12-Cup Black Programmable Front-Fill Coffee Maker with Thermal Carafe
If you want your coffee to stay hot and fresh-tasting for a long time, a coffee maker with a thermal carafe is your best choice. Not only does it offer extra-large capacity, the Hamilton Beach Programmable Front-Fill 12 Cup Coffee Maker with Thermal Carafe keeps coffee hot for up to 4 hours in its vacuum-sealed thermal carafe. The convenient front-fill design makes it easy to add fresh ground coffee and water. Then right before you brew, quickly rinse the thermal carafe with hot water. This hot-water-rinsing step doesn’t take long, but it makes a big difference, since it warms up the stainless steel to help it hold coffee’s hot temperature longer. And because the thermal carafe is insulating your hot coffee without the need for a heating plate, there’s no fear of coffee losing its fresh, just-brewed flavor. A freshness timer shows you how long since your coffee brewed. This coffee maker comes with a gold-tone reusable filter so you don’t have to purchase paper filters. Set coffee to brew ahead with a programmable timer. And choose from 3 brewing options: bold, regular and 1-4 cups. An auto shutoff feature turns the coffee maker off after brewing stops.
by HomeDepotCustomer
Works great. Keeps coffee nice and hot for at least 1 1/2 hours.
by KERRY
So far, the unit works well and quickly. It averages a 10 cup pot pour in about 3 minutes. Carafe stays hot for about 3 hours.
by MrLucky
It’s a great coffee maker. The cone filters give coffee a superior flavor over the cupcake type filters. it’s easy to use and program. The reason I’m giving it three stars is because the charcoal water filter doesn’t seat in the recess and water flows around it to get to the coffee grounds. The three responses I received from Hamilton Beach tell me it’s not supposed to seat, but just float in the reservoir. They say just contacting the filter will dispel chlorine and mineral taste. I had a Cuisinart and I have a Keurig that have charcoal water filters that actually seat and the water flows through them to reach the coffee grounds. I’m not an engineer, but I’ve never heard of a water filtration system that doesn’t have water flow through the filter. The YouTube videos for their other models show the filter actually seating in the recess, so I’m not buying their response. Kudos for customer service though, they did respond promptly although the phone numbers provided just run you in circles and direct you to their web page where you can use a contact form.