CaféSpecialty Grind and Brew Coffee Maker with Thermal Carafe
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Web ID: 17771627339 reviewssorted by Newest
Mold build up
When the product was new it ran great and looked great. What a great concept. Over time I noticed some issues. When grounds get into the basket holder it is difficult to clean out. It is also difficult to clean out the bean holder, essentially need to run it empty first. The BIGGEST ISSUE is that the lid for the carafe began to build up mold and gunk. There is no way to clean it out. Also notice some black stains in the inside of the carafe, more than usual. Noticed today that the marks were some coffee stains and some MOLD. I scrub the carafe each day with soap and water and this still occurred. The bronze handle of the carafe is also starting to flake off. The unit is just over 1 year old.
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We'd like to help with your coffee maker's carafe. We will be reaching out to you via email. Please respond at your earliest convenience.
Great until it wasn't
Loved this machine until I did standard maintenance, and now it leaks to the point that it's unusable. For the price, it should have lasted longer than 19 months.
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We want to help you with your coffee maker leaking. We are going to reach out via email to gather more information, please reply at your earliest convenience.
Upgraded our morning brew
After our daughter brought her friends home for big breakfast, we realized single serve coffee was not ideal. After doing a lot of research we decided that a grind and brew coffee pot was the direction we wanted to go. The Cafe Specialty Grind and Brew looked to hit all of our (wants). It looks awesome and matches our appliance line. The grinder is a little loud but not overly (probably typical for any grinder), but it grinds perfectly and allows for grind choice. The ten cup capacity is fine for our needs and when others join us for breakfast. We like the countdown timer for brewing (our toaster has this also, gives perspective) and the clock letting you know how long it’s been since finishing the brew. Controls are easy to understand and the App is the same for all of our GE appliances, so it’s easy to set up your brew selections (Gold setting makes the perfect pot of coffee for us). The only knock, but it’s the same for most carafes, is that the coffee won’t stay hot more than a few of hours…but normally we finish the pot before that becomes an issue. We read the reviews about leeks after changing the water filter, we have not had that issue. Bottom line, love this Cafe Specially Grind and Brew.
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Uses TOO MUCH coffee per cup
The design is stunning and when you use your own ground coffee, you get fully customzed coffee. BUT there is NO WAY to calibrate the amount of coffee beans used per pot or cup. You can change brew strength all you want, but the amount of beans ground even on “light” is still way too much. It consistently makes too strong a coffee. We need to be able to program the grind dose per strength setting. The coffee output is too much at ANY setting! Basically, each 6 oz of coffee made (I've measured the ounces and a cup always comes out as 6 ounces!!) takes 2 Tablespoons of grounds!! WAY TOO MUCH!! We are so dissappointed as otherwise, we love the Cafe Grind and Brew.
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Response from cafeappliances.com
We want to help you with your coffee maker producing strong coffee consistently. We recommend using fewer coffee grounds for the same amount of water, about 1 to 2 tablespoons per 6 oz cup is a good starting point. If your grind-and-brew model allows it, slightly reducing the grind time by 1–2 seconds can lower the amount of coffee used and help balance the strength. You can find more information on the following article: https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=000065332 If the issue persists, we recommend calling our small appliance team at 1-877-813-3537.
This thing sucks
I have now owned both of your yucking piece of ehit, coffee makers, which neither one of them can heat coffee. I have now had to heat all coffee made from your coffee makers in the microwave to bring to any kind of temperature and after this morning, I will never buy any more of your yucking coffee makers. I have destroyed my kitchen all because your coffee maker will not brew if the brew basket is not closed. Good enough I plan on having a very good weekend taking a shotgun to this yucking piece of ehit coffee maker you guys need to shut your product line down immediately. It is absolutely worthless. I hope every person who tries to buy your freaking coffee maker reads this review and this stops them from buying one. I will never buy another coffee maker from you. It will not heat. It will not brew it will not do a yucking thing but be a paper weight.
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We're sorry to hear about the issues you've been having with your coffee maker. We will be sure to share your feedback with the proper teams for further review. We hope to be given a chance to earn back your trust in our brand in the future.
Best Christmas Gift!
Received this as a Christmas gift last month overall I am impressed with the brewing styles and the flavor of my coffee. I love the convenience of the app in getting my coffee set up for the week to brew automatically. A few items I have found since using I would like to mention. 1. There is no heat only or hold function for keeping coffee hot. When it first brews it is perfect however it only last about 45 minutes. After this it is lukewarm at best and requires a heat up in the microwave. 2. Have to manually adjust the setting from carafe to mug if you want to brew a cup only from your phone it is not possible if it on carafe. 3. It uses a lot of water and beans compared to my Ninja from before. I fill up the water reserve every night and I only had to do this on my Ninja every 2-3 days. I am also going through more beans than before. Since I started using it the last 3 weeks I have already had to buy 2 bags of beans size 2.2 pounds. On my previous machine I only bought once a month. This is an added expense I wasn't expecting. 4. My housekeeper accidentally threw away my wire basket and I haven't been able to replace it. I ordered what I thought was a replacement through Amazon and it doesn't fit so the basket will close. There is no replacement part I have found on this website or Amazon. Overall, I do love the convenience of not having to have two separate appliances on the counter. I like the brewing of the coffee I haven't had so far any leaking issues except when I brewed a pot and that is when I found out my wire basket was gone. You must use some type of filter at all times.
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Do NOT buy this
Don’t do it. It’s pretty. It looks nice. I fell for it even after reading some bad reviews. Unless they change the engineering of the bean hopper; it won’t work. I bought one brand new, it wouldn’t grind. GE sent another, brand new, it wouldn’t grind. Worse part? You had to turn the entire contraption upside down to empty out the beans. I ordered an entire GE Cafe Suite. I bought this as an add on. Now I’m nervous, I’ll be honest.
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2nd coffee maker and it stopped after 2 months
This was our second coffee maker as our first one was replaced after it stopped working. This one stopped working after two months. I love the concept, especially the turning it on from bed, but if it doesn't work and I can't have my coffee and then it’s just a useless appliance.
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