Customer Reviews With Photos

I love technology ! New stuff , new options that make your life easier and pleasure to experiment the things you thought was not possible in the past . New phones , new tablets . Rechargeable dog leash ? A year ago if you asked me this I would have laughed at you , but now I have a rechargeable water filter . Seriously … But I also believe in one thing that does a lot more then what its suppose to . A regular coffee machine is just a big , unnecessary bulk in the already small kitchen counter if you ask me . But for a very long time we were debating with my partner . He likes a big pot of coffee ( let me remind you , only he drinks it . Gets cold and he reheats it , gross . I know . ) . I want to purchase se one of those euro tech coffee machines that does all kinds of coffees with a touch on the beautiful screen . Till then this was a “ NO “ . Until i saw this one . Online and in person it does and doesn’t look like those 12 cup coffee machines . Love the touchscreen feature . ( Can’t help it ,I know ! ) It was fairly easy to start and brew for the first time . Was super excited . I was going to make my partner happy and in return , I was going to look at a beautiful coffee machine , not an eyesore … First cup of coffee , which we buy French roast from Starbucks , it was beyond weak . I read all the reviews . Some people said it makes a nice , strong cup of coffee , some do complaint ! I see why now . Even though the instruction booklet it well written , still kinda confusing . After a few play and experiencing it , we finally realized the know or dial ,whatever you call it , should be on 6 , as you can see it on the picI shared .1 Being light , 6 must be the strongest . We now also buying espresso beans from Starbucks , and he is happy . Cant stop bragging about it . One thing I truly do not wrap my head around . There is a hole behind the machine where the water reservoir is . I assume its a whole to hook up a water pipe or something for easy filling ? It’s odd … Don’t get me wrong the water does not come out from the whole . But if you mistakenly fill the tanka it more then you should , keep your towels around . After couple of months using , as it was a new house gift ( just recently moved ! ) , we are happy with it . You can adjust the flavor ,grinding size , can program for whenever you want it start to brew . All bells and whistles . You too can use pre ground beans . Didn’t want to write a review asap for this machine . Wanted to have some experience first . After using this for a while , I honestly can say “ I love this machine “ . Absolutely deserves a “ two thumbs up “ .

This is the first pour over coffee maker I’ve owned, and I love how simple it is to prep in the morning, as well as easy to clean up afterwards! The 2 cup version is perfect for 1-2 people, but anymore I would get the larger version.

This was purchased to replace a plastic coffee dripper I’ve used for many years because, really, exposing plastic to hot water over & over & over cannot be good. This is a very solid ceramic dripper. It works just the way it should. However, the color (green) is considerably more muted than the photo displayed on coffeemakers.us.com when I ordered it. I was expecting a more vibrant pistachio color. This very pale whitish green is disappointing but ok. I won’t return it.

Great coffee maker. It could not have been easier to use. My neighbor and I did a head-to-head comparison of his favorite coffee. He was skeptical that Cold Brew would taste as good as his Espro French press. We used freshly ground beans. Both made good coffee. But there was a clear difference. The Cold Brew had less front end bite - less acidity. Exactly as Cold Brew is supposed to be. And I can keep this concentrate coffee in the fridge for 2 weeks, and it stays just as good. He said he would have to get the Oxo Cold Brew now. Two other details that I noted. 1. I tried to use a finer ground espresso grind from my freezer. The fine ground was much harder to make and clogged the filter up quickly. The instructions said this would happen. It did. Use coarse ground only. 2. This concentrate makes about a 1:4 ratio of coffee:water. I bought pre-made Cold Brew from the store. It says to mix 1:1. Basically, the Oxo makes stronger concentrate, so it is best to follow their 1:4 recommended ratio. OXO Good Grips Cold Brew Coffee Maker, Clear/Grey

Tuve que devolverla de una porque llego con el tanque del agua roto. Espero me llegue bien la otra.

