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I like Black & Decker brands and found this coffee maker to up to The standard. Very pleased.
The spout on my carafe didn't leak, but the carafe, itself, was rather fragile. So unless you like warm, weak coffee, stay away from this machine. I'm returning mine tomorrow. Ok, I know that this is meant to be a no-frills, simple coffee maker, but the quality of the coffee that it produces is just unacceptable. Like another reviewer wrote, it doesn't heat the water hot enough to make flavorful coffee. Terrible buy.
cooffee pot is not a good one drips everywgere DeLonghi DC50W Twenty Four Seven Drip Coffee Maker, White
In the meantime, I'm looking for a quality replacement. But then the coffee-maker started leaking dirty water all over my kitchen counter every time I made a pot of coffee. There are two problems, the first of which is a carafe with a very badly designed pouring spout. Coffee. No such luck. The second machine worked for maybe a month or two, and then it too began leaking. People have been making pitchers of various kinds for many thousands of years, so I fail to understand why this carafe drips coffee all over the place when you try to pour from it, no matter how careful you are. I solved that problem by using the 4-cup carafe from my old Mr.
I tried the fast and easy solution, and bought another B&D DCM500. I now keep a small tray under the coffee maker, to collect the dirty water so that it won't continue to make a mess of my counter. This B&D DCM500 coffee maker is inexpensive and reasonably attractive but next to useless. I asked another family member to try, thinking I might be doing something wrong, but she did no better. It was inexpensive, and I thought perhaps I'd simply gotten a dud.
It's a little smaller than I realized, but works well and fits in the corner of the counter perfectly.
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