• Reviews around carafe (3.41 of 5)

    Bonavita 8-Cup One-Touch Coffee Maker Featuring Hanging Filter Basket and Thermal Carafe, BV1901PS

    • The insulated carafe (a joke) doesn’t even keep the coffee hot for long
    • But the carafe is a giant pain
    • This model has a stainless carafe that basically sucks and keeps the coffee warm at best
    • The stainless carafe keeps the coffee hot for at least an hour
    • The carafe is terrific.
    • The carafe doesn't keep the coffee hot, not even hot when it's done brewing, so how could it!!!
    • The carafe is frustrating in 2 ways; it pours poorly without its lid,and its volume doesn't match the reservoir.
    • Super simple to brew a pot of coffee and the carafe keeps the coffee nice and hot
    • The carafe doesn't keep coffee warm very long at all, even when pre-heated
    • The stainless steel carafe is NOT dishwasher safe.
    • The carafe with the lid on pours annoyingly slow, not just a little bit slow, at first you think it's you, but no, it's the design.
    • It evenly distributes water, and has no trouble with fresh coffee if the pause feature is usedThe bad: The carafe is very bad
    • I like the thermal carafe and it does make very good coffee.but....The carafe holds 2-3 more cups than the reservoir which holds about 8 cups.
    • Bonavita, the original with a glass lined, stainless thermal carafe (a poor design, because the glass almost always broke after a year or so)
    • The bad - the carafe is awful.
    • The carafe keeps the coffee hot & then stays warm for quite a while.
    • Very fast, the carafe is awesome and keeps the coffee hot for a very long time
    • The thermal carafe keeps it hot through breakfast and beyond
    • This makes a great cup of coffee but the stainless carafe doesn't keep it very hot for very long
    • However, the carafe doesn't keep the coffee hot past 15 minutes.
    • I just wish the carafe was dishwasher safe.
    • So: equipped with a good carafe, five stars
    • Carafe is sturdy but hard to empty due to design.
    • I've begun brewing coffee and then transferring to a better thermal carafe, this defeats the purpose of buying a coffee maker with a thermal carafe
    • Coffee is excellent, comes out very hot, stays hot n carafe and is delicious.
    • Maybe not a big deal to some, but the design doesn't work for us: You have to take off the carafe lid (great carafe, BTW) to brew coffee, then remove the carafe and basket to put the lid on, and it takes a bit of monkeying around to get it to do all that ... and at 3 or 4 in the morning when we're getting
    • The carafe doesn't keep the coffee really hot and the filters is its on top of the pot during the brewing process rather than sliding into a slot on the maker.
    • We love the thermal carafe
    • The thermal carafe is great-- you're going to end up with much hotter coffee than pots that use a heating element
    • Sadly, I am disappointed that the carafe doesn’t keep the coffee hotter.
    • (some of these really aren't "fair" because the product doesn't make any claims about them, but nonetheless the consumer might want to consider them.)--A rather awkward way of dealing with the grounds' basket (where does it go after brewing?)--Not the easier carafe and carafe lid to clean
    • The carafe is hard to clean and doesn't keep the coffee very hot anyways
    • Makes great coffee, the carafe is such a pain to clean though.
    • This machine quickly brews coffee and the carafe keeps it hot
    • I love that it’s BPA free and the thermal carafe kept our coffee very hot for a long time, but at the end of the day my husband refused to use it because it just took too long to make coffee and he has limited time in the mornings
    • The carafe, while attractive, has a smallish opening making it difficult to clean
    • Note from the manual, do not use harsh abrasive's to clean carafe
    • The thermal carafe is fantastic
    • I think the thermal carafe could use a heavier duty gasket, and/or greater insulator "construction" (ala our now defunct Cuisinart carafe) to keep brew hotter longer
    • It's a two-handed operation to remove the hot carafe - while balancing the coffee/filter unit
    • After dumping the hot water, you brew into the warmed carafe.
    • The carafe is great too; if a little hard to cleanWish there was a place to store the basket when not in use (see ATK review), and that it was all
    • The carafe keeps the coffee nice and hot for a long time
    • A few more disappointing features are that the wonderful carafe has sharp round plastic edges in the inside - it's easy to scratch up hands when cleaning the inside of the pot
    • Works wellGreat carafe
    • The carafe keeps the coffee hot enough for my wife for the first hour
    • Their customer support is no better that their carafe
    • Carafe keeps it relatively warm for a little while without creating that burned coffee taste
    • My one gripe is the carafe.
