We have a history with Cuisinart coffeemakers over the years, all of which cause us to choose Cuisinart over every other brand. When our old one finally decided to “bite-the-dust”, our daughter’s family knew we would not be happy with another brand so bought us the Cuisinart Grind & Brew this past Christmas as a gift to us.
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This is a lovely looking coffee maker. It brews very tasty coffee quickly from either ground or whole beans. If only it brewed the coffee hotter and if only the thermal carafe held the heat longer. My previous coffee maker was a 15 year old Cuisinart that brewed wonderfully hot coffee into a thermal carafe that kept it hot for hours. So I’m a bit disappointed in this one.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting cuisinart.com
This is our second grind and brew. The previous one was purchased in 2010 and still brewed, but grinder quit this past summer. We used it every day of the week for over 13 years. We have loved the thermal carafe! Our adult children gifted us the new model which is quieter. Another improvement is the visible water measure and improved filter compartment which opens and closes more easily.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting cuisinart.com
This is a very good quality made product. The only issue I have with it is the fact that the coffee bean grinder is very loud and it must always be wiped clean of residual moisture following each and every brewed pot of coffee. Other than that, the speed of the unit and the taste of the coffee are exceptional. I still give it 5 stars overall!
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There is one big issue. The steam from the coffee water heating causes moisture in the grinder to keep the coffee grounds from going to the filter for the coffee to brew. So I have to grind the beans separately and fill the filter. Its aggravating and you cant even make coffee without the grinder in place.
Written by a customer while visiting cuisinart.com
This is my 3rd Grind & Brew 10cup Coffeemaker over the past ~25 years. The new version has some great improvements over the past models. The redesign of the unit to a square profile , reduced the size of the grinders to grounds compartment reducing the amount of steam entering the grinder compartment whose top has small vents to release the steam rather than it collecting in the grinder compartment. The top of the thermal coffee pot has been modified increasing both the drip orifice and the pouring orifice. Hopefully the widening of the drip orifice will make it easier to remove coffee grounds build up in the pots lid that can obstruct flow. I recommend that when cleaning the unit prior to next use you take special care to assure that there isn't any coffee grounds stuck in the top, by running water through the drip orifice on the bottom of the lid,shake it and release the water. If you see coffee grounds repeat until there's none. Otherwise you could find coffee all over your counter instead of in the thermal coffee pot. The instructions suggestion to add hot water to the thermal coffee pot significantly increases the temperature of the coffee in pot. In the past versions I had to microwave the coffee to increase it to the drinking temperature. My only problem was that the units feet wouldn't slide on my grannet counter top however I just attached small slides. The sliders slightly raised the base off the countertop and I'm hoping that that additional gap will eliminate the erosion of the metal base plate which was the reason for my replacement of both my previous models. I would definitely recommend this product as well as Cuisinart products in general. They generally are good quality and last a long time.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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