Cuisinart DTC-975BKN 12 cup coffee maker
Amidst carafe-less designs, there are still easy to use and improved versions of coffeemakers with carafes. One such example is Cuisinart's 12-cup programmable thermal coffeemaker. Its easy to use features are put together in an elegant black or white stainless steel exterior design.
Like modern carafe-less coffeemakers, this thermal coffeemaker is programmable for up to 24 hours. As the name suggests, this coffeemaker can serve up to twelve cups of coffee.
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Key Features
What are the features of a 12-cup programmable thermal coffemaker? Here they are:
- It can brew 12 cups of coffee at one time.
- It has an insulated, double-walled carafe, made of stainless steel.
- The coffeemaker is fully automatic.
- The thermal coffemaker can be paused in midcycle.
- It is programmable up to 24 hours.
- Pour-through lid makes it easy to pour the coffee.
Advantages
Consumers love the fact that the Cuisinart 12-cup programmable thermal coffemaker is performing as it should: it seals in the heat and the freshness. As a result, the brewed coffee is fresh, hot and flavorful. Coffee in the carafe can also stay hot for hours after the brew. This is exactly how a coffee lover wants it.
Having to go to the coffee shop to respond to a coffee craving can get really expensive. It is great to be able to make tasty coffee all the time, using a coffeemaker that can go for $150 or less, after discounts. This Cuisinart offering is also the only thermal coffeemaker that can actually fill up to 12 cups. Most thermal coffeemakers max out at 10 cups per brew. Some consumers are even able to bring along this handy and useful coffeemaker in their trips via RV. Others are pleased that it has the patented tilt and pour carafe.
Users do not have to remove the carafe to pour the coffee. The convenience and portability offered by the thermal coffeemaker makes it score points to coffee lovers. Another plus to the Cuisinart 12-cup programmable thermal coffeemaker is that it is already quite rare for a product to actually perform as was advertised. The true-to-hype performance makes this particular coffeemaker trustworthy.
Disadvantages
While there are a lot of features that consumers love about the Cuisinart thermal coffeemaker, they all do not last long enough. According to consumers, it is rare, if not downright impossible, for a Cuisinart thermal coffeemaker to last beyond two years without any problems.
There are units that start beeping even though there is no brewed coffee ready to be poured. Even the looks are marred after just a few washes. The markings can be removed by soap and water. So, you have to memorize just where to press when you want to do something with your coffeemaker. Some who were initially ecstatic about this particular thermal coffeemaker are sad that though a great product, the Cuisinart unit just not last long enough to look good and work well.
There are also some complaints about the shape of the carafe. Filters that can fit into the oblong shaped carafe are the more expensive ones. Consumers, especially coffee lovers, would have loved a coffeemaker that allows the use of cheaper filters.
Pros:- easy to use
- convenient pouring
- portability
- keeps coffee fresh and flavorful
- midcycle pouring cancels the wait
- elegant style
Cons:- easy to wear down
- erasable markings
- not so user friendly/recommended to those experienced with thermal coffeemakers
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