Cuisinart 12-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker with Thermal Carafe Silver

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1. KIMBERLEY A WALSH Verified Buyer – 10 September 2024

   This machine has pretty much any feature you could ask for. Pros: Looks beautiful on my counter, it’s not overly large and the stainless steel compliments my other appliances. Very simple to use, especially when programming your coffee for the morning. I like the fact that after the coffee brews you have an alert sound in which you can choose to turn off or on. Very easy to see the water level on the side when pouring the water in. Coffee is very hot when brewed. Coffee carafe keeps coffee hot for quite sometime. I left coffee in the carafe over night and it was still lukewarm the next day. Cons: When pouring the coffee from carafe you have to practically turn it up side down. You must pour slow or the coffee will spray all over. In order to clean the pot you’ll have to get a scrub brush as you can’t fit your hand in the carafe. Overall the pros out weigh the cons. I’m definitely keeping this machine it’s make a great cup of coffee!
   

2. Chris Verified Buyer – 22 January 2025

   Well I’ve had this thing for a year so I think I can write a realistic review now. It makes hot coffee that stays warm for hours. Five stars.

   The dowmsides…it doesn’t pour well. You have to take off he lid to empty it entirely. I use a Brita pitcher to pour water in the filter system. The clock never worked right. It would mysteriously alter the time. I put duct tape over to make it stop lying to me. No problem.

   That’s it. Leave me alone now!
   

3. Aly B. Verified Buyer – 22 January 2025

   I LOVE my coffee maker and I have zero regrets making the switch back to a percolator. I used a Keurig for 10 years and when my machine broke I decided to go back to a more conventional coffee maker. I am so glad I did, I have used this appliance everyday for the past 16 months and it still works great. I had to descale once in this time period with vinegar due to my hard water. You can brew 12 cups of coffee in about 5 minutes and the coffee remains pipping hot for at least 5 hours thanks to the stainless steel carafe. I would definitely purchase another Cuisinart coffee maker. The only issue I have with this one is I find it hard to clean the inside of the carafe due to the shape of the opening.
   

4. John M. Verified Buyer – 21 March 2025

   The ten cup Cuisinart coffee maker purchased in 2008 finally gave up the ghost so we upgraded to a 12 cup this time. As usual, it makes a great cup of coffee and keeps it hot without scorching it. We would have given it 5 stars if the molding quality was better. The first time she lifted the carafe by the handle, it gave her a small laceration on her hand. On closer inspection we found a very sharp flash line next to the metal insert. This is caused from wear between cavity and core seal-off. The plastic ‘leaks’ between causing this flash. A small riffler file took care of the problem, but be careful when you unpack yours.

   

5. DavidsGirl Verified Buyer – 4 June 2025

   Update: The first one I bought lasted about 19 months. The price has increased almost 50% since I bought that one. When it died I tried a few other models that are less expensive. After a day or a week I returned those and ultimately bought another one of these. I’ve had my second one about 11 months now. I will likely never buy anything else. Best coffee I’ve ever been able to make at home. It used to be if you bought something from Cuisinart you could expect to still have it in five years. I wish that was still the case, but if I’m being completely honest I would buy a new one of these every year if I have to. I looked at every model of thermal carafe coffee maker and read a lot of reviews before choosing this one. This is, by far, the hottest coffee I have ever gotten from a home coffee maker. For me, this is a huge selling point. The thermal carafe keeps the coffee hot enough to enjoy without microwaving for at least 4 hours. Even after 6 or 7 hours the coffee is still warm and tasty. Because it does not use a warming plate to keep the coffee hot, the last drop of coffee tastes as good as the first. I will never go back to a glass caraf. I like the flavor of my coffee better than I have with any other coffee maker I’ve ever owned. The carafe is large. It holds almost 2 liters if you fill it to the 12 cup mark. The pour spout is designed specifically so It doesn’t dribble all over the place when I pour. It makes the coffee pretty quickly. Speed depends on the settings you use and, obviously, how much coffee you’re making. A full pot without the bold setting is read in about 11 or 12 minutes. It is completely programmable so you can setup the coffee to be ready at whatever time you’d like. It also has a “1-4” button for if you’re making 1 to 4 cups of coffee, and a “bold” button if you like stronger coffee. Those two buttons have a similar function. They slow the water flow over the grinds so you get the full flavor in a small pot, or a bolder flavor in any pot. A note about pouring because I’ve seen some reviewers that didn’t like how the pot pours. I don’t use the pot to fill the reservoir with water. I did that the first time and it pours way too slowly. That was aggravating. That may be why others complained. So I use a plastic pitcher for filling the reservoir. It appears that the top to the pot is designed to control the flow rate when pouring. I see this as a positive. When I’m filling my coffee cup I’m never wishing it would pour faster. I’m just glad coffee isn’t getting all over the counter, the floor, or me. I noticed some reviewers said the buttons stopped working after a few months or a year. I will say that it doesn’t take much force at all to get a response from whatever button you push. Because of those reviews I make a point of not using much force when I hit “Brew” or whatever button I’m pushing. If you poke them hard over and over, I could see them not working anymore after awhile. This coffee maker looks nice in my kitchen. If you have stainless steel appliances it will match. It takes up a very reasonable amount of space on my counter. The measurement lines are on the right side in the middle; however you can pour the water into the reservoir from either side. The reservoir is the whole back of the unit and is accepts water on either the left of the right side. The filter basket is cone shaped. It comes with a gold screen reusable filter insert. I still use a paper filter in that as well because I don’t like any sediment in my coffee. The paper cone filters cost a little more than standard filters but not so much that it is deal-breaker for me. A few extra dollars every 3 or 4 months. You have the option to use a charcoal water filter, but if you never use one it doesn’t change how to unit performs. The charcoal filter’s purpose is to filter things like the chloriine flavor out of your water. I use it. Some reviewers complained that the instructions are lacking in detail. Maybe the manufacturer has updated them since then. For the most part the setup is all pretty logical. The one thing I found difficult to figure out and not explained in the instructions was getting the charcoal filter into the filter holder. Turns out it is apparently so easy it looks hard. I included a few pics. On the stem portion of the charcoal filter holder is the word “open” with an arrow pointing downward. Right below that on the base is a little notch that sticks up. Just gently pull on the little notch and the front of the base flips open. The back left corner of the water reservoir has a slot cutout in the bottom to hold the base of the charcoal water filter setup. You just gently set it down in there. You don’t have to force it. And it stays in place. The last pic is of the cutout in the bottom of the water reservoir. Other than that setup was really easy. The filter basket only fits in one way. It’s a no-brainer to see where the water goes. The instructions tell you how to use all the buttons and features. There is a ready tone that beeps 5 times when the coffee is finished brewing. It’s pretty loud. If you don’t like that, you just press the “Tone” button near the clock face and the ready tone is off. It comes with one charcoal water filter, several cone shaped paper coffee filters, and a coffee scoop. cuisinartoutlets.com sells the charcoal filters and the paper cone filters for very reasonable prices. I’ve been using this coffee maker since the day after Christmas 2019 and I have no complaints. I will update this review if anything changes. I’ve had a Bunn, and several models of Hamilton Beach over the course of 20 years. So far, this is the best coffee maker I’ve ever owned.

   

6. Alma Padilla Verified Buyer – 4 June 2025

   Me encanto su diseño y fácil uso, fácil de limpiar y rápida preparación de café, lo más padre es que se programa y el café se mantiene calientito gracias a su jarra de térmica