Brew Delicious Coffee in Minutes with the Hamilton Beach FlexBrew Trio 2-Way Coffee Maker

Steve C: Broke in less than 2 months

United States on Nov 07, 2023

Lindsay: The coffee maker works excellent. The espresso side leaked with every use and was completely broken after the second attempt. I wouldn’t waste the money on this.

United States on Sep 25, 2023

BradBrad: I thought that having the ability to use k cups and espresso pods in the same machine would be great. And it is… when it works. We’re now having to work with support for the second time because something internal breaks and it starts leaking water from under either when using the espresso side. Lots of water… making the unit useless until it gets replaced.

United States on Jul 31, 2023

Dal: This review is for the k-cup / espresso combo unit.

My friend and I both purchased one of these in November 2022. Mine arrived defective. His died a little over a month later. Same problem. You turn it on, it makes two clicking noises, and the lights blink - won't do anything else.

Aside from the defective units. It's great that it can accept k-cups and nespresso pods. The kcups taste ok using the strong setting, but Keurigs seem to brew better coffe. I imagine the multistream Keurigs are even better. The 2 Keurigs I've used don't have multistream but still beat this unit in flavor.

(Ignore this section - most likely was user error): The nespresso side brews a decent cup of espresso. But my problem is the way it's designed. The plunger is set sideways so water/coffee always gets trapped in the plunger and the bin to catch used pods is pretty small and water/coffee always finds a way to drip around the bin. So every time I empty the used bin, I also have to wipe the outside of the bin, the machine around and under where the bin sits, and the counter & under the unit. It's kind of a pain.

The machine is also very loud. I assume a powerful pump is...

United States on Feb 01, 2023

N. Stratton: Ability to brew K-Cups, Nespresso pods and ground coffee is, to me, the perfect combo. Allows me to replace a (giant) Ninja coffee maker and separate Nespresso machine with this handsome, all-in-one, compact unit. It fits very well under the kitchen cabinets with room to open the pod hatch... which the Ninja didn't.

You can choose larger, 14oz brew size which is great for travel mugs. However, this is where the 1st major design issue comes into play. A 14oz coffee with typical 2oz of cream takes a 16oz mug. Unfortunately, any of the massively popular insulated travel mugs (Yeti, Hydroflask, Stanley, etc) won't fit under the brew spout. Depending on what you have, it's possible to sort of 'wedge' a mug under, but that is something that could have very easily been avoided with the slightest bit of 'field testing'.

Like many single-serve makers, there are removable platforms on each side for minimizing pour distance. The one on the k-cup side does double-duty and also houses the ground coffee container pod. Thumbs up for keeping my kitchen cabinet clutter to a minimum! Unfortunately, this is also a place for another demerit as the thin aluminum drip grates on top of the...

United States on Jan 15, 2023