    • The carafe is incapable of pouring water without the top being screwed on
    • Thermal carafe keeps it hot for over an hour at least.
    • Carafe lid design is excellent, but Carafe’s thermal properties are deficient - coffee is lukewarm after 1/2 hour, even after warming carafe as advised in owner’s manual.
    • Simple, great carafe, coffee stays hot
    • I like the clear view of the reservoir, the coffee temp is right on, the carafe keeps it pretty hot, and I pretty much exclusively grind for each pot, with the pre-infusion feature
    • It brews coffee fast and the carafe keeps it hot for a good while
    • Carafe is useless also
    • For this price point, I sure hope that the manufacturer hears this feedback and comes up with a better carafe.
    • Stainless carafe keeps coffee hot for hours
    • It's not perfect, the carafe could use some improvements, like keeping it warmer longer and be easier to pour.
    • The design is strange and the carafe hard to clean.
    • I could just make smaller pots or make the late riser crew make their own, but an improved carafe would work, too.
    • Carafe keeps coffee warm for les than 20 min
    • The thermal carafe keeps the coffee hot (I only need it to stay hot for 20-30 minutes).
    • The carafe is my only complaint
    • Second, the engineers must have been tricksters and had fun designing the carafe
    • The carafe is very difficult to clean thoroughly if you have moderately large hands
    • The carafe keeps the coffee warm, and it's easy to clean.
    • The carafe is awful
    • I do like the stainless steel carafe which keeps the coffee hot longer than using the glass carafe.
    • Proof is in the pudding.- Carafe is terrible
    • Plus the carafe keeps the coffee warm for hours
    • You literally have to vigorously shake the carafe to get the last bit of water out after pre-heating it or washing/rinsing
    • It brews fast and makes piping hot coffee that the carafe keeps warm for hours
    • The stainless steel carafe is heavy, well built and keeps the coffee warm while not over cooking it as there is no hot plate under it
    • Ugh, that damn carafe
    • Carafe is excellent also.
    • Only complaint the carafe doesn't stay hot long enough.
    • makes great coffee, the carafe keeps it warm for a long time
    • Now, the bottom has literally come off the crappy carafe!
    • Unit is FAST, and the carafe keeps temp great.
    • Carafe is hard to clean by hand if you have large hands
    • carafe keeps the coffee hot, plus it has a stopper in it's drip basket
    • In addition I dropped the carafe and shattered it.
    • However the carafe is very disappointing
    • GREAT COFFEE VERY TIME AND THE CARAFE KEEPS IT WARM LONGER.
    • The carafe is a design nightmare
    • Which unfortunately is one of the better steel carafes on the market - and I've gone through a bunch of them
    • Brews a great hot carafe of coffee!
    • I usually only make 4 cups though so the carafe would probably be more efficient if it were more full.
    • The "thermal" carafe doesn't keep the coffee hot for very long
    • And, frankly speaking, this carafe is useless for keeping fluids warm for any length of time
    • Not putting hot coffee into a cold carafe makes sense anyway.
    • Note that I do prefer the glass carafe.
    • Also a great feature is the insulated stainless carafe so the coffee retains its best flavor.
    • but I found the carafe didn't keep the coffee hot for a time.
    • Is heats up very quickly and the thermal carafe keeps the coffee warm for a few hours.
    • This coffeemaker has a stainless steel carafe.
    • Love that the carafe keeps the coffee warm for so long (hours)
    • The coffee is consistently good and the carafe keeps it hot for a long time.
    • The carafe even with spout top also does not keep coffee as hot for as long as other less bulky containers
    • Doesn't sound like a lot, but it just strikes me as odd that this carafe is so terrible at pouring coffee.
    • The carafe keeps it warm and the second cup is as good as the first
    • Carafe keeps coffee warm for several hours
    • Maybe I'd feel differently if I'd bought the stainless steel carafe.
    • This brewer serves it up hot and the carafe is great at keeping it warm
    • The carafe keeps the coffee warm for a long time
    • The only improvement I would like to see is a better carafe
    • the carafe is terrible and so is their customer service
    • Cons: as other reviewers have mentioned, the carafe is not as good at keeping the coffee hot for hours.
    • After washing, you need to shake the carafe while upside down to get most of the liquid out.
    • I chose the newest model, which has an improved carafe.
    • We use the carafe that came with it as a second pot for company, since our old thermal carafe keeps the coffee hot longer (and the basket fits just fine on it)
    • The company also changed from a real glass vacuum carafe to a cheaper double wall "air" insulated carafe which does not keep the coffee as hot as the original.
