Price: $99.95
(as of Dec 10, 2024 12:16:17 UTC - Details)

Grind and Brew Coffeemaker

Retire your alarm clock and wake up instead to the rich aroma of freshly ground, just brewed coffee, with the Cuisinart Grind & Brew Automatic Coffeemaker. One of the Premier Series, this deluxe 12-cup model offers the best of Cuisinart's expert coffeemaking technology to deliver unsurpassed ease of use and rich full-bodied coffee flavor. With streamlined European styling and a graceful carafe, it's a beautiful addition to any kitchen.
The Grind & Brew Coffeemaker features a separate grinding assembly and filter chamber to make beans easy to add and used grounds easy to remove. A convenient "grind off" control turns the grinder off when preground coffee is used.
A nice addition to any modern kitchen, this 12-cup automatic coffeemaker automatically grinds whole beans right before brewing to produce a fresh and flavorful pot of coffee. The 24-hour fully programmable unit allows for "wake-up" coffee, plus its brew-pause function makes it simple to enjoy a cup of coffee before the end of the brewing cycle. The included 60-ounce glass carafe offers an ergonomic handle, knuckle guard, and dripless pour spout for graceful serving. Other highlights include adjustable auto shutoff for up to four hours, a grind-off option, a charcoal water filter to remove impurities, and a separate grinder chamber and filter area to ensure simple cleanup. Housed in elegant Italian styling, the coffeemaker measures approximately 12 by 10 by 17 inches and carries a three-year limited warranty.
A charcoal water filter and a permanent commercial-style gold tone coffee filter allow only pure flavor to flow through, and the popular Brew Pause feature lets you sneak a cup before the cycle is finished.
Dishwasher safe parts. Separate grind and filter chambers for easy cleanup. The freshest tasting coffee outside a coffee bar. What more could a coffee lover as for?

Product Parts and Benefits

• Reservoir Cover
  Flips back for easy filling, Removable for easy cleaning. A safety Interlock System prevents operation of the unit if the Reservoir Cover is open.
• Showerhead
  Distributes water evenly over coffee, reducing temperature loss as water passes through grounds.
• Filter Basket Compartment
  Contains filter basket, filter basket cover, and Cuisinart gold tone commercial style filter
• Brew Pause
  Stops flow of coffee from basket when carafe is removed from heater plate so a cup can be poured in mid-brew, if desired
• Heating Plate
  Scratch resistant with nonstick coating
• Carafe
  The easy-pour, no-drip 12-cup carafe has an ergonomic handle and brewed coffee markings for two to twelve cups
• Measuring Scoop and Brush
  • #4 Basket Paper Filters
    • Grinder Basket and Lid
      Use the recess on each side of the lid to remove lid for easy addition of beans
    • Cord Storage
      • Charcoal Water Filter
        Charcoal water filter eliminates chlorine, bad tastes, and ordors from tap water
      • Control Panel
        
        1. On/Off/Set Auto-Shutoff Switch with LED Indicator: Audible Tone which will sound 5 times when the coffee has completed brewing and Auto-Shutoff Tone which will sound twice at end of programmed auto-shutoff period
        2. Low Cups Setting with LED Indicator: set to 1-4 cup to imporove extraction and flavor when making fewer than 5 cups of coffee
        3. Hours Set/Minutes Set: press and hold either hour or minute button for approximately 2 seconds to enter Time Set Mode
        4. Clock Display
        5. Grind Off with LED Indicator: use to turn off the grinder when using pre-ground coffee
        6. Program Setting with LED Indicator: press to display program setting or to set programmed brewing

        Product Features

        • Elegant Italian Styling
        • Automatically grinds whole beans before brewing
        • 24 hour fully programmable
        • Brew Pause™ feature lets you enjoy a cup of coffee before brewing has finished
        • Adjustable auto shutoff – 0-4 hours
        • Grind off feature
        • 1-4 cup feature
        • 12 (5 oz. each) cup carafe with ergonomic handle, dripless spout and knuckle guard
        • Gold tone commercial filter
        • Charcoal water filter removes impurities
        • Separate grinder chamber and filter area make for easy cleanup
        • Limited 3-year warranty

        Easy Operation

        Fully programmable, this is the ultimate user-friendly coffeemaker. Simply add beans and water, set the flavor control to 1-4 or 5+ cups, and program start time up to 24 hours in advance. An auto-shutoff feature even lets you set the unit to turn off up to 4 hours after the brew cycle ends.

