Zojirushi EC-DAC50BA ZUTTO Coffee Maker 5 Cups, Black, PFAS-free

Love this coffee maker, simple and easy to use. Makes a great cup of coffee, beautifully designed and small footprint. Perfect for a 1-3 person household. The warming plate does not have an automatic shutoff so coffee maker has to be manually disabled. There are no features on this coffee maker only on and off. Kind of pricey when that is taken into account but the simplicity and quality of the coffee it produces make it well worth it.

This was rated very highly I believe by America's Test Kitchen. I thought since I only make coffee for me, and 10-12 cup coffee maker is kind of ridiculous. I love the simplicity of design on this. No coffee actually goes through the machine. Just filtered water. It is nice to be able to remove the water container from the maker and put it under the water spout of my refrigerator (no more spills). Just put a filter in the top of the pot, add coffee, and turn on. So simple, no port and starboard attachments, no clocks, timers, alexa, lasers or any other doohickies. Just water, filter, coffee, and flip the switch. Am. Test Kitchen stated that the heated water temp that drips on the coffee grinds was near perfect for brewed coffee. I would agree that the coffee it makes is quite good (never tested the temp but the results have never given me a reason to). The coffee is never burnt of odd tasting. Just a consistent quality cup every time. Cleaning is super easy too. This Japanese company knows what it is doing. I have a stainless vacuum sealed 20oz coffee mug from them that is AMAZING. The absolute best on the market. I strongly suggest you try it out. They are so much lighter than anything else and still keep my coffee HOT (not just warm) from 7:30am to at least 2:30pm. That kind of clever engineering and design is what made me eager to try this coffee pot. I am glad I did. I use it daily and love it.

First off, this little thing makes an incredible cup of coffee! Not sure how it pulls it off, but the flavor rivals my aeropress (dare I say better?), and that's not something any other auto drip has been able to accomplish in my testing. It's inexpensive, but I wouldn't call it cheap. I dinged it a star as it is surprisingly lightweight and cheap feeling. While I knew it would be tiny (it is), it just has a pretty flimsy hand-feel to it. I'll be shocked if this thing lasts a couple years, but, who knows, maybe I'll be delightfully surprised. Even so, as soon as this one breaks down, I will be buying another. It excels at making coffee taste great, and that's what's most important. For those wondering, I have found that a 16:1 ratio gives the best flavor. At the 5 cup line (657g of water) I'm brewing 41g of coffee. I grind fresh and have my Encore grinder set at 20. Perfection. Comes out hot and tasty. I do not recommend using the hot plate, but rather pouring any unused coffee from your first cup into a stainless mug/carafe to keep it warm until your next cup. Oh, I will also add that the flavor/taste is EXACTLY the same whether I'm brewing 5 cups or 3 cups or 2 cups. This is a small batch brewer, perfect for me and my wife (roughly 23oz for full carafe at 5 cup line). I've had machines that make a pretty good full batch but struggle with smaller batches. Not so with this guy - perfect cup every time no matter how much I brew.

It is a cute little machine that works really fast, easy to use and clean, and makes good coffee. That little pot makes just enough to fill my giant mug, plus two big ice cubes. So happy with it! Thank you!