    • Finally, the thermal carafe doesn't keep coffee hot for very long and is hard to empty unless you hold it completely upended.
    • Carafe is not worth two dead flies as it is slow to pour and doesn't keep coffee warm for long even if prewarmed
    • The carafe is not the best we've had for keeping the coffee warm longer than an
    • The carafe is the most poorly designed carafe I have ever used.
    • The stainless steel carafe is just great for keeping the coffee fresh andready to drink
    • I'm almost tempted to drop a star for the almost unforgivably bad carafe that's attached to such a fantastic coffee brewer, but since the end result is great coffee, I'll keep the rating at 5*.First, I got this over the OXO 9 cup maker, because it made the closest to true pourover coffee according to wirecutter.com and other reviewers, though they warned the carafe was awful
    • I address the last point by filling the carafe with very hot water to warm it up before starting the brewing
    • , rinse the carafe, dump the filter & rinse the holder, enjoy really good coffee
    • It's a fine carafe, I guess, it keeps coffee hot long enough for my own purposes, but I agree with other reviewers that point out that it pours sloooooowly and
    • The Carafe doesn't keep coffee hot very long
    • The stainless steel carafe worked well
    • The carafe is about the best I've held and seems sturdy and the unit is easy to use
    • Carafe doesn't keep coffee hot either, not happy for price paid
    • I do agree, the carafe is hard to drain completely but a clean dry dish towel works
    • Urnex Cafiza Professional Espresso Machine Cleaning Powder 566 grams cleans the inside of the stainless steel carafe very well (like new).Do some research on the grind coarseness and coffee to water ratio.
    • My carafe quickly loses heat
    • For the price, this needs to be an awesome brewer and carafe
    • Would rate 5 stars except that the carafe is nearly impossible to empty the last of coffee/water from
    • Like the brewer hate the carafe
    • I also love that the carafe keeps coffee hot for hours on end (12 hours
    • And the stainless steel carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours and you won't break that carafe when you wash it.
    • For example the thermal carafe isn't well thought out
    • Absolutely love this coffee maker just warm up the carafe first
    • We eliminated the Redline as we like the stainless carafe over a glass carafe and hot plate
    • The carafe keeps coffee warm for quite a while, but it is difficult (read: friggin' impossible) to drain the last bit of coffee out of the carafe
    • The carafe is fine for keeping coffee hot long enough for us to finish the pot
    • Pretty unimpressed considering the price - the carafe would be really wonderful if it wasn't falling apart.
    • The carafe is just awful.
    • my 12 cup (this is 8 cup) terribly though -Carafe keeps coffee hot/warm 'forever' -Carafe dribbles w/o lid, filling resevour is messy
    • Makes great coffee and carafe is nice.
    • This brewer does not have a carafe warmer, so once it's brewed, you only have the carafe to keep it warm.
    • Agree with other reviews that design of stainless carafe should be improved as you nearly have to invert it to pour last of the coffee.
    • The stainless carafe is good, but rather heavy.
    • Like the brewer hate the carafe
    • Like the carafe as far as keeping coffee hot
    • Much cheaper coffeemakers make a much better and hotter cup of coffee, and the carafe is very hard to pour and it doesn't keep the lukewarm coffee warm at all.
    • The carafe it comes with keeps the coffee very hot for quite a long time without changing the flavor
    • The carafe DOES NOT keep the coffee hot it might be considered lukewarm at best
    • Carafe doesn't keep coffee hot either, not happy for price paid
    • I do agree, the carafe is hard to drain completely but a clean dry dish towel works
    • Into a cold carafe
    • very good coffee brewer but heavy carafe.
    • The carafe didn't keep the coffee warm for as long as I expected
    • I have another stainless steel carafe that keeps liquids hot for hours, but in buying this system I was trying to avoid having to pour from one carafe into another, etc.
    • The carafe keeps the coffee hot for 2-3 hours if pre-heated.
    • That said, the carafe was pretty horrible as it always kept flavors, and you always needed to put on the lid to properly pour from it otherwise you’d spill coffee everywhere
    • Makes a good cup of coffee, but the water reservoir is too small (the carafe can hold a bit more) and the carafe is impossible to pour from without the cap, so you can't use it to fill the reservoir
    • This makes steamy hot coffee and the carafe keeps it hot for an hour or more
    • The one weakness is the carafe, it's difficult to get the last half cup of coffee
    • After a week of using it, the carafe is leaking
    • The carafe without the lid is incapable of pouring without lots of coffee dripping down the side
    • Note: I won't fault the carafe for carafe for holding back about 1/8 of a cup as this seems standard for insulated carafes
    • Somehow, some imbecile designed the carafe on a computer and never tested the design a single time before it went into production
    • Also, the carafe is AMAZING!
