
Pour-over coffee from one button, in a machine you'll want on the counter
Ratio Six
Reviewed by
Eran Yorkovsky · Founder, PickGrade
Pour-over quality without the ritual. The Ratio Six is SCA-certified, brews at the right temperature, and blooms the grounds for you, so it tastes hand-made but takes one button. It's pricey for drip and has no timer, but the cup and the looks earn it.
For people who want pour-over coffee but not the morning choreography. The Ratio Six is SCA Golden Cup certified, so it nails the brew temperature and even saturation cheap drip makers miss, and it even blooms the grounds automatically, the step manual brewers do by hand. There's no clock or scheduling and the pour lid takes a beat to attach, and at $359 it's a splurge, but it brews a genuinely better daily cup and looks the part doing it.
$359
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Last reviewed Jun 6, 2026
What we like
- ✓One-button brewing
- ✓Clean modern design
- ✓Consistent daily coffee
Trade-offs
- −Bloom cycle can't be shortened or turned off and uses over a cup of water
- −Filter basket sits on the carafe, so the pour lid is fiddly to attach before serving
- −No clock, scheduling, or programmability
- −Expensive for a drip machine at around $359
Best for
Drip coffee drinkers who want consistently better automatic coffee, simple controls, and a design-forward machine on the counter.
Avoid if
You want espresso, capsule convenience, a built-in grinder, or the lowest possible coffee-maker price.
The three lenses
How we grade →- 8.3/10
Value & Longevity · Eran Yorkovsky
Score breakdown
- quality9.3/10
- fit9.2/10
- ease9.0/10
- value8.3/10
Specs
- type
- Automatic drip (pour-over style)
- price
- ~$359
- carafe
- Double-wall thermal or glass option
- capacity
- 40 oz (~8 cups)
- features
- Auto bloom cycle, Fibonacci showerhead, one-button
- brew temp
- ~204degF (SCA range)
- brew time
- ~6 min full pot; ~3 min for 2 cups
- certification
- SCA Golden Cup certified
How we know
High confidenceLast checkedThe Ratio Six is for drip drinkers who want pour-over-quality coffee from a one-button machine that also looks like a design object on the counter. It's SCA Golden Cup certified, so it hits the right brew temperature (around 204°F) and the even saturation most cheap drip makers miss, and it adds an automatic bloom cycle to degas the grounds before the main brew — the same step manual pour-over fans do by hand. A full pot of about 8 cups takes roughly six minutes; two cups is closer to three. The Fibonacci-spiral showerhead distributes water evenly, and you can choose a double-wall thermal carafe or a glass one, with a near-plastic-free brew path if you go glass. Reviewers consistently praise the taste and the clean, Portland-made design. The honest caveats: the bloom cycle can't be shortened or turned off and uses over a cup of water before brewing even starts; the filter basket sits on top of the carafe, so you have to remove it and screw on a pour lid before serving, which testers find fiddly; there's no clock, scheduling, or programmability; and at around $359 it's a splurge for a drip machine. If you want better daily drip without a manual routine and don't need timers, it's an excellent pick.
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