"Sis" > wrote in message
...
> Any suggestions for a stainless steel automatic drip coffeemaker that is
> both nice looking and makes good coffee? I have a Krup now and it has
always
> worked well but I want a stainless coffeemaker.I've seen Cuisinart a lot
in
> pictures of kitchens and was wondering if anyone has experience with that
> brand. Also thermal carafe vs. glass?Thanks for any help. Sis
>

I have the Cuisinart with the thermal pot. Makes good coffee. The thermal
pot is pretty good considering. The built in grinder is nice as I like to
buy beans not ground coffee altho beans ground in a decent grinder makes
slightly better coffee than using the built-in grinder. While I never felt a
pressing need to disassemble and clean my stand alone grinder all that
frequently, you pretty much have to clean the built-in one between pots.
That said, most everything goes in the dishwasher other than the thermal pot
if you are inclined to do so. Is it worth $150? Hard to say except I have
had several cheap coffee pots that made crummy coffee.

I got the thermal because the last maker we had with a glass pot (I think
it was a Krups) we wound up replacing the glass pot about every 6 to 8
months at $30 a pop. That pot seemed to hypersensative to the slightest
touch against the sink (or maybe I am more of a klutz than I realized). I
was going out to buy pot number 6 and discovered that the coffee shop near
the house which carried them had gone out of business and that I was
actually going to have to figure out where to find replacements when it
occured to me that it might be cheaper in the long run -- and maybe the
short run for that matter -- to just replace the unit.

My biggest complaint is that the water reservoir markings -- which are in
the reservoir -- are hard to see, in general, and for a short person just
about impossible for anything less than 8 cups :-)



Ellen