I tested the new Breville Luxe Brewer — it can make 12 cups of coffee faster than my kettle boils

The Breville Luxe Brewer — called Sage Luxe Brewer in the U.K. — came out in May 2025, and is the newest drip brewer on Breville’s lineup. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m 99.9% sure it’s the fastest brewer on the market. The Luxe Brewer can make 60 ounces of coffee in 3 minutes and 15 seconds. No, that’s not a typo. 3 minutes 15 seconds. I know — I’m shook.

And it’s not just speed over quality, either. Breville’s coffeemakers are ‘SCA approved’, which basically means the machine meets standards set out by the Specialty Coffee Association. This is something you’d want to look for if you are serious about coffee.

So is the Breville Luxe Brewer one of the best coffee makers money can buy right now? Short answer: yes. Long answer… keep reading this Breville Luxe Brewer review.

Breville Luxe Brewer review: Cheat sheet

• Who is it for? Drip coffee enthusiasts
• What does it cost? $349 / £249
• What does it do well? It brews a full carafe in 3 minutes!
• What are its weaknesses? It’s quite expensive and doesn’t have as many impressive features as the Fellow drip brewer
• Anything else to know? The Breville Luxe Brewer is the fastest drip brewer I’ve ever seen

Breville Luxe Brewer review: Specs

Breville Luxe Brewer review: Price & availability

Breville currently makes two drip coffee brewers: the Luxe Brewer — available since May 2025, which is $349 from Amazon U.S.; and 2017’s Breville Precision Brewer, priced at $329 from Amazon U.S..

In the U.K., the Sage Luxe Brewer (same product, different name) is £249 from Amazon, which is much more affordable than in the U.S. (for some reason).

The Luxe Brewer comes with both glass and metal carafes: I tested the metal carafe, which is thermally-insulated and keeps coffee warm for 4 hours. The glass is $319 and the thermal is $349, and I think it’s worth the extra $30 if you want your coffee to maintain temperature for a long time.

Ninja has a similar coffeemaker: the Hot and Cold Brewed System, which came out in 2018 and is $229. The Ninja option also makes tea, so could be a preferable option if you’re a huge tea drinker. However, the Ninja is 3 inches bigger than the Breville Luxe Brewer, so not optimal for small spaces.

The Fellow Aiden is our best coffee maker overall. While quality doesn’t come cheap — it’s $399 — it’s still pretty hard to beat. With a gorgeous construction and app compatibility, the Aiden is the top-of-the-range coffeemaker, but isn’t necessarily the best option if you want a straightforward machine.

Breville Luxe Brewer review: Design

As with other Breville/Sage products, the Luxe Brewer is gorgeous. It’s quite large, at 16 inches tall and almost 15 inches wide, so make sure your kitchen has enough space before purchasing. The Luxe Brewer fit on the kitchen countertop in our office, but wouldn’t fit in my home kitchen.

On top of being objectively beautiful, the Luxe Brewer is also well designed. There are three moving parts: the water tank, the filter basket, and the carafe. As I mentioned in the ‘Price & availability’ section above, the carafe is available in glass or thermal. I tested the thermal.

The water tank is a huge 60 ounces (1.8 liters) and is fully removable, so it’s very easy to empty and refill. There are measurements on the side of the tank so you can fill the desired amount simply. I found it easy to clean, too, thanks to the removable lid and wide opening. The tank slots nicely onto the brewer itself.

As you’d expect from a drip brewer, the coffee filter basket slots in above the carafe. I had no problems slotting the basket in accurately every time. There were no sharp edges, unlike the Aarke Coffee Maker ($349).

There are actually three filters: a reusable mesh filter, a 10-cup filter basket (that requires a paper filter, provided), and a conical filter (that requires V60 #2 filters, not provided). I mostly used the reusable mesh filter, but obviously I tested the brewer with all three filter types.

The mesh filter is obviously best for the environment — yes, the paper filters are compostable, but the mesh filter prevents them from being manufactured in the first place, which is undoubtedly better for the planet — which is why I gravitated towards it. I’ll admit, though, that the #2 V60 filters result in a better-tasting coffee.

