I am using more fresh ground coffee beans by a long shot than I did with my other thermal carafe coffee maker and its still weak.

The machine pressure processes coffee through the filter basket, extracting the best of your fresh grounds beans within 3 minutes.

We tried grinding the beans finer and continued to clean all the pieces

I'm picky about my coffee but as much as a snob I think I am adding cream and sugar negates any test of what this does to freshly ground beans

I grind my own beans, so the taste is important to me, and I didn't think it would be so different, but it's vastly improved from my old coffee maker (which was also Mr. Coffee, but even though I cleaned it frequently, 14 years of use is 14 years of use.

We're pretty fussy about coffee, buy good beans online and grind our own, and there's always going to be a bit of trial and error with a different brewer

A big old red can of Folgers tastes better out of this machine than the finest bean out of my last Mr. Coffee.

We're pretty fussy about coffee, buy good beans online and grind our own, and there's always going to be a bit of trial and error with a different brewer

I tried grinding my own beans, and that resulted in a very good cup of coffee but a terrible mess with ground everywhere (yes, the water filter was in place and correctly mounted).

: We roast our own beans, grind them on the FINE setting in a burr grinder that auto measures for the number of cups you're brewing

It does brew a little hotter than my old Mr. Coffee and consequently seems to extract a little more flavor from my freshly ground beans

Espresso/Continental (darker roasted beans, NOT black) is SUPPOSED to be concentrated in a shot

I can drink my coffee now without fear of something swimming in it before I'm up to have my first cup!Good to note! if you use a papeer filter with very finely ground beans like Bustello, you will get a muddy consistency that will not brew right and over-filters the coffee even more

We tried grinding the beans finer and continued to clean all the pieces

Using a good bean roasted correctly and ground fresh will give you a great cup in less than 5 minutes

I'm not sure if I'm grinding the coffee beans enough, or if this makes weaker

I have tried less coffee, smaller batch brews (ie less water), and methodical cleaning, grinding the beans more or less, etc

We tried getting a permanent filter and grinding our beans less fine.

Feeling fancy I've ground me own beans and no clogs

Have had no problems and we grind our own beans

like you get at the take out restaurants, only we use whole bean and grind ourselves to get a much better flavor

My old Braun poured as fast as if there were no cap, and it kept the coffee as hot amd for as long as this one

I read some of the complaints as well as the many positives before buying and I can say that the complaints are largely 1) user error or 2) impatience

I set mine to brew at 8:45 AM, and by noon my coffee was still as hot as if I had just made it

My last thermal pot I had to turn the lid to get coffee, this one you only have to push down on a lever as you pour, much easier

Love this coffee maker and mine is still working but the rubber seal on the pot is worn out so it is not keeping the coffee as warm as

When it happened to my husband twice yesterday morning, and he said his once enjoyable morning routine had turned into a stressful way to start the day, I picked up a simple no frills coffeepot that hopefully will work as it's supposed to

If you wait too long to due a cleaning your coffee maker will poop out due to hard water deposits build up.

Of note is that the machine will let you know when it is time to clean, and will not make coffee, as far as I can tell, until cleaned.