Mr. Coffee BVMC-PSTX95 10-Cup Optimal Brew Thermal Coffee Maker, Stainless Steel - Perfect for Home, Office & Entertaining - Keeps Coffee Hot for Hours
$60.49
$109.99
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Mr. Coffee BVMC-PSTX95 10-Cup Optimal Brew Thermal Coffee Maker, Stainless Steel - Perfect for Home, Office & Entertaining - Keeps Coffee Hot for Hours
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$109.99
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Removable water reservoir and filter basket lift out for convenient filling and cleaning Water filtration helps remove up to 97% of chlorine for better tasting coffee Stainless steel thermal carafe keeps coffee hot Special cleaning cycle helps maintain performance and taste Grab-A-Cup Auto Pause stops cycle if you need a cup before brewing is finished
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>>> SUMMARY <<>> MACHINE DESCRIPTION <<>> USING THE MACHINE <<>> PERFORMANCE DATA << Brew TemperatureA full pot of coffee measures about 177F just after completing the brewing process, and drops about 5.4F/hr. This means after seven hours the coffee in the carafe is still at 139F, still an acceptable temperature for my coffee (I realize this is not necessarily good enough for everyone, but it’s perfectly fine for me!). And because there is no hot plate (just a well insulated thermal carafe), the coffee tastes just as good seven hours later (no burned coffee!).> Brew TimeThe first drop falls at about 30s, the last drop falls at about 7m. If you’re extremely impatient or addicted, the first 10oz is done in about 100s and the brew pause feature allows you to pour off your fix without spilling much more than a drop.> Pour TimeThe thermal carafe design is great for keeping coffee warm without requiring additional energy input and without burning your coffee, but there is a trade-off: a restriction on the pour spout. It’s not the end of the world, but it reduces flow rate, meaning you must be patient when pouring. The pot empties at about 1.25oz/s, so the whole pot will be empty in about a minute. But for those of you who are eager to get your first 10oz of the day, waiting 12 seconds to get from the carafe to your cup can feel like an eternity. Take a deep breath; relax. It’s OK.> Costs OverviewTrying to account for every piece of the puzzle, I came in at just under $1/pot. Pretty good! So coffee from this machine will cost about $0.021/oz; compare this to a 20oz Starbucks coffee ($2.35, or $0.117/oz). If you use this machine to replace only one cup of Starbucks coffee per week, it will pay for itself after one year ($0.99/pot/week * 52 weeks + $71/machine = $122 = $2.35/ Starbucks 20oz * 52 weeks). If you use it to replace one cup of Starbucks per weekday, it will pay for itself in about 11 weeks and you’ll save $284 in the first year. If you and a friend are each using a full pot (46oz) to replace two every-weekday Starbucks coffees, you’ll save over $500 in the first year.> Cost DetailsMy cost analysis (to come up with $0.99/pot) included coffee filters, coffee grounds, electricity, water, and the water filter discs, based on whatever I paid for these things (or to order replacements). By far the biggest expense was coffee ($0.93; I purchased 126 1.5-2oz bags of coffee — perfect for a full pot — from coffeeforless.com for $115, which included shipping). The coffee filters, filter discs, and electricity needed to brew a full pot (0.14kWh) are each about $0.02. I used tap water, which, on a per pot basis, is essentially free ($0.0016/pot)> SoundsI roughly characterized the sounds made by the machine using my cell phone. The percolating noises were about the same as a quiet conversation. The [4 kHz] beep to signal the end of the brew cycle is about 10-15 dB above the percolation noises. Not too loud, but if you’re trying to maintain a perfectly serene household, it may bother you.>>> THINGS OTHER PEOPLE SAY <<<1. Some other reviewers suggested that they needed to use two filters or more coffee to get the right brew, but that hasn’t been an issue for me. I’ve been using two filters anyway, because I prefer my coffee quite strong, but I’ve tried it with one filter and it produced a good cup of coffee.2. Some other reviewers have told tales of spilled coffee or clogged machines — this hasn’t been an issue for me (well, not often anyway; see below). Before I prep the coffee to brew, I shake the carafe and/or open, empty, and rinse the carafe to be sure it is empty.3. Some other reviewers have mentioned a harsh and thick plastic smell that it took a long time to subdue. I agree that there was a plastic smell, and I took care to brew full pots of water, vinegar, water, coffee, water through the machine (in my garage) before bringing it into my house and using it for the first pot. But I think that might have been overkill. Some people will probably not notice any plastic flavor on their first pot, and some people will probably complain of plastic flavor incessantly; for me it has only produced delicious coffee.