On the whole, I love how the Luxe Brewer looks. While not much has changed from the Precision Brewer, I don’t think that’s a bad thing. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Breville Luxe Brewer review: Performance

The main difference between the 2025 Luxe Brewer and 2017 Precision Brewer is the range of brewing modes. The 2017 Precision Brewer has ‘Fast’, ‘Gold’, ‘Strong’, ‘Over Ice’ and ‘Cold Brew. Comparatively, the Luxe Brewer has just two modes: ‘Brew’ and ‘Cold Brew’.

But don’t assume the Luxe Brewer is slacking — the reason it has fewer modes is because it doesn’t need them. The Luxe Brewer takes just 3 minutes and 15 seconds to brew 60 fluid ounces of coffee. There’s no point having a ‘Fast’ feature if its default setting is, well, fast.

If you want to achieve the Precision Brewer’s ‘Gold’ or ‘Strong’ modes, then you’d just put more or less coffee in the filter basket. There are handy diagrams for optimal doses in the user manual, so I’d recommend playing with these to find out your personal preference.

As I mentioned earlier, the Luxe Brewer is SCA-approved. This basically means it meets standards set out by the Specialty Coffee Association, such as including a PID controller to ensure optimal water temperature. This doesn’t mean every single serving of coffee it makes will be automatically delicious, though — you’ll still need to understand ratios and grind sizes to get perfect results.

Even so, having this SCA approval is good peace of mind. You’ll be safe in the knowledge that the machine is at least capable of brewing technically-perfect coffee. Other machines with this approval are the: Aarke Coffee Maker ($349), Fellow Aiden ($399), OXO 12-Cup Coffee Maker ($299), and the Braun MultiServe Coffee Maker ($239).

As you can see, all of these coffee makers are over $239. Even though the Luxe Brewer is $349, this still feels expensive for a one-trick-pony machine, especially in this economy. Don’t get me wrong, the Luxe Brewer performs exceptionally well, but this is still a considerable amount of money. I’ll discuss its performance in detail so you can come to a well-informed conclusion.

Brew

Using the Breville Luxe Brewer is very straightforward: fill the basket with your desired amount of coffee, fill the water tank with your desired amount of water and press ‘Brew’. The machine takes care of everything else. It’s really as easy as that. If you want consistent, reliable, and fast coffee, then I’d recommend this machine wholeheartedly. This is definitely worth it for those days when you just want to guzzle hot coffee and guzzle it now.

Yes, the Luxe Brewer has just one hot brewing mode — ‘Brew’. As I mentioned earlier, there’s little point in having a ‘Fast’ setting, as the entire pot brews in just 3 minutes and 15 seconds. This is a game-changer for small coffee shops — you’d be able to serve fresh drip coffee in 3 minutes.

This brewing time is faster than the Aarke Coffee Maker’s 7 minutes, the Ninja Hot and Cold Brewing System’s 10 minutes, and the Technivorm Moccamaster’s 6 minutes. The Breville Luxe Brewer is, by far, the fastest drip brewer I’ve ever seen.

I really can’t fault the brewing process: it’s completely streamlined and negates user error. While, no, I don’t think the taste is as complex and as nuanced as espresso (but I am an espresso girlie), it’s very adaptable. You can easily fiddle with the grind and ratio to achieve a flavor you like.

The Luxe Brewer has a keep warm feature, but this only works on the glass version. The metal carafe keeps coffee hot for over 4 hours so you don’t need the keep warm feature at all.

Taste will obviously depend on your personal preference, but I went for a ratio of 18:1. If you like a stronger coffee, drop the water, and if you like a weaker coffee, increase the water amount. Grind will also depend on your personal preference, but I opted for a medium-coarse grind.

The Luxe Brewer doesn’t do anything new in terms of flavor — it’s drip coffee and it tastes like drip coffee. But is there anything wrong with that? Not at all. I primarily drink black coffee these days and I can’t fault the taste. It’s delicious, not too strong or intense (but can obviously be adjusted with ratio and grind). There’s a very slight oil on the surface, which I personally like because oil is where lots of flavor is held, but this can be eradicated with paper filters.

While the Luxe Brewer is primarily a hot coffee machine, it also has a cold brew setting, which I’ll discuss now.

Cold brew

I found the cold brew feature a little baffling at first. As Breville’s user manual is a series of uninformative hieroglyphics, it took me a few attempts to actually figure out what on earth I was doing.

