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It is compact and yet makes a great cup of coffee. This coffeemaker has a stainless steel carafe so it will not break.
I am crossing my fingers, and hope to avoid it by not dish washing, only washing by hand. It had the basic features that I wanted: a cone filter (we haven't liked basket coffee makers); an automatic shut off (for safety reasons) and good reviews overall about the taste. We have tried a few coffee makers, and our primary goal is a good, rich cup of coffee, which lots of them don't seem to make. This was prior to adding the milk and soy. I was concerned about the dripping, but thought I would try the maker by using only water first. We tried two different single serve pod coffee makers, and while he liked one of them, it made weak coffee for me. Last, the positives far outweigh the negatives. I will be trying four tablespoons next.
I wonder if others have had problems over time because the heat may cause the lid to flex a little. My dh and I are trying to cut down on our coffee consumption for a number of reasons. Hopefully we will be each having a mug and a half in the morning, and perhaps one more in the afternoon, and eventually give up the afternoon mug. But, I want my mug to be flavorful, and the coffee that this brews definitely is. I measured, and we each had our mugs filled with one measured cup of coffee, and there was a cup left over (so we each had a cup/mug and a half).
My dh and I have large mugs - I like mine light with milk, he likes his with soy. Maybe I will become more comfortable over time. So far, so good. I feel as if I will need to make sure that the pot is centered under the "pause" button to ensure that the button is "up" and the coffee is brewing - I would rather not have to think about that. I also will not use the "pause" feature because of the other reviews here. I would have given this maker five stars but for the following:1) I don't have any long term experience with it yet;2) The lid is a little awkward getting off;3) From previous comments and from looking at it brew (looking at it brew sideways with a flashlight). This 4-cup was on sale for a good price, and I decided to try it.
In the past we would each have two mugs like the above, and a mug in the afternoon. I love strong coffee, and that was surprisingly too strong. I had no problem at all pouring - no drips. The first pot I brewed I used an unbleached filter, filtered water, and tried five tablespoons of a french roast organic coffee.
Constance Wright The automatic turn off function is a very bad feature.burner goes off in a half hour and coffee gets cold.if I had understood this function I would not have bought this coffee maker.should be explained more clearly by manufacturer.my interpretation was that you could activate or deactivate this function.
The carafe, the firs item to break is metaland that is wonderful but of course you can't see what's inside.A good product a praise to the maker and to Amazon Looked a little smaller than imagined, but is a good product for our need. The only critique the lid is difficult to open should have a lip.
Not sure how that will work out, so I can't comment on their response. Purchased this coffee maker a few weeks ago and hate it. The on/off button is hard to push so you have to hold the coffee maker still in order to push it.5) There are far too many better designed coffee makers in this price range to chose this one. This appears to be a fairly widespread issue with this carafe.3) Electrical chord should be longer.4) Small but stupid design error. 1) Very small capacity, barley enough for 2 average sized mugs of coffee.2) The carafe leaks terrible between the metal and plastic surround. I'm working with Cuisinart now to get a replacement.
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