Hamilton Beach Brew Station Review

My Hamilton Beach Brew Station is an excellent coffee maker.  I have had it about a five months now and use it everyday, sometimes for more than one pot.  The coffee never gets strong or bitter like I have found it to be in other coffee makers.  There is a very handy and easy to read gage on the front which tells you how much coffee is left in the pot.  I does not have a "sneak a cup" feature on it because it just does not need one.  Since you do not have to remove a coffee carafe you can just put your cup against the pour spout at any time.  I will warn you though that if you do that too early in the brewing process you just might get a really strong cup of coffee.  The Brew Station does have an automatic shut off which I like very much because forgetting to shut the coffee maker off is one of my many bad habits.  

However, the one big drawback is that it does not accommodate tall cups and it is very difficult to fill one even if you bring the machine all the way to the edge of the counter.  Then you have to hold on to the machine itself in order to have the cup press the bar that releases the coffee flow.