Cuisinart DCC-T20 14-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker Touchscreen, Black

After several weeks of research on which coffee maker would replace my 10 year old Brewstation, I settled on a Cuisinart Perfect Temp model. While deciding between the DCC-3200 and the T20, I chose the T20 for its style as well as function. Upon unboxing of the T20, I was surprised by how light weight the unit was with so much light weight plastic. That was a little off-putting as we sometimes correlate quality with heavy/sturdy construction. I know current manufacturing using lighter materials may make that an old-fashioned comparison. I hope to prove the new way is as good or better over the life of this T20, should it also last 5-10 years. At 14 cups this can make a BIG carafe of coffee. I read several reviews that said the carafe was ‘clunky’ because of the way the lid is not hinged. I find it VERY useful and easy to use. Removing the lid is as simple as popping it off. Nothing complicated as detaching the typical hinge based lid. Pop it off, complete your washing of lid and carafe, then snap it back into place. The glass carafe is not heavy (empty), and the handle was sufficiently ergonomic to pour easily. Many reviews (of many coffee makers) will comment on if a carafe empties completely. This one empties easily enough with a typical pouring angle. It will leave a bit still in the bottom (about 1/8th of an ounce), and you will have to up-end the pot to fully dislodge. I don’t find that to be uncommon and we do that anyway when washing and putting the pot away for the day anyway. The touch-screen works well. A single touch turns on the full screen, showing all the display “buttons”. There you can adjust many settings such as: - how long you want the warming burner to stay on (auto shut off) - how hot you want that burner to keep the coffee (Low/Med/High), - Clock Setting (and delayed/timer brew functions) - Sound control on/off (for the touch screen and for the coffee is ready alert and the auto-shut off alert) - You can also set the size of pot to make (1-4 cups or 5- 14). FYI That part is more to adjust the heat and timing, as you will still need to only add the amount of water you intend to brew. Don’t fill the reservoir to the max (14 cup) and expect only 4 cups to be brewed. Also, I suggest you use a separate container with a good pour spout to fill the water. The reservoir opening is not large and you will want to have some accuracy to where you pour. We use an old “Brita Filter” container and it works wonderfully. I have marked it for various amounts (4 cup, 10 cup, 14 cup, etc) so we can easily fill it for the desired amount of coffee. The reservoir on the coffee maker fills from the right side of the machine and there is a clear plastic window indicator with markings to aid you in filling to the desired number of cups. The grounds basket utilizes the #4 cone filters and the machine also comes with a golden mesh basket if you want to eliminate using paper filters. We actually use both the paper filter AND the mesh basket together and we enjoy the smoothness of the coffee with ZERO sediment making its way into the carafe. -Let’s get to the good stuff: Making Coffee. One of the primary selling points of this coffee maker is the focus on brewing the coffee at the optimum suggested temperatures (195-205 F). Since it is in the name (“Perfect-Temp”), I am not surprised to find this unit mostly stays within those temps during the brew cycle, resulting in an excellent tasting cup of coffee every time.

This is my third Cuisinart coffee maker of a similar type and it is hands down the my favorite! Each of the prior ones lasted about five years. They may have lasted longer had I been more faithful to proper cleaning but they eventually suffered from hard water lime buildup. They have all made a fine cup of coffee. But pot alone, no matter the brand or cost, will turn pre-ground grocery store coffee into a great cup! I grind my own coffee right before use, measured by weight for each pot, from locally roasted beans. So what makes it my favorite? It's sleek and absolutely beautiful on my kitchen counter! The surface is easy to clean, with no buttons to collect dirt. It makes 14 cups, two cups more than my other Cuisinarts. And I love the digital display. There's really nothing complicated about it if you pay attention to the instructions. Touch sensitivity is good and it holds previous settings from pot to pot unless you want to make a change. I love the side window that shows water level! With my older Cuisinarts I would...honest to gosh...have to stand on my tippietoes with a flashlight to look down into the water well and make sure I didn't overfill. The purchase of pot alone includes a reusable filter, no need to buy that separately, but be aware that those filters will allow sediment to drip through to your pot and spoil the cup. It also includes one water filter, which is quite easy to change, but after filtering my water in a Brita pitcher I find no need to refilter the water. The pot works just as normal without it. It arrived extremely well packaged. In fact it was almost like opening a Russian Matryoshka doll with a cardboard box inside a larger cardboard box and inside those was the store display box with the pot inside protected by more cardboard...no Styrofoam...bonus! I doubt anything less than a truck running over it could have broken the glass carafe. Like my previous Cuisinarts, settings allow you to turn off the burner as soon as the coffee has dripped through. Or you can choose H, M or L temperature if you like but leaving coffee on a hot burner makes for burnt tasting coffee very quickly. Much tastier to rewarm in the microwave if it has cooled. There's a wide range of settings, so it's easy to personalize in a way that meets your needs. How long it will last is hard to say but my previous Cuisinarts served me well for years and hopefully this one will too.

