- Brews 1 cup of coffee-house style coffee in about a minute
- Pressure brewing technology for full-flavored coffee
- Control panel to choose coffee size; 34-ounce reservoir capacity
- Easy-to-use coffee pods for first-cup freshness every time
- Mug reservoir can be removed to make room for your favorite travel mug
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The Home Cafe system is made up of revolutionary appliances with pressure-brewing technology and easy-to-use coffee pods. Like a one-cup coffeehouse, the Home Cafe system delivers fresh, delicious coffee--one cup at a time, and in about a minute.
Unlike standard drip coffeemakers, the Home Cafe uses pressure brewing to bring out the full flavor of the coffee bean. Pressure brewing forces hot water through ground coffee beans at high pressure, rather than slowly dripping through--the same technique coffeehouses use to make cappuccinos, lattes, and mochas. The Home Cafe system's pressure-brewing extracts a delicious cup of coffee from every pod, thanks to unique coffee blends and pods designed specifically for the Home Cafe system. You get a single serving of premium coffee sealed inside its own filter, for first-cup freshness every time. And each cup only takes about a minute to brew--less time than it takes to go out for a cup of coffee.
How it works:
- Fill the reservoir with cold water; use fresh, cold water for a great-tasting cup of coffee
- Place the coffee pod in the appliance tray; use two coffee pods for an extra-strong brew
- Close the lid and place your mug under the spout; the locking handle must be locked to operate the appliance
- Press the "brew" button; brews in about one minute
Features:
- Appliance tray makes for easy cleanup
- Locking handle locks the pod in place for brewing
- 38-ounce reservoir capacity
- Mug reservoir can be removed to make room for a travel mug
- Control panel for choosing your coffee's size. Coffee can be brewed in 7-ounce, 9-ounce, or 14-ounce cups.
Product Description
Home Café is a revolutionary single coffee brewing system. Utilizing pressurized brewing in combination with specially designed gourmet coffee pods, it produces the coffee house experience at home, or the office. The Home Café conveniently allows brewing of a 7-, 9-, or 14-ounce cup, and works quickly to produce one cup in about a minute. It also features a 34-ounce water reservoir.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
125 of 137 people found the following review helpful
Color Name:Black
This coffee maker is perhaps the biggest piece of junk I have ever purchased and I returned it within 24 hours. Where O' where to begin?
The construction of this appliance is truly a joke. There isn't a piece of metal in the entire piece. You get a thin piece of aluminum that your mug sits on while it brews...thats it.
The lever that opens the pod holder is very flimsy. And after the initial brew, the unit wouldn't seal right, which means, no coffee. So you pop the lever up, open the pod, make sure the coffee is seated appropriately and try again. blah, blah, blah. Do this about 5 times and for no apparent reason, it would work again.
Do you like your coffee hot? Well, you won't get it with this device. Basically, there are 2 components to a great cup of coffee: the beans and the water. The beans have already been taken care of, so all you can control is the water source. If you are using a machine like this, how dare you put tap water in it! My filtered water sits nice and chilled in my refrigerator. Well, thats a problem for this device. The coffee comes out tepid folks. Not even luke warm! I tried it straight from the tap, and it was warmer but not hot. So if you keep filtered water in your fridge, expect tepid coffee. YUCK. I must be old fashioned, I like to blow on my coffee and see the steam rise up from the cup in morning.
The coffee I was able to drink tasted very good. But again, it just wasn't worth the hassle of messing with that stupid lever and pod configuration.
I'm off to try the Senseo and hope that it is a little better crafted.
45 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Color Name:Black
Just bought this Home Cafe to take the place of my more expensive one cup machine (Flavia $100.00). Flavia's packets of coffee are too expensive and most of my guests didn't like the coffee. This machines uses Folgers pods which came out excellent. The coffee was hot and tasted equivalent to the expensive gourmet coffee you pay $1.25 to $1.60 a cup at the coffee houses. I read about all the dripping the machine makes and started right off with the 14 oz. pod side. I haven't had any leaks just a couple drops after the coffee is brewed just like all other coffeemakers I have owned. I feel the machine is well made but might not take a lot of physical abuse. I find all Black & Decker products are exceptionally well made. I use spring water for my water and never have to take the water refill container out of the unit (until I clean it, of course). I chose it over the Melitta and Senseco machines because of the larger water reservoir which yields about three large cups of coffee. One of the biggest selling points for me was you can chose between 7 oz., 9 oz. and 14 oz. cup size. So far I love this Home Cafe and am glad I purchased it.
