The Hamilton Beach 46895 Programmable 12-Cup Coffee Maker brews with a drip machine that brews into a cone-shaped filter for better extraction and offers you control over the strength of your coffee. It knows how to make the most of your favorite ground coffee, from brewing it at a hot temperature to offering you the ability to wake up to a hot pot of coffee that’s ready to pour.
Product Features
- Coffee the way you like it
- 12 cup capacity
- Versatile brewing and warming options:
You Won’t Find Better Brewed Coffee Let me start off with a little observation/rant. All drip coffee makers are essentially the same. I’ve been through about a dozen over the years, from expensive to cheap and it’s finally dawned on me that all these things do is heat up water to over 200 degrees and then drip it over coffee grounds. That’s it folks. Nothing more to see here. The only possible problem can be if the water head doesn’t spread the water out evenly over the coffee grounds. Once this minimal requirement has been met,…
Good Ol’ Maker I researched coffee makers on and off for a week before I settled on this one. We strictly used Keurig makers before this, but I happen to know that the Keurig quality has really gone down since our first couple of makers. So when our latest Keurig went out, I decided to go back to a “regular ol'” coffee maker, and buy a separate thermal carafe to store what we don’t drink right away. This has turned out to be a great idea. The reason I didn’t buy a maker that brews into a carafe is…
Coffee does not brew at optimum temp I wanted to like this machine, it has many promissing features that should enable it to make a great pot of Joe. However, I had to send it back primarily because the brew temp is only at 185 degrees. By the time the coffee hits the carafe, the temp has dropped to 160 degress. Optimum brew temp should be between 200 – 205 degrees. You will not get a full flavored cup of Joe at 185 degrees, you need a minimum of 195 degrees. Yes it has a burnt pastic smell, but after you run 3 pots of water…