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Title: Poorly Designed
Review: The only redeeming feature of this Cuisinart 4-cup coffee maker is the sleek black and silver design. After that, it rapidly goes downhill. It is frustratingly difficult to pour water from the carafe into the chamber unless it's done extremely slow and with accurate positioning. Even then, water still tends to dribble out and create a mess. The lid, itself, is VERY poorly designed with it's molded, round "grip" to supposedly remove the lid from the carafe. The only way I can remove it is to insert a sharp pointed object into one of the front pouring holes and pry it off! I've also occasionally had a problem with the water not filtering down through the grounds, creating a coffee ground lake in the upper chamber and a mess below. I think the designer should go back to the drawing-board for this one.
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