Love the coffee and the design from an aesthetic perspective, but this thing is impossible to clean! Also, can’t seem to find out how to replace the water filter, which is really frustrating!
The Cafe Specialty Drip Coffee Maker delivers consistently great coffee to my cup every morning. I love the flexibility to adjust brew strength to suit the coffee I am brewing. I also like the app interface and ability to control the brewer remotely. One criticism would be that when brewing over 6 cups, the grinds splash on to the shower head and need to be cleaned after brewing. Overall, still very happy with this coffee maker.
The Cafe coffee maker is easy to use and the setting is ideal to your liking. You are the one that can control the strength of brew and how much is brewed. I also like that you can program it for new day, and wake up to a delicious wake me up scent.
Love the coffee! That being said, we have an entire suite of Matte White appliances that we purchased for our new home less than a year ago. We added the coffee maker to complement the suite. Unfortunately, the white gets stained very easily. I don't care about the inside of the lid to the pot, but the dark stains from small drips over time on the "dock" of the coffee maker have turned it into an ugly addition to our countertop appliances. Very disappointing and any product testing should have revealed this to GE before this was released. We have used Cafe appliances since 2013 and expected more. We have removed it from our countertop and only bring it out when we make our coffee.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from cafeappliances.comBy Tierra@Café , GE Appliances, June 22, 2023
Hi,
We're so glad to hear that you enjoy the coffee with your new Café coffee maker, but so very sorry to hear that the matte white is staining. We certainly understand how disruptive something like this can be and we're happy to provide some information that may help. Please refer to pages 14-15 of the owner's manual for some tips.
Here is the link: https://products-salsify.geappliances.com/image/upload/s--7AYSkUUx--/j9ps7cfsqfoecc02numn.pdf?_ga=2.107712898.1635049094.1687464209-132335501.1644413847
Your comments are extremely important and will be considered by our product design team. Thank you for your time. - Tierra@Café
This is the sharpest, coolest, most impressive coffee maker I’ve purchased. We own several other brands and non of them compare. The app pushes them right over the top, lay in your bed and turn it on when you wake up to a fresh cup or a pot coffee.
We love this product so much that we bought another so we can take the old one camping with us. I was tired of pour overs and French press and miss my coffee from home. So we decided to take the old one camping and buy a new one. Matter a fact, we love it so much that our son bought one as well for his room in the barracks.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from cafeappliances.comBy MichaelBatCafe, CafeAppliances, June 23, 2023
Hello there,
We’re thrilled that you’ve been impressed by your gorgeous new coffeemaker; the wonderful white finish is sure to look fabulous in any kitchen, and we’re so happy to hear that you’ve enjoyed it so much you bought a second one. The brew strength settings make it easy to make the perfect cup of coffee, and you get unmatched convenience when connecting this model with our SmartHQ app. We truly appreciate you choosing Café Appliances, and please know we’re here should you ever need assistance. -MichaelB@Café
Having the ability to brew coffee from my phone is such a game changing feature!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from cafeappliances.comBy MichaelBatCafe, CafeAppliances, June 20, 2023
Hello there,
We’re thrilled that you’ve been impressed by your beautiful new coffee maker; the beautiful black finish with copper accents is sure to look fabulous in any kitchen, and we’re so happy that you’ve been enjoying the convenience you get when connecting this model with our SmartHQ app. We really love the precise temperature settings of this model, and the brew strength options mean you always get the perfect cup of coffee. We truly appreciate you choosing Café Appliances, and please know we’re here should you ever need assistance. -MichaelB@Café