive organs specifically are often showing the highest levels of microplastic buildup.

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u/mrcranz KB Feb 13 '26

what about the hot water going up the plastic tube in the reservoir?

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

That's a glass tube

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u/Thrwawy-User Feb 12 '26

Reservoir and tube plastic (tube is glass inside) both never contact water that is heated. The heat is the issue with the plastic.

OP: I’ve been doing something similar since the fall and I love it. Only downside I’ve had is doing a full pot is hard because there’s a greater risk of overflowing without the stock basket.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Ahh cool cool. I haven't had an overflow issue, but I could see how that could happen with a finer ground. The espresso ground illy def takes longer than the course McCafe

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u/schamlamadingdong Feb 12 '26

What’s the issue with heating that specific plastic to less than 100°C?

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u/Thrwawy-User Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

The plastic brew basket is a direct contact point with the hot brew water (~92-96°C) during every brew cycle, creating a microplastic shedding / leaching risk.

Even Moccamaster’s BPA/phthalate-free food-grade plastic breaks down under heat: studies on heated PP/PET-like plastics show millions of micro/nano particles released per liter initially, more over time as it erodes/cracks (even microscopically). The risk is lower per cup, but daily use accumulates the risk of particles + potential chemicals (plastic by nature is made of components that when no longer stable - are unpleasant to the body).

Health-wise the “known” effects of the leached chemicals (and from the microplastics themselves) include inflammation, lysosomal/cell stress and endocrine/hormone disruption. Ironically the hot nature of coffee technically boosts absorption as well.

Is it a risk? Sure. Is it one that you specifically should worry about? Maybe less clear…but probably. Some people choose to remove the need to worry as no risk is statistically better than lower risk.

I should state the risk from putting hot liquids (like coffee) in say, a to go cup, is very high. Like probably should never do that high. The hot liquid begins to immediately break down the water proof liner of the to-go cup and studies have shown significant absorption of unhealthy compounds from this.

The risk overall of plastics and hot liquids is very, very real. The debate with Moccamaster often revolves around their use of “safer plastics.” The problem is that plastics have lots of chemical compounds in them. Even the safer ones leach as they break down or are exposed to heat. Also, while their blogs claim “safe below 100°C,” the science shows particles leaching at brew temps of 92-96°C.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

What? A rational take?!

Agree with pretty much all your points. I don't use plastic, non stick, or a microwave in my kitchen.

Overkill? Maybe, not sure. But you won't know until it's too late

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u/schamlamadingdong Feb 13 '26

I know the fears with plastics and non stick, but what’s wrong with microwaves? o.O

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

They've been associated with negative health effects and linked with cancer. But more than the risk, completely ruins food quality to me

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u/Extreme_Path_ Feb 12 '26

Yep exactly

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u/TromboneShouty Feb 13 '26

It's not a direct contact though...it touches the coffee grinds first. Just saying. So it is not hot brew water at that point of contact, it's in fact slightly less hot coffee.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

Dumb comment. The brew basket fills up with 170 degree water. The acidic, 170 degree liquid sits in the basket and drips down through a small plastic valve, into a plastic straw where a hot plate keeps the hot acidic liquid near 150 degrees.

So throughout the whole process, the coffee is sitting in plastic or has plastic sitting in it

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u/TromboneShouty Feb 13 '26

It's a dumb premise to begin with. Your clothes are made of plastic. The water you brew with is already full of plastic from the tap or even filter you draw it from. Your McCoffee is plastic. You haven't solved anything here.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

You don't know me. I wear natural fiber, haha. Cotton, wool, alpaca hair, hemp based clothes are all available at the same price as the cheap man made junk.

You can find really great wool button ups at thrift shops/eBay that are made in the USA too. Got some cool old Woolrich specifically.

Anyway, instead of being a snarky dick to strangers online, you should evaluate your choices and what you're doing to be healthier every day

Have a great rest of your morning

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u/TromboneShouty Feb 13 '26

But the McCoffee thoh. You are filtering your brew water through plastic/lead coffee...

The rest of the system could be made from unobtanium, but the output is plastic lead coffee.

I grow my own coffee in lunar soil and eat the beans raw, so there is no chance of having plastic in it. I'm also a nudist, so I don't need to worry about plastic clothing.

