The Cuisinart isn't bad at all for the price. Its the best cheapest one. If you are wanting to upgrade, unless your into super clean low body coffee I might stay away from the timemore. The fellow ode gen 2 is cheaper better built, better workflow and most people will enjoy the coffee from the fellow ode better. Hope this helps!
My lovely husband got me a Cuisinart automatic burr and grind machine almost 5 years ago, for my first Mother’s Day, and the grinder has just given up the ghost - just in time for Daylight Saving Time to end 😅.
I drink a couple of cups of strong dark roast every morning, and also love the occasional latte or cappuccino when out, but would definitely drink them more often if I had a setup at home.
My husband has offered to get me a new machine for my birthday/Christmas, and we are wondering if there’s a highly rated machine under $700 that can do all the things I want- built in grinder, good quality drip coffee, and so lattes and cappuccinos. I don’t like the pods because of all the trash they produce, but I am aware there are recyclable versions. Any suggestions? He was looking at a Ninja but the coffee expert video we watched on YouTube gave it a poor review for the drip coffee quality. Do I need to suck it up and make room for two machines on my kitchen counter?
It is significantly better than a blade grinder. Like an order of magnitude better. And this is coming from a grinder snob who has more of his net worth in coffee grinders than in his second car
Espresso is way way less forgiving than brew. I mean I wouldn’t recommend fruity light roasts out of the cusinart but for most mediums it would produce some really good cups
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