Cuisinart Coffee Maker, 12 Cup Programmable Drip, DCC-3000P1, Black

Our third Cuisinart Coffee Maker!
Nothing good ever lasts forever, sadly. And this is never more true with a mechanical device. But awesome design does last a lifetime and Cuisinart’s coffee maker is just such a design. Each of them have lasted around eight years – a small miracle these days – and they’ve made awesome coffee each and every day.Our current model is still doing fine but has developed a weird leak that leaves a small puddle underneath. I bought this current one as a back-up and because the Prime Day deal was too good to pass up. We won’t be unpacking the new one until the current one decides to give up.So what is so awesome about this coffeemaker? Well the coffee, obviously, to begin with. But more than that, it’s the single serve (with a small light over the dispenser) cup that stays hot for two hours before turning off the heater automatically. Coffee taken at the two hour mark is never burnt. Coffee taken at the three hour mark is still pretty hot and coffee taken the next morning still tastes awesome (though I like mine microwaved for a minute but my husband drinks it cold!).It is easy to clean – all the parts go in the dishwasher (well except the machine itself).You can use a metal filter or a metal filter with a disposal filter or just a disposal filter.The metal plate/grate under the coffee dispensing area catches any drips plus condensation from the machine (via a slot). This grate is removable to fill bigger “to-go” cups.The water bucket is removable to fill manually at the sink and also has a built-in device to hold a water filter if so desired.The water is heated to the correct temperature and then is dispensed via a “shower head” over the coffee grounds. Most coffee makers only have one hole but not this one!It’s programmable – you can set it up the night before with water and coffee grounds, set the timer and voila! Coffee will be hot and ready for you the next morning…My only quibble with this machine is that the first version we owned had a much better dial that showed how much coffee was left in the pot – the second (and now third) have a dial that is a little deceiving in that it’s square not oval. So halfway down means there’s only one cup left – not half of what was made.Overall, we’ve been so happy with this coffeemaker that we’ve bought three in the last 17 years and the third is just a back-up for when #2 finally gives up.

Best coffee maker I’ve ever had!
Coffee has never tasted so good! User friendly, high quality. I love not having a coffee pot to mess with. Like having a reservoir, simple to fill to desired amount. Quick brew & stays hot & ready to fill my cup as I need! Love this appliance!!!

My coffee maker suddenly broke so I read several consumer reports and this model was in most of them if not all of them, ranked No. 1 via one report from the official “Consumer Reports” brand.I was intrigued by the notion of no coffee pot. I thought it was a really nice-looking machine. But in theory, I felt like there would be more cleaning to do because the coffee is stored inside the machine in a reservoir, and I assumed it would be tricky to clean that out every day.I decided to just give it a shot. It arrived and right away, I thought it looked a lot more impressive than I’d expected. It’s a very sharp looking machine. Also, it keeps a pot of coffee hot longer than your typical coffee pot, in my experience. This is important to me as I drink coffee for hours after I wake up.First night, I set the coffee maker to brew a pot 10 minutes before I would be waking up. I got up that morning, came to my kitchen, viola. Fresh brewed coffee, no pot, just a convenient tab you press down like when you’re getting coffee in a hotel lobby.Have had it for about a week now. Cleaning the coffee filter out and the coffee reservoir (the chamber that holds the whole pot of coffee inside the machine, is much easier than I expected. Both the coffee filter and the coffee reservoir/chamber have convenient little handles, and they slide right out of there with ease. And then it’s really easy to rinse them.I can honestly say that so far, this coffee maker has been much better in general than I expected. It looks nicer than I expected, it’s easier to operate and clear than I anticipated, the coffee stays hotter and taste better than I’d expected.Really good buy here.

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