2-Way Programmable Coffee Maker, 12 Cup Glass Carafe And Single Serve Coffee Maker, Black with Stainless Steel Accents, 49980RG

This the best coffee pot I've ever owned, seriously. I appreciate good coffee and regularly buy beans from a local roastery. I am not a barista nor do I claim to be a coffee expert. I enjoy good coffee and a drip coffee maker is good enough for my daily habit. This maker can be used to brew single cups on one side or a full pot on the other side. Typically, I am the only coffee drinker in my house. Sometimes we have guests. This coffee maker allows me to serve both situations easily. To use the single serve side, I fill the cup that I'm planning to use with the correct amount of tap water and add it to the single serve side of the maker. This is accessed from the top under a small lid that flips up. This side is designed to only hold enough water for a single serve amount of water. I don't use manufactured pods as I prefer fresh grounds but this maker apparently can handle pods too. I grind my beans or use pre-ground coffee and add that to the slide out tray on the single serve side just above the cup location. There is a metallic mesh screen that holds the grounds on the single serve side and I find that I waste less coffee than when I try to make only 1 or 2 cups in a large pot. The single serve side has a nested set of plastic circles that sits under a tall mug when not needed. These little circular risers can be un-nested and stacked to allow a shorter cup to be closer to the dripping coffee (see photos). This allows the maker to accommodate a variety of sizes of cups. The single serve side takes about 2 minutes to brew. I think the coffee tastes great and I can control the strength of the brew based upon how many grounds I add. The full carafe side is much like any basic drip-coffee maker. There’s a small reservoir that holds enough water to brew a full pot of coffee. There’s a flip lid and a basket for coffee grounds. You can use paper filters or buy a separate metallic, re-usable mesh filter that fits inside this basket. I like these baskets as it’s less wasteful than using paper filters daily and I don’t have to remember to constantly purchase filters. I’ve used the same mesh filter for over 7 years now. It doesn’t filter as finely as paper filters do and the last sip of coffee contains a small amount of grit / sediment but this seems normal to me now. If someone doesn’t like this idea than I would warn them not to drink the last sip. It’s pretty easy to avoid. The coffee maker has a very obvious and easy to use manual switch that selects whether you are brewing a full pot or a single serve. Only one side can be used at a time. You simply move the switch to the left or right as the illustrations show to select which side you wish to utilize. I frequently use the timer feature. Prior to work I have one 16 oz metal travel mug filled, warm and waiting for me when I wake up in the morning. The display is bright when you touch a button and dims to normal again after about 30 seconds so it doesn’t light up the kitchen at night like a beacon. There is a single bright green LED light that indicates that the timer is set and ready to go. Personally, I like this feature as it is an obvious acknowledgment that the timer is ready to go at the time that I programmed in. Some might find this too bright but it’s hard to imagine it being a nuisance to most people. Other reviewers have indicated the their carafe broke instantly upon the first use. I’ve used my carafe several times without issues. I also noticed that a new pot is around $10 so if it does break down the road, I can probably replace it easily. Some said that it tastes like plastic, I haven’t experienced this. Some said that it leaks after 3 months – I’ll try to update this review later but so far so good – no leaks. Others say it takes too long to brew. I think it takes about as long to make coffee as every other coffeepot that I have owned and if you set it up the night before, you won’t have to wait for it. It can be ready for you whenever you tell it to be ready. I even read that some people were annoyed that they had to slide the coffee pot out from under a counter in order to add water to the top of the coffee maker. I once added felt pads to the bottom of a coffee maker to make this process easier. Without a dedicated water line and a commercial coffee apparatus, I’m not sure how the manufacturer would avoid this overly burdensome task. You have to add water somehow; that’s how coffee works. I have not had any negative issues at all with this coffee maker and I’ve been using it daily for over 1 month. It’s easy to use, it’s easy to program and I like that I can make a full pot or single cup depending on my needs. I definitely recommend this unit.

Love it. Brews an excellent pot of coffee. We use a reusable screen filter so not sure how it performs with paper filters. Single cup brew is very nice. Slightly slower than k pod machines but works nicely. AND...someone finally invented a carafe that pours without dripping all over the place. The "brew later" button for the programmable brew timer has a very bright green light on it. Bright enough to be a night light.👍

Exceeds expectations for price! Better than our high end brewer that we replaced after less than a year. Simple & easy to set and brew! Water well & coffee ground basket are simplistic and easy access. Takes regular, inexpensive filters you can find in any store. Has a single-brew side car for travel mugs, which does come with a reusable filter. Brewing is QUICK. Coffee is especially HOT. GREAT (better) results using our same ground coffee, as compared to the one we replaced. May buy another to keep on hand or for a gift.

This coffee maker is a great all-in-one option. I love having both a full 12-cup carafe and a single-serve option in one machine. It’s well made, looks nice with the stainless accents, and works reliably for everyday coffee. I specifically wanted a single-cup option without using K-cups. I hate wasting money on K-cups that cost double what the same coffee costs in a bag—and usually with less coffee. The idea behind the single-serve side is genius for that reason. However, the single-serve brew time is extremely slow. It honestly feels like you’re waiting forever for one cup of coffee. The setup is also awkward, and the basket can easily fall out if it’s bumped, which adds to the frustration. Overall, this is a solid, versatile coffee maker with a smart concept. With a few small tweaks to the single-serve design, it would be close to perfect.