    • The carafe keeps coffee drinkably hot for about an hour and a half
    • We love the insulated carafe
    • The carafe must be washed by hand, understandable yet annoying, and the water tank is attached to the base of the unit so there is no way to clean it.
    • It does make good coffee and the carafe keeps things hot for hours
    • I would give it 5 stars, but the carafe is a pain-in-the-neck; it pours glacially slowly.
    • The carafe just does not keep the coffee hot
    • The thermal carafe is not so great either
    • The thermal carafe is a little awkward and heavy for me (a lady of some years), but it does keep the coffee hot for hours.
    • Carafe is difficult to use without the spout top and with the spout top leaves a significant amount of coffee behind
    • However, the carafe was worse than I had imagined, even after reading other reviews that criticized the carafe
    • Carafe is not the best design if you want to pour the last drop; not too bad
    • The carafe is very hard to drain after cleaning, there is always some amount of liquid left in it due to the design.
    • Ironic because the big sell of this product is that it heats up coffee for brewing better than other coffee makers, but then it turns around and ruins it with a totally useless carafe
    • It may heat water faster and up to the right temperature than others, but you will never know this because the minute those first few tablespoons of heated coffee hit the cold carafe it starts to cool down instantaneously
    • But, I'd really like that carafe to keep the coffee hot for a while longer.
    • The carafe is sturdy, able to withstand normal bumps and knocks and small drops.
    • The carafe, basket, and lid work together like co-workers who function okay as a team most of the time but who complain a lot and probably never hang out on the weekends - they have different interests, maybe one pulls more weight (carafe
    • The carafe would probably do well with a different design so you can get all the coffee
    • I chose a thermal carafe because I don't like the burned flavor of coffee after it has been sitting on a warmer.
    • Plus, the stainless steel carafe is terrible!!!
    • Pain the neck to set up, coffee was horrible and NEVER hot enough even if I warmed the carafe before brewing, must remove filter portion and attach carafe lid before you can even pour your first cup.
    • The carafe keeps coffee hot for a couple hours (and we're not using electricity to keep a pot warm)!
    • The thermal carafe is sloppy when pouring; both pouring the water into the tank and when pouring brewed coffee into a cup.
    • Only complaint the carafe doesn't stay hot long enough.
    • The carafe is good for an hour if you want very hot coffee, two if you're okay with kind of hot, but getting lukewarm
    • Coffee brews quickly and hot, and stays hot thanks to the stainless carafe.
    • A tiny carafe that's difficult to pour from, and it doesn't seem to keep the coffee very warm after an hour
    • There is no warming plate, and the carafe keeps it hot without the eventual nasty "fried" coffee taste/smell
    • The carafe however, is terrible
    • It keeps the coffee nice and hot for a very long period of time.- Carafe begins staining quickly and messes with the coffee flavors
    • The carafe has a plastic top that either the brewer basket sits in or the pour top screws onto
    • The stainless insulated carafe does not keep the coffee hot for as long as our previous Capresso unit, but it is adequate.
    • The carafe sucks the life out of what little heat there is
    • And you can't sneak out the carafe for a quick pour because there is nothing holding the filter basket in place
    • " do not clean the thermal carafe in a dishwasher or immerse it completely in water."
    • Fail is the thermal carafe
    • It's not perfect, the carafe could use some improvements, like keeping it warmer longer and be easier to pour.
    • However, the comments about the stainless carafe are true, does not keep hot and is a bit messy to use.
    • I'm not wild about the all-stainless carafe (coffee seems to stain and develop foul flavors when exposed to it long term), but it can always be replaced by a glass decanter of appropriate height
    • but, like others have stated, the carafe is lousy
    • I have only one complaint, the carafe is terrible
    • Love this Coffee Brewer but wish the carafe kept the coffee hotter and longer.
    • I like the clear view of the reservoir, the coffee temp is right on, the carafe keeps it pretty hot, and I pretty much exclusively grind for each pot, with the pre-infusion feature
    • The coffee is cold, too many stupid parts and the carafe is so disfunctional.
    • Thermal carafe keeps coffee hot
    • My only wish for improvement is that the carafe kept ccoffee warmer a little longer-but all the other ones we have tried don't keep it longer either.