        The Perfect Cup of Coffee

        Element 1: Water
        Coffee is 98% water. The quality of that water is as important as the quality of your coffee. If water doesn't taste good from the tap, it won't taste good in your coffee. That's why Cuisinart has added a water filter to the Grind & Brew Coffeemaker. The charcoal filter removes chlorine, bad tastes, and odors, for the purest coffee flavor, every time you brew.
        Element 2: Coffee
        While coffee is 98% water, all of the flavor comes from the beans. To achieve the same great taste you enjoy at a coffee bar, you need to use the same quality of coffee.
        Buy the beans fresh and whole, only about two weeks' supply at a time for maximum freshness. Once the coffee bean is broken, its flavor degrades very quickly. That's why the Grind & Brew grinds your coffee just prior to brewing. If it is not practical to buy small supplies, separate larger amounts of beans into one to two week portions immediately after purchase, and freeze them in airtight containers.
        The best way to maximize freshness is to minimize exposure to air, light, and moisture. So, once beans have been removed from the freezer, maintain them in a sealed container at room temperature, since damaging condensation occurs every time the beans are removed from the freezer or refrigerator. Note that some coffee experts advise against freezing dark-roast beans, because freezing can cause the oils to coagulate. Other experts disagree. We suggest you experiment and decide for yourself.
        Element 3: Grind
        The grind is critical for proper flavor extraction. If the grind is too fine, over-extraction and bitterness will result. Too fine a grind may also clog the filter. If grind is too coarse, the water will pass through too quickly and the maximum flavor will not be extracted. The Grind & Brew is preset for a medium grind, the optimal grind for this type of coffeemaker.
        Element 4: Proportion
        Coffee that is too strong or too weak is always a disappointment. Follow the recommended portions of ground coffee in the instructions included with every Grind & Brew, and later adjust the amount to suit your taste. The Grind & Brew makes up to twelve (12) 5-ounce cups of coffee

Please refer to user guide or user manual or user guide (provided below in PDF) before first use
24-hour programmability with 12-Cup glass carafe featuring an ergonomic handle, dripless pour spout and knuckle guard
Grinds whole beans right before brewing to produce fresh and flavorful coffee. Grind off feature for pre ground coffee
Brew-pause feature, auto shutoff from 0 to 4 hours, and 1- to 4-Cup feature
Please make sure the 1-4 setting button is pushed on. This setting does make a stronger cup of coffee due to the slower brewing process
Product Built to North American Electrical Standards. Separate grinder chamber and filter area make for easy cleanup
Reviewer: Ethan Wells
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A 4-1/2 star marvel
Review: So I purchased this to replace my Cuisinart CHW-12 Coffee Plus 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker with Hot Water System, Black/Stainless. I was very pleased with the *coffeemaker* component of this latter (its hot water system being another matter), and was looking for a similar coffeemaker that also had a grind and brew function. I have had it now for just shy of a year, and am almost entirely pleased with it. Let me address the pros and cons, both as I see them and as they have been discussed in other reviews:Pros:(1) This coffeemaker is able to produce an excellent cup of coffee in very little time.(2) The grind function allows you to control precisely how much coffee you want ground. Other models - such as the Krups KM7005 Grind and Brew coffeemaker - essentially have a reservoir for beans that are ground according to your selection of coffee-strength. Effectively, this means it uses a timer to determine how much coffee to grind. In my experience, this resulted in an imperfect and - more importantly - inconsistent cup of coffee. This Cuisinart coffeemaker, by contrast, will grind precisely how much coffee you put in the grinder. I have been surprised to find no residue, or almost no residue, in the grinder after each use. This allows you to control the strength of your coffee, and produce a consistent cup.(3) You can easily turn the grinder off. I keep a stash of ground coffee at the ready for those days when I'm running behind and want to save a step. It doesn't save a lot of time - but it's a nice feature.Cons(1) A number of people have noted in their reviews that this coffeemaker is a lot of work to clean. While I don't find this in fact to be the case, it does require you to wash, in addition to the components common to any coffeemaker, the grinder after each use. The only systems with which I am familiar that do not require this are those with a coffee reservoir; the drawback of these systems, as I note above, is that it is difficult to get a consistently good cup of coffee out of them. So I think this is a have your cake or eat it predicament: if you want a consistently good cup of coffee from a grind and brew coffeemaker, you're probably going to need to buy one requiring additional cleaning.(2) I was surprised to find how much I missed the carafe temperature control function of my old Cuisinart CHW-12 coffeemaker. I find this grind and brew coffeemaker produces coffee that is slightly too hot for my taste. That said, it is a minor drawback, easily corrected by waiting a few minutes after pouring a cup before drinking it.(3) Unlike the CHW-12, there is no transparent window that allows you to see how much water is in the reservoir from the side of the coffeemaker. Instead, you have to look down into the water reservoir, at a series of steps marking 2, 4, 6, 8 and so forth. This makes it difficult to fill the reservoir to, say, 3 cups or 5 cups or 7 cups etc. Why? Because when you are looking down, you lose the perspective necessary to determine when the water is halfway between, say, 4 and 6. This is a minor inconvenience that can be worked around by trial and error.(4) I agree with those reviewers who say the grinder is not large enough to make an entire pot of strong coffee. This doesn't make the least difference for me since I only make half a pot per day. To make half a pot of coffee at my desired strength, however, I do need to fill the coffee grinder well more than 1/2 full. Upshot: a 12 cup pot of coffee is likely to be weaker than I would want it. So: if you want 12 cups every morning of strong coffee, this grind and brew coffee maker is likely to fall short of your expectations. If, on the other hand, you only occasionally make a full pot of coffee, I'd recommend that, on those occasions, you turn the grinder off and use the appropriate amount of pre-ground coffee instead.Overall, I would deduct a 1/2 star for cons (2) and (3). That not being an option, however, I have given this coffeemaker a 5 star rating since 4 stars would certainly not do credit to its many fine features.**UPDATE 05/12/2020**I have had this unit for just over a year. I stand by my original assessment. It is far and away the best coffee maker I have ever purchased, at least for my purposes.

