BLACK DECKER CM0700BZ 4-in-1 5-Cup Coffee Station Coffeemaker Black

This Black & Decker coffee maker is the model that I have been using for the last 10 years. It does the job well, and the filtering screen allows you to get to the coffee faster than a paper filter. Great design because it does not take a lot of space and I like hearing the "almost done" gurgling - the sound works well to get me to the coffee pot faster. Coffee tastes better when it's freshly brewed. Temperature: I turn the coffee maker off immediately after brewing so that I don't leave it on the heater because I would rather not burn it. I drink it all before it's too cool. Thanks for a very good product. Read more

I needed a little coffee maker to replace my old one from years past - had a 4-cup Mr. Coffee maker. It is so hard to find a good quality 4-cuper, especially with the new fast one-cup Keurig coffee makers flooding the marketplace. I even tried a Keurig coffee maker for many months and even though the flavor is good, the cup of coffee does not stay hot at all. I like to start with a cup and slowly add to the same cup, which you cannot do with a single cup Keurig. I researched for a long time and read all the reviews - even the dependable Mr. Coffee was not generating favorable reviews. I did however, find this little 4-cup Black + Decker coffee maker and I am so happy with my decision to purchase it. I have had it for a couple of months now and every pot of coffee is fresh and hot. It is a simple, basic little coffee maker with only an on and off switch - that's all (no timer or auto shut off) and I love it! Read more

We bought this coffeemaker because we wanted something smaller but did not want it to look like a cheap hotel room coffeemaker. This one looks great in our kitchen. It makes 5 cups of coffee - some of the other small ones only make 4. You can remove the carafe and pour a cup while it is still brewing. This model also DOES have the warmer plate to keep the coffee warm. However the warmer plate will remain ON until you turn the coffeemaker off - it does not auto shutoff. The temperature of the coffee is just right, i can add refrigerator cold cream/milk and sweetener to my coffee and the coffee is still hot to drink which is great. The ONLY thing I did not like, was when we used the coffee maker it would have a really bad burning plasticky smell after brewing coffee. At first we thought that would wear off after the first 3 brews. But it did not. The bad plasticky smell was bad enough to smell up our whole kitchen. We ended up running 3 cycles of half vinegar and half water through it - like you would do when you descale it. Then another clean water only cycle. That seemed to do the trick and got rid of the bad plasticky smell. So now we are very happy with this little coffee maker. Pros: looks great - nicer than a lot of other small coffee makers brews coffee well and keeps it warm to a good temperature lid on carafe is easy to take off for cleaning!! cons: ours initially had a bad plastic smell when we used it - that took some cleaning cycles to get rid of - for this reason i am deducting one star. Read more

Nothing to complain about this coffee maker. It's cheap, it works, it makes delicious coffee. A few notes from my first week: One or two reviews commented that the coffee wasn't hot enough. These people must have tongues of steel because I definitely need to let my drink cool down for about 5 minutes after pouring it or my mouth will get scorched. About the reusable basket. I agree that it should be cone shaped-style as opposed to the flat style, and it's strange to me that there's only mesh on the sides and not the bottom. It still gets the job done just fine though. And seriously people, it's too hard to clean? It takes approximately 30 seconds to clean out the mesh filter and pop in back into place. Save some paper! About the warped top. My parents have the old model of this coffee maker and that top definitely would warp when it was brewing. So far, I haven't noticed any warping on the lid of this model, and the plastic seems much heavier/stronger than the old model. I don't think it will warp, but will update if any issues arise. Finally, about the coffee strength. I do notice that this coffee seems a little weaker than my old coffee maker. I'm not sure if this is because a) the coffee grinds I'm using is different from my previous brand b) the mesh filter's flat style doesn't work as well as a conical style/paper filter or c) I just haven't found the sweet spot of grounds:water yet. Overall, if you read through all this, you're overthinking it! This is a solid $20 coffee maker and if you hate it get another one after a year or two. EDIT: Update, 11/26. As far as the coffee strength goes, the initial weak coffee taste I noticed was definitely from the grounds and not the maker. Since buying a better brand of grounds, my morning coffee comes out strong and hot! Read more