Price: $69
(as of Dec 16, 2024 13:28:11 UTC - Details)

Leave it to Cuisinart to make delicious, freshly ground, freshly brewed coffee an even nicer experience. The Grind & Brew 10-Cup Coffeemaker features an innovative DirectFlow grind assembly that seamlessly moves coffee through the professional-style burr grinder right into the brew basket. An AutoRinse feature makes sure all coffee grounds enter the brew basket to make clean-up exceptionally easy! Grinds just the amount of beans needed, to the number of cups selected. Intuitive controls offer three fl avor strengths and a large display provides a clear view of customized selections. It’s innovative coffeemaking technology – and Cuisinart – at their very best! Features: 10-cup thermal carafe with comfort-grip handle|Professional-style burr grinder for uniform consistency|DirectFlow grind assembly seamlessly dispenses grounds directly into the brew basket|AutoRinse ensures all the coffee grounds enter the brew basket|Half-pound bean hopper with sealed lid - keeps beans fresh|Flavor strength options – regular bold or extra-bold|Grind control – program for 4 to 10 cups|Grind-off feature lets you use pre-ground coffee|Extra-large LCD display and intuitive operation|24-hour brew start|Gold-tone commercial-style permanent fi lter|Charcoal water fi lter removes impurities|Brew Pause™ feature lets you enjoy a cup before brewing is fi nished|Limited 3-Year Warranty
Note: 1)Too coarse a grind, too little coffee, or insufficiently tamping the grounds before brewing can all lead to inadequate pressure for a proper brew. 2)It is important to note that the amount of espresso extracted will vary depending on the grind size and amount and reprogramming may be needed when the size and amount are adjusted
MUST-HAVE FEATURES: Designed with superior functionality in mind boasting features such as 24-hour programmability, 4 to 10 cup settings, self-clean auto rinse and adjustable auto shutoff
BUILT-IN PROFESSIONAL-STYLE BURR GRINDER: DirectFlow grind assembly seamlessly dispenses grounds into the brew basket in uniform consistency. Featuring a half-pound bean hopper with sealed lid to keep beans fresh
ENJOY WITH EASE: Cuisinart’s trademarked Brew Pause feature lets you enjoy a cup of coffee before the brewing cycle has finished
BREW STRENGTH CONTROL: Select regular, bold, or extra bold coffee flavor to perfectly match your coffee taste preference
DURABLE FILTERS: Permanent gold-tone coffee filter included, and built-in charcoal water filter ensures only the freshest coffee flavor flows through
Reviewer: RockyTech
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent Coffee Maker, A Few Quirks
Review: This review is for the 10-cup DGB-850 with Thermal Carafe (stainless steel).After using this coffee maker for over 10 weeks, we are quite happy with it overall (after learning a few lessons). Perhaps this is an updated version of the model, but we have not had any of the issues some reviews mention, like problems cleaning the grinder burrs. In fact, this version does not even have user-access to the grinder parts, based on the videos and descriptions from others with problems. This model advertises that the grinder assembly auto-rinses all the grinds from the grinder - there is no disassembly to get to the grinder itself, and it appears to work fine without access. All we do to clean it after each use is rinse out the permanent filter itself (or toss the paper filter), and wipe moisture from the holder and the housing above the coffee carafe platform.PROS:* Coffee tastes very good - grind/strength controls allows pretty good control over desired taste, by adjusting the amount of water used with each grind range (see my grind testing chart image, and table below). My wife likes coffee a bit weaker, so we use 7-8 cups of water with a 6-cup Grind, for instance, adjusting Strength as needed for the exact amount of water used.* With the thermal carafe, the heating plate below the carafe warms the stainless steel carafe as the coffee is brewed, so there is no need to pre-heat a cold carafe (which we had to do with our previous coffee maker). Works well - the heater is turned off automatically after the coffee is brewed, so it does not over-heat the coffee. The thermal carafe keeps the coffee pretty warm for an hour or two.* At least so far, we have not had any issues with cleaning the grinder burrs - easy clean-up.* We really like the ability to use either the permanent filter basket, or a paper filter. With a septic system, we cannot rinse grounds down the drain, and it is sometimes a pain to dump grounds outside in bad weather (so the paper filter is handy in heavy snow). We did not have this option with our old blade-grinder coffee maker.CONS (Lessons Learned):* Pouring water into the reservoir is a pain with the coffee maker under a cabinet. You need access to the back of the coffee maker to pour from a bit behind, since pouring from the front can let water spill out the overflow slots at the back of the reservoir.* As some reviews mention, pouring from the carafe can be a bit tricky with the lid on, if you are not careful. A full pot pours fine, but steeper angles of pour as the carafe gets emptier can make a mess. I remove the lid for pouring as the pot gets emptier.* To get just the right coffee strength for your personal tastes, it helps to understand exactly how the coffee maker adjusts the grind for the settings (Grind and Strength). I could not find this information in the manual or any on-line reference. See my "Strength Notes" below - between knowing what each combination does, and adjusting the amount of water for each setting, you can get pretty much just what you want, without wasting coffee.STRENGTH NOTES:At first, we found it a bit limiting to have fixed settings for only 4, 6, 8 & 10 cups of coffee. And I could not find any good description anywhere about exactly what the Grind control and the Strength control do - does one adjust the fineness of the grinding mechanism, and the other the amount of coffee beans ground (based on the amount of time the grinder runs)? If so, which controls which? All the manual really says is "The burr grinder will grind the correct amount of beans, and automatically adjust the coffee/water ratio for low cup settings."So, I started experimenting with different settings to see what each does, based on the weight of the ground coffee put into the filter. I weighed the grounds after brewing each pot at different setting combinations, letting them drain quite a while first (wet grounds, but well drained). The chart in the image attached to this review (also shown in the table below) shows my results - not every setting available, but enough to figure out what is happening, I believe. From visual comparisons, I could not see any apparent differences in the coarseness of the grounds themselves with any combination, so I assume that the grinder does not change the coarseness/fineness of the grind itself, only the amount of beans ground, for both the strength and grind (# of cups) settings. But with the information in the chart, and by adjusting the amount of water you put in the reservoir for each brew, you can get pretty close to the strength you want. Ground Coffee Weights, Cuisinart DGB-850 Coffeemaker GRIND STRENGTH GRAMS (avg.) ============================= 4 Cups Extra Bold 75 6 Cups Regular 91 6 Cups Bold 102 6 Cups Extra Bold 120 8 Cups Bold 122 8 Cups Extra Bold 140So, for example, we brew a slightly weaker-than-recommended pot by setting the Grind (# of cups) to 6 cups, adding either 7 or 8 cups of water to the reservoir, and setting the Strength as a kind of fine-tuning adjustment to get just the strength we want for that batch (my wife likes it a bit weaker, I like it a bit stronger - we alternate!).Hopefully this will help you fine-tune your perfect cup of coffee. Happy brewing!

