Cuisinart - Automatic Grind & Brew 12 Cup Coffee Maker

Breville is solid, basically the gold standard. Controls are super intuitive and you can dial in everything - strength, amount, auto-start, the works. Just don't slack on cleaning it or you'll end up with sad weak coffee from clogged grounds. Capresso pulls really good espresso shots, like legit café quality. But you're paying more upfront and it needs more babying with the cleaning/descaling routine. My fav is actually [the Cuisinart](https://dgwqk2vd43ry.cloudfront.net/?q=4HCRINF686) tho. Coffee tastes amazing and the grind/strength settings let you get it exactly how you want. Thermal carafe keeps it hot for ages without that burnt taste from a heating plate. One annoying thing - if you keep it under a cabinet, filling the reservoir is a pain in the ass. You gotta reach around to the back or water spills everywhere through the overflow slots. Worth it for good coffee but RIP to anyone with back problems lmao.

Cuisinart Grind n Brew usually lasts 8-10 years before the grinder fails. The drip part still works for ground coffee. I love the fresh ground beans.

Unless you just love the design it’s probably not, most good quality coffee makers will last 10 or more years of daily use. You might look at a model that has a thermal carafe so it doesn’t get cool so fast for when you are drinking coffee, bypassing the need to microwave or whatnot. I’ve used cuisinart grind and brews for over 10 years at a time, usually only the grind function quits but they have none grind versions that will probably last longer. For my most recent coffee maker I decided on a bean to cup maker and I’ve found that I absolutely love it, being able to make espresso drinks is a real game changer, but you might not be interested in that and they are more expensive.

I have a Cuisinart 12-cup that’s been used almost daily for at least 12 years, maybe longer? Got it as a work anniversary gift from the company points program. In contrast, my mom went through three Mr. Coffee 4-cup makers in that same amount of time.

I’ve had mine for 12 years and always recommend it 

Same. This is really reliable and consistently brews a really good pot fast. We descale every few months, maybe 3x year if I’m good about it.

This is what we bought last year when our 10 year old KitchenAid was slowly dying (do not take that as an endorsement of KitchenAid lol). We love it!

I have this one. Curious how you deep clean it?

Cuisinart drip programmable coffee machine. Replaced mine last year after 23 years. Mind you, I regularly maintained it and deep cleaned every 3 months

This is what I do. My old machine was programmable though it was also a Cuisineart POS. I find pushing a switch takes zero effort if I grind and set up before bed.

Totally. I had to immediately do the thermos transfer or it was ruined. I still can’t believe how many counters I see it on! It didn’t last long in my house.