It does make good coffee! I'll give it that. What I don't like about it is that it is very hard to fill. The grinds section is great and easy to use, but the water fill is awful. First of all you have to move the coffee maker out from under the cabinets. Secondly you have to rinse out the coffee pot and fill it up with water. Then with the top open all the way you have to attempt to pour the water into the reservoir and there is always water on the bottom of the top that drips onto the counter behind the coffee maker. Then you have to pour the water into the reservoir slowly as if you go too fast, it will drip all over the counter and you can never get it all in due to the shape of the pot and the lid on the coffee maker. I am getting ready to order another measuring cup to make filling the coffee maker easier. I should come with one. After all this, you close the top, slide it back under the cabinets and get a paper towel to mop up all the water you just spilled.

Impressive coffee maker! And it’s attractive, minimalistic, and designed well! Coffee tastes great; way better tasting than what came out of my very dependable, but eventually dying of old age, Hamilton Beach. The machine is easy to set up, program, add water, add and empty grounds, and clean. Paper filters aren’t needed and won’t be polluting the planet. The coffee is perfectly hot at the original temp setting and will stay hot for 2-3 hours, depending on the chosen burner on/off time. The coffee temp can be increased with a different set up. I’ve never had a problem or errors with the machine in the 7 months that I’ve used it 3-4x/wk. No overflows; which, I would guess resulted from user error. Based on how we insert into the maker the two coffee ground holders, it’s possible to insert one or the other pieces out of alignment. It doesn’t feel like a design defect, though. These two pieces are cone shaped, like a cone coffee filter. One piece is a thick black holder that dispenses and guides coffee into the pot and holds the mesh coffee filter. We remove these two to clean the grounds and liquid coffee remnants. There’s an edge divot to direct proper insertion of the black holder, and we can feel a slight snap when the first/black holder is inserted into the maker. The mesh cone needs to sit in and align with the black holder below it. It’s pretty straightforward; but, its alignment importance may need to be more significantly highlighted in the manual. Maybe this part of the set up gets overlooked as we robotically prep our coffee. The last few seconds of the brewing cycle is loud, kind of like the pump is pushing steam through the machine…similar to the sound of an espresso machine. The carafe is 14 cups which can lead to a heavier pour. Personally, I quickly got used to it and like the bigger size. The pour doesn’t spill or drip on the counter. The carafe’s lid removes and cleans easily. The last bits of brewed coffee get caught on the carafe’s rim and won’t pour. I dread the conflict and compromise of either using a straw to drink from the carafe black coffee (coffee needs milk and sweetener!) and the guilt of washing down the drain that liquid gold. The turmoil is worth it, though!

I don't know why they discontinued this coffee pot. It was one of the best I have ever purchased. It keeps your coffee hot for probably 2 hrs, and when I say hot it is hot. It brews a wonderful cup of coffee, and I love the design. It is sleek and beautifulin my opinion. A black screen until you touch it. They should bring this pot back. I would highly recommend it again, and again.

When my Hamilton Beach coffee maker decided to stop working after 7 years of daily use, I took a peek at Consumer Reports to see what they recommended - and saw the Cuisinart DCC-T20 among their top-rated. That very day, I ordered one from Amazon, along with a package of Melitta #4 Cone Coffee Filters. I've used the same brand of coffee beans and the same grind (I have a burr grinder) for years so I was able to compare the "quality of the cup" easily. I can without reservation tell you that the Cuisinart DCC-T20 coffee maker, paired with the Melitta #4 filters, makes an outstanding pot of coffee. Controls on this model are pressure-sensitive "buttons" hidden behind a shiny black face-plate. A gentle tap on the always-visible On/Off "button" makes all of the others light up. The options available are self-evident and I found the black face-plate surprisingly resistant to greasy fingerprint smudges. I drink my coffee black and use a dark roasted bean, with my grind set between expresso and drip (medium fine?). I prefer to taste the flavor of the coffee beans - and *not* cream and sugar (bleh), so I always tap the "bold" setting on. I also make 8 cups at a time, so I've never used the 1-4 cups setting. I did have to prepare a pot very early in the morning once, and relied on the timer to fire-up the machine at 4 AM. It worked flawlessly, thank goodness...! The coffee maker comes with about 30 seconds worth of assembly required: a small water filter that looks like a miniature oval Keureg cup must be (unwrapped and) pressed into its holder at the base of a plastic wand. Once this done, the wand itself is inserted into the open corner where water is poured. The base of the wand slips snugly into a hole at the bottom of the water reservoir. You'll have to pass a couple of carafes of plain water through the coffee-making cycle in order to remove any charcoal dust from the filter element. Once you've done this, you're all set. I included a photo - untouched and unabashedly displaying all its early morning glory - of what the cone filter looks like after making my standard 8-cup pot. You can see that the spent coffee grind never approaches the top of the filter, so there's never a chance that you'll find any stray grinds at the bottom of a cup. I can't vouch for the same result if you use other filter size/brands. My only complaint is a minor one: the corner opening where the water is poured into the reservoir is, by design, a bit small when using the carafe itself to fill the reservoir. There is an opaque plastic window that runs up one side of the DCC with a scale that matches up perfectly with the 14-cup scale etched onto the glass of the carafe. So if you use a separate vessel to fill the coffee maker, you can use this and be assured that your water volume is accurate - and doing so would eliminate this complaint. BTW, the footprint of the coffee maker is about 7" X 9" X 14."

