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Electric coffee maker is not easy to clean up stains, but this one very east to clean.
I thought it would be quicker and less clean up than using my regular drip coffee maker but that's not the case.With the Melitta you have to heat the water in a separate container and stand there while you pour the heated water in the cone as it brews. I also think it taste better from the regular drip coffee maker.Still it's a good buy for the price and I think it's good to have around as a spare coffeemaker. This Melitta coffeemaker does exactly what it's designed and advertised to do. With my regular coffeemaker I just pour the water in using the carafe and turn it on. However, after it arrived and I've had a chance to use it a couple of times, I've realized my regular coffeemaker is faster and more convenient. I bought the Melitta to use when I wanted just a cup or two.
I don't drink coffee, but my husband does. This product is made in Canada. However, I needed a larger coffee maker to use when we have visitors so I would not have to make one cup at a time. It's just what I was looking for.
Yes, I could get a small electric coffee maker at Wally World for about $10, but this manual coffee maker will undoubtedly last a lot longer. The only negative is that it didn't come with a permanent filter. Also, the smaller model doesn't take up too much storage room in my kitchen cabinet.After reading some poor reviews from people who ordered this product from Ambient Weather, I ordered mine from Joe Muscle. Also, according to what I've been told, manual coffee makers make better-tasting coffee.Final note: If used properly, this product is not a fire hazard. The coffee maker arrived quickly; well packaged and undamaged.Overall, I'd say this is a good product for the money. I make his coffee one cup at a time, using a plastic cone and permanent filter placed directly over his coffee cup.
I purchased one separately, though, so all is well.I almost bought the larger 10-cup model, but changed my mind when I discovered that it uses the harder-to-find #6 filters. ROLLEYES Please read the use and care instructions that come with the coffee maker. We never have too many guests, and I prefer brewing coffee (and tea, for me) manually, so I was happy to find this coffee maker. As for clean-up, all parts are top-rack dishwasher safe.
If you have one cup and then go back for another, say, 15 minutes later, the second cup won't be hot--and you can't reheat it on your stove. If you're like us, though, you won't really like having to take out your teapot to boil the water and may not want to drink all the coffee at once. So, though we liked the simplicity and foolproof nature of this coffee pot, we decided it wasn't really practical for us and returned it. We bought this coffee maker after our old electric one died and another coffee maker (the Farberware 4-cup percolator) didn't work out. This Melitta is a nice, simple coffee pot that's fine if you don't mind boiling the water in advance and then drinking all the coffee at once.
I emailed them back to say I was hoping they would do that, since they have a relationship with the distributor, and they emailed me distributor info.I was surprised they didn't feel any obligation to their customer to correct the situation, which would have entailed one simple phone call to the distributor, asking for a replacement part, especially since the product they represent, and profitted from my ordering, arrived unusable.I will return this item to Ambient Weather, and don't plan on ordering from them again. While this product might very well make excellent cofffee, we have yet to find out because it arrived to us with the plastic filter part smashed into bits. I of course contacted Ambient Weather, and politely described the situation, and they got back to me right away telling me that I should contact the distributor.
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