Braun MultiServe Coffee Machine 7 Programmable Brew Sizes / 3 Strengths + Iced Coffee & Hot Water for Tea, Glass Carafe (10-Cup), Stainless/Black, KF9150BK

This machine brews an outstanding pot of coffee. I strongly recommend it.My requirements: SCA certification, cone filter, glass carafe (I'd love a thermal carafe, but until they offer them with ceramic lining, I'll stick with glass), and reasonable (10-12 cup) capacity.I narrowed down my search to this Braun unit and the Technovorm Mochamaster. I chose the Braun mainly on price, but also because of the auto-off feature and the comparable ease of cleaning.This has more options than I need, but I suppose the flexibility is nice to have. Adjusting the clock took a review of the user's manual as the quick-start guide was less than helpful. I can't speak to the brew strength or temperature options as my only intended use is to brew to the SCA gold standard. The carafe is easy to clean and pours neatly. Ditto for the filter basket on using and cleaning. The removable water container is a great convenience feature, and the water filter is a nice bonus. The footprint is - of course - wider than your standard Mr. Coffee-ish machine, but it fits under kitchen cabinets and doesn't seem to generate excessive steam. If you do place it underneath a cabinet, keep in mind you'll likely need to pull it out to insert and remove the coffee filter and basket.Ultimately, it comes down to the taste of the coffee, and this machine very much succeeds. The quality of the brew is consistently delicious, and the temperature is indeed perfect.In terms of value, the $200 cost was high, but easy to justify, especially considering that the Technovorm goes for $360. In my opinion the quality of the coffee is significantly better than with less expensive machines.

Complete disaster! No matter what I did I could not get a cup of coffee that was not full of grounds and did not get grounds all over the inside of the coffee maker. The photos show coffee made following the exact directions provided by Braun. A full Carafe is supposed to be made with 10 of the Braun big scoops. (A big scoop is more than a heaping Tablespoon the small scoop is a heaping Tablespoon) The above photos shows what happens if you use what they tell you to use. The machine can not handle the amount of water put on the that many grounds and the water backs up and overflows the paper filter. I even tried just using the included filter basket and grounds were still everywhere. ALSO once the coffee maker gives the finished tone that the coffee is done it took 30 more minutes for the coffee to stop dripping from the maker into the pot. 30 MINUTES! YES you read that right 30 MINUTES.Other things I don't like other than not being able to drink coffee and having to do a major clean up after every pot...1. You can not turn off the finished notification tone so if your bedroom is close to the kitchen be prepared for it to act like an alarm clock and wake up the house. (Then wait 30 minutes for it to stop dripping)2. You can not turn the hot plate back on to rewarm the coffee after it takes 30 minutes to finish brewing and the auto heat will turn off in another half hour.3. Clean button is way too close to the power button. I can see why that complaint is listed many times.4. The cup size on this is 5 oz. but when you actually brew a 5 oz cup you only get 3 oz in your cup. A 8 oz cup gave you 5 oz and the 12 oz gave you 9 oz. Even waiting the 30 minutes a full carafe was only to the 8 cup mark on the carafe. I get that you lose some water to steam but this was ridiculous. 3 oz of coffee is hardly a swallow. Why bother offering it?5. I do wonder if the finer grind of American brands of coffee might be part of the problem and the machine puts out water faster than it can drain through the American style grounds?????I spent all day yesterday making cup after cup after pot after pot trying to see what was going on and if I was doing something wrong. I eventually tried just reducing the amount of coffee for the carafe but in order to not have grounds everywhere I had to have brown water rather than drinkable coffee.So disappointed. I was so sure Braun would do coffee right that I did not read the reviews of this maker. Bad idea.

This coffee maker brews coffee that still tastes great even as the coffee in your cup cools down. That's not just amazing but important. Who guzzles down the coffee before it cools down? The Technivorm Moccamaster which I also purchased from Amazon also makes gold cup standard coffee, but it loses flavor as the coffee cools down in the cup, and the 2nd cup is less than perfect. Most reviews overlook this very important factor. The Braun not only brews it at the right temperature but maintains it at the right temperature. Hope this helps someone who is comparing the two. My wife and I both voted out the Moccamster and now use only the Braun.It does an impressive job with a single cup. Perfecto!Easy to use? No. If you don't read the manual, you'll have a hard time dealing with it. The glass carafe is in cups, and the water reservoir is in oz. Good luck figuring out your cup vs ounces. The carafe is also difficult to clean, but we'll overlook that considering the quality of the brew.

i have had this now for 3 years. near daily use for 1/2 pot coffeeand hot water 2-3/ week for tea. i have not used for any other setting. this is a great machine. brews relatively quick (its slowing down now). you have 3 brew strengths to choose from. i just use "gold: with reusable filter. i would absolutely buy again. it is a little pricey, but worth it.my only complaint as others have pointed out. is the placement of the "clean" button. it is located just above the power button and i mean just above it. if you accidentally hit this, you must go through with clean cycle. you can not unplug and just wait. its was a bad decision to do thismy only other concern is length of life with heating plate. when i remove the pot to pour, i place a paper towel down on the heating plate so it doesnt just burn liquid coffee. the plate has been starting to bubble over the past 9 months.otherwise, coffee comes out nice and hot, timer stays on for an hour so it doesnt burn the coffeei would recommend this machine :)