After years of fine service it was time to replace my prior Cuisinart Coffee Brewer model DCC-3650C (seemed the pump was weakening). I replaced it with this Cuisinart model DCC-T20 on June 5, 2021. I use it daily to brew my 56 ounces of morning coffee. Positives: Sleek appearance of black shiny plastic finish and no buttons is attractive to me. Still has warming plate that will provide 3 or more hours of "on" time. Brews excellent coffee. Easier to clean than previous models (been using Cuisinarts Brewers & grinders for decades). Not counting gold tone filter there are only 3 components to clean. Negatives: This model takes 13 minutes to brew my morning 8 cups of coffee! Prior model took only 8 minutes to do the same. Finish shows finger prints and is easy to scratch (ouch). Still a bit of a challenge to fill water reservoir from carafe without spilling the last ounce. Wish there was a 3rd option setting for touch screen that turns off power button. I think the an all shiny black appearance may be attractive to me. After brewing and in "keep warm" status the unit continues to emit noises such as gurgling, crackling & popping noises that continue until the unit times out or is manually turned off; the noise level varies and at times get pretty loud. As time passes these noises have not abated in the least, but have worsened. This annoyance is increasingly irritating. Pricey. On August 9, 2021 I contacted Cuisinart regarding the noise issue (just became too annoying). They told me to unplug unit for 30 minutes then fill it with water (no coffee), plug it in per my usual way (including the 3 hour setting for the warm plate). I expressed skepticism at this being a fix. She said it has been. But if it does not fix call back for further instructions. I agreed. I implemented this process right after the call. I did it 3 more times over the next 7 days; it never resulted in a fix. I called Cuisinart on August 16, 2021. They said there was no record of my August 9th call! I explained again what was going on with the coffee brewer. They agreed to ship me a replacement unit. I received the new unit on August 28th. I put it to use the next day and through September 3rd it has worked well.

I needed a new coffee machine after my ninja of only 2 years died. Since I am the only one who drinks coffee I couldn't justify getting that expensive of a coffee maker. I found this and I've had Cuisinart in the past and have always been happy so thought I'd give it a try. Yep makes good coffee what more can I say. I do use an old orange juice container that I put a mark on it for the half a pot of coffee that I drink per day so it's easy to refill the water for the exact amount I want. The instructions were clear and the heating unit keeps the coffee at a perfect temperature while I'm drinking it.

You will get a very good brew from this coffeemaker. Touch screen is very responsive and honestly, the options are beyond my needs but good to have. I use the paper filter as it hold more, especially if you are brewing a full pot but for those 4 to 5 cups brews, the gold foil filter would work fine. I have to cons: 1. The carafe cannot tilt fully unobstructed to fill the water reservoir. The last cup of water takes a patient slow pour and using the slim channel between filter basket and outside edge that feeds into the reservoir. 2. As a Canadian, I was hit with an unexpected $46.64 bill from Fedex. I could understand the $6.21 Pst/Gst but the remaining $40.43 was a hard pill as it came with no warning.

Very pleased either way this unit - well built, works well and makes good coffee. Amazon was on time and the product arrived in perfect condition.

The title of the review says it all - the brew is superb, even when making one cup. I highly recommend weighing your coffee on a gram scale to get consistent results. I like my coffee strong so I use 18 grams per cup and use the "Bold" setting. I do have one complaint, and it's one I have had with almost every coffee maker I have owned. It's difficult to pour the water into the reservoir as the angle of the lid blocks the necessary tilt of the carafe to empty it completely. My solution is to lift the carafe higher as I pour, but that is a delicate operation that can lead to water everywhere if you are less than steady of hand.

Me gustó mucho tiene funciones que te ayudan y simplifican su uso , puedes dejarla preparada para solo despertar y servirte café muy buena cafetera

Le café il est très chaud et bon