It’s the preferred single-cup coffee machine option with more than a few cool features. If you mostly brew for you, or you like variation in your coffee ritual, this could be the top Cuisinart machine on this list for you. This makes 2 cups of coffee in a very short amount of time and is perfect for motels. This compact coffeemaker features 24-hour programmability, adjustable auto shutoff, and a handy Coffee Gauge™ system on the front that counts down cups remaining.
As the coffeemaker is taller than the space below cabinets when the top is opened, you will need to move it to pour in water and add ground coffee. The Cuisinart DCC-T20 TouchScreen 14-Cup Programmable is the best coffee maker for the job. It makes more coffee than any other programmable automatic-drip coffee maker in the marketplace.
There’s also only one reservoir for water, which I suspect would need to be filled up more often than the Cuisinart, given that both brew options draw from it. Once your coffee is ready, you can adjust the temperature of Cuisinart Coffee the hot plate to keep the carafe warm. Here at Coffeeness, we aren’t huge fans of keeping the heat on the carafe; it tends to scorch the coffee. Of course, this model also can take paper filters if you prefer those.
All the parts are easily removable for cleaning by hand or in the dishwasher. During testing we found it simple to use and set up, the thermal carafe keeps coffee hot, but the 10 cup capacity is only enough to fill five decent-sized mugs. We had to play around with the quantity of coffee to get the flavor we were looking for, but overall the Cuisinart Grind & Brew Auto makes a decent cup of coffee for minimal effort. There will be a few parts to clean at the end of brewing, however. The machine will brew according to the button you pressed.
At first glance, it seems to be a pretty well-rounded machine in terms of features, too. Let’s continue this center review by breaking them down. Most coffeemakers don’t get up to full temperature in the first portion of their brew, and therefore they make a weak cup if brewing less than a full batch.