Jura / Capresso CoffeeTEAM Therm #455 10-Cup Coffee Maker & Grinder Review

I had used a burr grinder for a few years and considered it a quality product but it was still a pain to grind, transfer the coffee to the coffeemaker, and clean out both machines. When the grinder broke down, I decided to try this combination.

It is easy to mis-assemble the several parts of this machine, and if it is not put together just right, it either won't grind or won't brew. However, after a few tries I found it easy to put the thing together properly, and have never had a failure since. I suspect if I had bothered to watch the enclosed DVD, I could have avoided those early failures!

The coffee could be a little stronger. Their "strong" seems quite average to me. It is possible to set the grinder for a larger amount of coffee than the amount of water you put in, which will make the coffee stronger, but it does seem this should not be necessary on a high cost machine.

The thermal carafe does a nice job of keeping the coffee hot for a couple of hours (as long as I have ever cared to check it for).

 My worst complaints are that there is no bypass doser to allow easy switches of decaf and caffeinated beans, and that the bean supply has to be kept quite full or the beans just sit there and do not feed into the grinder properly.

I find this makes a nice cup of coffee, keeps it hot without burning it, and is easy to clean and maintain. I am pleased.