Krups 10-Cup Drip Coffee Maker

I'm a coffee enthusiast. With any hobby, you can spend SO MUCH MONEY, and you reach a point of diminishing returns. Coffee is no exception. However, this coffee maker meets the perfect mix of value and performance. It is easy to use, and every cup of coffee is consistent, hot, and flavorful, providing you make it in the same way. The machine itself looks quite nice. The three buttons, right to left are: Power - turns it on. Turns it off Half Capacity - This does something with the warming plate when you make a smaller pot. I make 750mL a day, which comes to be 5 cups on this machine. I keep it turned on. Blooming - This alters the brew cycle to pour some water over the grounds... pause for a while, then brews the rest of the pot. I'm undecided on this feature, but my girlfriend prefers it. Use and cleanup is easy. 1. Pour water into the water reservoir (max 1250mL) Tip: I use a pitcher that only ever contains clean water for this. Instead of using the carafe like is common. This helps everything stay cleaner, longer. 2. Add beans into a cone filter. Put that filter in the container. 3. Turn it on. Wait a bit. Drink Coffee 4. Toss grounds, rinse stuff off, let it dry for tomorrow If you're this far in the review, you're probably someone looking to increase their coffee game. And you've probably read about ratios of beans to water etc. 1:16, 1:17, 1:18 etc. I actually prefer mine on the weaker side (so I can drink more without getting jittery!) And with quality ingredients and equipment, you don't need to make a cup of sludge to have any flavor. My preferred ratio 1:18, or with numbers -- 40g of beans. 750mL of water. Finally if you're still reading, here's my personal ranking of what makes good coffee: 1. Good water 2. Good whole bean coffee 3. Grinding your beans right before brewing in a 4. Good grinder 5. Measure your beans and water and keep it consistent 6. The coffee maker So yeah, it makes a difference, but not as much as like the first 3 do. This was the last piece of coffee equipment I upgraded, from just an old Mr. Coffee drip, and it is better. but not as night & day difference as switching to whole beans ground early.