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Title: A big disappointment
Review: While sleek in design, the product failed to live up to the one promise that made me want to buy it: the ability to keep hot or warm coffee which had already been brewed. Unlike conventional electric coffee makers which cost $20 or less, the DeLonghi had no facility to keep the coffee warm other than the insulating qualities of the cannister. After a short period of time, much of the heat in the brewed coffee was gone and there was no way to get it warm for drinking other than to pour the coffee into a saucepan and heat it on the stove or, alternatively, to pour it into a cup and heat it in a microwave oven. The less expensive conventional coffee makers have a hot plate which keeps the coffee hot as long as the switch is on.
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