There were things I didn't like about the machine. It didn't beep when it was done. It didn't beep before it shut itself off. It didn't have a cleaning button or remind me when it needed to be cleaned. All things my beloved Mr. Coffee did.
Yes, this machine was not my favorite, but now wasn't a good time for it to spring a leak. I started the coffee maker and my 12 cup pot only had 8 cups in it. The other 4 cups of water were on my kitchen counter. :-( Not cool.
I started shopping online for a new coffee maker before I remembered I had a coffee maker that I could use. Let's call it the backup coffee maker, although that's not quite accurate. I pulled that out and got it setup for the next morning. It didn't take long before I remembered why I disliked it. This was definitely a basic model without any bells and whistles. I went back to shopping for a new coffe maker.
It came down to two choices that would work for me, but they both had those cone filters. I prefer the flat bottom filter instead. I hesitated. My parents had the cone filter coffee maker and using it when I visited was a pain. I looked again, but again, it came down to the same two choices.
I went with this one:
What sold me on it: 14 cups! I could set it so the coffee would be hotter than usual (a setting for people who put milk in their coffee which is me!). It had the option for a four hour auto off instead of only two hours. It had the clean cycle with an alert when it was time to clean. It had the option to beep or not beep. (I like the beep!) And of course, it's programmable.
I've brewed one pot so far. I liked that my coffee was hot! The hot setting is a definite winner. The cone filter wasn't too bad on day one. We'll see on that. So far, it's looking like a win.
