Cuisinart Grind&Brew Thermal 12-Cup Coffee Maker

by Cuisinart

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds
• ASIN: B002JPDLZ0
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,620 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

BRAND NEW Cuisinart Grind&Brew Thermal 12-Cup Automatic Coffee Maker Cuisinart introduces a fully programmable coffeemaker with a burr grinder for superior coffee. Our special burr grinder grinds the coffee without influencing the integrity of the bean, so the true flavor is maintained. The strength selector and the grind control functions fine-tune intensity and volume, and the thermal carafe seals in heat and freshness so the last cup is as good as the first. It’s never been easier to make a great pot of coffee! Features 8 oz. bean hopper with a sealed lid to prevent moisture Burr grinder automatically grinds beans before brewing Strength selector – choose coffee strength:strong, medium or mild Grind control – program the amount of coffeeyou want to grind: choose from 2 to 12 cups Gold tone commercial style permanent filter Charcoal water filter removes impurities 24-hour fully programmable 12-cup (5 ounces each) double-wall insulated thermal carafe Brew Pause feature lets you enjoy a cup before brewing is finished Automatically shuts off after brewing Grind-off feature 2 to 4 cup feature integrated into unit Limited 3-year warranty from manufacturer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than I expected, November 2, 2008

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booklaw (New York) - See all my reviews

After several years of use, we broke the carafe on our Melitta coffee grinder/brewer, and were unable to replace it. I had been quite happy with the Melitta, even though a cheap plastic part on the top broke repeatedly, and I had to use tape to hold it down in order to make coffee.
I did extensive searching on-line to find a replacement, and, with great misgivings (due largely to a few reviews which said it would not make strong coffee, settled on the Cuisinart DGB-900BC.
I am happy to say that using my usual mix of French Roast and hazelnut-flavored Columbian beans, together with a bit of chicory (for New Orleans-type coffee), and the "strong" setting on the coffeemaker, produces coffee that is quite strong enough for my taste... and in fact stronger than the Melitta made with the same mix.

I am very happy with this new machine.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Looks better than it tastes, September 6, 2008

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S. Winkler "Lover of strong coffee" (Hudson Valley, NY) - See all my reviews
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We had a Melitta grind and brew machine for about three years and liked it because the coffee could be brewed quite strong. When it broke recently we decided to try something that we thought was a step up from the Melitta -- the Cuisinart. Unfortunately, the coffee it brews it not as tasty or strong as the Melitta gave us. We've turned the brew knob up to strong, we've tried to "trick" the machine by using less water but indicating more cups and we've used only bottled water hoping that would enable us to elicit the most coffee flavor. Alas, the Cuisinart device looks better than it gives. If you don't love strong coffee this machine is probably just fine -- and it is very good looking.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars More Work than Using a Seperate Burr Grinder, June 18, 2009

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Brett R. Davis "BRD" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews
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I don't get the point of having a combination grinder/coffee machine that is more work than just having a stand alone burr grinder and a stand alone coffee pot.

Initially I had good results. I cleaned it as instructed - once per week (or 7 to 10 uses). About two weeks after we purchased the coffee pot, we started having issues with the pot. At first, it kept getting confused about the position of the device that controls the flow of water/grinds into the basket. The machine would sit there beeping and confused. We looked in the manual and followed all the directions exactly. Still no luck. Eventually it figures it out.

Today we got urine colored coffee and discovered that somehow moisture got into the grinding chute and started to cake up the coffee grinds. Mind you, I clean the darn thing more than required by the manufacturer. And there is no way we caused this issue.

It went back today.

Pros: Great tasting coffee (when it works), excellent thermal carafe holds heat in for many hours, built in water filter (coffee is 98% water)

Cons: Grind mechanism is seriously flawed and gets clogged too easily - even when following directions, water reservoir is a pain to fill, carafe pouring mechanism is very unusual, no direct control of grind coarseness