April 2022 "I will never buy a coffee maker with a glass caraffe that sits on a warming burner." That's what I used to believe; and mostly I still do. But sometimes there are reasons to believe otherwise. After two weeks of daily use I've learned to manage this coffee machine's quirks. It's not the perfect coffeemaker if you are making coffee for a crowd; but if you are pleased to drink just one or two (small) cups at a time and are willing to be meticulous in dealing with it, this can be an excellent choice. Here's my story. Going from two pots of coffee a day to eight ounces of coffee a day can be difficult. I needed a little help from my coffee machine. I needed something that made sense of the idea of making two cups of coffee at a time. Few coffee machines do. The most distinct characteristic of this machine is that it is small. Its small footprint unclutters the counter just a bit, which I appreciate. I'm enough of a foodie that for great coffee if I had to buy a behomoth of a machine to make the perfect small cup of coffee, I would consider it. Until recently I would drink six or ten cups of coffee in a day, so a large machine worked for me. I've had maybe six pretty good coffee makers over the last two decades, and have grown pretty picky about coffee. I buy varietal beans, roast them, and grind them in a Baratza burr grinder with forty grind size settings. I've avoided coffee makers with a glass caraffes that rest in contact with a burner because leaving fresh brewed coffee on the burner always causes coffee to scorch. A vacuum insulated caraffe does not scorch. So that's what I've always bought. Never would I have considered the Zojirushi if I expected to brew more coffee than I would drink at one time. But that is exactly my use case for this coffee machine. If I drink all the coffee right after it brews, the burner can help the pot get up to temperature, meaning the coffee will not have to be reheated right after brewing - as I had been doing with my old coffee maker in order to get it to a good temperature for adding cream. I brew the coffee, serve it, and turn off the warming burner immediately. The one time I forgot to do this, I noticed that the clever engineers at Zojirushi had regulated the temperature of the burner to be low enough not to burn the coffee into horrid resin-smelling char. My first several batches out of this machine were weak and under-extracted. I noticed that brew time is short, about two minutes, and I ground my coffee finer. I tamp it lightly into the filter to create a little more flow resistance. These practices made a big difference. I also decided to preheat the water in a microwave until it is nearly boiling. This might slightly shorten the brew time it but, more importantly it increases the temperature of the water near the start of the cycle. Here at a mile above sea level I needed all the temperature I could get for such a short brew cycle. I also began the practice of adding a pinch of salt to the coffee grinds because coffee tastes less bitter with a little salt. Also coffee causes one to excrete salt; so there were health benefits to the practice. Once I had dialed in all the elements of the process I realized that I was making better coffee than I ever had before. I was paying a little more attention to the ritual of making it - an appropriate way to approach using a Japanese coffee machine. And I was enoying this single cup of coffee more than I had been enjoying two pots a day. Big bonus, in grinding the coffee finer and drinking less I had cut my coffee bean utilization by considerably more than 85%. ---- December 2024 After nearly two years of use I am moving on. Mechanically, there is nothing conspicously wrong with the machine, although I find the coffee consistently weak. A special feature of this machine that I have come to enjoy involves incorporating the unscorched dried coffee from the bottom of the caraffe from one day's coffee into the next day's - not a feature every glass caraffe coffee maker could do gracefully. It is a testament to the fine temperature control of that heating element. This machine makes passable coffee; but at a high altitude and it struggles to get water hot enough for good extraction, even with preheating. I have learned to make pour-over coffee and in my first try I was able to get coffee I like a lot more than what this machine turns out - stronger with just a hint more bitterness and sourness. The small caraffe with the drop-in cone filter holder is ideally suited to the this: so at least for a while I intend to use the caraffe from this machine to make my pour-over coffee using boiling water (which at my altitude is about 95ºC.)

Not a fan. I’ve always appreciated Zojirushi products for their quality and simplicity of design and unfortunately this coffee maker does not meet that standard. Quite frankly it’s nearly impossible to pour a cup of coffee without spilling it all over the counter. The design of the lid forces you to hold it on while pouring and it still dribbles coffee all over the counter. It looks good, brews ok, but you can easily do better for half the price.