So the cold brew feature can run from 30 minutes to well over 24 hours. As I didn’t have time for 24 hour cold brew — and if I did, I’d make cold brew with a French press in the refrigerator as I normally do — I let the cold brew steep for one hour.

I put 17g of coffee and about 10oz of water in the Luxe Brewer, then I selected ‘cold brew’ and changed my time from the default 24 hours to one hour. You have to remove the carafe lid to prevent the water from pouring straight into the carafe. After your allotted time, the Luxe Brewer will release the cold brew into the carafe.

I was curious how the Luxe Brewer would fare with one-hour cold brew, but I was pleasantly surprised. It tasted how you’d expect one hour cold brew to taste — pretty weak and pale in color — but the juicy fruity notes from my beans came through nicely. I would recommend letting the coffee steep for more than one hour (12 is the minimum I’d usually steep cold brew for), but if you’re in a rush, this is a pretty neat feature.

However, the Luxe Brewer is primarily a hot coffee machine, and while the cold brew setting is nice to have, I don’t think I’d ever reach for it. I always make cold brew in a French press (my Espro P7 is my go-to, or the Instant Cold Brewer we awarded 4 stars). Personally, I wouldn’t like being unable to make hot coffee for however long my cold brew was steeping for.

Breville Luxe Brewer review: Storage & maintenance

Thankfully, Breville offers a 2-year warranty with the Luxe Brewer. However, this is not industry leading. Aarke offers 5 years, Braun offers 3 years, and Fellow offers 3 years. I’d like to see Breville upgrade this warranty to at least 3 years to maintain competitive warranty periods.

In terms of cleaning, the Breville Luxe Brewer is very easy to clean. As I mentioned above, the water tank is removable so it’s easy to clean. The mesh filter basket is easy to clean too, as is the conical and wide filter basket. The carafe opening is big enough for my hand so it’s easy to clean. No parts are dishwasher safe, so I’d recommend only cleaning by hand.

Breville provides you with 10 paper filters, but afterwards you’ll need to buy them separately. The conical filters are $7 for 100 Hario V60 #2 on Amazon and Amazon Basics flat-bottomed paper filters are $2 for 200 (although I’ve not used these personally).

Alternatively, you could simply use the reusable mesh filter provided with the Luxe Brewer. I mostly gravitated towards that, although I know some coffee evangelists will say it’s not as good as the paper filter due to sediment (I didn’t find it sediment-y though).

I was super impressed to see that the Luxe Brewer comes with a Claroswiss water filter (or, mine did, anyway). This will help prevent limescale buildup, but you should still descale depending on your area’s water hardness (the brewer comes with a hardness test strip).

Breville Luxe Brewer review: How does it compare?

If you want to get really granular with your brew and understand your coffee on a deeper level, it’s got to be the Fellow Aiden. However, at $400, this isn’t a cheap machine, but it could be worth the extra $50 compared to the Breville Luxe Brewer.

The most affordable SCA-approved drip brewer is the Braun MultiServe Coffee Maker (just $239), and it’s around the same size as the Breville option. I would recommend this if you wanted to save as much money as possible, and it appears as easy to use as the Breville. However, I’ve not tested it myself so I can’t wholeheartedly recommend it.

If you don’t want an electric drip brewer, you should check out our best pour-over coffee makers. The most similar to the Breville Luxe Brewer is probably the Chemex, which can brew up to 10 cups at once (as long as you buy the 10 cup version, obviously), but it’s a little trickier to use, and requires more patience and finesse.

Breville Luxe Brewer review: Verdict

Having tested a fair amount of coffee gear (feels like almost the entire industry!), I’m confident that the Breville Luxe Brewer does something no other machine is capable of. It can make hella coffee hella quickly. And you know what really surprised me?

It actually tasted really, really good. Usually I’m ambivalent about drip coffee, but not the drip coffee I made on the Luxe Brewer. It was balanced and layered in flavor without being weak. The delicate floral notes from my medium-light roasted beans came through, and it didn’t taste burnt or stale after four hours in the thermal carafe.

The Luxe Brewer is by far one of the quickest and easiest ways to brew coffee. I’d recommend it for any low-effort home barista. Don’t feel like learning how to use an espresso machine, or don’t like using an espresso machine? The Luxe Brewer is for you.