Rob
Columbus, Ohio
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Color Name:Black
I purchased the Home Cafe at our local Walmart. It made really good coffee for nine cups. While brewing the tenth cup, it stopped mid-brew, spit at me, and then emmited a fatal gasp of acrid black smoke. The kitchen smelled of burning bakelite for the next several hours. I calmly packed up the unit and returned it to my friendly Wallyworld. I opted to replace the unit, rather than get my money back as my wife and I really liked the coffee. Grabbing another pack of coffee pods (optimistic me) we transported our new machine home. Again, following the directions by properly initiating the machine with a coffee-pod free whiz, we brewed another couple cups of delicious coffee. All went well. Then, on cup twelve a few days later (easy to keep track with the amount of pods left), again, mid-cup, another fatal gasp and spray of coffee, and silence as smoke curled up from the unit. Again, the rancid odor along with the bleak knowledge that no more delicious coffee would spew forth from this obviously poorly built unit. Head down with sadness and dejection I decided this time to call the 800 number provided in the instruction manual. After 30 minutes on hold I was finally connected to a friendly customer service rep who offered her condolences on the demise of my coffee maker. She took down the information on the deceased pot and said she was going to transfer me to another department where they would formally de-brief me in an attempt to correct the problem. 15 minutes later she came back on the phone and explained that all the "engineers" were busy, but someone would contact me within 24 hours. Three days later I received a phone call stating that no one at Black and Decker had heard of this problem Yeah, right. They were going to send me a brand new one at no expense. They only requested that I return the old one to them, and they would pay the shipping. Eagerly agreeing to these terms, we waited with great anticipation for the Big Brown Truck to pull up to our door. Approximately two weeks later it arrived on our doorstep!! Rushing to the kitchen, the appliance was carefully removed from its box. This time, it was different. What is this? The first two units were black. This one is white!!! Virginal White! Certainly a good sign. Again, the machine was ititiated with its plain water ritual, and then, with great anticipation and celebration, a Columbian Pod, yes, Columbian, was placed in the machine. Shortly thereafter another delicious cup of coffee was enjoyed. Never mind the gentle splatter of coffee on the counter. A mere minor annoyance given the rewards of the brew. As a matter of fact, eight, count them, eight more cups of delicious coffee were enjoyed with minimal splatter. Then, cup number ten was not meant to be. A sputter mid-cup. Arcing sounds from the front of the unit. Thin plumes of black smoke spiraling towards the ceiling. Gag reflex kicking in from the rancid odor. A tear forming in the corner of my eye knowing it was never meant to be. (Actually, the tear was from the smoke). I notified the woman at the other end of the toll-free number. I told her about all three coffee makers. No, I did not want another unit. It is just too much trouble to make ten cups of coffee, call in about the defective unit, wait for a replacement, make ten cups of coffee, call, wait, repeat--------. I guess I'll try the Senseo. Maybe it will work.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Disagree with most of reviewers
I've had my Home Cafe for about 6 years. I've never had issues with it. In many ways I like it better than the Keurig I recently got. First of all it is faster to heat up water. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Lee
Inconsistant working order
I wouldn't recommend this coffee maker. My device would sometimes make a full cup of coffee, and sometimes only a half before it 'sputters out'. Couldn't figure out why. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Penelope111
Not so Hot!
Literally, your coffee will not be very hot w/this machine. I have to reheat in the microwave to be decent. And no frothy top like the Senseo, which I also have. Read more
Published on December 18, 2007 by CoffeeSnob
I'm shocked to...
see so many negative reports. I've had mine for over 4yrs....the only problem I had at the begining was that I removed the water tank to refill it and it leaked after I put it back... Read more
Published on July 6, 2007 by emmielusion
DOESN'T WORK RIGHT!
I USED THE COFFEE POT FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. WAS FINE; WASHED THE POD HOLDERS EACH TIME THEY WERE USED. Read more
Published on June 10, 2007 by Barbie
Hot, bitter, dirty, brown water Maker
Just picked up this thing from a shelf on a WAL at a local super MART for $19.88. I brewed a couple cups of coffee using fresh pods I purchased with it (not the 8 sample pods that... Read more
Published on March 18, 2007 by Chris Hanna
Go for the newer model- GT300
PROS: Makes a quick cup of coffee.
CONS: I went through two of these. Very cheap and breaks easily. Read more
CONS: I went through two of these. Very cheap and breaks easily. Read more
Published on February 18, 2007 by cheapherk
Single Serve Coffee Maker
When I recieved the coffee maker I was impressed by how simple it was said to be. I found that it is in fact simple. Though the cups are by my standards not single serve... Read more
Published on January 18, 2007 by b_fab115
worst coffee maker
I agree with most reviewers. This coffee maker is a piece of junk. The few cups that I made were the worst tasting coffee ever.
Published on January 15, 2007 by L. Hale
Not bad for the money!
I've Had my Home Cafe for just over 2years. I've used it everyday - seven days a week and it finally quit on me. Nothing cracked or broke, it just quit. Read more
Published on January 13, 2007 by S. Kramer
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