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Product
Features
- 24-hour fully
programmable coffeemaker with 12-cup
capacity
- Double-wall insulated
thermal carafe; built-in automatic burr
grinder
- Strength selector and
grind control fine-tune intensity and
volume
- 8-ounce bean hopper; auto
shutoff; water filter; brew-pause
function
- Measures 10-2/3 by 8-4/9
by 16-1/4 inches; 3-year limited
warranty
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Product
Description
The Cuisinart
DGB-900BC Grind-And-Brew Thermal 12-Cup
Automatic Coffeemaker has a built-in burr
grinder for grinding up to 12 cups of fresh
coffee. Hopper holds up 8 ounces of coffee
beans and has a strength selector for mild,
medium and strong.
The coffeemaker features a 24 hour
progammable timer, auto shut-off and charcoal
water filter to help make great tasting coffee
with every pot.
Reviews of this Cuisinart coffee grinder
have been good. Many are saying this unit good
hot coffee, is easy to use and a very nice
thermal carafe. The biggest complaint seems to
be the odd pouring carafe takes some getting
use to. From our reviews we can give a
strong recommedation of the Cuisinart
DGB-900BC.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Combination burr
grinder/coffeemaker makes up to 12 cups of
fresh coffee.
- 24
hour timer, auto shut-off and
more.
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Customer
Reviews
Customer Review #1
"I
chose this grind and brew after reading all of
the reviews for this and similar machines.
Frankly, I am surprised by the negative
comments. This is an easy to use machine once
it is set up properly (the bean hopper takes a
little of effort to snap in). The coffee tastes
great and the parts are very easy to clean
quickly. While the instruction book is not
clear, Cuisinart was very helpful on the phone.
The machine does not know how much water you
put in, so if you set it to grind coffee for 6
cups and you have 8 cups of water in it, it
will process all 8 cups of water. Other than
this small quirk, the machine is a small wonder
and I do not feel compelled to go out for
coffee in the morning. The thermos carafe will
keep the coffee quite warm for a few hours,
even when the carafe is not warmed up with hot
water. Wondering why it took me so long to go
ahead and buy this machine. This is the best
model; my neighbor has the first
generation/second generation machine which is
hard to clean and has a large footprint. Save
your money and buy this model!
Now that I have had the machine for a month and
a half: It requires some cleaning to get the
fine grounds that compress and stop the grinder
and ground coffee to get into the filter for
brewing. I use a bamboo chopstick and a skewer
to break up the compressed fine grounds that
impede the machine from working properly.
(Unplug the machine and put it over the sink
area). I also use compressed air to blow out
the fine ground particles. Still, this is a
small maintenance to allow for great coffee in
the AM."
- Actual review from
Amazon.com
Customer Review #2
"Love this
coffeemaker, I won't ever go back to a glass
pot after this! Coffee stays hot all day! Plus
the coffee quality itself is excellent!
The grinder is an optional feature, you don't
have to use it everytime you make coffee, as
long as you have pre-ground beans on hand. This
is a great feature for households that have
both regular and decaf coffee drinkers in
it!
It's very easy to use, and figure out. Once you
set up your different settings (strength
control, etc), from that point on it is either
a one or two button operation to make coffee -
literally! So, it might look or seem
complicated but it's really not at all!
I read many reviews before finally settling on
this particular model, and I only wish that I
bought it sooner. Enjoy!
By the way, don't buy the PREVIOUS/ORIGIONAL
model to this (the one that you can use
Airmiles points to buy, and you can still buy
it at stores for cheaper). It's not NEARLY as
good as this updated version!! My Mom has the
previous model, and has nothing but complaints
to say about it - it leaks, coffee's not hot
enough, very complicated to use, and takes WAY
to long to clean everything!"
- Actual review from Epinions.com
Customer Review #3
"I'm used to
Starbucks coffee every morning (their bold
brew) and wanted a good machine that didn't
change the taste of the beans I buy which I
know are great. Although I don't mind the
strong setting, I set this machine to medium. I
also enjoy straight espresso, so that tells you
I know strong from weak coffee. No, the coffee
doesn't gush from the pot, but again, who
cares. It comes out plenty fast enough unless
you've got ADHD. Regarding the coffee being
hot...It takes me hours to finish off 8 cups
and it's steaming hot all day without
preheating the thermal carafe. So, where that
comes from I don't know. Make sure you set the
machine up to brew correctly and you'll
probably love it like I do. It's not hard to
use or keep up at all and comes with a 20
minute how-to DVD."
- Actual review from Amazon.com
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Customer Review #4
"I really like this coffee pot
but it was very confusing to use at first. I would strongly
suggest watching the DVD as it will take a lot longer buy
trying to read manual. The grinder is a nice feature however I
have to constantly clean it because residue from beans get
stuck, which makes next pot of coffee weak tasting. Also, you
have to dump all the beans from the top to clean it, which
makes a real mess. You can't control the amount of beans being
grinded either. I like really strong coffee, and there is a
button to push to make "strong" coffee but it's not exactly to
my liking.
It is also really hard to clean the grinder and I'm not able to
completely clean it so it can be frustrating. Otherwise, good
coffee pot."
- Actual review from Amazon.com
Customer Review #5
"This is a GREAT
coffee maker. The primary objections in other reviews I saw
were 1) Weak coffee - I do not understand this as you can
adjust both the strength of the brew as well as the quantity of
beans ground (e.g. grind enough beans for 10 cups but only put
in 8 cups of water). We have actually had to reduce the
strength settings as the strong setting was too rich for my
wife ; 2) hard to pour - this is somewhat true as the opening
on the carafe is very small (to preserve heat), but twisting
the top open just slightly solves that problem; 3) coffee not
hot enough - it is not as hot as what you would get at a
specialty coffee shop - but it is still hot enough to make very
good coffee. We always rinse the carafe and our cups with hot
water before we start and that seems to help a lot; We do find
that we need to microwave the coffee in the cup if it has been
in the carafe for about an hour or more 4) difficult to program
or set up - it does require being put together properly and it
is somewhat more complex than the traditional drip coffee
maker, but the setup requires about 20 seconds to master. We
leave the settings alone and just pour in water and add beans
daily - so once it is set up, it is a "no brainer". We have
never had problems with grinds being spilled and I suspect that
whoever did either had a defective unit, or did not put the
basket into the unit properly. My wife forgot to put the filter
basket into the unit one time -- and it would not grind the
beans until she did -- great feature.
The combination of a burr grinder, 12-cup capacity, insulated
pot (no hot plate to burn the coffee), adjustable coffee
strength, and large bean reservoir with ability to specify the
number of cups being brewed (no need to measure beans every
time you brew) make this a really great coffeemaker.
If your expectations are for a super-hot cup of coffee then you
will be disappointed. If you just want an easy-to-use coffee
maker that allows you to adjust the coffee strength to your
preference (including very strong), then this is a great
unit."
- Actual review from Amazon.com
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