Ratio vs. Simply Good: Which Plastic-Free Coffee Maker Is Best?

The era of plastic-free drip coffee has finally arrived. From the very first Mr. Coffee machines in the 1970s, nearly every drip coffee maker on the market, including many of my favorite drip coffee makers, has included plastic at some point in the brewing process. Luckily, in the past year, a couple new machines have arrived with the promise to remove plastic from the equation: the Ratio Eight Series 2 ($799) and the Simply Good Coffee Plastic-Free Coffee Brewer ($480). It's also the coffee maker that's become my daily driver when testing new coffee roasters and my favorite coffee subscriptions. The Fully Plastic-Free Machine: Simply Good CoffeePhotograph: Matthew KorfhagePhotograph: Matthew KorfhageVideo: Matthew Korfhage Chevron Chevron Save to wishlist Save to wishlist Simply Good Coffee Plastic-Free Brewer $480 SimplyGoodCoffeeSimply Good Coffee is a fairly new name in the coffee world, founded in 2022 by former Bonavita CEO Laura Sommers.