The handful of days we were actually able to USE this coffeemaker, it brewed a poor cup of coffee; we grind our own beans every morning, and use bottled water to help brew the ideal cup

I may need to switch to grinding beans

I use a permanent gold filter and the only thing I watch out for is not grinding the beans too fine which can cause overflow because it brews so fast!

We grind our beans fresh each morning because we like the taste of good, strong coffee.

Then I grind my beans and pour them into the brew unit.. also handy and easily removable.

We grind our beans fresh each morning because we like the taste of good, strong coffee.

There are some great things about this coffee pot, but do not buy if you want (a) strong coffee or (b) to not have to clean up the counter every other day

Works as you would expect, keep that java flowing!

Second, if I put more than 3 tablespoons of ground coffee in the reusable basket, that I had to order on its own, tons of ground coffee gets blasted everywhere in the basket and water filter, as well as coming through into the coffee.

I have a Keurig coffee maker and as much as I love the convenience, the cost of buying k-cups daily is expensive and the coffee is not always as strong as in a coffee maker

The water reservoir is easy to clean as it comes off in a single unit to carry to the sink for a good, soapy wash.

Does not spread the water over the grains as well as it could, but not badly either.

The carafe fits snug into the housing, and prevents as good as it can to prevent any heat loss for the coffee dripping into it

The lid of the carafe could use some revamping to make it easier to clean as I have concerns about what could grow in it over

Being in a caraffe it does not burn and you can even heat the coffee up in the microwave and its as good as it was when first brewed.

This coffee seems just as good as with our slower machine, so they must have something with their claim to have hit the right temperature for the brew to enable them to do it faster