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Customer
Reviews
Customer Review #1
"Who
wouldn't want to wake up every morning and have
not only freshly-brewed, but freshly-ground
coffee waiting for them??? No, we don't have a
butler... we have a Coffee Team!
Ok... I'll admit the price of this coffee maker
seemed a little high in the beginning. My
husband is a coffee fanatic and I wanted to get
him a coffee maker for his birthday that would
hopefully last longer than 6 months and reduce
his morning coffee-making time.
Immediately after discovering the Coffee Team I
started doing the math on how many Starbucks
drive-thru trips my husband could make for the
price of this coffee maker and realized that in
the end this would be more cost-effective for
our budget.
I can't say enough about the quality of this
coffee maker. I was initially skeptical as the
coffee pot part appeared to be similar to
several of the other no-longer-functioning
coffee makers we have lying around our garage.
I will admit that there isn't anything
super-fancy about the actual coffee-maker part
itself, but it is the incredible attached burr
grinder, water filter and array of digital
settings that sets this coffee maker apart.
It comes with a manual and a video. We never
watched the video, but we did study the manual
to figure this thing out. Once you get your
settings right and make a couple of pots of
coffee, it is really quick and easy to whip up
a pot of fabulous coffee.
I love to drink coffee, but was notorious for
making coffee too strong or too weak. Also, I
could never really figure out how much to grind
to make the perfect coffee. The Coffee Team
really makes it easy to make a great cup of
coffee without having to over-think it!
We love the three separate strength settings
(mild, medium and strong) which actually change
the flavor (unlike some of the other coffee
pots we've tried). This really comes in handy
when we switch from milder to richer beans. We
also appreciate the ability to switch the
number of cups we make with the touch of a
button. It also has a reminder light to change
the water filter (which I need!). I never
realized how much water quality affected
coffee, but now I can definitely tell when the
filter needs to be replaced. I was a little
skeptical about having to buy replacement
filters, but they are only $10 for a 3-pack
sold here at Amazon. Spend more than $25 and
they'll ship 'em to you for free!
I will warn you that when you switch coffee
brands or flavors you may need to make small
adjustments to the settings for different
beans, but ultimately this coffee pot always
makes a great cup of coffee!
I highly recommended the Coffee Team as the
ultimate gift for the coffee-lover in your
life!!!"
- Actual review from
Amazon.com
Customer Review #2
"I bought the
"452.01" version of this machine in Febuary of
2000. I've made about 1.5 pots of coffee per
day since then, which comes to about 3800 pots
of coffee. It still works as well as the day I
bought it.
I am a home roaster. I buy green coffee beans
and roast them myself. On a few occasions
others in my household have accidentally put
under-roasted (nearly green) beans in the
Capresso's bean reservoir, which caused the
burr grinder to jam (not at all surprising).
This was a bit tricky to fix, but I managed to
dig out the offending beans. My point: the
grinder has taken some unusual abuse and is
still going strong in spite of it.
I only have 2 issues with this machine. First,
the coffee temperature is a little low, as many
have already mentioned. It's hot enough for me,
but I think I would get more of the complex
flavors from the beans if the temperature were
the recommended 200 fahrenheit.
My other issue is that it uses a glass pot
rather than a thermal carafe. The coffee gets
cold pretty fast after turning the unit off,
and I don't like leaving the unit on because
bottom heat damages the flavor of coffee.
My understanding is that the more expensive
version of this machine solves both problems.
Not sure I'm ready to cough up three hundred
dollars for a coffee maker though.
Bottom line: My TEAM-S coffee maker has been
used heavily, taken some abuse, and still works
perfectly. I love this machine and use it every
day. It's trivial to clean and extremely easy
to use. When compared with other glass-pot
coffee makers, this one stands out. If it
heated the water to 200 degrees, it would be
hands down the best glass-pot coffee maker on
the market. However, the convienience of being
able to go from whole beans to brewed coffee
with the push of a single button cannot be
overstated, and in my opinion more than makes
up for the tempurature problem."
- Actual review from Amazon.com
Customer Review #3
"This is my
second machine in this line, and I absolutely
love this machine. It grinds and brews before
my feet hit the floor in the morning thanks to
the timer feature. It helps me conserve my
precious coffee beans (can you tell I live in
the Pacific NW?) as you can choose to
grind/brew as little or as much as you want. I
like having the timer turn the machine off
after 2 hours so I do not worry about it when I
leave for work, and the rest of the family can
still have coffee waiting when they get up. The
one issue I had with my older version (which
lived for 12+ years, by the way) that
eventually killed it was hard water, and that
has been addressed in this newer model with the
built in water filter. Lastly and most
importantly, the flavor is just right, as I can
adjust it weaker when I have non-java-head
friends over, or potent for myself.
The few negatives are minimal as far as
function is concerned. First, the lighted
display is SO bright at night that a 747 can
land by its glow- now that I've had it for a
bit I am used to it, but wow! Second, when one
pours coffee, if you pour too fast you'll spill
all over the counter (seem to be a common
factor in most solid glass carafes). The fix to
this, I have found, is to open the lid slightly
ajar with your thumb on the lid button as you
pour, and no more spills. The video given with
the unit explains how to dance around any other
difficulties an owner may have.
Ultimately, I find this coffee maker to be very
flexible, and many of the features actually
make what was once a task for the bleary eyed,
is now a simple function of the unit itself.
What more could I want? "
- Actual review from Epinions.com
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