Philips Senseo HD7810/95 5-Cup Coffee Maker Review

The Senseo coffee maker makes good coffee, "two cups" at a time. Trouble is, these are small cups of coffee. For a respectable mug of coffee, you have to place one big mug under both spouts for a double portion. So it really only makes one cup at a time. The reservoir will fill to "5 cups" which is 2 and 1/2 cups of coffee. And, there's an internal reservoir where water sits. If you don't use the thing regularly, that water sits in there and stagnates. There is no way that I can figure out to drain that internal reservoir. You have to remember to flush the thing before making your coffee, which is inconvenient. The coffee I had was a dark roast and it's strong. I like coffee that way so it wasn't a problem for me but my family thought it was too strong. Presumably, there are other blends that are less robust. Another drawback is that the pods you use in it are expensive and I haven't seen them on sale at all in the four or so months that I've had the machine. Nor have I seen a coupon for them. So if you care about that, it's a definite drawback.

 Good coffee, unique machine. Fun toy. But the novelty wears off quickly. I'll stick to my Krups drip coffee maker that makes 12 cups.