Price: $229.95
(as of Nov 20, 2024 12:41:21 UTC - Details)

The Cuisinart Coffee Center features a fully automatic thermal coffeemaker on one side and a single-serve brewer on the other. Sipping solo or serving a crowd, it’s always easy to enjoy the gourmet taste you expect from Cuisinart. Cuisinart Coffee Bar capsules are included for an exceptional single serve experience. One coffeemaker that does the job of two and frees up more space on your counter – that’s Cuisinart at its best!
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
SUPERIOR FUNCTIONALITY: Our single-serve brewer has a 40oz removable water reservoir that complements its charcoal water filter and removable drip tray for travel mugs–enjoy energy save mode when you've finished your brewing cycle
CARAFE BREWER: Serve up to 10 cups of coffee at once with our thermal carafe coffee maker featuring a stainless-steel handle and body with fully automatic features–24-hour brew start, self-clean, adjustable auto-off, and ready alert system
MUST-HAVE FEATURES: Our 10-cup coffee brewer allows you to control your brew strength so you can boast light to strong coffee flavor as well as adjust your carafe water temperature that runs through its charcoal water filter
SIMPLIFY YOUR MORNING: Fill your tank with ease featuring our easy-view water window and pour a cup before your brew cycle ends with our Brew Pause feature
Reviewer: Lisa L. Cook
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Really well pleased with this coffee maker!
Review: Switched to Pods. Tried 2 different keurigs and was appalled how awful and not user friendly they were. Purchased this machine almost a month ago and am in LOVE with it. SUPER easy to use. Excellent brews. Very quick as well. I do highly recommend this machine.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Second Purchase of a Cuisinart Maker
Review: We chose this brand because it offers a stainless steel carafe that truly keeps coffee warm for hours. This model is different from our previous; this offers the option for single serve pods, which is a nice feature. What I dislike: it is Very Hard to pour without making a mess! Water goes everywhere because of the shape of the lid on the carafe, and there's a tall plastic piece that holds a water filter, which splashes the water everywhere. This lid is just as the original one we had; which was also annoying. It is Very difficult when you go to pour that last cup of coffee also- it spills out the top holes; you actually have to hold the pot nearly upside-down to get the last cup of coffee out! The hinged lid on the coffee maker itself doesn't hinge back far enough to give you enough room to pour water into the machine. I also don't care for the fact that the blue light stays on All the time, "indicating low water level" on the single serve side. I don't want to keep water in there just to get stagnant! I feel it should have it's own On/Off switch. We also purchased it because of the price- we didn't want to spend over $200 to get a different brand. But I think we should have!

Reviewer: Gladiator
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: We love it! ... Oops - scratch that!
Review: We had a $180 Keurig Elite that stopped working because that company makes their machines so that you can only use their coffee (or licensed) ... oh, you can use other pods that are compatible but it causes degradation over time. In our case, 15 months and time for a new machine. So okay, if that is the way Keurig wants to play it (meaning that I cannot use my favorite coffee), we decided to look elsewhere. A lot of reading and reviews later led us to this Cuisinart. We already have an old and perfectly good 12-cup drip Cuisinart but needed the single serve (pods) machine. We finally decided to go with this one that combines both - and are very happy. We put the old Cuisinart pot into storage so now with the pot and single-serve combined in one unit, the footprint is so much smaller on our coffee bar ... more room for other coffee-related items.Before buying it, I was a little concerned about some comments, e.g., someone said it could be difficult to fill the water reservoir. Not really ... note: we have the thermal pot and I do not recommend trying to fill that pot and then pour into the reservoir. Instead, just use a pitcher. The fill marks are easily visible on the side of the reservoir. I use the same pitcher (1.5L) to fill the single serve reservoir. Also, a couple reports of leakage but we have not experienced this at all.The only issue I have, really, is that the single serve tends to be a little messy with splatter - which is not unique to the Cuisinart, just that it shows a bit more than it did on our Keurig (because of the proximity of the pot to the single-serve side). Most of the splatter goes onto the side of the thermal pot but it is an easy clean - just a wipe with a damp paper towel. Now I usually try to watch the fill, and once the cup gets about half full I just lift it up a few inches so it is closer to the where the water is dispensed.Bottom line ... we could not be happier with our choice.Edit: One thing we have noticed (and has been mentioned in at least one other review) is the mess from grounds, i.e., exploding k-cups. We did experience this, too. Taking a closer look at the single serve side, it appears to me that Cuisinart chose to use some type of "needle" that is not real sharp - probably intentionally so as a safety precaution because of the way you have to reach in to place and remove the k-cup. My guess is that this can result in an "explosion" of the grounds from k-cups which are vacuum sealed (some are more heavily pressurized than others). We have solved this by using a push-pin to puncture the k-cup just before placing it in the holder, releasing the extra pressure. Works fine, as long as we remember to do so.EDIT (after 1+ yrs): Just had another exploding incident! This time, it was due to another issue (discovered after calling Cuisinart customer service). It seems that the needle on the bottom of the k-cup holder gets dull over time - which necessitates another step to keep the pods from exploding. Now, when we place a pod in holder, not only do we need to puncture the cup with a push pin (because if the rounded needle) but we also must now "gently push down on the pod with our hand, so as puncture the bottom of the cup." Our failure to know this would be necessary as the unit grew a bit older (info is not in the manual) means we ended up with two clean-ups this morning ... tedious, difficult clean-ups, trying to remove grounds from all the little nooks and crannies. Not fun. Still like the coffee maker but brought it down a notch ... maybe should have been two.Edit #2 (10/25/21): Well, another exploding cup incident - and, of course, the tedious clean-up. I must have been really tired this morning - and distracted - so I failed to take the necessary precautions when using the machine. Yes, I guess that I forgot to manually push down the pod to seat it. Another explosion. Another messy clean-up. I have had it with this machine, will start my search for a new one. I will wrap this one up, store it in in the garage for those rare time when we make a full pot.DO ... NOT ... BUY!!