I got this for about $63. It was originally $79, but Amazon gave me a refund after I mentioned the price dropped the day after I bought it, which was nice of them. I’ve been a Zojirushi fan ever since I got one of their thermos bottles and noticed that it was small enough to fit inside my pockets. As for coffee, I’m no expert. I don’t really know what makes a good cup of coffee, just that the SCA recommends brewing between 190°F and 205°F. I wasn’t sure this machine actually hit that since the coffee never felt that hot right out of the pot. But I stuck a thermometer in the carafe and found that it does eventually reach around 190°F. It just takes a while to reach that point so I usually microwave the water a little before pouring it in, or I run the machine once with plain water to preheat everything. The warming plate is solid, it keeps the coffee around 180°F for about 30 minutes, it could probably do so for longer but I don’t want to test that out. The included water filter is a nice touch too if you want to use tap water with it. When the filter eventually needs replacing, I’ll probably just replace the whole machine, honestly since it’ll be two years at that point. Design wise, it's compact and simple. The top lid lifts off instead of swinging open, which saves space. The carafe’s easy to clean and pours well too. You could probably use your own cup with this coffee maker if the filter fits or use it to make tea. The only real downside is the measurement markings. “4 cups” on the carafe is only around 12 fl oz, which messed with my usual routine. I kept pouring less water than I meant to until I got used to it. Also for the usual price of $79 you can probably get their programmable coffee maker if you don’t mind the size and it being refurbished. Also I think the machine takes like a minute or two to reach optimal coffee brewing temperature, so you might wanna put in a lot of water in the machine or preheat the water a litte but that's my guess. If you’re looking for a coffee maker that’s small and compact while still brewing coffee at optimal temperature this is probably the best decision.

The Zutto is stylish, the decanter looks huge for a 5 cup, it has to be though to hold the basket. the water is hot, Note for those that don't understand how coffee is made; it is the temp at the grinds we are concerned with not so much the temp at the cup. The temp at the grinds is required to extract the correct amount of flavor (if it is there, some brands don't have that much flavor to start with) along with the time that hot water is in contact with the grinds, is what makes the difference in a cup of coffee and a really good cup of coffee. I read that someone verified water temp with a Digital thermometer at the water outlet. Temp range from 180 at the start to 208 at the end, and suggested preheating the water. 1- using the old maker, run 2 cups water, while placing filter and grinds in Zutto, then pour hot water into measuring cup =this case 8 oz, and that into Zutto, the rest into the mug/ thermal or ceramic mug will both benefit from preheat. OR 2. run the water thru the Zutto, pour measured back in to tank, rest into cup, then add grounds/basket and brew. Personally, could not tell the difference with preheated water, did make a small noticeable difference in cup temp/ thereby coffee temp and how long it stays hotter. First Batch; using One 8 Oz cup and One Half Oz coffee, Folgers morning blend (not a flavorful brand to my pallet), to compare to the the known results of my old Elite coffee maker. The Zutto can use a 4 or 8 cup paper filter. Reading the instructions I see that time varies from 3 to 7 minutes depending on cups being brewed, Note that the perk can done in as little as 2+mins, but wait a minute more for the water to finish draining through the filter. Result; ceramic mug is hot to the touch, note that the ceramic pulls the heat from the coffee so if you think it is too hot, switch from the thermal mug to a ceramic one. Also can preheat the cup with hot water It stayed hot/ above room temp, = the elete resulted in cool coffee before half cup was gone. Flavor is deeper, can tell that more was removed from the grounds, so aside from the lame folgers mix, the Zutto does definitely make a better cup of coffee. Second batch, the problem becomes obvious. OK, the h2o temp is good, so... The Problem is the filter/grinds holder: With the first batch, I had waited and the grinds had drained fully, when pouring the manufacturer says hold thumb on lid, that worked the first time. The second batch I wound up with a teaspoon of grinds in the cup: Why? Because: 1. the two holes in the filter basket were slightly clogged with grinds, the paper filter was pressed against them. there by retaining some water in the grinds, which flowed out when tilted to pour, carrying with it grinds. 2 the filter, this was a full size paper, was pushed down into the basket, this put it against those two holes and also down from the top edge of the basket. 3. this is a really bad design. A basket full of grinds that is designed to tip sideways when pouring out the liquid REQUIRES certain Design Features: features that effectively contain the grinds, eh? How to Fix the problems; 1. easiest; remove the basket before pouring. easy enough to lift out and hold with one hand while pouring with the other. this does present the problem of drips of coffee, however the basket Does have a base that allows it to stand stable on its own, say, on a saucer. 2. add 4 small bars across the bottom of the basket about quarter inch up, to hold the filter up from the holes. and allow plenty of time for all the water to drain out of the basket before pouring. (still has potential of grinds falling out as the last cup is poured. ) 3. Or, the manufacturer could take responsibility for their product design. Since it is the Zojirushi team's design to pour with the basket & grinds in place, it should also be their design to contain those grinds and also allow unrestricted draining of those grinds. In my opinion the Best way to do that is; make a stainless basket/ container/ filter. Specifically; similar to the tea containers, a closing latched mesh basket shaped filter. This SHOULD be normal and Included with the maker. Conclusion; I took the mesh filter from the old coffee maker, it fits in the Zutto basket, it also hangs on the lip of the so it does not touch the bottom of the basket, I also use a paper filter, 1. the extra oils from "no paper" don't do anything for me personally, 2. it is much easier and cleaner to pull the paper full of grinds and drop them into the compost, compared to tapping out the wire filter and still need to wash grinds out, -- just a personal preference. I also set the basket out on a dish before pouring coffee. Note that I also use a much better grade of coffee to brew from, it takes the same amount of time to brew as before, with much much better results than the other coffee makers previously mentioned. Now if Zojirushi will send us the enclosed grinds basket, all will be well. OK; After several weeks of use, and experimentation; I have discovered these things; User error, I pushed the filter down into the basket; this resulted in a semi plugged outlet, and the front of the basket has a drain slot, which was not properly covered because of the filter misplacement. And because of being used to the drip maker with the auto-stop on the basket, I did not wait long enough for the water to fully drain from the basket. The result of this combination was that grinds were washed into the cup as it was poured. The easy correction is; only press the filter in gently and not to press to the bottom, then also leave just enough above the rim of the basket to fold out on the front edge, this is to trap the filter with the basket cover. And Wait the appropriate amount of time before pouring. I still lift the basket out before I pour, it is just easier for me that way. I also plugged one of the two drain holes in the bottom of the basket, lets the water soak the grinds a tiny bit longer, and have had no over flow problem - using up to two cups of water. I would like to see a change to the basket cover; the current design puts the water into the center of the basket. I noticed that if brewing 4 cups there are dry grinds at the top outer parameter. This could be corrected with a more dispersing design in the lid.

