Capresso 441.05 MT-500 Plus 10-cup Coffeemaker with Metallic Alloy Body and Stainless Thermal Carafe
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Capresso 441.05 MT-500 Plus 10-cup Coffeemaker with Metallic Alloy Body and Stainless Thermal Carafe
Customer Review: Too many design flaws
Summary: 1 Stars
I would not recommend this coffee maker. Reasons:
1. If you use the gold filter and try to make strong coffee, it goes so fast that the coffee does not have time to drain through the grounds and it overflows all over the counter. The company when called said to use paper filters which did fix it but that's not the point.
2. The carafe pours too slowly. If you tip it to get a faster pour, it runs back down the carafe outside and on to your foot.
3. The valve where the coffee goes into the carafe is always sticking. Then when you remove the carafe it runs coffee all over the hot plate.
4. It makes too little coffee for the amount of grounds used. I think this is because it goes so fast you have to use more coffee to get a strong cup.
Customer Review: Excellent Coffee
Summary: 5 Stars
Had this maker for over a year. Makes great coffee, always easy to clean, and overall a fault-free machine. Keeps coffee hot and fresh for 4-6 hours. Amazing!Customer Review: Big Disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
After having two $150.00 coffee makers breakdown after about 2 years of use each, I was in search for something a little better. The Capresso MT500 at $189.00 was immediately inferior to what I had in the past; and, I am returning it. The coffee picks up a plastic smell from the hot water and the carafe does not ever pour properly. Enough said.
There does not seem to be a coffee maker that approaches professional grade for less than $900.00; and, this means you are buying a combo espresso,coffee,latte, grinder combo. Will somebody make a commercial grade coffee maker in the $300.00 range, PLEASE?!
Customer Review: Buyer beware! Weak coffee
Summary: 1 Stars
After reading all the positive reviews, I just had to get one of these. One week later, I'm returnng it. I'm guessing I got a defective machine, since this many people can't be wrong...
I simply cannot get it to brew a "normal" cup of coffee: I'm not looking for Peet's quality or even Dunkin' Donuts. Just a passable cup of coffee. I've read through the manual several times (and c'mon, it's not rocket science: everyone knows how to use an automatic drip coffeemaker). I've fiddled with finer grinds; switching filters; doubling the amount of coffee... but no matter I do I end up with an extremely weak cup. And it's not like I'm a coffee snob, but the coffee this machine delivers is more like brown-tinted hot water than coffee.
When I followed the instructions and brewed 1 scoop of medium grind per cup, it came out very very week. (You could *see* it as you pour: it looked like a very strong cup of tea, not coffee.) By "cup" I'm referring to numbers on the side of the machine, which presumably are 4-5 ounce servings. So I tried using heaping scoops: still weak. Then I switched to a darker roast and a finee grind: still weak. Then I tried two scoops of fine grind per cup and finally got something approaching a regular cup of coffee. But that just doesn't make sense: if I wanted to make 10 cups of coffee I would have to use 20 scoops, and the manual says to never put more than 12-14 scoops in the filter.
So clearly something's wrong. Over at coffeegeek.com there are a couple discussions about this topic, so it appears that maybe 3-4 people out of 100 have a problem with their machine brewing weak coffee. Perhaps the water isn't dispersing properly over all the grounds; or perhaps it's not getting to the advertised 200-degree temperature. I think it brews too quickly: it brews 6 cups in 5 minutes: it looks like the water just burrows straight through the center of the grinds instead of spending sometime in the filter basket actually making coffee. Whatever the problem is, it's really aggravating to finally spend $$$ on a premium machine and have it end up being a piece of junk. I've owned a bunch of different automatic drip coffeemakers over the years (replaced when the glass carafe broke) and this is the first time I've ever had trouble brewing a decent cup.
Perhaps it's unfair of me to give a bad review if it's truly a defective unit. But when they charge $189 for a coffeemaker, they need to get it right the first time.
Mainly, I wanted to post this review so that if someone else has the same problem, they won't think they're crazy! I've been tearing my hair out for tghe last 7 days.
Customer Review: Greatest coffee @ home ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
We've used auto drip coffee makers for years. 2nd cup always had a bitter taste. This carafe looks beautiful on the table and the coffee is always great tasting. My husband & I both love it!