Reviewer: Bill M
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: BIG Disappointment
Review: I was disappointed with this product's quality and embarrassment for such a well-respected company.Good thing. I wanted a white coffee pot to catch my counter.Bad Things. The coffee hopper does a poor job of feeding beans into the grinder. The coffee spills in every direction. You will never get a cup of coffee without having to wipe the counter The top is extremely difficult to open because of poor ergonomic design. The spout pours a thin stream stealing time from your life. The controls are not intuitive and require multiple button pushing just to brew a pot. The grind basket is too small and grounds pour over the filter and sometimes clogging the exit hole making a puddle of mess on your counter, The control logic glitches and will not brew, requiring the grind basket to be opened and reinserted to reset.I am too exhausted now, but I think its enough information to make an intelligent choice,

Reviewer: AdamPaz
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great coffee, with a big caveat
Review: I have both the 550 and the 850. The 550 is the glass 12 cup carafe that has the very loud blade grinder. The 850 is the burr grinder-with the steel carafe and bean holding container. Its neither as loud, nor easily cleaned.If you have persons in the home who like different coffees, the 550 is a better choice, because the grinder (as well as the filter) can be removed and cleaned each time, permitting a coffee change. The 850 is much more challenging to clean the grinder/hopper (filter easy to clean.) Both make great coffee. I actually use the grinder on the 550 as an alarm clock, as the machine is programmable, and wakes me up in the morning.If you read the reviews- yes the 550 must be cleaned each time (really not that bad- running water rinses it fine). Yes you have to pour the beans each time (you get used to the level needed) and it can leak. The glass carafe has broken twice in the five years I have owned it- which is why we changed to a steel carafe with the 850. And it's LOUD. However, it makes great coffee, was $100 less than the 850 model, and as I mentioned, you can easily swap coffees for different users.Not sure why there is a profound price difference between the 850 and 900.As for the 850, you fill the hopper with beans, pour in the water, adjust the settings and hit the BREW button. The coffee filter is easily cleaned. The steel carafe keeps the coffee hot (in lieu of a hotplate.) Easy Peasy. Great if you only want a few cups or a whole pot. If you want to routinely change coffees- its very challenging- forget it- go buy a 550. Only had the 850 for a few days, so I haven't experienced a problem with the lid, but other reviews document the problem (there's even a video.)I've had a slew of grind and brew machines for over 30 years, and I like the Cuisinarts the best.

Reviewer: Lis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best Cup of Coffee!
Review: This is my 4th Cuisinart Grind & Brew — and while the burr grinder is a bit loud, it really does make the best coffee. I set it on auto to go off every morning and wake up to a fresh brewed cup!

Reviewer: CDNav8r
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Cusinart took their previous model of this coffee maker and made it better! The burr grinder is critical for great tasting coffee and now it’s self cleaning! Brilliant!This is my third Cusinart grind and brew coffee maker and they keep making them better. It’s used daily and I get about 12 to 15 years out of a unit. That’s pretty reasonable considering so many products are junk these days.Highly recommended!

Reviewer: Jane Paul
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I loved this coffee maker at my cottage all summer. Bought a second one for home and ditched a different brand of bean to brew maker that never worked as well. Flavour is always perfect.