The coffee that the Cuisanart Grind and Brew makes is great! We especially like the thermal carafe. Coffee doesn’t taste ‘cooked’ and is good even if it needs to be reheated later in the day. We replaced our first Cuisanart Grind and Brew after six years of daily use with the same machine.
This is a great coffee maker. It has option for either pre-ground coffee or whole beans. The stainless carafe keeps the coffee hot for a couple hours without being on a heating element (and getting burnt in the process). It does require some cleaning each use, but that isn't a big deal. It truly makes an outstanding pot of coffee.
I have no complaints. It makes good hot coffee, with or without use of the bean grinder. The carafe (?) stays warm for long enough to enjoy, the grinder grinds evenly and the water covers the brew basket perfectly. Easy cleanup, simple programming, and seems solidly built.
Coffee filter basket spring broke off on the third day of use. This is the most used area of the pot, where the carafe comes together with the basket, to release coffee into the carafe. For this product to break on day 3, was incredibly disappointing…to say the least. I’ve had many products from Cuisinart over the years, this particular one seems to be of lesser quality.
This unit has been improved over the one that it replaced. So far the bean grinder has not wedged in (making it nearly impossible to remove and clean) like the old one. It works well brewing and the controls are great. I like that the bin for the coffee and the lid are one unit. So far the included screen basket lets a bit of coffee sludge through. But that could just be the ground coffee that I use. So I use the paper filter instead. Also, the carafe works great at keeping the coffee hot all morning and into the afternoon. My only issue with it is you have to turn it nearly upside down to get the last bit of coffee out of it.