Love the coffee maker right out of its cool box. Do yourself a favor and get a grinder and you will be in love with how well this coffee maker works with a corse ground coffee. The carafe keeps coffee got for 3 hours. Don’t understand the people who says it doesn’t keep coffee hot. You will be in love from first to last cup.
We are quite satisfied with our Café coffee maker. It isn’t just beautiful; it also makes a fantastic cup of coffee. The WiFi/app feature is a nice feature.
I just got this coffee maker delivered today. Cleaned and set up very quickly. Made a pot or two, playing around with brew types. I love this machine. It’s beautiful in matte black. Doesn’t take up a lot of counter space. Brews coffee perfectly, super fast and HOT-HOT-HOT! Highly recommend.
It looks great in the kitchen but most importantly it makes great hot coffee. We loved our old capresso coffeemaker but when it went kaput after 15 years, we replaced it with this cafe model. Not disappointed and it had a high bar to meet. We especially like the temp control and sizing choices. It also seems to brew the coffee just a tad bit faster than our prior capresso but the coffee is as good or better, definitely hotter.
I was very excited to receive this expensive coffeemaker. The packaging was very well done. Machine is beautiful but coffee after brewing is not piping hot! I have to warm up in microwave right after it brews.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from cafeappliances.comBy Michael @ Cafe Appliances, Cafe Appliances, April 22, 2022
Hi,
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. Your coffeemaker looks great with that backsplash!
If you're finding that your coffee isn't hot enough, we wanted to say that the temperature setting is based on the temperature of the water when they contact the coffee grounds. The temperature will be lower in the carafe at the end of the brew. Because of this, checking the temperature with a thermometer is not an accurate way to verify temperature.
If you're wanting to change the temp, take a look at the steps laid out on page 9 of your Use and Care manual, here: https://products.geappliances.com/MarketingObjectRetrieval/Dispatcher?RequestType=PDF&Name=49-9000019-1.pdf&_ga=2.4256880.2131965359.1650467286-1828814363.1650467286
This coffeemaker is very sturdy and well made. It looks very serviceable on our countertop and the well written directions make it easy to learn how to brew a great cuppa!
We love this coffee maker. Our old coffee maker broke, so we decided to splurge and buy this to match our other cafe appliances. It did not disappoint. I love the programming features. It's sleek, but durable and definitely worth the price. The only critique I have is around cleaning--it seems like the water splashes as it goes into the filter so it leaves the coffee bean residue on the top which adds an extra step when cleaning. This could just be something I am doing wrong though.