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Customer
Reviews
Customer Review #1
"My
girlfriend picked up one of these guys a couple
months ago. Since then I've gone through
different techniques to try to get a decent cup
of coffee out of it, without any luck
whatsoever. Here are my main complaints with
this machine:
1. The whole grind and brew idea is a bad one
in my opinion, I mean what's the point? Are you
trying to save time? Because the clean up you
have to do with all the parts of the machine
takes way way longer than the time it takes to
grind coffee in a grinder and then scoop it
into a filter. Or is the point supposed to be
counter space because it seems to me grinders
themselves usually are not that big and can
easily be stowed away in a cabinet inbetween
uses.
2. The grinds go everywhere but the filter. At
first I thought my girlfriend simply wasn't
putting in enough beans and that was why the
coffee was so weak and had that strange
metallic burnt taste, but then I took a look
inside and realized that probably about 25% of
the grinds were coating all the plastic parts
inside the machine rather than in the
filter.
3. Even without using the grind and brew
feature this thing makes horrible coffee. The
coffee usually has the metallic taste I
mentioned before, I think this may have to do
with all the cheap metallic parts in the
grinder compartment. Also the coffee somehow
always manages to taste burnt even though I
turned the heating plate all the way down to
low.
4. The price is insane. I mean for 85-90 bucks
you can get an excellent coffee maker and an
excellent grinder.
About two years ago I went out and purchased
the cheapest coffee maker I could find for my
work office, it was a braun that cost about
$20. That thing consistently made coffee 20
times better than this machine ever could. I
went on consumer reports and it was the highest
rated coffee maker overall (the $20 braun that
is). Granted it doesn't have an automatic shut
off and it's not programable but it makes
amazing coffee and it costs less than 1/4 the
price of this machine, which would leave you
around $65 to find a good grinder.
The grinder I use is the kitchen aid model and
it works great for me and currently its at $25
on amazon. I recommend saveing yourself 40
dollars and a headache and get the $20 bruan
coffe maker (Braun Aromamaster KF400) and the
kitchen aid grinder for $25 (KitchenAid
BCG100OB Blade Coffee Grinder). They may not
look as good on your contertop but the taste of
the coffee won't let you down."
- Actual review from
Amazon.com
Customer Review #2
"So glad to see that
Mr. Coffee has re-introduced it's grind and
brew! My husband has had the older version for
over 5 years now and LOVES IT! Contrary to what
other believe about it needing to be cleaned
daily, we give ours a heafty clean once a week
- by removing the chamber and pieces, etc. It
so easy and not tedious at all - especially
compared to other brands. Good Housekeeping has
just rated this one of the top 5 of many makers
that they tested, and we definitely agree. My
husband, who considers himslef sorta a
connoisseur since he has had coffee all over
the world and currently in Asia where we live,
used to drink a few pots a day, and loves his
coffee strong - and takes it black and can't
seem to get enough of this brewer. We lost a
part to the lid during our moves, but we simply
but something heavy on the lid and this baby
keeps on ticking!
He truly loves the programable timer (which we
have not found with any other gind and brew
makers) so his coffee is ready for him when he
gets out of the shower. Can't beat that!
You can actually find this maker cheaper on
other sites by nearly $30!
We are getting this newest model and would not
think twice about antoher brand!"
- Actual review from Amazon.com
Customer Review #3
"I have been
through two Melitta Mill and Brews (both of
which had the latch break) and have
experimented with the Capresso CoffeeTeamLuxe
(which I promptly returned because it won't
allow you to decide how many beans you want to
grind, it decides for you).
I was hoping for better with Mr. Coffee's grind
and brew. Sadly, was not to be.
So, what are the big problems here?
1) The grinder capacity. If you make more than
8 cups, you really can't get enough beans in
this thing to make a decently strong cup of
coffee. Very annoying.
2) Clean-up. This thing is a mess. The grinder
and channel is a royal pain to clean, and must
be cleaned after each use. Ugh.
3) The lid latch looks like it was designed by
the same monkeys who designed the Melitta
latch. I'm expecting it to go crunch roughly 2
months after the warranty expires.
4) A return to paper filters. Oh my goodness,
does anyone use paper filters anymore? Yeah, I
freshly grind my beans just so I can strip out
all the coffee flavor by running it all through
paper! Good gosh.
This all being said, it brews an OK cup of
coffee. Not great, not terrible.
I would have happily continued on with my
Melitta had the latch not been such an issue,
though. And since Salton's support is so awful,
I decided to travel down a different road. This
one, not so good. Oh well."
- Actual review from Amazon.com
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