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Description
The Hamilton Beach 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker featuring front-fill design. Brew basket and water reservoir are easy to access for quick, convenient filling. Reusable cone filter with handle makes it easy to dispose of messy grounds and maximizes coffee flavor, while the included water filter removes impurities. Drip-free carafe is specially designed for easy pouring and to eliminate spills, even when the pot is full. Programming options allow you to set wake-up ready coffee while choosing from 3 brewing options: regular, bold and 14 cups. Adjustable keep-warm function and 2-hour auto shutoff keep coffee hot and your kitchen safe.
by Foodie325
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This Hamilton Beach front fill coffee maker is filled with features. With Some of the features however I’m not too sure what of what the aim really is. It’s main feature of front filling is pretty neat in concept but actually using it brings in a couple of challenges to the process. The first challenge is the rather shallow depth of the reservoir in the front, it just feels like if you’re not careful you stand to spill a lot of water on your kitchen counter or whatever surface the coffee maker is on. I realized this pretty quickly and I did manage to get all of the water into the reservoir without spilling any. That being said, if you plan on using one of my favorite features of this coffee maker which is it’s 14 cup capacity ( I entertain quite often) you should take your time and handle with care. It may just take you a full minute to poor the water in. If you’re the impatient type just put a towel in front and you should be fine.
But as my heading says, this machine is packed with some nice features such as a charcoal activated replaceable water filter, which is especially helpful in making your coffee taste great. There’s also a BOLD setting which gives your coffee more full flavor by slowing down the brewing process.
The only thing I’m not entirely sold on is the front loading features of the water reservoir and the coffee grinds basket. Although it’s true both are poured and loaded in the front, however the coffee maker still needs to be pulled out from the bottom of a cabinet on your counter (which is where most people place their coffee maker) because there is still no way to pour the water into the reservoir otherwise. It’s also a bit difficult to read the water level on the back left of the machine. As a convenience feature the front loading feature only fully works for the coffee grinds. But as I stated earlier it’s all about the coffee.
So does this front loading machine produce good coffee? The answer here is absolutely YES. First off the most important factor is the temperature of the water coming out, when I measured the coffee’s temperature in the carafe it was 185 degrees, and that means it must’ve been closer to195 degrees in the brewing basket, which is the perfect temperature for brewing in an automatic drip machine. In the end you want perfect results no matter the time it takes. This coffee maker delivers on results and that’s all that matters to me.
by Carl
Purchased this coffee maker 2 months ago and it seemed fine initially until the past 3 weeks. Problem is that when the coffee is near completion of brewing, the swing door will pop open. I’ve tried contacting Hamilton Beach about this issue, but there is no contact phone # to be found, only an email form to fill out. I filled it out , but have heard nothing back.Looking through other reviews about this coffee maker , I noticed that this is a common issue with door opening up while brewing
by Gary W
It features cone style filter which we love. Makes 14 cups which is great for weekends, however, the coffee filter drawer keeps popping open near the end of the brew cycle. Its only a matter of time before it runs over onto counter.