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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Dec 16, 2008
Pros: Brews coffee and functions mechanically as it should. Attractive & solidly built
Cons: Lukewarm coffee, must warm carafe, grinder noise, can't grind without brewing right away
Summary: The performance of Cuisinart Grind & Brew reminds me of the saying: Pretty Is as Pretty Does. Unfortunately, Cuisinart needs to take another shot at coffee fame with this luxury model ~ in short, it does make ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 5, 2012
Pros: Easier to clean, sleek
Cons: Odd carafe, no grind adjustment, uses more beans, flat basket, flavor isn't that grand
Summary: I bought the first generation of this coffee maker and couldn't deal with the mess that it made. It was a lot of work to take apart and clean. This version is sleeker, better, and easier to clean, but it has many quirks. I like the design of the basket ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Nov 17, 2011
Pros: Metal carafe.
Cons: Bad design. Messy. Hard to clean. Grinder jams easily, repeatedly. No useful cleaning tools.
Summary: Trusting the Cusinart name, I purchased the Grind & Brew DGB-900BC expecting to benefit from a well-made, efficient coffee maker, able to reliably deliver a delicious fresh cup of hot coffee to my guests and myself. Now, after a ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Aug 21, 2011
Pros: It sometimes pours hot water through grinds to yield a luke-waram cup of coffee.
Cons: Unreliable grind output
Warm, not hot coffee
Grinder plugs up
Messes all over
Summary: I REALLY wanted to like this coffee maker. I was impressed by the fact that it had a burr grinder, a timer, strength control and thermal carafe all in one package. Price was pretty high, but hey, you need a good cup of coffee! Grinder ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 25, 2011
Pros: Coffee is good.
Cons: Messy, confusing, complicated, too tall, and awkward.
Summary: I wouldn’t buy this or any other self-grinding coffee maker again. I expected less mess, but this is much messier than a normal drip machine, it’s complicated to use, and it’s accident prone. The extra mess comes from ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 8, 2011
Pros: Stays hot for several hours after brewing without a warming plate.
Cons: Requires often cleanings, and without a little ingenuity it makes weak coffee.
Summary: After our Melita grind and brew started leaking every other pot we purchased the Cuisanart. So why didn't we just buy another Melita like we had? They quit making them. In comparing the two, this one is more mainenance in that it must be ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Dec 3, 2010
Pros: Looks good?
Cons: Cuisnart/$$$/junk
Summary: You wanna grind fresh coffee, with the kind of beans that are roasted perfectly and still oily? Don't use this machine. The beans don't travel down the hopper, they just get stuck and the coffee brews weak. Shallow slope design does not aid in bean ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 14, 2010
Pros: many improvements over older model
Cons: still has a flat basket, huge coffee waster until you fine-tune
Summary: I spent over five years with my Cuisinart Grind and Brew Coffeemaker DGB-500BK, I was fed up. What had seemed like a godsend at first had become a ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Jul 6, 2010
Pros: when it actually made coffee, it was good
Cons: just doesnt work
Summary: My wife an I are avid coffee drinkers and when our krupps grind and brew quit on us we decided to switch to the cuisinart dgb900. Having many other ciusunart kitchen products we thought 'how could we go wrong?' ohhhh but we could. After 4 ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
May 10, 2010
Pros: styling
Cons: poor instructions, temperature of coffee, too much maintenance
Summary: We purchased this machine over a year ago to replace our other Cuisinart, and I would not buy another one. I wind up swearing at the machine every morning when I go to make coffee. I agree with the other reviews about coffee temperature and having to ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 11, 2010
Pros: Looks great, good tasting coffee
Cons: Bad design, breaks a lot, uses a lot of beans
Summary: My main complaint about this unit has to do with the design flaw. We use the automatic timer and 4 out of 7 days we wake up to a continuous beeping and clicking because for some reason either the basket over-rotates or the metal door gets stuck and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 21, 2009
Pros: Great Taste, Convenient, and Attractive
Cons: Carafe, Auto Shut Off is Annoying, Very Loud
Summary: I really don't understand why there are so many negative reviews out there regarding this model. I have had my Cuisinart Grind & Brew DGB-900 12 Cup Coffee Maker for a little over a year now and have been a very satisfied customer. My wife and ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 4, 2009
Pros: Great tasting coffee! Stays hot for the next person, three hours later.
Cons: The grinder is a little loud at 2AM. Carafe pours slowly.
Summary: Our old Braun was on it's last leg, but had served us well. It was time for something new.We've had the Cuisinart DGB-900BC for a week now. I had read the reviews and found a good sale price, but kept the receipt, just in case. But we are ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 11, 2009
Pros: Great coffee, reasonably easy maintenance and operation, all-in-one design negates need for a separate grinder.
Cons: Low brew temperature, absolutely silly caraffe design, small bean hopper, a bit of extra maintenance.
Summary: After having a great cup of coffee from a friends Cuisinart Grind and Brew over Christmas we purchased one ourselves. It seemed like the ideal machine - fresh ground coffee, an "all in one" appliance, and the supposed good name of "Cuisinart" ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 12, 2009
Pros: Easy to use, sturdy, controls are intuitive, multiple options for different strengths. Delicious coffee!
Cons: Doesn't stay "coffe hot" for hours. Minimal maintenance.
Summary: We couldn't be happier with this machine. It truely makes the best cup of coffee we have ever had. Unfortunately it has turned me into a coffee snob and now, most of the time, I am not satisfied with coffee from other coffee ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 7, 2008
Pros: Thermal pot keeps coffee hot all day without changing the taste, and very user friendly.
Cons: If I HAD to think of something - re-usable filter takes longer to clean.
Summary: Love this coffeemaker, I won't ever go back to a glass pot after this! Coffee stays hot all day! Plus the coffee quality itself is excellent! The grinder is an optional feature, you don't have to use it everytime you make coffee, as long as you ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 24, 2008
Pros: strength & grind controls for a great cup; less mess than using a separate grinder
Cons: Have for 6 mos. worked great. now buttons don't always work
Summary: Much less mess than grinding in separate grinder. I brew enough for one Starbucks travel mug as I don't like my coffee sitting in a carafe. I am very particular and prefer fresh. I use cool filtered water (PUR) and most often, do not have a problem ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 15, 2008
Pros: Makes great cup of coffee... allows a lot of control over strength.
Cons: So many pieces in this machine, worried it'll break. Very technical when first opened.
Summary: I work for a coffee company and this item was one of the products we offered in our catalog. I had heard great things bout it and wanted to give it a try.The Cuisinart DGB-900 definitely has more features then I have ever seen offered in a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 7, 2008
Pros: Great coffee, not much hassle.
Cons: Loud while grinding, takes a few minutes, odd pouring carafe
Summary: I had the first model of the Cuisinart Grind and Brew for several years, and while I was happy with the coffee, it came with a price. Taking apart all the parts and cleaning was a pain. Eventually the basket got stuck, so it was time to replace & ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 6, 2008
Pros: Large carafe capacity, relatively easy operation, HOT coffee!
Cons: Would prefer a lit LED vs. LCD display, water level gauge on only 1 side
Summary: We've had this model for a couple of weeks now and it is a big improvement over our last thermal carafe coffeemaker, which did not have a grind function and was not a Cuisinart. The Cuisinart heats the water almost as hot as the local barista does ... read more
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