I’m kind of shocked by the bad reviews. I’m not a coffee expert though..and I’m I like simple machines so maybe I’m just easily impressed but here’s my review. I’m most excited about the fact that this carafe doesn’t dribble! My old coffee pots always dribbled when I would pour out of the pot. This one pours exactly where I pour it. No coffee down the side of my cup or water on my counter tops!! The coffee brews fairly fast and tastes great. It also brews at a hotter temperature than my old ones which is great!! Maybe mine were just way too old. It’s easy to empty the coffee grounds and just has a simple on/off switch which is what I wanted. I’m only 25 years old but I didn’t want a programmable latte foam expresso bean grinding mess. Just wanted this machine to brew coffee and it does exactly that! Just a few notes. The longer you leave it on the hotter the coffee gets. I’ve burnt my mouth after going back for a second cup after like 45 mins. The coffee wasn’t scorched tasting but definitely hot. So be careful. I have not had any problems with the spring but I read other people did. Also this coffee maker is so pretty. Glossy clean round pretty machine. I also like that the light is green and not red when it’s turned on lol. I love it. ***UPDATE It’s been about 5 months of everyday use and now when I fill it to 8 cups it only brews 5 or 6 cups and the coffee ends up being too strong now. Rather bummed out so I took my rating from 5 down to 4 stars ••BUT•• if you use distilled water or have a water softener machine in your house I don’t think this will happen to you. We have really hard water and the mineral buildup clogged this coffee maker. If you descale is regularly which I didn’t, you should be fine. I bought another and have softened my water.
