BLACK+DECKER 12 Cup Thermal Programmable Coffee Maker with Brew Strength and VORTEX Technology, Black/Steel, CM2046S

Todo llegó perfecto, y funciona muy bien, buena compra!

Received on time my thermal coffee maker and unpacked it. So far so good, and I followed the instructions and heated water a couple times to clean it out. Hot coffee and nice flavor. On the cons side, it would have been nice to have received a couple starting round filters to use, as I didn’t have this size on hand (not paying attention to the pictures) and I taped the V-filters I had so they wouldn’t fall in and coffee grinds go all over. The clock is very dim which could be improved on. The other thing I kept waiting for was a ding (like my past Cuisinart had, as I waited in bed and wondered “how long does this machine take?” A ding would be helpful for us who don’t want to keep checking on brewing.
Otherwise, it did what it was supposed to and I will enjoy my coffee and thermal carafe I hope for a couple years at least.

When my most important appliance (coffee maker) died last month, I replaced it with this B+D 12 cup maker. The most important feature I needed was the ability to make iced coffee* in the summer – so a glass carafe wasn’t a good idea. And since iced coffee lasts much longer than hot coffee, being able to make 12 cups, instead of the standard 10, is another good idea.
I like the wide opening of the carafe, for cleaning (and filling it with ice is easier) but I wish the lids designed for all coffee makers with a ‘sneak a cup’ feature came apart for cleaning. They can hold several ounces of liquid inside the lid and get gunky if not thoroughly rinsed out. I like that the water indicator is a window, rather than some sort of separate tube gage (that was impossible to clean on my last one).
The ‘strong’ feature saves a bit of coffee (it uses a longer brewing cycle, so you could use a little less, but the regular cycle makes a pretty good cup of coffee. I use the strong feature for iced coffee though, since the coffee needs to be double strength to hold up to the ice.
I like that the power light pulses when the coffee is being made, and goes solid when done – often you never really know when things are done, even with that nice gurgling sound every drip maker makes at the end.
As others have noted – if you leave the carafe in the coffee maker after it’s done, the valve at the top will remain open, letting heat out. You can solve this just by taking the coffee filter holder out, since you’re going to clean it at some point anyway.
The water indicator, the ‘strong’ indicator and the time, is hard to read if you kitchen lighting isn’t good. That’s the only thing that effects the ‘easy to use’ rating.
Otherwise it’s a coffee pot, and if you can’t figure it out, you are either in need of some coffee before operating this appliance, or should just let professional at a coffee shop make your coffee.

*How To Make Iced Coffee:
Please follow any manufacturers instructions for safety. Test with less ice the first few times and keep an eye on things since your ice trays may vary, and you don’t want to thing to overflow.
Fill the water reservoir to 6 cups (indicated in the window), fill the coffee filter with as much ground coffee as you normally would for 12 cups (12 T’s or so) and fill the carafe with 2 trays of large ice cubes. I can get away with 3 trays – you are trying to almost fill it, but like I said, don’t make it overflow, or it’ll be messy. The ‘strong’ feature can save you a little coffee or as you might expect, make it stronger.
As soon as it is done (when the light stops pulsing) put the carafe in your fridge (third most important appliance, after the furnace) and the ice will last for 24 hours.

Ha sido Justo lo que buscaba, me encanta que mantiene el café caliente