Cuisinart Grind and Brew 12 Cup Automatic Coffeemakers
The always reliable Cuisinart? coffee machine that automatically burr grinds and brews coffee to your strength preference: strong, medium or mild. Just add up to 8 oz. of coffee beans and water and the burr grinder breaks up beans naturally and evenly, sealing in their rich, genuine flavor. Features pause and serve and auto shutoff settings and a permanent gold tone filter. Charcoal water filter removes chlorine and impurities for superior taste. The easy-grip insulated thermal carafe keeps up to 12 cups of coffee deliciously fresh and hot. Touch-button controls ensures your fresh-ground coffee is always brewed to your taste choice. 1,025 watts. Weight: 12 lbs. 8″W x 9 3/4″D x 16 1/4″H from base. Limited 3-year warranty.
Product Features
• Moisture-proof bean hopper keeps 8 oz. of beans fresh and ready for grinding
• Powerful burr grinder breaks up beans more naturally to capture beans’ full flavor
• Powerful 1,025-watt heating element brews coffee efficiently fast
• Strength Control lets you choose strong, medium or mild to your liking
• Fully 24-hour programmable for any time of day brewing
• Grind Control lets you program from 2 to 12 cups
• Showering brew head distributes water evenly over coffee for better extraction
• Thermal model has a stainless-steel double wall insulated carafe that keeps coffee deliciously hot and fresh
• Carafe holds up to 12 cups (5 oz.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Do not buy this coffee maker!
We were very excited about the grind & brew but learned very quickly it’s an over priced dud. It’s a hassle to set up. When it works correctly it makes good coffee but the grinder feature is high maintenance and quite frankly not worth it plus you waste a lot of beans. The steel carafe is good in theory but you never know how much coffee is left plus you can’t help but spill when you have to turn it upside down to pour the last cup.
It makes me angry to think we spent $200 on this over rated piece of junk. I ready to retrieve our old coffee maker from the goodwill pile in the garage. Do not waste your money on this model!
3 Stars poorly engineered
This is my second Grind & Brew. I’ve been using them for probably about 6-7 years. I love the convenience but it comes @ a cost.
I’ve had this unit since last summer. It clogs up with no warning, a problem on workday mornings when we’re rushing around trying to get out the door. You need to clean @ least once a week which is messy & fairly difficult. Other than this issue it works well except it makes weak coffee (for my tastes-Starbucks fan here) using the standard coffee/water settings. I “trick” the machine by setting the strength control to 12 cups/strong but only put in 6 cups of water or add ground coffee to the basket when I need more than 6 cups. It makes a very good cup of coffee this way.
2 Stars Coffee Convenience – Bad design
The coffee generated is fine. The ability to have it brew on a timer is welcome. What is not welcome is that this coffee maker continuously gets clogged between the grinding area and the dispensing area because of steam and bad design. This means that after every 4 cycles or so you must take it all apart and get a toothbrush to clean out the chamber between the beans and the brew basket – if you don’t, you get a big hot thermal carafe of water about once a week. I’d pass on this machine and get something simpler or more intelligently designed. Wish I could give mine back.
5 Stars best coffee pot ever
this is the 4th cuisinart coffee maker that i have bought. Two were for me and two were gifts that i gave. My older model was very good but compared to this one…nothing beats it. Best extraction of bean flavor, easy to use, all the best features that are available rolled in to one unit. Able to fine tune your taste preference. well worth the money and will outlast the lengthy warranty.
5 Stars Clean regularly and Don’t forget this spot…. I did…
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RPQFKC4WPOT0S I wanted to share this with everyone in video. I LOVE my new Cuisinart Grind & Brew Coffeemaker and I clean it daily. However, it stopped working for me and I did not realize why until I checked further into it…. In case you did not know….
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