Cuisinart Grind and Brew - Thermal Coffee Maker Review

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redwoodred
Waterboro, ME

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The grinder crapped out the minute the warranty was up.

Practical

Pros

Can use with whole or ground beans, Nice looking, programmable, freshly-ground coffee, thermal carafe, Nice Design, You can also use ground coffee

Cons

Pricey - but NOT, Grinder does not work, loud

JUN

2008

I bought this because I had used my previous landlord's and it worked great. I am kind of a coffee snob, preferring whole bean that I grind myself and coffee that is pretty strong. Being able to wake up to coffee freshly ground AND brewed? Yep, I'm all for that. So, I purchased mine from Amazon.com. Even bought the gold filter inserts (what a pain to clean).
The timer worked, the grinder worked, it brews great, and as long as I make sure that everything is locked in tight before hitting 'brew' everything was aromatic, dude.
Then, one morning it didn't grind the beans. I used a grinder I already had to grind them, and just put them in the paper filter and it still brews the coffee. Everything else is fine but that.
And I'm pretty unhappy about that part.