Melitta 6738044 Filter Coffee Machine with Insulated Jug, Timer Feature, Aroma Selector, Look Therm Timer Model, Black/Brushed Steel, 1011-16

Was disappointing noted the nanny state had taken away hot plates that stay on... then I found this with a thermal jug and a timer and a strength dial.So how does it perform.The jug is brilliant, no drips, no leakage, the lid pops up when you pour and drops neatly back down, again with no leaks and it pours lovely. The coffee stays warm for ages, I would say a good three hours and it is still very drinkable.The strength dial is brilliant, I like strong coffee and usually find filter makers a bit thin on strength, this one has a dial which slows down the drip over the coffee and therefore the strength increases. A full jug on max strength takes about 8 minutes to filter.The timer was a bonus. Way to set and then just leave if you want the same time ever day for a wake up brew. You set the time and press the timer button and that’s itIf I was going to quibble then I would say a dimmer for the clock would be nice, it seems manufacturers think consumers want bright blue light everywhere. The clock is illuminated constantly with a blue background, it’s not overly bright and if it’s in the kitchen it won’t keep you awake but it would be a nice option to be able to switch the backlight off or down.In the UK and I would expect a lot of other places we drink mugs not cups. The scale on the water tank is in cups, small and large with a maximum of 12 small cups. A small cup is 60ml, a big cup is 125ml.. for us mug drinkers its 250 to 300ml required, so expect 4 to 6 mugs out of the tank . The tank is an average size for these machines.Quibbles our of the way, I would recommend this machine, mine has been used almost every day since it arrived. Timer switched on and wake up to the smell of fresh coffee.... just need a bacon sandwich making machine on a timer and my world would be complete

This machine gives an easy way to make and keep hot filter coffee, with the means to control flavour and strength to some degree. Pair with a good grinder and a knowledgeable bean provider for excellent coffee throughout the day.A pot of coffee can be produced in about ten to twelve minutes, from grinding to pouring. The machine is easy to clean/descale and will even remind you to do so periodically. The coffee will be kept hot enough in the pot to drink for hours (one of the best features of this machine) although it helps to prewarm the pot before making each one, with a small amount of boiling water put in, with the lid then put on for a couple of minutes, then poured out again before use to receive the coffee.But, as with all such machines, the best aspect is that it works for years without problem. Ours has been going for about 3 years with two pots of coffee per day (more if we have guests) each and every day. No sign of any problem in the making.Another advantage - you can use one to make and keep hot tea, without the mugglies at the bottom of a teapot making your tea into bitter-gulp after 15 minutes. Use loose tea (perhaps from that same good coffee shop you found - we use Atkinsons of Lancaster) with a coffee filter paper to make a pot of tea that will also keep (hot and flavoursome) for hours and hours! Our tea maker Melitta sits next to the coffee maker Melitta on a nice oak breadboard platform I made for them, with the coffee grinder inbetween.

Having used an Aeropress syringe to make my coffee for the past ten years, I finally thought I'd treat myself to something that's a little more automatic. Plus my wife absolutely hates Aeropress and refuses to make me coffee using it, so I thought I'd pick up a filter machine as I had good memories of the coffee I made in a filter machine I bought from Makro some twenty years ago.This machine has, so far at least, been fantastic. The machine is so simple to use: you simply add the paper and coffee grounds, fill it up with water and hit start. Then you end up with a jug of coffee that seems to stay warm for several hours without the need for a hotplate. The lack of a hotplate is fantastic: there's no risk of boilding dry an empty glass jug and it's cheaper to run too.Cleaning it out is pretty simple too: the holder for the coffee paper is removable. The whole door that holds that part is also easily removable and washable too. The only downside is having to run it through with citric acid cleaning product every few weeks when the reminder light pops on but it's really not that hard — I remove the inner plastic coffee holder and clean into a clear glass jug so that I, nor anyone else, doesn't drink the cleaning fluid.All told it's a fantastic, unassuming product that does the one thing it's here for well.Edit: it's still working well some two years later but the some black lining has started chipping off the inside of the jug. Now I'm not sure if this is some plastic layer or simply coffee reside that's hardened. But it sometimes appears at the bottom of my mugs when I've finished my coffee, which is a bit disturbing. I can sometimes chip it off the jug too with a chopstick but I'm not able to remove it all.