5 stars if using with regular mugs, doesn't cost much, can see the coffee level under the brewer. 1 star if using with travel mugs. The base is too nerrow. It has to balance on top of smaller opening mugs/cups and it's easy to knock it off and ruin your morning routine.

I’ve used Keurig for ~10 years. This is the first model that has me considering another pod / cup coffee machine. Firstly, within the first 3 weeks (24 days) of use there was an error message and would not brew. After doing a descaling procedure it worked again. Secondly, I do not like the “smart” feature where it takes 3-5 seconds to “recognize” if there are preferred brewing instructions on the cup (of which I only use my “favorite” brew setting. These features do not save time, steps nor improve the coffee taste. I do like the handle on the water reservoir and the overall look. Sadly the functionality is disappointing.

It's smaller than I thought it would be but it does the job (as long as I unplug it after I use it). I don't drink a whole lot of coffee so it's not too much of an issue. I wouldn't recommend this product to a regular coffee drinker. It's not bad.

I poked around coffeemakers.us.com and read reviews on other websites before deciding to purchase the Cuisinart DCC-1200BCH Brew Central. I ordered it in October 2011 and have been using it for about two weeks now. I love it and would definitely buy it again. However, it does have a few small inconveniences. PROS: First of all, everyone in my house loves this machine and the coffee it makes. It's well-made, it makes up to 12 cups of HOT coffee, and it comes with a three-year warranty (as a side note, the cups are 5oz cups, not 8oz cups). I like that you can adjust the heat setting for the warming plate--I leave mine on low, which is still actually quite hot! Because it makes such hot coffee, I find that I never have to use the 1-4 cup setting button (a feature which "double-heats" the water). The carafe is elegantly shaped and the lid fits on snugly so that there are no drips when I pour my coffee or when I use it to fill the reservoir. The lid doesn't fall open or off when I pour at a steep angle like with other carafes. The included gold-tone filter is nice and seems sturdily constructed, but I use unbleached paper filters instead because I've read that they remove the molecules in coffee that can raise cholesterol. I had worried that the features on this machine would be difficult to use, but they're not! The auto-on, auto-off and clock features are easy to program. Also, this is the best-looking coffee-machine I've ever owned. It looks great on my counter top, and the "black chrome" finish that I purchased doesn't really smudge like a lot of stainless steel appliances do. Any finger prints that do show up, however, I can easily buff away with a soft towel. CONS (the following are only minor inconveniences; I still believe this is a quality product overall): The first 4 or 5 pots of coffee I brewed tasted strange and plastic-y, but this problem went away quickly. I would suggest running more than the suggested 1 pot of water through your machine when you first get it, and maybe even adding vinegar to one of these cleaning cycles. The LCD display is not back-lit and it is small (1cm x 3cm), making it impossible to read from more than a foot away. As other reviewers have noted, the water resevior could be wider, but if you use a steady hand you should have no problems filling it. However, part of this machine's aesthetic appeal is how slim and tall it is, so a tiny degree of function has been sacrificed for form. I feel I should note that the brew-pause feature is not 100% drip-free. When I pull the pot during a brew cycle, one or two small drops always drip onto the warming plate but it still is better in this area than many machines I have used. The biggest con for me is that a lot of condensation collects under the lid covering the water resevior and coffee grounds recess. Thus when you lift the lid after brewing a pot of coffee, water runs off the lid and down the back of the machine where the power cord is. Fortunately, there is a small protrusion at the back of the machine so water doesn't get into the machine's interior. I posted pictures so you can see the amount of condensation that collects and how it runs down the machine. One reviewer said that grounds splash up onto the lid of her machine but this has not been a problem for me at all, even though I have made full 12-cup pots. In sum, I am satisfied with my purchase and enjoy drinking the coffee it makes. Quisinart could tweak a few things if they wanted to make a truly perfect machine, but they've done a great job with this one.