I recently got the Hamilton Beach 2-Way Programmable Coffee Maker, and it has honestly been a game changer for our morning routine. What I love most is the flexibility. I can brew a single flavored cup just for myself, and then turn around and make a full pot for the rest of the family without any fuss. It’s perfect for households where everyone drinks coffee a little differently. Another big plus for me is that it uses ground coffee instead of K-cups. That means less waste, no plastic pods, and a more traditional, better-tasting cup of coffee. It just feels simpler and more practical—the way coffee was meant to be made. I’ve also been really impressed with the day-to-day performance. It doesn’t leak, it’s easy to fill, and it brews quietly, which is a blessing on early mornings. The single-serve side takes about 2½ minutes, which is quick enough when you’re trying to get out the door. I’ve been using it with my favorite beans from Bulletproof Coffee, and the flavor has been excellent every time. If you’re curious, this is the coffee I’ve been using 👉 https://amzn.to/4cBGfuq Between the convenience, the cleaner brewing method, and the great taste, this machine makes me feel like I’ve finally stepped up my coffee game. If you want one nice-looking machine that can handle both a quick single cup and a full pot, this one is a fantastic choice.

We've had this for over a year now.. We bought this to replace the two Keurig Duo Essentials that quit on us, the year before, and they're not cheap. This has held up extremely well.. longer than either of the previous Keurig's Hands down better than Keurig in my opinion. This is a great product, nowhere near as fast as a Bunn. But it is a sturdy reliable coffee maker that works well and does what it is supposed to do. Very easy to clean. My wife loves the single cup maker, you can make a very strong single cup.

For many years, the best-tasting and most flavourful coffee we ever made has been with our Drip-O-Lator, made by Enterprise Aluminum in Macon Georgia. We bought this for cottage-use a long time ago--when they were still being made--at Robinson's General Store in Dorset Ontario. Later, we bought another, and then, they disappeared from the market. It was very cheap to buy and is simple to use: Measure the amount of cups you want into the middle of three graduated marked canisters; pour the required amount of boiling water into the upper marked canister, and wait a bit until it dribbled through into the bottom part of the coffee pot. Later, we had it dribble directly into a thermos butler, rather than into the pot on the wood stove. When we could get it, we used fresh spring water gushing from a woodsy hillside outcrop. That is a perfect coffee, always, fresh-ground or pre-ground---either way. When our Cuisinart maker with the built-in grinder stared leaking all over the counter at home, I research all available options for a new one. We took a chance on this Hamilton Beach, with mostly(not all) good ratings noting its low price. This machine, in its first days of use, rivals the Drip-O-Lator in flavour and even in simplicity of use. I can't fathom the truthfulness of the critical reviews. The single-serve side is not messy, and the flavour is first rate. We bought the crinkly made-in-Canada basket for the multi-cup side, and the results are just the same on both sides, using Nabob Bold Full City Dark. This water is from a well, hydrogen peroxide treated and softened, but judging by the results, that seems perfectly fine. The Cuisinart never made compelling coffee, even in fresh-grind mode. The pre-heated urn never kept things warm and it was messy to pour in its necessarily upside-down position. The Hamilton Beach is very economical, seeming to deliver the same volume of brewed of coffee as the water that is poured in. Access to the water tank is convenient, and the graduated lines are very visible. The single-serve side takes a tiny bit of coffee grounds in the bottom of the stainless mesh basket, and then the amount of coffee you want to drink is poured into the upper chamber from the cup you'll be drinking it from. Finally, the machine has a name that's easy to pronounce and spell---this Chinese make (I guess) does not have a pretentious European name, like the other Chinese machines. The Cuisinart , even in fresh-grind mode, never made compelling coffee. At home, our Cuisinart coffee maker with

Funciona perfecto, la opción de programación ayuda mucho en mis mañanas atareadas al igual que la opción de preparar solo una porción cuando es necesario.

・機能 オートドリップ 2way機構によりポットに大量に作るか、カップ1杯分に作るか選べます 特筆するのはこの二つの機能くらいであとは普通のコーヒーメーカーと変わりません コーヒーを煎れるボタンを押すと、水差し部分に入れた水の分量だけ作りますので、入れ過ぎると普通に溢れます、コーヒーの温度自体は熱々なので温いのが苦手な人には良いと思います。 ただ、タイマーでのオートドリップ機能を期待して買った自分からしたらマイナスな商品でした。 海外製品の全般に言える事みたいなのですが、時間というかタイマーが絶対にズレます、しかも分単位ではなく時間単位でズレますので半日ごとに2〜３時間程度の修正が必要です（出来るか！） 朝起きてコーヒーがマグカッブに注がれている、そんな日常を送りたかった…が念願叶わずです…マグカップに注いでくれるタイプのコーヒーメーカーはとてつもなくすくないので期待していただけにショックが大きいです。

Exelente cafetera, muy satisfecho con ella!!!

Excelente cafetera, estamos encantados en la familia con ella. El café queda delicioso, la temperatura esta controlada y los tiempos también. El modo de preparación rápida del termo lo uso mucho para hacerme el café para el trabajo. Muy, muy recomendada para amantes del buen café.