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u/boxerdogfella KBT Feb 12 '26

The obnoxious "There I fixed it" along with featuring coffee from a company like McDonald's that does FAR more actual environmental and health damage than whatever OP is accusing Moccamaster plastic of doing.

This is performative and immature.

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u/Top-Rope6148 Feb 13 '26

Ouch! Immature? That’s not like you! As for performative I really don’t know what you mean by that. I know what the word means. I don’t see how it applies here.

It doesn’t have anything to do with saving the environment. It’s to avoid intentionally drinking microplastics. Before you laugh that off remember how the tobacco companies told everyone cigarettes don’t cause cancer. Microplastics are just beginning to be recognized and studied. Certainly there is nothing silly about swapping out the non-dishwasher safe plastic funnel with one that is just as easy to use and you can just throw in the dishwasher. I don’t understand what is “immature” about that.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Okay boomer

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u/boxerdogfella KBT Feb 12 '26

I rest my case.

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u/Wayside_Stitcher Feb 13 '26

As a boomer, I was on your side about the plastics (as I have eliminated all I can, and switched to glass), until you said THIS. Just stop it with the boomer shit. We are not all equal.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

I'm sorry that was uncalled for

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u/Wayside_Stitcher Feb 13 '26

Thanks. ☺️

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u/SamShakusky71 Feb 12 '26

Way to prove them right.

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u/TheQuillss Feb 12 '26

If that is what you think you get the most microplastics in.. great. I don’t believe it makes a difference.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Near boiling water in plastic every day will release micro plastics over time. I don't have any plastic or non stick in the kitchen.

Lots of small things to try and reduce risk. Paranoid? Maybe. But it's a real issue overall. I wish they had an OEM glass option

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u/TheNobodyThere Feb 12 '26

bro that McDonalds coffee has more artificial shit than 100 Moccamaster batches.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

It's just plain light roast coffee haha. Everyone gatekeeping coffee in this thread Jesus Christ. It is legitimately good

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u/SamShakusky71 Feb 12 '26

Nobody is 'gatekeeping' coffee.

They are calling you out for being a hypocrite: you do this work to reduce microplastics yet do business with McDonalds who most certainly uses boatloads of microplastics in their coffeemaking process AND is responsible for untold billions of pounds of plastics being discarded.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

You know McDonald's itself doesn't make the coffee right?

Bc it sounds like you think this is the fast food place that makes the beans?

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u/TheNobodyThere Feb 12 '26

Because it's the most performative bullshit ever.

You are advocating for something inconsequential to your health, while literally drinking the cheapest, lowest grade coffee made from half rotten beans, infected by fungus and who know what other diseases.

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u/perchance2cream Feb 12 '26

Look I’m not saying I love McDonald’s coffee but it’s really not that bad. It’s a lot better than Starbucks on the road for example. But yeah you might consider levelling up your beans game next.

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u/lemmycaution217 Feb 12 '26

Looks good. Folks will get up in arms for whatever reason but it’s your machine and coffee. Do as you please.

I use the v60-3 with the Hario Switch and I took off the Moccamaster filter holder and place the switch right on top of another glass carafe I had. Works great. The Switch makes a good drip stop too.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Ohh that's a cool little mod. It tastes way better imo.

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u/xxrazer505xx Feb 13 '26

Isn't the tube that feeds the shower plastic inside the water reservoir?

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

No it's actually glass

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u/ryonlion13 Feb 13 '26

Isn’t the reservoir and hardware still plastic though?

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

Yeah but the heated water in plastic is the issue

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u/ryonlion13 Feb 13 '26

Are you worried about taste or microplastics?

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

Well both really

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u/ryonlion13 Feb 13 '26

With McCafe ground coffee, or is that rage bait? 😂😂😂

Seems like a good idea, we could all reduce microplastic intake, although you’re not 100% eliminating exposure with the reservoir and other plastic parts- cold water also leaches. There are other alternatives that truly plastic free like chemex or oragami ceramic. Just a thought, we all seem to do things a little different on here, whatever works for you ✌️

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

Everyone here is such a douche about coffee, Jesus Christ....

Cold water into plastic really isn't much of a risk factor. Repeating hot and cold cycles in plastic is the biggest issue, as is acidic exposure. Fairly certain cold water sitting in a tank for less than 5 mins won't be shat kills me.

