Hot Sale 😉 Hamilton Beach 2-Way Brewer Coffee Maker, Single-Serve And 12-Cup Pot, Black ✨

4 reviews for Hot Sale 😉 Hamilton Beach 2-Way Brewer Coffee Maker, Single-Serve And 12-Cup Pot, Black ✨

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Ben Powell – March 14, 2019

   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 in a large pot. The single serve side has a nested set of plastic circles that sits under a tall mug when not needed. These little circular risers can be un-nested and stacked to allow a shorter cup to be closer to the dripping coffee (see photos). This allows the maker to accommodate a variety of sizes of cups. The single serve side takes about 2 minutes to brew. I think the coffee tastes great and I can control the strength of the brew based upon how many grounds I add.The full carafe side is much like any basic drip-coffee maker. There’s a small reservoir that holds enough water to brew a full pot of coffee. There’s a flip lid and a basket for coffee grounds. You can use paper filters or buy a separate metallic, re-usable mesh filter that fits inside this basket. I like these baskets as it’s less wasteful than using paper filters daily and I don’t have to remember to constantly purchase filters. I’ve used the same mesh filter for over 7 years now. It doesn’t filter as finely as paper filters do and the last sip of coffee contains a small amount of grit / sediment but this seems normal to me now. If someone doesn’t like this idea than I would warn them not to drink the last sip. It’s pretty easy to avoid.The coffee maker has a very obvious and easy to use manual switch that selects whether you are brewing a full pot or a single serve. Only one side can be used at a time. You simply move the switch to the left or right as the illustrations show to select which side you wish to utilize.I frequently use the timer feature. Prior to work I have one 16 oz metal travel mug filled, warm and waiting for me when I wake up in the morning.The display is bright when you touch a button and dims to normal again after about 30 seconds so it doesn’t light up the kitchen at night like a beacon. There is a single bright green LED light that indicates that the timer is set and ready to go. Personally, I like this feature as it is an obvious acknowledgment that the timer is ready to go at the time that I programmed in. Some might find this too bright but it’s hard to imagine it being a nuisance to most people.Other reviewers have indicated the their carafe broke instantly upon the first use. I’ve used my carafe several times without issues. I also noticed that a new pot is around $10 so if it does break down the road, I can probably replace it easily. Some said that it tastes like plastic, I haven’t experienced this. Some said that it leaks after 3 months – I’ll try to update this review later but so far so good – no leaks. Others say it takes too long to brew. I think it takes about as long to make coffee as every other coffeepot that I have owned and if you set it up the night before, you won’t have to wait for it. It can be ready for you whenever you tell it to be ready. I even read that some people were annoyed that they had to slide the coffee pot out from under a counter in order to add water to the top of the coffee maker. I once added felt pads to the bottom of a coffee maker to make this process easier. Without a dedicated water line and a commercial coffee apparatus, I’m not sure how the manufacturer would avoid this overly burdensome task. You have to add water somehow; that’s how coffee works.I have not had any negative issues at all with this coffee maker and I’ve been using it daily for over 1 month. It’s easy to use, it’s easy to program and I like that I can make a full pot or single cup depending on my needs. I definitely recommend this unit.

2. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Elizabeth L Sloan – October 31, 2022

   My husband likes a pot of coffee and I like one cup at a time. This coffee pot works for us. The coffee is smooth and so I think the water temperature is not too high and does not cause a bitter taste, like so many drip pots on the market. I have been using a pour over manual method for over a decade and reluctantly tried this single serve function out, and was pleased with it. It’s a good cup of coffee and I get a 16 oz. cup from one filter-full of grounds (4 tablespoons).My only complaints are two: 1-the single-serve basket does not have a corresponding size of basket paper filter. I don’t like the mesh filters because the taste is bitter to me. After scouring the web, I can’t find a paper filter that is 3″ wide and 2″ deep, which are the dimensions of the single-serve basket. So I cut the regular sized paper filters down to size, but I would rather just have a box of filters that fit outright. 2-only one side at a time can use the timer function. So my husband gets to wake up to fresh coffee but I have to start mine when I get up. After my cup drips down, I have to remember to flip the switch back to the coffee pot side or the hotplate/warmer goes off and my husband’s coffee gets cold. He does not like waking up to cold coffee and who can blame him?Overall I still like the coffee maker very much and would buy it again. It’s just a matter of getting used to its idiosyncrasies. It’s worth it for that smooth cup of coffee, IMHO.

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Ginger – November 29, 2022

   I would give this a higher rating if 5 if I could. We are heavy coffee drinkers & really like the 2 way Hamilton Coffeemaker. I love how I can make my decaf one cup of coffee & then switch over to make a full pot of hot regular coffee. If you want a cup of hot tea, no problem. Just put your tea bag in your cup, pour your water in the one cup reservoir, click it over to a one cup, put su tue one button & you have instant hot water pouring into your tea cup. The one cup side also fits a tall size thermal mug.

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Drea – December 2, 2022

   My Keurig died (after 6 months of use) and I was in need of a new coffee pot but didn’t want to go back to the expense of the kcups or short lived Keurig. After reading reviews and the option of brewing a full pot or single cup without kcups, I decided to get the Hamilton Beach model.As i was getting ready to boil water for my French press, I was excited to see the new coffee pot show up a day early. Yay no boiling water!! (I love my French press but it’s tiring boiling water everyday.)I was then very disappointed to find deep scratches across the top, small dents around the warming plate and the blue protective film had been pulled off already leaving blue strings hanging out all over.The shipping and manufacturer boxes were both undamaged, which leaves the pot to either have been a display item or used by someone else.If I had paid for a used item, I would not have minded the scratches and such, but I paid full price for an unused coffee pot. Not cool at all.I have not tried using it yet, other than plugging it in to see if it turned on. It did. So I can not attest to the functionality of the coffee pot.Decideding if I want to send this one back and then have to wait a week (yes…it’s a week wait now) for a replacement or go ahead and use this one and never buy Hamilton Beach again. I’ll decide after I’m done boiling water…UPDATE: After being tired of boiling more water, I decided to not deal with the hassle or the return process and wait another week for a new coffee pot. First I ran clean water through both sides and it worked good. Water was clean, which leads me to believe this was a display model rather than a used. (Still not happy about this.)Both making a full pot of coffee and the single serve work great. Hope it will last a long a time.