Reviewer: Linda O.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Cuisinart Grind & Brew customers for life!
Review: First of all know that the quality of whole bean coffee you use is naturally instrumental in the quality and taste of the cup of coffee you receive. We have used various Cuisinart Grind & Brew coffee machines daily for over 20 years, and have never been disappointed with the performance and quality of this product. It consistently produces the freshest and best tasting coffee you can have at home.

Reviewer: Mx200394
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I bought this as a gift before my ex dumped me.
Review: My girlfriend (now ex) at the time always complained her coffee wasn't as good as the coffee I make at my home so I did some research and decided on this maker.When I set up in her home for her it was real easy to use and really comprehensive to understand the instructions. I personally like to grind my own beans and the fact this does that for you and puts it in the removable/reusable filter. That was great.It brews fast, and smells great when I used my beans. I enjoyed the taste of the coffee very much. Once you go from paper filters to reusable filters you realize you can't go back. Paper filters always have a paper taste to your coffee.I can't say much about the cleaning other than doing the basic which is run a pot of water through the machine before first use. But judging how my ex kept her old coffee maker clean... I doubt she will keep it clean herself. But I am not stranger to cleaning these things.If you feel your coffee maker is slowly getting worse and worse. Remove the filter in the water tank, add descaler to the the water per what the descaler instructions say. Brew a pot, dump. Clean the pot out, add clean cool water, brew a second pot of water. Dump that out. Then brew a third pot of water and dump that out like step two.To clean the reusable filter, please don't put it in a dishwasher. This can damage it. Take a small pot of water and bring it to a boil. then lower the heat to a simmer. In your sink while waiting for your pot of water to come to temperature use cool water and a soft brush or tooth brush to make sure you remove all the stuck on grinds. Once it is, add the basket to the simmering warm water and turn off the heat. Let it soak till it cools down. Remove the basket and rinse with water brushing with a tooth brush again. This will remove the micro particles from the brewing process. Let it air dry in an open space. Then once dry you can use it again. I suggest for serious coffee makers do this after every use. But for the average coffee user once a week is fine.

Reviewer: Arlene Hancock
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Had the old version of this coffee maker for years. It started leaking. I replaced with a newer version of the cuisinart. Didn’t like the setup so I returned it. Then I found this one. Almost identical: glass Carafe instead of insulated pot, the bottom heats up to keep your coffee hot, and the sides of the machine are black plastic instead of stainless. Wish I would have found this months ago. It works perfectly and actually brews a hot cup of coffee. Plus the insulated carafe works with it if you need to brew a couple of pots. Nothing beats grinding fresh beans when you make a pot of coffee!

Reviewer: Violeta
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Es un muy buen producto a muy buen precio, solo le cambiaría el seguro que detiene el filtro ya que no es lo suficientemente fuerte y se bota, pero lo solucioné usando unas cuñas de cartón.

Reviewer: Olivia Alvarez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Exelente funciona muy bien me encantó muy linda y práctica para todo tipo café

Reviewer: Tracy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The taste is the number one factor for us and this coffee maker brews a great tasting coffee. This is our first time having a coffee maker with a grinder and we love it. Easy to use. We clean the grinder after each use. We are so happy with this purchase. Note: If you like your coffee stronger, use less water vs adding more beans because there is a max capacity for the bean grinder.

Reviewer: Jesus_Nuno
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Te entrega un buen sabor de cafè, caliente adecuado todo el tiempo. Relaciòn Precio - desempeño muy adcuado, solo dar su limpieza de molino en cada uso que es muy sencillo, y funciona perfecto.