Just an awesome machine. Makes a great cup of coffee. I had a regular coffee maker and an electric grinder. I was tired of the mess and hassle. I wanted the coffee house taste and I was not getting it. This thing delivers. Totally. It holds my beans, up to 6.5 ounces. I can change the level of coarseness in the grinding from fine to coarse. Choose the cups you want and it automatically measures the beans and grinds them up. It has a strength selection and an aroma selection that somehow makes it so flavorful. My only complaint is the door swings open to the left and I need to do a little rearranging. A wonderful coffee maker and I'm so pleased. Honestly I can't believe I have it in my home. It's like something at a coffeeshop. I'll never go back to the old crappy machine.

This cafetière or French press sports a modern and sleek design which would look smart in any contemporary style kitchen. Extremely easy to use this LeFeeca French press gives you smooth and rich coffee. It gives you 2-4 cups of coffee depending on how big your coffee cup is. And it keeps your coffee piping hot for that second, third, and fourth cup. My husband says it’s better than his Keurig I think he is now a converted French press guy now.

I thought this was the same as the one I had before (which I had for about 7 years) but some things are different now. The clock display is now black numbers on dark gray background - impossible to read! Used to have LED bright green numbers, like the "on" light. This one is much louder than my old one, especially when it's trying to brew those last few drops. I can hear it upstairs. The plastic seems cheaper so the top lid doesn't stay closed when I pull the carafe in and out. The carafe budges the basket above it just enough to pop the lid above that open. Not a huge deal, but it won't stay closed when it's hot or brewing because the heat warps the top lid. It still works but it's annoying and could result in steam burns. Plus side: I love having tea in the morning waiting for me when I get up. I just put a tea bag in the carafe and brew a small pot of water.

I was so excited. I just recv'd about an hour ago. Opened up the coffeemakers.us.com box only to find the cylinder coffee box was unsealed and opened. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and made my first pot of coffee... so DISAPPOINTED... he has either a crack or separation between the glass top part and the brewing piece it's attached to... it leaks like a sieve all over the counter and down the cupboards not happy. So I rinsed it out and after clean-up tried again with plain water... LEAKS LIKE A SEIVE ALL over the place. What a big disappointment after spending $50 for manual pour over coffee. I can do better than that will my strainer and a plain old pot of boiling water.

Absolutely love this little coffee machine - it matches my color scheme and super easy to use.