>>> FEATURE WISH-LIST <<<1. I wish I could turn off the beeps at brew completion and two hours after brew completion. They’re not very loud, but I find them unnecessary and would rather do without them.2. A pot fullness indicator. I understand the desire to keep the stainless carafe well sealed — introducing a window into the side of the carafe would greatly compromise carafe mechanical integrity, ability to retain heat, and aesthetic. But perhaps this feature could be implemented in another way to at least provide some indication of what’s in the pot without having to pick it up, shake it, take off the top and look inside, etc. (maybe a force sensor underneath that compares the weight of the carafe vs that of an empty carafe, and uses the difference to calculate the amount of fluid in the carafe and display that on a digital meter on the side of the machine?).3. An automatic shut-off with a full pot! I read about a few mishaps others had, and lied to myself that I would never have the problem of leaving something in the pot and accidentally overfilling it. But one day I forgot to check the pot to make sure it was empty before starting a brew. And it overflowed. And it was 100% my fault. But it sure would be nice if the pot could somehow sense that the pot was nearing over-flow, and automatically stop/pause the brew. Perhaps a good feature to combine with the pot fullness indicator discussed above?LIke so many other reviewers, I unboxed this, went through the instructions and cleaned as directed, and was surprised by the amazingly strong, plastic odor. So then off to the store to buy a big jug of white vinegar. ran a cleaning cycle, and it was indeed better. There are pages out there that then pose the question: are any coffee makers out there that are not using plastic in this way? At one point, I had a single-cup Keurig style maker, and it had a glass boiling chamber inside, but eventually it led to -- yep -- plastic tubes, and each throwaway thing is plastic. So in the end, alternatives are taking the time to do French press with a separate water boiling kettle, or take the convenience and risk the plastic.OK, so other comparisons. So you know, I came from an old, trusty Braun 10-cup with a thermal carafe, and a year-old Cuisinart 12-cup (like the DTC975BKN by picture, but I'm not absolutely sure of model number -- it is a year old or so, after all).First, comfort. The carafe on the old Braun had a nice, smooth handle and an easy-to-remove lid. This Mr. Coffee has a similar handle but a little less comfortable, owing to the splash of metal they put on the edge. I wish they'd just made it one big plastic handle. The Cuisinart has an awful handle. It has, effectively, sharp edges, and it's heavier so you feel it cutting into your hand more. The lid of the Mr. Coffee also is comfortable, but the Cuisinart has nips for grippiness all around, but they too are sharp. Win goes to Mr. Coffee on comfort.Second, lid function. The carafe on the old Braun took about a quarter turn or less to remove the lid. It went on and came off easily. Same goes for the Mr. Coffee. The Cuisinart? Not so much. It has threading such that it takes a 360-degree turn to fully close it, and has a strong tendency to mis-thread. Win: clearly Mr. Coffee.Third, user interface. The main failing point of the Cuisinart here is that it has a teensy LCD display, and you're supposed to see little indicators on it to know whether or not the system is programmed to run. The LCD could have been backlit, if they'd chosen to, but it's not, so it's near impossible to read. The Mr. Coffee has a lit digital display. The "Delay Brew" button lights up at the edges when it's on. Neither is totally intuitive, but the Mr. Coffee is better.Another user interface piece that's not as obvious is the water level indicator. The Mr. Coffee has lines on its removable, translucent water container, and the combination of the two makes it easy to load up 8 cups and know where things stand. The Cuisinart has a fixed water container, and a little red ball that rises up when you put water in. That's pretty good, but in low light, you really can't see the numbers or markings. I hacked this by putting a piece of tape on the outside at the 8-cup level so I could know how high the red ball should go.So both in form and function, the win goes to the Mr. Coffee.Fourth, brew. I got a little science-y on this. I ran two brews -- same pre-ground coffee, same amount (two level scoops using a big spoon I have, which ends up being about 19 grams, total), same 8-cup marking on each machine. (I also later verified that the 8-cup marking on each actually measured out to the same volume.) I did a taste test (totally subjective, and only after doing the vinegar cleaning thing), and the Mr. Coffee was indeed weaker. Perhaps this is due to the basket filter in the Mr. Coffee, vs. the cone filter in both the Cuisinart and Braun. Perhaps it's due to drip speed and brew time. I also did another brew of 8 cups in each, and then poured one cup into two identical Pyrex 1-cup glass measuring cups, and the Mr. Coffee brew *looked* weaker.So what do you do? Add more coffee. I re-did the test using three scoops (probably 28 or 29g of coffee) in the Mr. Coffee, and the same as before (19g) in the Cuisinart. After that, the Mr. Coffee was slightly stronger and visibly similar to the Cuisinart brew. Win: Cuisinart and trusty old Braun.Fifth: overall form, and granted I'm comparing a 10-cup to a 12-cup here. The Cuisinart, being the 12-cup, is quite tall. It nearly reaches the bottom of our cabinets. The coffee basket swings out right, and has a rather