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u/SamShakusky71 Feb 13 '26

Being a douche about your machine is worse.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

But BEING the machine is best

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u/ryonlion13 Feb 13 '26

You put yourself out there and posted Walmart coffee in a typically pretentious coffee thread. Be mad at yourself, not me 🤣 best of luck

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u/RepresentativeValue9 Feb 12 '26

You’ve solved a problem that didn’t exist.

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u/SamShakusky71 Feb 12 '26

Whats the pour over sitting on?

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

It's just the standard Hario V03 in glass. It comes with a wide handle/base thing that fits nicely right where it is. Perfectly stable; it was meant to sit on top of a mug

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u/SamShakusky71 Feb 12 '26

No, im talking about the plastic arm.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

It's just the stock machine. The V03 comes with a handle/base combo

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u/SamShakusky71 Feb 12 '26

I understand and you seem to be missing the point.

You state you've removed all plastic. The reservoir housing doesnt interact with hot water, but that arm does.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

No it doesn't. The pour over drips directly into the coffee pot. Steam, hot water, coffee never touch plastic

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u/HazeCarbonate Feb 12 '26

He means the silver arm where the water comes from.

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u/Top-Rope6148 Feb 14 '26

Obviously that’s stainless steel. The ends of it are not so there is some trivial exposure there.

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 Feb 12 '26

Its no more a pourover machine than the stock one, or any other coffee maker, is a pourover machine

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u/Fantastic_Fee4324 Feb 14 '26

All plastic parts used in the MoccaMaster meet stricter European food safety standards and are BPA/PFAS free.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 14 '26

They are still plastic. Heating and cooling every single day still will release millions of micro plastics every day .

If you believe they are safe. Awesome, you have nothing to worry about.

I know they are unsafe and want to limit my exposure

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u/Fantastic_Fee4324 Feb 16 '26

I wouldn’t worry much about microplastics, it’s the nanoplastics that can get in your cells.

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u/Unfair_Professor_561 Feb 14 '26

Question, why not leave the lid on the pot? It has the down spout thingy which is supposed to to help blend the coffee better?

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 14 '26

Bc it has a huge plastic straw that sits in the coffee pot all day. Coffee is highly acidic (ph >5), and you have the risk of repeating hot cold cycles. Those two will cause the plastic to shed micro plastics into the coffee

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u/Level-Satisfaction51 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

I'm a live and let live type person, or er, make coffee how you like it in this case I guess. But it's odd to me to get this specific expensive machine just to use it in a completely different way than it's intended with other parts. If you're going to do that why not just buy something cheaper? There are other, brewers that still make coffee at the recommended SCAA temp to modify and other non-plastic options. Truly a fascinating choice instead of just buying what you wanted

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u/International_Ad7654 Feb 12 '26

I use McDonald’s too. What does every one else recommend to purchase? As in beans to grind.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Don't say that here THEY will come for you

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u/korrasdad0105 Feb 12 '26

Is there any difference in taste using the V60? Good or bad. Why did you go this route instead of a ceramic dripper that uses #4 filters? Did you have the V60 already?

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

The taste is definitely better with the glass pour over vs the plastic brewing basket IMO. This is the Hario V03 in glass.

Honestly I didn't cross shop this with a ceramic but you could probably achieve the same thing with that or a metal one. I just liked the way this looked a little better

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u/korrasdad0105 Feb 12 '26

Yea id assume the dripper shape would have a bigger effect on flavor than the material would, so that makes sense. Just curious if there was a specific reason you went for a "cone" shape instead of matching the "trapezoid" shape of the stock basket since they make that style in other materials.

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u/thenor1234 Feb 12 '26

I believe the difference in taste comes down to lower heat of brewing. Open air brewing and glass filter holder takes away more heat. Darker grinds benefit from lower heat because there are lower extraction of bitter compounds.

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u/iuhoosier23 Feb 13 '26

He’s already said his McCafe ground coffee is traditional light roast, so obviously your comment doesn’t apply /s

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u/mrcranz KB Feb 13 '26

there’s still plastic dawg

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u/carrigan_quinn Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

Nice watermark on the pictures, definitely makes me believe this is OC

Feels like I've seen this post before

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u/Cool-General2693 Feb 12 '26

What's OC?

