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Title: Great at making messes
Review: I just brewed my fourth batch of coffee with this thing, only to discover coffee and grounds pouring over the side of the filter basket and all over my desk! What a mess... The culprit seems to be the little valve at the bottom of the filter basket that is supposed to open when the decanter is under it. Even though the basket and decanter were set fully in place, the valve didn't open. Upon careful inspection, it looks like the decanter has to be positioned exactly correctly on its hotplate to avoid this situation, i.e. you have to visually check that the valve is being pressed all the way upward prior to brewing.I have another, larger coffee maker with a "pause and serve" feature and have brewed hundreds, if not thousands of pots of coffee with it and never had an issue with the valve. This Cuisinart unit must be very poorly designed.
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