Coffeemaker recommendations?

[Winston]

MacJeepster wrote:
Be sure to get a carafe model. Coffee pot burners burn coffee.
-mj

I assume you mean thermal carafe, i.e. one which keeps coffee hot like a thermos. Most coffee makers have a carafe.

We have one of the Cuisinart models with a built in grinder. The grinder works quite well, and is very quiet compared to stand-alone grinders I have used. But the stainless steel thermal carafe seems to sap the heat from the coffee quickly. Unless you make a full pot the coffee doesn't really come out hot. It also has a lot of parts to clean up. It's fairly easy to set up the night before, and since it can grind beans at the time it makes the coffee you start with fresher grounds. The blade grinder, while it works fine, only has one setting, so you can't adjust the grind. On the whole, a mixed review.

With the exception of the built-in grinder, I preferred the Braun we had before this one. It was much easier to clean up, and made decent coffee. The Braun was a standard style coffee maker with a glass carafe and "burner". But I did hate the noise of using an external grinder. I rarely set it up the night before, probably in part because of using the grinder.

A glass carafe makes it easy to see how much coffee is left. This is difficult with the stainless steel carafe. I also find it harder to pour coffee from a thermal carafe than from a standard glass one.


Good luck.

- Winston