• Reviews around roast (2.44 of 5)

    Cuisinart DGB-700BC Grind & Brew 12 Cup Coffeemaker (Black/Brushed Chrome)

    • This is usually ok if you're using a light or medium roast, but with dark roasted beans which are often oilier, the beans do not travel toward the grinder easily
    • I normally like a dark roast and typically would prefer a 'strong' brew.
    • So I began experimenting and these are the ratios that I came up with when using a dark roast bean
    • She loves to brew her first cup in the morning with the fresh roasted beans.
    • We moved on to a Capresso, had to have one replaced because it clogged (I was told to use a different roast of bean, but what if I like dark roast coffee?
    • For years I've wasted money on nice coffee beans roasted locally, only to use the blade grinders which destroy the flavor.
    • We like very strong coffee and use a very sticky french-roasted bean
    • Handles the oily (dark roast) bean all right--just have to clean it every 4-5 days
    • You do have to clean out the grind chute every week or so, especially if you like an oily roast.
    • The machine manufacturer suggests that a lighter roast makes less dust but we have not found this to be true.
    • I've tried medium roast and dark roast beans of different brands and still - when we make it as directed - it's watery
    • It's a dark roast and when I set the brew control to match the number of cups of water the Cuisinart would brew me a pot of mud that would rival anything dredged out of the Mississippi river, regardless of what I set the brew strength to
    • I first tried a very dark Italian roast & my 2nd pot was tinted water because of the clogged chute
    • I normally like a dark roast and typically would prefer a 'strong' brew.
    • It beeps to tell you when the coffee is ready, as well as when the warmer plate shuts off :
    • , it'll work just as well as if you bothered to dry it.
    • Also the grinder is not as easy to clean as you are made to believe, if using a very moist coffee bean the grinds would end up caked in the grinding shoot and a brush would not get them out
    • Works exactly as you would expect.
    • The top easily lifts off to add the beans as well as to clean it.