Didn't need but had to have! Love it!

I have a perfectly good Cuisinart DCC-1200 but after spotting the 2000 at a local store I couldn't stop fiddling with the floor model. Well my wife was lurking as I was fiddling and with my birthday coming up - and my affinity for coffee - she thought she'd found the perfect gift. Boy was she was right!



Now let's be honest carafe-less designs have been around forever - Farberware's stainless steel coffee pots are staples in offices and at parties - they just haven't been this much fun. I'm not going to repeat everything that's already been written but suffice to say the 2000 is a unique coffee maker. Does it make coffee better than my 1200 did? No not really. But it does keep it hot longer without the bitter burnt taste that would often accompany the coffee from my 1200 when left on the warming plate for over 30 minutes. I normally have two cups every morning (not the puny 5-ounce "cups" that every coffee maker seems to think is the norm for whatever reason) but I've found myself having about three (maybe not a good thing?) since getting the 2000 because that third cup about 1-1/2 hours later still tastes great. That wasn't happening with the 1200. Sometimes I'd try the third cup but the burnt carafe taste made it unfortunate.



One of the complaints I'm reading here is that you need a separate container to fill the 2000. I can't be the only owner that owns a Pyrex 2-cup (or more) measuring cup can I? I just fill it up once twice - gasp! - three times and pour it in while watching the water level on the side. Honestly it's not that hard. Cleaning is no different from any model with a carafe. But instead of washing the outer carafe you remove the inner "carafe" to rinse it out or give it a thorough cleaning. That's the only difference. The coffee gauge is kind of silly and inaccurate and I rarely ever look at it but it adds to the allure of the 2000.



I'll be keeping my 1200 at the ready for my sister to use when she comes over to make her dreadful flavored coffees so they don't contaminate my new toy. But until the next great design advance comes along to which I can't say "no" I'll be enjoying the 2000 to the fullest. It's neat it's fun and it makes great coffee.More detail ...

Sure beats the other brands

I thought my Hamilton Beach percolator was decent for the price I even wrote a review about it in December 2006. One week later this 1-year old coffee maker was barely keeping the coffee hot. Then I visited my son in Alaska at Christmas and noticed that his 6-yr old Presto percolator was still delivering great hot coffee in record time. I returned home ordered my Presto 12-cup percolator and am highly impressed. It's lighter easier to load easier to pour easier to clean perks ultra-fast and makes a great hot cup of coffee. Because of its lighter stainless steel pot it cools down faster if you want to make a second batch of coffee right away. (We make two pots and pour the first batch into a thermos for back-up when company comes) Based on its performance I'm surprised the price is so reasonable.























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This state of the art coffeemaker lets you fine tune the process from filtering the water you brew with to keeping the brewed coffee at the precise temperature you desire. If you're the impatient type you can grab a cup before brewing is complete (or program your coffee to be ready and waiting at wake up time) and if you tend to be forgetful this appliance has auto shut off. Seems as though Cuisinart has covered all the bases in this deluxe coffeemaker.More detail ...