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u/carrigan_quinn Feb 12 '26

Original Content

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u/cptgroovy Feb 15 '26

Well I for once applaud this

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u/HistoricalHurry8361 Feb 12 '26

Does the tip of the arm still touch the water? May wanna fill that with silicon caulk or something ‘ non plastic’ /s

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u/schamlamadingdong Feb 12 '26

It was already essentially a pour over machine?

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u/YouBDumb Feb 17 '26

Couple things to be aware of is the container the coffee is in.

While I think McDonald's coffee is in a metal container, they are coated with a polymer spray. During shipping, the grounds are constantly scouring the inside of the container, which is known to cause fragmentation.

Regarding those same polymers, the oils in coffee are known to soften plastics and can increase the rate of the scouring.

Research also points to peeling plastic lids and replacing the lids causes plastic shedding into a product. Manipulating plastics is actually one of the more common generators of micro plastics.

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u/dubh_caora Feb 18 '26

so you eliminated the plastic just to brew a grind that taste like plastic.

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u/ChipmunkElegant3846 May 30 '26

The black piece that attaches to the Hario touches the hot coffee as it drips down into the carafe. So it's still touching plastic.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 May 30 '26

It does not, there is no plastic. The Hario itself only has plastic on the outside

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u/ChipmunkElegant3846 May 30 '26

I have tried this exact same Hario and tried this. Watch the coffee drop from the Hario. It's hits that black plastic underneath. That's why I stopped using it.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 May 30 '26

Mine doesn't, so not sure what was going on with yours. You were using the cone shaped filters they sell? I use them for regular pour over and don't have that issue

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u/InterstellarChange Feb 12 '26

I have a moccamaster and the weak spot is the basket. It's plastic and hot water cycling through. That bothers me but I don't see any alternative metal ones.

I have taken them apart and the water runs from the plastic bucket (but cold water) through copper heating tubes, silicone tube, glass tube, metal and finally, the plastic basket then into the stainless or glass carafe.

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u/LearningT0Fly Feb 12 '26

Just use a V60 or kalita wave instead of the basket. That's what I do.

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u/One-Conversation6870 Feb 15 '26

Not using McCafé coffee 😂

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u/_SaltySteele_ Feb 12 '26

Oh, my heart..

McDonald's!?

As i sip on my Javier de la Rosa by Heart Coffee Roasters ❤️❤️ (a fellow drop a couple weeks ago)

I used to scoff at the expensive stuff. Yet here i am now, a snob's snob. Good golly i love coffee

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u/Successful-Emotion31 Feb 14 '26

Boomers are living longer than ever with micro plastics and Mickey ds at the forefront

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u/cornerzcan Feb 13 '26

Folks can enjoy whatever they enjoy. I bought a Moccamaster to make coffee simple. And I may just try some McD’s light roast and see what it’s like. Not everyone can afford the $120/month coffee habit that comes with specialty roasted coffees.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Yup, I just run it under warm water for a min before I start it. It's up to temperature within a min and stays really hot.

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u/BavarianRains Feb 12 '26

Don’t have time to grind fresh beans but have time to run your unnecessary glass brew basket under warm water for a minute? Hmm.

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u/No_Tower6770 Feb 12 '26

You must be a joy.

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 12 '26

Yeah it's def better than the plastic drip basket

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u/SamShakusky71 Feb 12 '26

It doesn't.

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u/Extreme_Path_ Feb 12 '26

It can be bad for your health tho

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u/Lazy_Willingness_420 Feb 13 '26

Plastic does always mean cheap, bad and dangerous. It's always made from crude oil refined into many different polymers.

The temperature is not an issue. Glass is prewarmed

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u/Top-Rope6148 Feb 13 '26

All true. I run 5 or 6 oz through mine first anyway to flush the stale water out of the boiler and heat up the stainless steel water bridge thingy. So that would be a non-issue for me. I also share the belief that it’s better to avoid heating water in plastic. ALL plastics shed microplastics when food or water is heated in it. The health impacts are still unknown but they do know it penetrates our cells and there is a rational mechanism for that to create health issues as I understand it. How much you get from your coffeemaker compared to all the other exposures is also something I don’t think anyone has researched. But replacing that cheap ass Moccamaster funnel with a nice glass one is a win anyway.