Love this coffeemaker... love waking up to the smell of fresh ground coffee every day! The grind feature is a bit loud, but I guess it has to be in order to be efficient and actually grind real fresh beans. Either way -- we love it!
It makes great coffee and is easy to use. The only items of interest are: 1) When adding water, some water always leaks into the area that holds the carafe. 2) I wish the bean grinder had more capacity. I like the coffee strong.
By the way, I am glad the machine is far from where I sleep because it is very loud.
Love it. Very user friendly. This is an updated version of the last one I had, which was several years old. It started leaking from the bottom, which was probably due to the age of the water hose inside. I could still use it but not if I prepared it the night before because by morning my counter was covered with water. So I bought a new one. One difference is they changed the “on/off” button to “brew/off,” which was unnecessary and unhelpful, but easy to adapt to. The best change was they added a transparent window to see how much water you’ve added. Coffee comes out very hot, and the stainless steel insulated carafe keeps it hot for hours, just like they describe, with no burnt flavor. I’d never go back to a glass carafe again. The extra cost for the stainless steel carafe is well worth it.
Makes a great pot of coffee. Since it’s a thermal pot the coffee doesn’t overcook before we finish it. This particular model is quite noisy when grinding the coffee but it only takes a couple of minutes. Have owned Cuisinart Grind and Brew thermals for over 20 years.
I bought the new 10 Cup Coffeemaker with grinder from Cuisinart to back up our old one that is almost three years old and frankly haven't put it away, so we will now use the old one as a back up. Makes amazing coffee and keeps it hot in the carafe. We each get two large cups which other coffeemakers just don't give you. Love my grind and brew which has spoiled me for any other that can't do both.