Well, it is a cheap coffee machine...and was pretty much OK for about a year

I realize this is not an expensive machine, however this Coffee maker quit heating and brewing after only 4 months of use.

It does over-cook the coffee if left a couple hours, but I expect that is the nature of all cheap machines

(Unlike the hugely expensive Bunn machines, that you'd like to last awhile (though for me, that was just not the case.. hence this MrCoffee unit)

try lifting plastic top away from glass when you poor as

It makes a fast two c ups.