    • Much better if you pre warm The Carafe.
    • I'm taking off a star for the very badly designed carafe
    • Accurate water temperature control, fast brewing, excellent insulated thermal carafe.
    • Really dislike the carafe!
    • Carafe keeps it relatively warm for a little while without creating that burned coffee taste
    • And the carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours (it's like magic)
    • The thermal carafe stays hot all day and is even a little warm the next morning
    • I have a trusty Nissan Thermos carafe that will keep coffee ungodly hot all day, and it will still be somewhat warm the next morning
    • The model with the glass carafe had a cheap feeling ground hopper but the insulated carafe is great all the way around
    • The insulated carafe keeps coffee fresh and hot for at least 4 hours
    • Brews quickly and the stainless steel carafe keeps the coffee warmer than a glass one.
    • The carafe keeps the coffee hot for a good 3 hours as long as the lid is screwed on shortly after brewing finishes
    • However, my carafe just cracked after six months of careful use, and I am very frustrated trying to find a replacement.
    • As others have mentioned, the thermal carafe spout is painfully slow
    • The stainless steel carafe keeps it hot, so I only drink half a cup at a time
    • I went back and forth over whether I wanted a coffee maker with a glass carafe or a stainless steel thermal carafe, and while I could see the pros and cons of both, I ultimately opted for the glass carafe, in part because my wife and I almost never let our coffee sit long enough to get cold
    • Sometimes I take the stainless steel carafe with me in my car as it is like a nice thermos
    • it makes a mess on the cabinet when pouring from the stainless carafe
    • It's simple and easy to clean, although the carafe has coffee stains that I haven't been able to remove.
    • The carafe keeps the coffee HOT for hours!
    • On the good news front, the carafe is nice.
    • This could be a positive to some folks though.-since the carafe lid must be detached while brewing, if you wait too long to remove the filter basket and grinds, your coffee seems to loose temp more quickly than if you place the carafe lid on immediately-when you remove the filter basket and the used grinds, you will need to place it on something to soak up the drips since it will continue to drip a bit
    • The carafe was clean and dry from cleaning the previous day
    • The carafe keeps the coffee hot
    • Carafe (soft of)The carafe seems to be an afterthought.
    • The carafe IS a thermos, better than the regular Bonavita stainless carafe that looks like a thermos but isnt.
    • The carafe keeps it hot but not quite as hot as I would like it.
    • Besides, the carafe is uncomfortable because it is almost impossible to pour away all the coffee contained in it
    • I also find that the carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours
    • The thermal carafe is probably not the best, we measured a loss of 18 degree centigrade every hour hence after 2 hours the temperature is not high enough since you start from around 80oC.Main issue was that if you brew only one or two cups, then the thermal caraffe will not work unless you heat it up with hot water before : your coffee will get lukewarm just to heat up the carafe
    • (some of these really aren't "fair" because the product doesn't make any claims about them, but nonetheless the consumer might want to consider them.)--A rather awkward way of dealing with the grounds' basket (where does it go after brewing?)--Not the easier carafe and carafe lid to clean
    • The carafe IS difficult to pour from unless the lid is screwed on (I've ended up with coffee all over my counter twice), but the lid is very easy to screw on and off
    • The carafe is the downfall of this coffee maker
    • My only complaint is the carafe...for which I would not purchase this item again
    • Stainless steel carafe makes coffee taste different, get the one with the glass carafe.
    • One comment, others have said they did not like the carafe
    • The carafe is nice, though, in my experience, it doesn't keep the coffee hot for more than 3-4 hours
    • As much as I liked it, I ended up returning it because an eight cup capacity was just a tad bit too small for us and the carafe was rather unwieldy
    • ..the carafe performs as well as most.
    • Carafe keeps coffee warm for at least 8 hours
    • Only wish the cord was a bit longer and the carafe was easier to clean inside
    • No bells or whistles outside of the nice stainless carafe, but it makes an amazing cup of coffee
    • Finally a coffee maker I can use at home that gets the coffee to the right temp, and keeps it there in a really nice SS carafe.
    • I understand the complaint that the carafe is difficult to clean.
    • The carafe also doesn't keep it as warm as l like it for long.
    • Unlike a glass carafe, this stainless steel carafe makes it impossible to see how much coffee is left.
    • Carafe doesn't keep coffee hot enough.
    • The carafe only keeps the coffee "warm" for about 2 hours.
    • My biggest gripe is the thermal carafe
    • The carafe keeps the coffee hot enough for my purposes
    • I don't like the taste of coffee from a stainless carafe, so
    • I didn't like the carafe much.