Reviewer: Kramer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best looking coffe maker I've ever had
Review: This is the best looking coffee maker I have ever had, but that's about where it ends. The K-Cup feature is very nice and if you use the provided "Do It Yourself" K-Cup option you'll probably be able to make a very nice 6, 8, or 10 ounce cup of coffee very cost effectively.The lid to the carafe is tough to figure out. They do have the smallest little arrows to line up but even when you align them the lid still doesn't drop into place.Pouring the water into the reservoir is a little challenging as you only have a space that is about 3 fingers wide and the pot itself has a lip on the inside that makes getting all the water out all but impossible. The first time my wife made an 8 cup pot we learned that unless you push the filter holder all the way down until it snaps into place the water builds up in the filter compartment and very little will make it into the pot. I was very surprised to open the lid and find the filter holder completely full of water. The controls are a little much. When you set up the coffee to be ready at an appointed time you switch the control nob to Auto On, but unless you push the brew button your coffee will not be ready for you at the given time. Is this the end of the world or a deal breaker, no, but its just one more thing about this coffee maker that doesn't make sense. This is a really beautiful coffee maker and it is the most expensive coffee maker I have ever purchased. I'm keeping it because it is so darn good looking and I love the K-Cup maker.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This machine is fabulous. It uses the Keurig pods better than any of the 3 Keurig machines I have had. We trouble with many of the pods and was going to throw away 3 boxes that Amazon won't allow to be returned. They work perfectly in this machine. I highly recommend it.Paul

Reviewer: Bridgette
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Love my new dual coffee maker. It is a great space saver and the metal carafe eliminates any worry over breaking delicate glass carafes. Also love that I can make a single cup whenever I don’t want to brew a full pot of coffee. Easy to use, but I wish it came with a funnel nosed measuring cup to fill the water wells as it’s a bit tricky to do without spilling.

Reviewer: Lee-Anne M
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: DON'T BUY! This coffee maker is the most horrible coffee maker ever! READ ALL THE REVIEWS, most are correct. It makes a mess with the single serve brew. Coffee and grinds go everywhere! It rips the cover on the pods. I have cleaned the nozzle numerous times and ran the cleaning cycle 3 times in the last week alone! I have wasted time and lots of paper towels cleaning up after this machine. I paid a lot for this this machine and now I had to purchase a Keurig on sale cause I could not deal with this one any more. I cannot return it either cause I've had it since November. I am truly not impressed.This product (purchased in Canada through amazon.ca is NOT supported by warranty. I could not register the product because my address is in Canada.

Reviewer: amazon shopper
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The thermal carafe prevents the burned flavour that happens when a pot is left on the heating pad too long. And the combination single and 10 cup unit saves counter space.This is a very good coffee maker with only a couple of draw backs. It is awkward to fill the coffee carafe water reservoir because the lid does not open wide enough to accommodate the width of the thermal coffee carafe. I have to use a jug with a long spout to fill it easily. The single cup side works well.I was also very frustrated with the product registration process with Cuisinart. I was unable to access the registration site online in spite of some "help" from their customer service agent. There was no follow up from them when I continued to have trouble even after trying their suggestions. Outcome: product still not registered!

Reviewer: Jason C.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Love the look, the blue display is sheik. Difficult to put water in it on the one side. Love it though.