Customer Reviews With Photos

I wanted a small, bright red coffee maker that would make one or two mugs of coffee and that is what this does. It takes 7-8 minutes to brew a 5-cup pot. The coffee is hot and tastes good. I use the small-sized, disposable paper filters because that makes it easier to get coffee grinds out of reusable filter. Yes, as noted by other reviewers, you do have to push the filter up slightly in order to slide the pot onto the burner. You also have to press firmly to snap the top lid closed. I think these are minor concessions for a compact and inexpensive coffee maker. I can live with that. I do hold the entire unit over the sink when I pour in fresh water from the carafe. Sometimes water runs down the side of the carafe while I am pouring it into the coffee maker reservoir; this may be “operator error” on my part, but if I hold it over the sink, it makes less of a mess when any water is spilled. I’ve used it for about a week, so I cannot yet judge its long-term durability, but I am happy with my purchase.

I’m not typically a coffee snob, but this is maybe the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had? My usual issue with French press brewing is loose grounds in my cup, and sometimes the texture gets weird and gritty. I tried it out this morning with Lavazza espresso (which is pretty finely ground) and OMG - it’s SO smooth, and not a single speck of grounds got through! Also, the brew is a lot richer and darker than with my old Keurig! Super happy with the product! :)

I bought the new Ninja espresso machine and from day 1 it was a pain in my backside. I wanted to love it and it was gorgeous, but it leaked everywhere and the espressos came out awful. I returned it and bought the Nespresso Vertuo Plus Deluxe on a recommendation from a friend, and I am in love. My espressos turn out so delicious and the crema is luscious. (Pro tip: Fold in your crema and it'll make your espresso next level yummy. Another tip: Wait until the light stops blinking to brew your cup and the espresso comes out hotter than if you just brew as soon as you close the lid.) I couldn't be more pleased with this purchase. I still use my Ninja coffee maker (just the regular coffee maker) for larger coffees, but a lot of times I'll add in a shot of espresso too. Also, the Aeroccino Milk Frother is awesome. I use it daily.

I love this coffee maker for it's flexibility! If I want one cup--easy to use the K cup. If I have guests and need a full pot, then I just use ground coffee. I have to keep the instruction book nearby for when others use it. But after a few cups, the menu on the coffee maker becomes easier to understand. It is versatile in that you can position the water tank where it works best for your set-up. We are very happy with this coffee maker.

I'm very satisfied with the product. I ordered filters not realizing this came where they reusable filter, which is really handy!

I've only had it a couple days, but so far it's a great coffee maker! Easy to clean since the caraf and filter holder can go in the dishwasher. It has lots of programmable options, like hard water options, bold brew, and 15 minute to 5 hour heat time. The only down side so far is that I have to pull it out to add water since the lid won't open under my cabinets. But not a big deal since it's light and slides forward easily.

I bought this coffee maker way back in December of 2015. 3 1/2 years later, with literally well over 1,000 pots of coffee made, it still performs as well as the day I took it out of the box. I love the programmable timer and automatic two hour shut off feature also. I set it up the night before, and when my alarm goes off at 5:30AM, I wake up to a nice hot pot of Folger's coffee! I would give it 10 stars if I could!!!