    • The stainless carafe keeps coffee drinkable for 2-3 hours
    • This would be at least a four star coffeemaker if not for the lousy carafe; it keeps the coffee hot about fifteen minutes
    • The carafe doesn't keep the coffee hot, not even hot when it's done brewing, so how could it!!!
    • the carafe keeps the coffee hot for a reasonable length of time
    • The carafe is easy to wash
    • The insulated carafe (a joke) doesn’t even keep the coffee hot for long
    • Not having a heating plate to keep the carafe warm was a concern, but it is now negated
    • The stainless steel carafe is AWFUL.
    • The carafe keeps the coffee plenty hot through two cups, which is all I drink at one sitting- anything else I put in fridge for iced coffee later (so I don't know if it keeps coffee super hot longer).
    • The thermal carafe keeps the coffee hot for awhile -- half an hour or so
    • I couldn't tell the different between my old $50 Cuisinart and this one), and the thermal carafe is good but not great (keeps coffee pretty hot)
    • The carafe doesn't keep the coffee warm - after about 3 hours it is to room temp.
    • The Carafe gets some dings in other reviews, and for the most part I do not mind it, keeps the coffee hot enough for up to an hour or so
    • Went to lift it and the handle became unattached from the stainless carafe
    • The carafe was always kind of a pain because the spout was poorly designed, but you can't win them all
    • A better thermal carafe than I had with a Mellita.
    • so I always have a bit of water left in the clean carafe
    • distributionmakes a good smooth cup of coffeeCONS:horrible carafe that doesn't pour well or keep coffee that warmseems to need more ground coffee than any machine I've used.
    • First, several reviewers felt the carafe did not keep the coffee hot
    • The issue is the carafe.
    • The carafe fails to keep the coffee hot for very long
    • It make s great cup of coffee in record time and the carafe!
    • The carafe keeps coffee hot for a couple of hours
    • Just remember not to put a hot glass carafe under running cold water, or a cold carafe inter hot water
    • I like the coffee that this makes, but I won't buy another one now because the carafe simply does not keep the coffee hot for more than 10 minutes.
    • The thermal carafe does not keep the coffee hot, it degrades in temperature quite quickly.
    • (even from pre-ground coffee, it's noticeably better than what my $100 Cuisinart made.)--fast brewing (probably 5-6 minutes for the entire pot.)--very nice thermal carafe; keeps coffee hot for about 1.5 hours and drinkably warm (my opinion) for about 3-4 hours.--small footprint--auto turn off; never worry that you left it on, because you can't!Cons:
    • While the coffee tastes great, the thermal carafe is terrible
    • The carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours and hours.
    • Carafe is nice but overall the coffee maker is not worth the extra money.
    • The carafe keeps my coffee hot for hours.
    • However, it is equipped with a lousy carafe
    • Good brewer, poor carafe
    • The carafe keeps the coffee warm for a long time - at least 30 minutes to an hour, haven't tried it after that
    • Makes great coffee, however the carafe is terrible
    • Thermal carafe keeps hot, but is a little too heavy.
    • The brewer itself is great, just horrible carafe.
    • Ended up replacing the carafe with a 6 cup Chemex and throwing out the plastic brew basket and "stainless" steel carafe.
    • Carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours
    • Since there is no hot plate to keep hot, there is no electricity consumed/needed since the carafe keeps the coffee perfectly hot for hours, and turns off immediately after brewing is complete.2
    • One more issue to consider on the stainless steel carafe is the water waste
    • However, the carafe is terrible
    • The carafe is awesome
    • The massively insulated carafe keeps it hot for about an hour or so
    • BUT...the carafe is a joke, doesn't keep the coffee hot for more than 3-5 minutes
    • The carafe keep the coffee HOT for 2 hours and very warm for 3
    • The biggest issue is the carafe, but Bonavita now has a 8-cup glass insulated carafe that plays the part a lot better
    • The carafe will keep the coffee fairly hot for a just a couple of hours; if you need longer than that, I would suggest transferring the coffee to a good thermal carafe
    • The carafe will keep the coffee fairly hot for a just a couple of hours; if you need longer than that, I would suggest transferring the coffee to a good thermal carafe
    • The carafe never worked to keep coffee hot.
    • but it is so hard to clean the carafe
    • The carafe is attractive and moderately insulating, but the internal design is poor
    • My carafe now leaks also when it's filled with 8 cups and you're pouring.
