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Three it makes superb coffee - you are able to choose how fine you want you beans ground, which allows for mild, med or strong coffee. I did have a slight problem with the buttons sticking once, like in other reviews, but after washing the front and playing with the buttons a bit, it worked fine. I like many things about this coffee maker. I also like the weather display, it is nice when you are curious in the morning and it flashes if severe weather is on it's way. My only suggestion for improvement is to offer a stainless carafe to keep the coffee warmer longer, but thats about it. One, no need to ever buy filters again - just wash and reuse. Two, There are not separate compartments to clean for grinding and brewing (as is common with other machines).
Since you already prepared the coffee the night before, you only have to push one button and within 2 minutes you have your frewh brew, so that's not too bad.You can also turn off the grinder and use coffee ground instead of beans, nice when there's no beans at hand.I didn't have any problems with sliding panels and stuck buttons and I also don't think that it is cheaply made.Overall I'm very happy with the purchase, even more now that I only paid $39.95 (however, to be honest I would have NOT spent $100+ on ANY coffee maker). I purchased the Melitta Mill & Brew on sale a couple of months ago and after a little rough start I'm loving it now.Rough start because I didn't know how to put the unit together (very fiddely until I noticed a little arrow on the grinder basket that gives you the exact location on how to snap it in.now it's really easy and fast to clean the coffee machine).The coffee is very good and you can adjust the strength of it, it took me a few tries until I found MY perfect cup of Joe.I only gave it 4 stars due to the fact that the warming plate stays only on for one hour after brewing and you can't turn it back on w/o making more coffee.The weather station is a neat feature, though I'm losing the signal quite often. Once you lose the signal, it will find it again eventually, but your timer was lost, so no fresh coffee in the morning.
The weather part of this machine worked for 48 hours only before it "died". I have owned several Melitta Mill and Brew coffee makers since its introduction and think it is the best coffee maker around. But please, bring back my old Mill and Brew - it doesn't have to be Smart. I have not had any of the other issues mentioned about the stainless steel plate slipping, and of course, it makes excellent coffee. Most recently this Smart Mill and Brew is the only one available and I have to tell you, the older version was better. It took up less space on the counter, for one thing.
Melitta didn't have any more replacements. I own the previous model of this same coffee maker. Think twice before buying this brand or else buy some spare parts immediately. It's been almost a year and I haven't received a replacement carafe still (not because I haven't been trying).I had to buy a more reputable brand coffee maker to replace this one. I enjoyed the coffee it made except for the fact that the filter allows some small grounds to make it to the pot.After a few months we dropped the carafe and broke it. Guess what.
I like that you can choose the grind level you want. Everything else works fine. Most of the time it can't pick up a signal. If there is no signal you can't program it to make coffee in the morning before getting out of bed.
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