CAFE C7CGAAS4TW3 COFFEE MAKERS AND GRINDERS

This is a review and my comments about Cafe Grind and Brew automatic coffee maker with the single serve option and thermal carafe. My overall assessment is that this is a terrific product. You can make a great cup of coffee with this product. There are a few items I think you should be aware of prior to purchasing. The device is large. The dimensions on the website are accurate, but I did not comprehend how big it is until I unboxed it and placed it on my counter. It takes up a lot of counter space. You can make a perfect or near-perfect cup of coffee with the device. You may need to adjust the various settings to accomplish this. There are a lot of potential settings to adjust. Don't be surprised if it takes you a while to find your perfect settings for the beans you are using. Some of the settings are only accessible through the app. It does not produce crema. You need to clean out the brew basket after each time you use it. This should not be surprising, but I didn't fully understand this prior to purchasing. It is not difficult to clean out the basket, but it can be a pain. It is likely there will be a few drops of coffee either spilled or splashed between making coffee and cleaning the brew basket. You should have a paper towel handy. I think the model I obtained may be one level behind the latest. I base this on some numbers on the product. I don't think they have added any new features, but there is one thing that you should be aware of. The water filter part number for the device I have is perpetually out of stock. They don't make it easy to find the replacement part number. This is the replacement part number from their website: C7CGFLTR. I hope that is correct. I recommend turning on the sound through the app. This gives you a beep when the process is complete. That way you do not have to be looking at the timer that is counting down on the device. It also beeps each time you touch a setting on the panel. The manufacturer's definition of a cup is 6 ounces. The manufacturer claims you can make 10 cups. Since most people use 8 ounce cups, this may be misleading. The manufacturer's definition of a cup size is based on the amount of water used in making the cup of coffee. A small amount of water is absorbed by the ground coffee beans. I perceive you actually get 3 to 5 per cent less drinkable coffee. The claim is that the thermal carafe will hold your coffee warm for up to two hours. This is probably true if you fill the thermal carafe with 10 cups of coffee. The actual time it keeps a single cup of coffee warm at what I consider an acceptable temperature is about one half hour. It keeps coffee acceptably warm for a longer period if you have more coffee in the carafe. The thermal carafe is smaller than the typical carafe size from a standard Mr. Coffee type coffee maker. You can't use the standard sized carafe since it will not fit in the provided space. A slight upward pressure makes the brew basket closing process much easier. The documentation recommends cleaning the burr grinder and the sprinkler head, but it doesn't tell you how often. I had a situation where it made a lousy cup of coffee when there were only a few beans left in the hopper. The device is supposed to warn you when it needs more beans. I might have missed it. To avoid this, I always fill the water tank to about two inches above the 10 cup line and I always fill the bean hopper at the same time. I refill both when the water tank fill approaches 2 cups. It seems to consume more coffee beans than I expected.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Would prefer a larger bean storage hopper. Would also like to be able to adjust the amount of beans that are ground for a pot of coffee, this option is not available and I feel like it grinds more than as needed. Otherwise, the coffee taste great in the machine looks nice on the countertop and it's easy to use