This coffee maker is great. You can make hot coffee or iced coffee. You have the choice of making a single cup of coffee or a 12 cup carafe of hot coffee or iced coffee. It is very easy with this new coffee maker. A grande size Starbucks will fit perfect on the single cup size. I have not had any problem with the single cup side except once when I forgot to add water to the water container side. The machine can't make coffee without water. I have not had a problem with k cups exploding. I've used k cups for years. The carafe side was not so easy. I discovered making 12 cups of coffee using 12 measuring scoops of pre ground coffee didn't work well...the water backed up and overflowed the paper filter and the same problem happened when making 10 cups. If yu use the permanent filter it works a little better. But, I prefer paper filters. Do I got my coffee grinder and coffee beans and set the grinder on the highest setting for a medium grind and that worked great. The machine is very easy to use. It has three heat settings for the warming plate on the carafe side. I expect this machine to last me many years as have other Cuisinart coffee makers in the past. Read your manual thoroughly before using the coffee maker the first time.

Must take pot lid off completely to place water in pot. No hinged opening?! Does not offer keep warm feature… only brew. Not user friendly at all. A simple warming feature for pot would be helpful. Need to work on design features. For the price of this coffee maker and with this brand name… I expected better. I presented as a gift to group and this has left me embarrassed and looking like I just bought a cheap coffee maker… which it was NOT!

This is just ok. It was a replacement for another one exactly like this that broke that I only had for a year this new model. I really don’t like that. You can’t put a tall coffee cup underneath the K-pod. I will just have to see how this one goes…

Convenience, style and taste are what I achieve each morning as I wake to begin my day. I have only owned a Mr. Coffee and Cuisine Coffee Makers. Last Cuisine was used daily for over ten years. This newest one also has a single serve along with the twelve-cup capacity. If I live long enough to need a new coffee maker it will definitely be another Cuisine!

Very poor construction of the pod portion of this machine. Every second or third pod will rip open a spew coffee grounds everywhere. And I’ve spent over two hours trying to clean the residual grounds out. I think maybe the water is under too much pressure. The carafe portion works well except it doesn’t pause very well when the carafe is removed. Excellent warming plate.

I love the styling and user friendliness of this coffee system. However, the K-Cup side keeps exploding my coffee pods which makes a huge mess and is quite annoying. I’ve tried all the suggestions to prevent this from happening. I find using the reusable K-Cup and filling it with my own ground coffee is just easier than dealing with the mess of an exploded pod.

Very easy to use between how many ounces you want I swear it heats up quicker than a Keurig in the morning which is very important and it looks like a sophisticated piece of machinery on your kitchen counter. It just blends with every type of decoration we have the new 16 model And the color is royal blue. I’m definitely sticking with Cuisinart now. Nothing can top it.

This coffee maker is really nice looking. It looks just like it should . State of the art. The coffee it makes is wonderful. I have had other makers before, however the coffee never tasted as good as what my beautiful Cuisinart brews. I had a Keurig before, while it did brew the pods a little faster the flavor was no where near my Cuisinart. And yes I used the same coffee brand. In my opinion you can't beat this Cuisinart.

I had an older model of this combo coffee maker where the pod coffee brewer assembly was on the right side and the pot coffee maker was on the left side. It was very inconvenient to pour the water into the unit for the pot side without spilling it all over the pod component. It was has been reversed on this new model and that's simplified both the filling of the brewer side with coffee and water. The controls for both sides are now very touch sensitive and don't require a heavy hand to operate them. The controls are very intuitive as well. The pod controls also allow for designating the size of the desired cup size: 6, 8, 10 or 12 oz sizes.

My original two in one coffee maker stopped working on the pod side. My daughter purchased it for me and I was very upset that it broke after two years. I cleaned it and truly took good care of it. But I must say, we called Cuisinart and they replaced with the newer model. This one works fine but the clock display doesn’t light up nor does the pod side show any sign of the water being low. I prefer the original but appreciate the replacement.