Coffee Maker recommendations?

I have a Cuisinart that is single serve and I love it. I use the additional filter to brew my own ground coffee.

I have a family member who has the single serve and carafe one and they are very happy with it too.

The one I have was rated high by Consumer Reports.

My friend's Keurig (less than a year old) broke. They contacted the company and Keurig set up a video call to help them! There was a person on the screen who could see their machine and tell them things to try. They fixed it!

Sorry, I was wrong. They had a Nespresso machine and that company did the video call.

We had a KitchenAid that worked great until it suddenly didn’t. Then DH upgraded to a Cuisinart from Costco that he liked. It’s programmable (although he isn’t techy enough to mess with that) but otherwise pretty basic. Supposedly it makes a decent pot of coffee.

Then at Christmastime we went to a Christmas party one of his vendors puts on and I won a Miele.  When I looked it up on Amazon and saw that they sell for $1800, 😳. Yeah. It’s all that. Grinds the beans fresh for every cup. Steams and/or froths milk. Makes all kinds of drinks including cappuccino, espresso, latte, regular coffee and I don’t even know what all it makes because I don’t even drink coffee, LOL. It will also make a kick ass cup of hot cocoa.

I have a Hamilton Beach "Flex Brew" dual coffeemaker that I love. It's programmable, and it has a filter so I can make single serve either with my own ground coffee beans or use a K-cup. The carafe side is programmable, and the only thing I'd change about it would be to get the one with a thermal/metal carafe instead of the glass carafe that mine has.

I loved my Kuerigs ... but damn. They just didn't last anymore. But I still love the single cup feature, but sometimes I want a pot...

I switched to the Ninja Dual Brew. I can not recommend this thing enough! I LOVE IT!

I mostly do the K-Cup brews. I even use KCups to brew some small pitchers, because I love the McDonald's KCups.. LOL

I also make a lot of iced tea. The Tazo black tea KCups make awesome iced tea. I brew a single Tazo black tea Kcup at 12 ounces into the glass carafe and then brew it again (same KCUp) at 12 ounce or 10 ounce. I then pour this over ice in my plastic pitcher that I keep in the fridge. It is a really good iced tea. Being able to brew it into a glass carafe makes it so simple to make.

I use it for hot water a lot. You can either brew just hot water, or switch it to 'boil' for a REALLY hot water. I watch my grandkids sometimes, and that hot water works great to thaw and heat a packet of breast milk - so handy.
I use the hot water feature on a box of dehydrated hash browns (those suckers are GOOD). Just brew 12 ounces of hot water (I use the 'boil' setting) into the box and let rehydrate and pop in a frying pan or put in soups.

You can brew KCups, single cups with your own grounds or full carafe with your own grounds (and anywhere in between).

I have had it for over 6 months, so it hasn't passed the "how many years' test yet...but after having (and loving) Kuerigs - this brewer is such a better quality.

It has a large water tank. It is a slim line one. It comes mounted to the side, but you can switch it to mounted in the back if you want. It's very easy to grab - it has better ergonomics than the Keurig ones. It has a built in hand grip that makes it so much easier to grab and fill, although I often fill it on the machine with filtered water.
It has a frother on the other side, but I never use that feature.

It has a fairly slim profile on your countertop. The glass carafe is nice.


I got mine on a good sale, and they have those several times a year.
CFP301
Ninja Dual Brew

Here is a very similar machine, but it came out after mine. Does about the same, has less custom brew sizes, but the price is much less. If I was buying today, I'd probably get this one.
Model:CFP101 Ninja Dual Brew

Both machines have the 'thermal extraction' brew that the Keurig KSupreme styles have - it makes a MUCH better tasting KCup brew. They brew fast.