Title: Good Coffee, Lukewarm Carafe
Product review: Bought this unit (stainless-steel) because of the timer feature and because we were tired of keeping a separate "thermos" carafe on the counter top. The timer works great but we're less satisfied with the carafe. The advertisement leads you to believe it will keep the coffee piping hot for quite a long time but in reality it's luke-warm after 3 to 4 hours. At that point it needs about a 30-second hit in the microwave to get a cup back to the temperature it was at immediately after brewing. And, yes, we know you have to take the carafe off the unit in order for the top to snap shut and trap in the heat.Other than keeping the coffee not-so-warm, we really like it. It's very tall, so it won't fit under the overhead kitchen cabinets but that's not a problem for us. The stainless-steel version is a good-looking unit, so you don't have to hide it after you make the coffee, and it does do what it's supposed to do -- it makes very good coffee.
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