Coffee Makers: Reviews

Reviews praise 12-cup Cuisinart Brew Central coffee maker for its features, including a programmable timer, pause-and-serve, auto shutoff and an adjustable-temperature hot plate. Its small-batch setting is handy for… making small quantities that taste almost as good as a full pot. Owners say that its coffee tastes good, and this attractive coffee maker is easy to clean. It also comes with an unusually long three-year warranty.

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According to reviews, the Braun AromaDeluxe is a good-quality, no-frills coffee maker. While its brewing time is too long, and the brewing temperature is not quite hot enough to make exceptional coffee (experts say… brewing temperature should be about 200º F and brew time should be five or six minutes), most owners are perfectly happy with this machine. The well-designed carafe has an easy-grip handle. There's a pause-and-serve feature, but no programmable timer, auto shutoff, small-batch setting or brew-strength control.

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The pricey Dutch-made Technivorm KB741 is one of the few auto-drip coffee makers officially certified by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) as brewing at the optimal temperature (200º F) for exceptional… coffee. Otherwise, the highly rated Technivorm is a simple coffee maker, with controls for hot plate temperature and on/off/pause. Coffee aficionados are the Technivorm's biggest fans, even though this model is very expensive.

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Instead of a hot plate, the Newco OCS-8 substitutes a hotel-style plastic thermal carafe, which means your coffee won't "cook" on a hot plate, as it can with glass-carafe coffee makers. It's one of only two auto-drip… coffee makers (the other is the Technivorm above) that brews as the optimal 200° F temperature. Otherwise, the highly rated Newco OCS-8 is a simple machine, with no clock or timer. Coffee aficionados say the OCS-8 makes terrific coffee. The downside is that it's harder to find, available mainly at online specialty stores.

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The nice looking Zojirushi Fresh Brew thermal coffee maker gets a few gripes from owners, but overall, it gets better reviews than other thermal-carafe coffee makers in it price class, and it costs $50 less than the… top-rated Newco OCS-8. Reviews say the Zojirushi does a nice job keeping coffee hot; the main issues in user reviews is that the carafe lid is hard to remove and that the pouring spout is small. If you can budget a bit more, reviews say that the Newco OCS-8 (*est. $140) is well designed and makes somewhat better-tasting coffee than the Fresh Brew.

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