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I've had Cuisinart grind and brews in the past and didn't want to deal with the messy grounds and cleaning. Cleaned it, it worked well again for a couple of months then finally quit.
Any suggestions. I never had any problems with pouring or temperature as others have reported.
Also, inevitablly whenever the carafe was removed to pour coffee, several remaining drops from the basket would drip on the base. My husband threw away the box, so I don't have any warrranty info.
After about 6 months of use, this coffee maker quit. The Capresso worked great and made a decent cup of coffee for a couple of months, then started slowing down and not brewing all of the water in the water tank.
I was hoping this coffee maker would last at least 5 years.
I've been pleasantly surprised, because I got a great deal at Peet's on it ($35). Coffee stays hot for over an hour, and you can take the carafe anywhere. One small complaint is that the cup markers are hard to read without my glasses. This coffee maker has been excellent. Delivers really hot, delicious coffee in just a few minutes, even with the gold filter (I usually prefer paper filters). Would gladly have paid twice as much.
Still, I would absolutely NOT recommend this machine given the very poor coffee quality/price ratio. It's barely lukewarm just an hour later. Also, the thermal carafe does a poor job keeping coffee warm. None of the overflow problems mentioned by others (except when I've forgotten to put the carafe in place, and that's pure user error). The coffee quality is mediocre at best, with a consistently off-taste. I don't know if it's temperature issue or a flow issue, but I get much better tasting coffee from a drip cone. Otherwise, a good looking machine and the timer works fine.
My understanding is the Capresso is stainless steel lined so your water isn't in contact with aluminum in the heating/brewing process ever. If it retained the amount of heat in the carafe a bit better this would be a 5.
Another plus is cleaning the system is rarely necessary and my product has a spot for a water filter. It has also lasted longer than any of our previous machines.
Fresh off the brewing gives you a great hot cup of coffee and it's important to me that there's no possibility of aluminum leaching anywhere into my coffee. We like this product so much that we purchased a spare recently in the event it breaks although it shows no sign of it.
I've owned the Capresso MT 500 for over 2 years now with daily use making at least 2 pots each day. It heats the water hotter than other coffeemakers we've owned and stainless steel thermal carafe does a decent job of keeping coffee hot enough.
The timer is easy to use although a bit on the small side.
Very nice and does not overflow if the filter holder and gold filter are placed correctly in the top. The only little critique is that the coffee could be a little hotter. This is our second Capresso. Also the metal pot should be closed and placed properly under the spout.
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