Hamilton Beach 2-Way Coffee Maker: Brew Both K-Cup Pods and Ground Coffee

Karla del Rosario Aburto Guzmán: Me encantó la opción de hacer café para una taza, es una maravilla porque no ensucias la jarra cuando quieres nada más 1 taza

Mexico on Sep 11, 2023

DawnDawn: I’ve had a one cup coffee maker for many years and I’ve had to replace it many times usually because of a malfunction from the calcium buildup. Descaling every 2 to 3 months with the name brand descaling solution wasn’t enough to prevent them from failing. Spending anywhere between one and two hundred dollars every time I had to replace it. I’ve realized it’s the inner hose clogging up because it’s not just a straight shot from point A to point B and there’s many bends in the hose that eventually get enough calcium buildup that they fail even if you’re descaling often. I know because I took my last kcup pot apart and had myself a good look inside. I thought maybe I could save it but quickly realized that they are designed to fail so the consumer would purchase the new model.
I decided to give this coffee maker a try and I am happy with my decision. I still have 2 cases of Kcup pods and I cut the tops open and use the coffee to make a single cup and it works great. I don’t even mind cutting them open because they do make a delicious cup of coffee every time. This coffee maker also has the convenience of a 12 cup pot. Anyone else remember the last family get...

United States on Aug 27, 2023

Itzel: Me encantó, súper a practica para una sola taza y para más

Mexico on Aug 26, 2023

98 Sierra: It’s been years since I’ve had a regular coffee pot, since switching to a single brew machine. But I began having issues with that and wanted to go back to the carafe style. I love the convenience of the auto setting, it’s ready when I get up in the morning and I can make just enough to fill my travel mug without brewing twice. Also purchased the reusable filter for the carafe side since it doesn’t come with one. But they do send a few paper filters to get you started.

I also enjoy the single cup side with the option of using a ground coffee there without the k-cup. I had my refillable k-cup for previous single cup machine but the water would always overflow the pod area and spill on the counter.

Definitely a good purchase!

United States on Aug 20, 2023

Ben: I bought this coffee maker to replace an older Cuisinart model that had failed. After about 18 months it has worked fine every day. It makes a great tasting cup of coffee so the temperatures must be right. When I pour the coffee, the carafe pours smoothly with no dribbles, which was a problem I had with the Cuisinart.

I like the single serve side as we have a few family members that want decaf while most want regular coffee, so each can have their own type in the morning. Also good for making single cups of decaf in the evening.

Two issues -
I have problems with the water overflowing the filter holder, apparently, and spreading coffee grounds into the water chamber. I have to rinse the coffee maker out at least once a month. I have cleaned the valve repeatedly at the bottom of the filter holder. I believe it has to do with seating the carafe properly under the filer basket to open the filter basket valve.

Also, the Senseo coffee packets "(pods") that the single serve side uses are hard to find here in the US. I order them on Amazon, but then I generally have to order too many to get a decent price. We tend to keep ground decaf coffee and use the grounds...

United States on Aug 05, 2023

Raúl: Había leído comentarios respecto al fuerte olor y sabor a plástico y aunque podría ser cierto, basta con un buen lavado antes de utilizarlo para evitarlo. Muy práctica cafetera al poder preparar una jarra convencional o una aporción individual con solo un termo. En mi caso tengo un termo Contigo de 20oz y aunque el depósito individual de agua tiene suficiente capacidad, por su altura, el termo "cabe" solamente quitando la charola inferior. Todo bien hasta aquí. El pequeño problema es que la base sin charola tiene una "muesca" que evita que permanezca completamente perpendicular, sin embargo bastará solamente con "calzarlo" o limar esta pequeña muesca. Ojo, esto solo es para termos muy altos, creo que la mayor parte no tendrá problemas, pero solo para considerarlo. También sin problema podrías preparado del lado de la jarra.
En mi caso la compré en el buen fin y me costó $900.00 MXN

Mexico on Feb 11, 2023

Ben PowellBen Powell: This the best coffee pot I've ever owned, seriously. I appreciate good coffee and regularly buy beans from a local roastery. I am not a barista nor do I claim to be a coffee expert. I enjoy good coffee and a drip coffee maker is good enough for my daily habit.

This maker can be used to brew single cups on one side or a full pot on the other side. Typically, I am the only coffee drinker in my house. Sometimes we have guests. This coffee maker allows me to serve both situations easily.

To use the single serve side, I fill the cup that I'm planning to use with the correct amount of tap water and add it to the single serve side of the maker. This is accessed from the top under a small lid that flips up. This side is designed to only hold enough water for a single serve amount of water. I don't use manufactured pods as I prefer fresh grounds but this maker apparently can handle pods too. I grind my beans or use pre-ground coffee and add that to the slide out tray on the single serve side just above the cup location. There is a metallic mesh screen that holds the grounds on the single serve side and I find that I waste less coffee than when I try to make only 1 or 2 cups...

United States on Mar 15, 2019

Kay Net: I did a couple of water-only runs through it just to try to get any manufacturing oil/residue or anything out of it (i don't think this is required but read that its helpful) and initially was pretty disappointed - didn't taste great or seem any better than my old, cheap one. But after the first couple dozen pots I've made it started to taste better and now am digging it. One thing I'm still not sure about is that if you leave coffee on the heating pad too long after brewing is that it doesn't taste great - SEEMS to stay maybe a bit too hot? But if you drink it within the first 15-20 minutes after brewing its quite good.

Sturdy build - easy to clean and prepare. The single brew cup has been pretty handy at times as well - the included reusable filter is perfect for this - haven't noticed any sort of flavor bleeding (where taste from coffee in carafe side blends into single serve side, etc). You can only brew carafe side or single serve side one at a time - please be aware. Not a problem for me as I only do one at a time anyway.

Will say it does prepare the coffee really fast and the 'Strong brew' setting actually makes a difference too (that is - it actually makes...

Canada on Jan 09, 2019

Ross Bateman: For many years, the best-tasting and most flavourful coffee we ever made has been with our Drip-O-Lator, made by Enterprise Aluminum in Macon Georgia. We bought this for cottage-use a long time ago--when they were still being made--at Robinson's General Store in Dorset Ontario. Later, we bought another, and then, they disappeared from the market. It was very cheap to buy and is simple to use: Measure the amount of cups you want into the middle of three graduated marked canisters; pour the required amount of boiling water into the upper marked canister, and wait a bit until it dribbled through into the bottom part of the coffee pot. Later, we had it dribble directly into a thermos butler, rather than into the pot on the wood stove. When we could get it, we used fresh spring water gushing from a woodsy hillside outcrop. That is a perfect coffee, always, fresh-ground or pre-ground---either way.

When our Cuisinart maker with the built-in grinder stared leaking all over the counter at home, I research all available options for a new one. We took a chance on this Hamilton Beach, with mostly(not all) good ratings noting its low price. This machine, in its first days of use, rivals...

Canada on Apr 17, 2018