Yes, this is a wonderful coffeemaker. This is a second one purchased. Easy to use. Uses cone filters which I prefer over baskets. Looks great on the counter. The reservoir removes to add specific water levels for either iced or hot coffee. By far the best coffeemaker for my needs.

Produce un muy buen café, estoy muy contento con este producto (ya tengo más de un mes de uso).

Cette cafetière est parfaite! Elle est compacte et mignonne comme tout, elle est facile à utiliser et entretenir, et ne prend pas toute la place sur le comptoir. Cette cafetière est épurée, il n’y a pas de gadgets et d’accessoires inutiles, le café est excellent et juste à la bonne température. Le seul minuscule point négatif c’est qu’il n’y a pas d’arrêt automatique du réchaud après 1-2 heures, donc il ne faut pas oublier d’éteindre la cafetière après utilisation mais c’est un tout petit détail…

Without doubt the best drip coffee maker I have ever had. The unit is well designed and clearly of high quality. It is sturdy. It looks good. Most importantly it makes excellent, HOT coffee. Having the drip cone within the carafe ensures that when the carafe is removed to pour nothing drips on to the hotplate, which is what usually causes the hot plate coating to discolour and breakdown. An important design element. HOT coffee. When the brew cycle is done I measured the coffee temperature as 165 F to 170 F (it varied slightly). After 10 minutes the temperature measures at 170 and remains there even 30 minutes later (the longest period I tested). With other coffee makes I have owned I often have had to put my cup in the microwave to bring it to the desired temperature, as I like my coffee hot - not this one . Great tasting coffee. I suspect one of the reasons the coffee from this machine tastes so good is the cone filter. I believe the cone filter concentrates the flavour and is therefor superior to a basket filter. As opposed to some comments, the #2 filter fits perfectly, just follow the fold lines present on all cone filters. Highly recommended.

Compré está cafetera por las opiniones y apenas la he usado una vez pero me gustó. Es igual a las imágenes. Se ve de buena calidad. Hace buen café. Buena temperatura. Fácil de usar. Hasta el momento la recomiendo.