Simply Good Coffee Brewer, Plastic-Free Brew Path Drip Machine
Simply Good Coffee
The Brewer, Plastic-Free, 8 Cup
If you must have automatic drip, this is the machine that takes plastic out of the water's way, and it proves the brew path with a published lab test. It still scores as what it is: a mains appliance in a plastic shell, with a Proposition 65 notice in its own manual. For a lower footprint at a fraction of the price, brew a Chemex.
The automatic drip machine built so water and coffee touch only 304 stainless steel, borosilicate glass, and medical grade silicone, with a published lab report behind it. The outer housing is still plastic, which is what this listing scores.
How this score breaks down
Strengths
- Water and coffee touch only 304 stainless steel, borosilicate glass, and medical grade silicone per the brand's component map
- Independent lab report published, showing brew temperature and extraction comparable to the Specialty Coffee Association standard
- Company publishes its testing and answers its materials questions in public
- Standard number 4 filters, no proprietary consumables
Trade-offs
- The entire outer housing is plastic and the brand does not name the polymer, only BPA free
- The official manual carries a California Proposition 65 warning covering plastic and metal components across all models
- Marketing says SCA certified but the brewer is not on the Specialty Coffee Association's certified home brewer list; the published lab report shows results comparable to the SCA standard, which is not the same thing
- Premium price and mains powered, so it eventually becomes e-waste
Scored on our durable-goods method (durables-v1, 2026-08-16). How we rank →
What's inside
Brew path per the brand's own component map: shower arm and head, filter basket and lid, reservoir floor, internal plumbing, boiler, and carafe top in 304 stainless steel; boiler tube, carafe, and water reservoir in borosilicate glass; reservoir cover, carafe lid seal, connectors, and drip stop in medical grade silicone. The exterior housing is a plastic the brand describes only as BPA free. Uses number 4 paper or reusable metal cone filters.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Shower arm, shower head, filter basket, boiler, internal plumbing | 304 stainless steel |
| Boiler tube, carafe, water reservoir | Borosilicate glass |
| Reservoir cover, carafe lid seal, connectors, drip stop | Medical grade silicone |
| Exterior housing | Plastic, described as BPA free, polymer not named |
| Filter | Number 4 paper cone or reusable metal |
Free of Plastic and aluminum in the brew path (brand stated, lab report published); BPA in the housing per brand
- Packaging
- Contents listed but materials not stated; the manual's own warning to keep plastics away from children implies plastic in the box.
- Microplastics
- The brand's stated brew path materials, steel, glass, and medical grade silicone, are not microplastic sources the way plastic is. Silicone as a polymer can release trace particles or siloxanes, more so with heat and age; whether silicone forms microplastics is still an open question.
Attributes
What this product is, at a glance.
Certifications
None listed. We only show independent third-party certifications we can verify with the issuing body, and this product does not currently hold any.
About Simply Good Coffee
Simply Good Coffee was founded in 2022 by Laura Sommers, a coffee industry veteran, and is run from Spokane, Washington with manufacturing in China. In 2025 Dean Rotchin became CEO and steered the company toward brewers built around glass and stainless steel. The Brewer is its flagship: an automatic drip machine whose entire water and coffee path is 304 stainless steel, borosilicate glass, and medical grade silicone, a claim backed by an independent lab report the company publishes. The outer housing is still plastic, described only as BPA free, and the user manual carries a California Proposition 65 notice covering the plastic and metal components. It sells direct at a premium price with a replacement warranty program. For an automatic machine, this is the most transparent brew path disclosure we have seen.
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