As melhores cafeteiras Cuisinart: qual é a certa para você?

Se você quiser para moer os grãos logo antes de prepará-los, a Cuisinart Grind & Brew é a melhor cafeteira para essa tarefa. Possui um moinho embutido que, após a moagem, transfere o café moído diretamente para o filtro. No entanto, esteja avisado. tQuando o moedor tocar pela manhã, o volume será alto o suficiente para acordar qualquer pessoa que ainda esteja dormindo-até mesmo um andar acima da cozinha. E você terá que limpar o moedor de vez em quando, o que é uma tarefa adicional. Se quiser usar café pré-moído, você tem a opção de desligar o moedor.

Como seria de esperar, você pode programar o Grind & Brew para iniciar o processo de preparo exatamente quando você acorda ou entra pela porta. Ele manterá seu café quente por até 4 horas antes de desligar sozinho.

Nesta cervejaria incomum, todo um”bule”de café é preparado de uma vez, mas em vez de pingar em uma garrafa, o Cuisinart DCC-3000 Coffee on Demand enche um reservatório interno. Em seguida, você dispensa apenas um copo de cada vez, como faria em uma urna ou máquina de refrigerante. É uma ótima escolha se as pessoas em sua casa vão à cozinha para o café da manhã em vários horários ou se você voltar durante a manhã para reabastecer sua caneca. Na Amazon, os clientes revisores relatam que consideram o gosto do café tão bom poucas horas depois quanto logo depois de ser preparado.

O tanque de água é removível e pode ser enchido facilmente na pia. Como esta máquina elimina a necessidade de servir de uma jarra, você não consegue limpar aqueles respingos inevitáveis.

The Cuisinart SS-15 Maker Coffee Center is designed to give you lots of choices with just one machine. For those days when you need a single cup to wake you up before you drive the kids to school, there’s a single-cup brewer that works with K-cups or your own reusable coffee filter. You even have your choice of 3 different cup sizes so you can down a small dose at home or take a travel mug with you. This Cuisinart can also deliver a 12-cup carafe that’s great  for when you’re hosting a weekend brunch or book club meeting.

While you are getting two appliances in one, the SS-15 does cost twice as much as and take up more counter space than most single-function brewers. Before you shell out big bucks and clear counter space, make sure you really need the double functionality.

If there are both coffee and tea lovers in your house, the Cuisinart CHW-12 Coffee Plus is your machine. In addition to brewing a 12-cup pot of coffee, it can dispense a shot of hot water for quick cuppas, mugs of cocoa or bowls of instant oatmeal.

The CHW-12 has a safety lock to prevent hot water from being accidentally dispensed. On this model, you can up the temperature of the coffee in the carafe, which is a handy feature if you’re one of those people who never thinks your coffee is hot enough. It’s a bit tricky to access the filter basket and the water tank when the lid is fully opened. As the coffeemaker is taller than the space below cabinets when the top is opened, you will need to move it to pour in water and add ground coffee.

This good-looking, stainless-steel brewer is designed to mimic pour-over coffee, which usually requires that you boil water in a kettle and then  slowly and care fully pour it over ground coffee in a filter set over a carafe. The Cuisinart CPO-850, however, does the work for you yet still delivers the same great beverage. That’s because this brewer is certified to meet the Specialty Coffee Association’s Gold Cup Standard, which means that the machine brews with water at the perfect temperature for the optimal time to give you the ideal results.

You can adjust the strength of your coffee as well as the serving temperature. However, as is often the case,”the best”comes at a price. This machine costs almost twice as much as other Cuisinart coffee makers and far more than a non-electric pour over model.

Three things to consider before buying a coffee maker

Will it fit?
Before you buy, be sure to measure the space where you plan to keep your coffee maker, as well as how much room you have below your cabinets. Keep in mind that even if your machine fits under the cabinet, most Cuisinart coffee makers need to be pulled forward so you can load them with water and ground coffee.

Cup size
When you’re deciding what size brewer to buy, remember that coffee-maker cups are the equivalent of 5 ounces, or an old-fashioned teacup that isn’t filled to the brim, leaving room for milk. Today, most of us use mugs that hold 8 ounces or more, which means a typical 12-cup coffee maker brews enough coffee for about seven mugs at the most.

What kind of carafe?
You’ll pay a premium for a model with a thermal carafe. If you entertain a lot, such a model is worth the extra dollars, as you can bring the carafe to the table, where it will keep coffee hot for second cups. While Cuisinart’s insulated servers are top-rack dishwasher safe, they may not actually fit on the top shelf and the machine may not be able to thoroughly clean inside them. The narrow opening makes hand-washing difficult.

How to care for and maintain Cuisinart coffee makers

• Wash all the removable parts thoroughly in the dishwasher or by hand with soapy water. Coffee can leave behind an oily residue that builds up over time and gives a bad taste to your beverage.
• When the clean alert light comes on or your coffee maker begins to take longer than usual to brew, it’s time to descale, which means removing mineral deposits that build up inside the machine. Start by removing the charcoal water filter. Run a mixture of equal parts white vinegar and water through the machine. Follow up with a cycle of plain water. Then, replace the charcoal filter.
• On single-serve coffee makers, the needle may get clogged, resulting in grounds in your coffee or a smaller cup of coffee than the size you selected. To fix this, begin by unplugging the machine. To unclog the exit needle, remove and disassemble the pod holder and then use a paper clip to clear away any debris. You lift the head and use the paper clip to clean the entrance needle. Refer to your manual for complete instructions with diagrams.

If you want to check out the competition, take a look at our guides to the best Nespresso machines and the best Keurig coffee maker. Or, for something more budget friendly, take a look at the latest cheap coffee maker deals.

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