Rating Summary
“Stylish and functional without breaking the bank!”
- neat freak, Practical
- Pros
- Can use with whole or ground beans, Nice looking, Stays hot for along time, Nice Design, Grinder in machine, all-in-one design, programmable, freshly-ground coffee, thermal carafe
- Cons
- drawer to add ground coffee sticks, loud, kind of bulky
Cuisinart Grind and Brew - Thermal Coffee Maker —
A friend bought me the Cuisinart Grind & Brew Thermal Coffee Maker last Christmas after she was sick of me complaining about my old coffee maker's leaky and hard-to-clean carafe. It's probably the only holiday gift that I am still using; I love it!! It solves all my old coffee problems. It is so stylish, like all Cuisinart items, but more importantly, it works. I use this thing every day and have never had a problem (7 months into owning it). Since I normally buy ground coffee, I don't use the coffee grinder feature very often, but it works very well and makes the process of brewing a pot of coffee from whole beans soooo easy! One of my pet peeves on my old coffee maker was that it would burn coffee if it sat on the heating element too long. This coffee maker has an adjustable temperature setting so that you never have the burnt coffee taste! Even with all the features of this machine, it has a clean and functional appearance and has a very reasonable price.