Absolutely love this coffee maker! Besides the obvious benefit of saving space, I had never realized how tedious of a chore it was to fill the water reservoir in the morning! I know, it sounds like I'm being sarcastic, and I sorta am, but it IS pretty nice. As it is pretty expensive for a coffee maker, and as there are a few reviews questioning the longevity and durability, I purchased the 3 year Canopy protection plan, as well. Almost never buy extended warranties, but it seemed like a wise idea this time. I have a few installation and prior purchase tips for anyone that may be interested. I like to have everything ready to go in advance, so I bought all my supplies before the maker arrived. Made a couple of mistakes in the process. First, when I run flexible water lines to appliances, I ALWAYS err on the side of long-term durability. Ergo, I use the much-more expensive braided steel hoses (like the ones attached to your toilet, or faucet). Don't do it, you MUST use either solid copper or flexible plastic like the cheap kits sold for ice makers. It has to be threaded through a grommet in the installation box, and the bigger braided hose won't fit. Second, and I probably should have put this first, because it's more important, the installation manual suggest tapping in to an existing outlet to provide power. It also says to use 12 gauge wire (it draws 1300 watts, IIRC). If you know electricity you already see the issue, but if not, here's the issue. Most home outlets are 15 amp circuits, running 14 gauge wire, protected by, of course, a 15 amp circuit breaker. 1300 watts at 110 volts equals approximately 12 amps. The first time you run the coffee maker and, say, a vacuum cleaner on the same circuit, your breaker will trip (thank goodness). Additionally, mixing and matching different sized wires in the same circuit is a huge no-no. Definitely not to code. I was fortunate in that I tend to go overboard (surprise! See the braided hose comment above) with my electrical work, and had an under-utilized 20 amp circuit in the basement directly below the coffee maker, so no sweat for me. Unfortunately, these details aren't mentioned in the installation manual, which I think is a pretty glaring omission. Third, for those of you with older homes (mine was built in 1927), you no doubt have plaster and lathe walls. The manual says not to use a saw to cut through the wall. Well, obviously that wont work with plaster and lathe, but I have a tip for you if you've never done it before. If you are tempted to use a reciprocating saw (Sawzall), knock yourself out. But be certain to use an orbital reciprocating saw, with a new blade. That cuts through the lathe easily. A standard recip tends to shake the lathe too much, which causes the plaster to break in places you don't want it to. Don't ask how I learned this... Finally, if you are the sort that likes to use a permanent filter, finding the right size is VERY difficult. I bought an 8-10 cup basket filter, which turned out to be too small. My wife picked up a 10-12 cup basket filter from a different manufacturer, that turned out to be exactly the same size. Too small. I can't give a suggestion on which brand/size to buy, as we gave up and decided to just use paper filters for now. Anyway, like I said, I LOVE this coffee maker. Couldn't recommend it enough. Time will tell, of course, if it holds up. But at least I have that extra 3 year warranty. Update 3/21/2018 Still love this coffee maker! Haven't had any issues at all. We are planning on moving to a different city in a coupe of years, ABSOLUTELY intend to buy another. Update 6/29/2020 Well, after 4.5 years I had to buy a new one. Problems with the original? NO! Still going strong, but I sold my house and left it behind. Just installed the new one in my new home after using a counter top type for 2 months. This morning was blissful! I do have a minor suggestion for a design improvement. The water line connection is of the metal insert / ferrule / nut type. Works just fine, but the nut is brass and the body is plastic. WAY too easy to cross thread, and if you do you're SOL until you can get a new one from the company. No, that didn't happen to me (almost, though. I was cussing for a few minutes), but in these days of Sharkbite and John Guest fittings I can't fathom why they're not used. Last, as a pie-in-the-sky thought, it would be AMAZING if Brew Express would ditch the 1980's VCR-style clock and timer controls and add IOT. Imagine waking up and requesting your coffee to start brewing as you're brushing your teeth, or whatever. Sure, you can set the timer to start at a specific time, but if you have no particular schedule then there is little value in it. I did write an email to the company requesting this a while ago, but got no response. It's too bad because they'd absolutely CRUSH the market... Alright, that's enough. Obviously I love this thing because I'm still updating my review after almost 5 years. It really is that great.