    • Even if you preheat it with hot water and then brew a full 8 cups it won't stay hot nearly as long as other insulated carafes and mugs
    • For instance, there's no heated surface to keep the carafe warm
    • I was forewarned that the carafe was difficult to empty and that the coffee did not stay hot
    • Not only does this brewer make excellent coffee, the brilliant thermal carafe keeps it hot without scorching it for a very long time.
    • Coffee flavor was good but the carafe kept the coffee warm (not even hot ) for a maximum of 30 minutes .
    • the coffee maker makes a good cup of coffee.. but after a while it tastes nasty because the carafe is nasty
    • The stainless thermal carafe is nice looking, however, it does not keep coffee warm at all; regardless of how full or empty it is.
    • The carafe keeps the coffee perfectly warm for a long time, and the heating plate does not burn the coffee - it is a WONDERFUL feature
    • The carafe keeps the coffee perfectly warm for a long time, and the heating plate does not burn the coffee - it is a WONDERFUL feature
    • It makes decent coffee, but I'm not used to: the heavier carafe and the spout (lid) doesn't pour very well.
    • But I did not like the thermal carafe because it was hard to clean
    • The carafe keeps the coffee warm a long time.
    • Love the coffee maker but not the carafe
    • Coffee flavor was good but the carafe kept the coffee warm (not even hot ) for a maximum of 30 minutes .
    • I clean the carafe in the dishwasher by putting it upside down on the top rack.
    • This coffee maker brewed an excellent cup of coffee and the carafe kept it hot for 3-4 hours
    • The carafe is very hard to clean, I can barely get my hand in, it retains coffee after a batch is brewed (Getting the last bit of brewed coffee out is like mining for gold), pouring coffee out of the pot without the lid on is just a mess, and the carafe never fully dries out
    • The carafe is as heavy as lead.
    • The carafe keeps the coffee warm for a long time, too.
    • Makes good coffee but carafe doesn't keep coffee warm all that long
    • Insulated carafe keeps the brew hot for over two hours.
    • __ carafe in 2 to 4 cup portions - works very well for that
    • The carafe keeps coffee hot all day.
    • Made great coffee, carafe was terrible
    • I had previously purchased a Mr. Coffee with a stainless carafe that leaked everywhere after 6 months and had the worst pouring accuracy of any pot I have ever seen
    • If you don't mind the clunky carafe and the smaller capacity, Bonavita is great
    • Just take the extra two mins to warm up the carafe and it's fine!
    • The carafe is very good and the clean-up is very simple
    • The brewer itself is great, just horrible carafe.
    • Some people, like me, are sensitive to the flavor that is produced using a stainless steel carafe
    • The only cons I've found so far are the carafe is hard to pour from with out the included lid
    • Good brewer, poor carafe
    • After reading the negative reviews of the stainless carafe, I opted for the glass pot
    • would give five stars but having to use a papertowel everytime to dry out carafe is annoying
    • The only downside with the Bonavita is the carafe, which has a poorly designed spout that spills water when I fill the water reservoir
    • The carafe is still usable so we make our coffee in our trusty 12 year old Cuisinart and pour it into the carafe.
    • Just updating my review.....still hate the carafe SOOOO Much,
    • The carafe is cool to the touch, both bottom and sides.
    • BUT, the carafe is a disappointment
    • The carafe keeps coffee warm for around an hour and is certainly a better option than alternative heated glass systems
    • I love the stainless steel carafe that keeps the coffee hot for
    • Downside, the carafe was a 90 degree lip on the
    • In fact it doesn't stay hot for 1 hour.(88-90 degrees after 1 hour)The Stainless Steel Carafe is not lined
    • The thermal carafe is the worst I've ever had - it only keeps coffee warm for a couple of hours
    • Better coffee than our old coffee maker made, but that steel, thermal carafe is great
    • Unfortunately, I dropped the carafe, the plastic rim cracked and am debating whether to buy a new one.
    • I would microwave a pitcher of hot water and pour it into the carafe to temper the container in an attempt to get the insulated carafe hot before brewing the coffee.
    • The Bonavita definitely delivers!Regarding the stainless steel carafe, I have read some negative reviews on it.
    • The carafe IS HORRID
    • The carafe simply doesn't keep the coffee hot for longer than a few minutes.
    • Additionally, the "thermal carafe" is as effective at keeping the brewed coffee as well as pouring the coffee into a Coke bottle does
    • The carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours
    • My husband loves the taste and quality of the coffee he gets from this machine, and loves having a carafe again that makes it so easy to pour a second or third cup of coffee from the same brewed pot.