strangely placed finger hole cut-out for pulling it out. The water goes in the top, though, and the whole top surface is hinged at the back. The bottom has grippy rubber feet. So in the end, this means that to brew coffee in it, I have to slide it out from under the cabinets (hard, due to the grippy feet), and turn it sideways to fill it, because if I lift the whole lid, it runs into the cabinets again. Then I rotate it back so that the filter basket can swing out to a place where I can reach it.The Mr. Coffee is a 10-cup and is shorter, but is designed for sideways clearance. The water holder has a slot in the back for your hand to hold it, lift it a bit, and move it out to the left. Then you can remove the lid (if you haven't already), and fill it from the tap. The water container can be a bit slippery. It would have been great if they could have added some ribbing on the outside plastic. The filter basket is on the right and is more complicated than the swing-out in the Cuisinart. You have to slide it out (at which point it typically drips a bit), then lift its lid, then remove or dump the basket-type filter, but the filter basket stays wetter than the others... In all, it's just more complicated. Also, I have things on the countertop both to the left and right of the coffee maker. So I still have to pull it out to set it up. At least the feet aren't as grippy as the Cuisinart.Win on overall form: I still give the edge to the Mr. Coffee.There is one danger point on the Mr. Coffee I ran into. After a brew, its lid holds onto very hot liquid. If you take the lid off to rinse it immediately after brewing, and push the "release" button on it, it will leak that very hot water onto you and potentially burn. So be careful. Most people won't remove the lid that soon unless pouring out the whole carafe. I did it when cleaning.One final gripe: it takes basket filters and I came from a cone filter world. But out of the box, you don't get any cone filters at all. You'd think they'd supply at least a few to be nice.So all in all, I miss my Braun, and I like the Mr. Coffee. Wash it, do the vinegar cleaning thing, make some room on the sides. Or abandon the whole drip coffee machine thing and get a French press and a tea kettle.Setting the clocks and on time is easy, although there should be key lock to prevent inadvertently changing the time. Carafe is very good, keeps coffee hot. If you leave it all day it is still warm in the afternoon. We shall see how it does in the long run.I gave this 4 stars because everything else is great.I bought this a few yrs ago and has been AWESOME. Except for the mildew smell in the tank. We didn’t use it every day when we first got it but always made sure to wash it and thoroughly dry it before putting it back together when we did. It’s been our daily coffee maker for a few months now but I can never get the smell out. You can’t remove the float in the water tank to properly clean it. I’m done using it because I will not drink mold. Tried to post this review on the Mr. Coffee website and it didn’t meet their “standards” so I’ll post it here, where I bought it.We have used this coffee maker daily since July 2020. Love the Carafe, it keeps coffee hot. Love the water filter - helps the coffee taste it's best. The cleaning indicator light is also a great function to have. What I don't like, is the flap that holds the water filter onto the coffee basket. It is held on by 2 tiny plastic hinges which broke off after 4 months of use. Now the flap doesn't sit very well and falls off each time you go to make coffee. A better design would have had the filter tucked into the part of the coffee maker where the water comes out of above the basket (not connected to it).Es una MUY buena cafetera... fácil de usar. El único problema que encuentro es que (como muchas cafeteras nuevas) se tiene que estar gastando en filtros especiales de la cafetera... en el caso de esta tiene dos filtros propios de la cafetera, uno se debe cambiar cada mes y el otro sí dura poco más pero de cualquier forma hay que estar comprando esos filtros...También me gustaría que fuese de mayor capacidad...En los pros puedo decir que es SUPER fácil de usar, es rápida, el café es bueno y la jarra térmica en donde se guarda el café es MUY buena... a veces hacemos café por la mañana (7:00am) y a medio día que salimos a comer el café sigue calientito … son como 5-6 hrs!!!Una excelente cafetera de uso diario con desempeño excepcional, observa la primer foto: es la cafetera que tuve 7 años !! La segunda foto es la NUEVA cafetera que adquirí con la certeza que durará al menos por 7 años a partir de hoy. La jarra de acero conserva la temperatura y por lo tanto el sabor y el aroma durante 2 horas.After reading decent reviews and at a reasonable price I ordered this. The plastic smelled bad when I opened the packaging and after thorough washing it still smelled, I tried vinegar and soapy water, nothing removed the smell. I tried brewing coffee anyway and there was a terrible taste to it. I wrote to Mr. Coffee and the reply after several days was useless. I returned the item to Amazon, as always Amazon service was great.Like the convenience of this coffeemaker. Timer is great, fits under our cupboards on our counter in the RV. Love the thermos versus a glass carafe. Keeps the coffee hot while we travel.