This one-cup coffee maker is awesome. It comes with a very nice insulated mug, a reusable coffee filter, and a scoop for coffee grounds. It's pretty much just like a small coffee maker you'd find in a hotel except it's much cuter, and of course has a reusable filter. To make a cup of coffee, you simply use the included mug to add water to the holding area, add coffee grounds to the filter, close the lid, and press the on button. Within a minute, you have a cup of hot coffee. The filter is super easy to remove and rinse clean, and you just leave the lid open for a while to allow the inside to dry. Note that you may want to use two scoops of coffee grounds if you like your coffee strong like I do. The only thing that would make this single serve coffee maker better is if it could be cordless and rechargeable. One last thing, I would describe the color as teal vs light green. I included a pic of the product in between a teal bowl and a light green bowl for reference.

Not the quality I was expecting for the price! Soldering is badly made and the lid is scuffed. The whole cafeteria has a flimsy feel. The lever does not feel solid. The color is not as described in picture either more pink copper than orange.

Only got a few uses out of it. Cracked when making tea. The whole reason I got this glass pitcher is because it advertised it could be used with hot liquids but that is not the case. Wouldn't recommend unfortunately.

I previously purchased a different cold brew coffee maker from Takeya, so I was excited to try this version. My other Takeya pitcher was a plastic 2-quart, which was too big to fit in my refrigerator, but this 1-quart glass version fits easily in the door. I like this product better, as the glass is easy to keep clean. If you look up cold brew coffee recipes, most people will tell you to use a 1:8 ratio by weight of coffee grounds to water. Attempting that with this pitcher does not work—the coffee grounds come up significantly higher than the water, to where less than half of the added coffee is touching the water. I didn't measure it precisely, but I estimate that you have a ratio of 1:20 or less when you add enough water to cover the coffee. In other words, you won't get the normal, extra-strength cold brew most people go for, you instead get a normal-strength coffee brewed cold. It disassembles for easy cleaning, and it is easy enough to empty most of the grounds in the trash that not too much ends up in the garbage disposal. The form factor is great, 1 quart is the right amount, and the low-acid coffee is really pleasant to drink. My wife and I have added it to our daily routine, and we're pretty pleased. I just wish they had thought out better the form factor for the coffee filter.

Okay, so my old coffeepot gave up after about 2 years of use, so I needed a new one. Read a bunch of reviews, tried to be a responsible consumer. I saw the bad reviews but most were from 2+ years ago so I thought heck, they must have changed the design/addressed these problems since then. I'm pretty appalled. I unboxed it, looked great. Cleaned out the inside and the carafe with some dish soap, everything was fine until I actually turned it on. It worked okay for about 2 cups, I walked away and not three minutes later I hear loud sizzling in my kitchen. I run back in and see the coffeepot spewing coffee all over my counter, the coffee is boiling so hard on the warming plate that it's actually rattling the carafe. Queue me cleaning up coffee, turned it off, looked inside to see if anything was out of place. Nope- looked good. So I turned it back on to try to determine what was going wrong. I look at the connection between the top of the carafe and the spring loaded spout thing, and coffee is actually bypassing the spout and going down the inside of the coffee maker, right onto the hot plate the carafe sits on. I play around with position for a little bit and finally realize the trick is to pull the carafe out towards you as far as you can without pulling it off of the warming plate itself. Good grief. I leave the kitchen to let it finish brewing. A sharp beep from the coffee pot indicated it was ready, and lo and behold I get to the coffee pot and the ENTIRE FRONT PANEL OF ELECTRONICS is fogged up with steam. This is such garbage design- there's literally nowhere the steam can escape so it comes out of the carafe itself, right into the panel with the clock, buttons, you know, THE THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO WATER. What an absolute joke. Never again will I buy a Mr Coffee product. Save your money and don't let the sheer volume of reviews on this one fool you. It did all of this ON THE FIRST DAY. So I said screw it and just bought a French press. You can't win em all, kids. One star because it actually made my coffee, which is good.

I really like the machine, works great had one complaint at first if you can’t tell from the picture was sent the wrong machine since I did pay for a verturo plus. Decided not to send back product because I actually am glad I was sent the wrong one after using it!

Product does say, veteran owned and operated and advertising does customer service as US based, but product is made in China.