    • The carafe has been redesigned and doesn't trap some of the coffee/rinsing water inside like the older design.
    • Like others, I wasn't too into the weird thermos carafe it came with -- it's a bit
    • distributionmakes a good smooth cup of coffeeCONS:horrible carafe that doesn't pour well or keep coffee that warmseems to need more ground coffee than any machine I've used.
    • Second, the carafe literally keeps the coffee warm for all of 10 minutes
    • The biggest issue with the coffee maker is the stainless steel carafe as many people have complained about excess coffee or water being trapped in the carafe due to poor design
    • Makes good tasting coffee however, the carafe has issues
    • The carafe keep coffee hot adequately, but other maker's carafes (Zojirushi) keep the coffee hot longer
    • The carafe keeps the coffee hot for as long as it takes me to drink it
    • The Pros: This carafe keeps coffee hot for at least 3 hours if not more like 5.
    • how come this Bonavita is the first one I've tried in my 26 years of drinking coffee that does it right?I was also skeptical that the unheated thermal carafe would keep the coffee as hot as reviewers say.
    • The thermal carafe keeps it HOT, with not more gross heating plate.
    • now it works just as great as when it was new.
    • I read some reviews which said that the coffee doesn't come out hot enough/ stay warm in the carafe, but I've brewed a pot of coffee, poured about half of it into cups, and came back an hour later to refill them, and the coffee in the carafe was still just as hot as when it was brewed.
    • I've used other percolators, including nice expensive ones, but never found the coffee to be as good as from a Keurig or Aeropress
    • In addition, the coffee does not takes a good as from my 8 year old Cuisinart coffee maker
    • Thus, the coffee didn’t taste as good as it could.
    • This replaced a $300 dollar European coffemaker and is just as good as for less than half the price.
    • The carafe does a good job of keeping the coffee warm but not as hot as when it comes out of the machine.
    • The coffee doesn't seem to stay as hot as in our old one.
    • Not as great as it was rated
    • I would say if you're going to invest the money, pick up a grinder as well as it has made all the difference.
    • If coffee temperature is a concern, then I think there are coffee brewers out there with carafes that offer much better insulation, such as the Zojirushi EC-YSC100, available for the same amount of money
    • Most of the aroma should be going in the carafe so that your finished product tastes as good as it can.
    • For the short time my coffee sits in the carafe it stays nearly as hot as when I made it
    • I have owned you most in-expensive models and spent more based on widely regarded reviewer sources as well as from consumer reviews found on sites such as this one and found this little gem to give the biggest bang for the buck
    • Everything works as it should, and I am uber excited to have a pre-infusion mode to allow the coffee to bloom
    • After 4 months it doesn’t keep the coffee as warm after 20 minutes(so not as hot as when it was first bought).
    • now it works just as great as when it was new.
    • I read some reviews which said that the coffee doesn't come out hot enough/ stay warm in the carafe, but I've brewed a pot of coffee, poured about half of it into cups, and came back an hour later to refill them, and the coffee in the carafe was still just as hot as when it was brewed.
    • I've used other percolators, including nice expensive ones, but never found the coffee to be as good as from a Keurig or Aeropress
    • In addition, the coffee does not takes a good as from my 8 year old Cuisinart coffee maker
    • Thus, the coffee didn’t taste as good as it could.
    • This replaced a $300 dollar European coffemaker and is just as good as for less than half the price.
    • The carafe does a good job of keeping the coffee warm but not as hot as when it comes out of the machine.
    • The coffee doesn't seem to stay as hot as in our old one.
    • Not as great as it was rated
    • I would say if you're going to invest the money, pick up a grinder as well as it has made all the difference.
    • If coffee temperature is a concern, then I think there are coffee brewers out there with carafes that offer much better insulation, such as the Zojirushi EC-YSC100, available for the same amount of money
    • Most of the aroma should be going in the carafe so that your finished product tastes as good as it can.
    • For the short time my coffee sits in the carafe it stays nearly as hot as when I made it
    • I have owned you most in-expensive models and spent more based on widely regarded reviewer sources as well as from consumer reviews found on sites such as this one and found this little gem to give the biggest bang for the buck
    • Everything works as it should, and I am uber excited to have a pre-infusion mode to allow the coffee to bloom
    • After 4 months it doesn’t keep the coffee as warm after 20 minutes(so not as hot as when it was first bought).
    • great coffee, easy clean, right temp (195-205 F), would not own another!