Cuisinart 5-Cup Coffeemaker with Stainless Steel Carafe

This 5-cup coffeemaker is vastly improved over my older Cuisinart 5-cup model which died after 18 years of frequent use. The new, clear water reservoir removes for filling and has a built-in water filter. The inclusion of a nylon filter obviates the need for paper filters. The stainless-steel carafe has a new shape that makes it much easier to pour the brewed coffee without spills or drips. I use this coffeemaker when traveling, and it is compact and easy to set up in a hotel room and makes much better and more coffee than those 1-cup machines you often find in hotels that use K-cups or other coffee pods. The heated plate on the base does keep the coffee hot to the last drop. As one of us prefers coffee over tea, I will run the coffeemaker without coffee, then pour the very hot water over tea bags in the stainless-steel carafe from my old coffeemaker. Then, while the tea brews, I make the coffee.

We had the original version of this coffee maker for a long time. It was getting a bit shabby, but we hesitated to replace it because it was just right for us. We finally did replace it with this new version and it's better than the original. We love the transparent water reservoir and the connection between the cofffee basket and the caraffe.