IN SHORT, It makes coffee, BUT these coffee makers are stupidly simple machines with no expensive parts. There is shockingly little to drip coffee makers and for what I paid this is a cheap piece of equipment, poorly made, and overpriced. I had always associated Hamilton Beach with quality in the past and thought this was a good deal, boy was I wrong. But don't get me wrong, it does make coffee, it works, you just aren't getting any value for your dollar in my opinion. WHAT I HAD BEFORE: I had a great Mr. Coffee that worked like a charm for the better part of a decade with the hardest water I have ever seen in my life. So bad that I am constantly buying vinegar to remove scale from my drinking glasses. The plastic was strong and thick(likely glass fiber reinforced), very sturdy, no slack in the hinges of the lid and drip head mechanisms, it felt very well made and lasted me a very long time under brutal conditions for this type of coffee maker. The Carafe was thick glass with a very sturdy, firmly attached handle, and I was very happy. Sadly, being in my last year of college and just needing something, anything, to make coffee I am stuck with a cheap coffee maker now until I graduate in a few months and can afford another proper, quality, coffee maker. THIS COFFEE MAKER: 1.) This coffee maker feels like it is made of the thinnest, cheapest plastic they could get away with. The only mold marking was >PP< which is polypropylene, judging by the weight and avg. prices of raw material I'd guess there is a total of ~$3 worth of plastic in this coffee maker assuming 60 cents per pound cost(molds discusses further down). It flexes in your hands when you handle it and the components are just poorly made, it feel so incredibly cheap in your hands. See the photos showing how easily I can bend it with two fingers. While the plastic is cheap and too flimsy for my liking, I would guess that if the machine fell it would merely bounce and not crack as that is a benefit of using this type of plastic(One downside to this plastic is its sensitivity to mold and fungus). However, I am not sure that your carafe would survive, but if your coffee maker falls or gets dropped you are doing something wrong on your end. 2.) A burn test, and lack of any other mold markings, show there is no glass fiber or other fill material that I could see to strengthen this plastic, hence the low rigidity and my disappointment. Polypropylene being a soft plastic they would not have a high cost associated with molds for making these plastic parts as there is no abrasive fill material to wear out molds faster. Thus no price increase for manufacture. 3.)The carafe glass is very thin, the handle is made of the same cheap plastic as the body of the coffee maker and instills zero confidence it won't break when full of water a year down the road after repeated stress cycles. Lets assume $5 here for price to manufacture/acquire. 4.) The heating plate element and "bubble tube", I am not sure of the name, are also cheap parts to purchase, depending on quality, between $0.50 and $4.00 so we will just round up and say $5 for all heating elements and associated parts, just to be safe, though I doubt it was anywhere near that much. So far these components are working just fine but I have only made 3 pots of coffee so we will see what happens. 5.) There are a handful of inherently cheap electrical components. 2 LEDs, 5 push buttons, a small screen, likely a few thermometers, a crystal oscillator for the clock, likely a 555 or similar IC, all together there is maybe $2 worth of electronics in this coffee maker, though I would have to disassemble it to know for sure. As someone who designs and builds electronics for fun, let me tell you that most commercially used electrical components are stupidly cheap, even when purchased as one offs and not in bulk which gives further discount. 6.) I am willing to bet the only metal parts of this machine are the hot plate, the actual heating element and the water heating tube(because that is all that is needed) These are all accounted for in the heating elements and hot plate. From what I see the rest is all plastic. 7.) Note, in the photo you can see a little red ball valve. This prevents the heated water from pushing back into the reservoir when the water is heated and some flashes to steam propelling the hot water up into the drip head and into the coffee grounds basket. Watching it operate there is good clearance for water to flow when it is open. Likely because they must account for restricted flow when the optional carbon filter is installed. My only concern here is that if you have hard water this could clog up or get stuck either open or closed. THE GOOD THING IS, this valve is accessible from the top of the machine when the lid is open and likely could easily be unclogged if it does fill with scale, so to me this is a nice feature where the ball valve isn't hidden away deep inside the machine. CONCLUSION: In my opinion this machine is overpriced for what you get. I have found an overly generous approximate cost for this machine to be around $15 to manufacture, but with 3rd world manufacturing and discounts for buying in bulk and economies of scale I would imagine I am overshooting the actual costs. The fact that they are selling this machine around the ballpark of $50+, or around $40 if you catch a sale, I would steer clear of this machine unless you can get it on sale for $20 or less. I have no problem with manufacturers selling items for double their expense to make profit, but that clearly isn't the case here. We have a camper with a $10 coffee maker that we got at Wal-Mart that this one reminds me in so many ways, and they both make identical coffee. There simply isn't the quality here necessary to justify this price tag. This isn't even an issue of name brand markup because the quality is so low and so up front and blatant that the brand name is devalued by the materials when you first handle it. It is one thing to put a famous branding and make it look nice but have poor quality components hidden inside where no one sees but this machine doesn't care, they fully embraced it and cut costs anywhere they could without concern for their name and the reputation that may be associated. In my opinion this machine is a rip off and I am now seriously considering disassembling my old Mr. Coffee machine and seeing if I cant repair it and returning this machine. I feel like it is an utter rip off. Basically, them selling this machine for this price is them spitting in your face and laughing because they know the general public doesn't have the knowledge base to see that they are selling a clearly inferior product at a huge markup. Hamilton Beach is no longer a quality appliance company, they want you to buy this so it breaks in a year or two and you come back and pay for an overpriced plastic mess all over again, ever few years, like clockwork. I wouldn't buy this again...I was upset when I first got it and unboxed it, but sometimes you need something, anything, to make coffee in the morning so you aren't wasting time over a stove boiling water when you should be getting ready and leaving the house.