Cuisinart introduces coffee without the carafe! The Coffee on demand coffeemaker has a simple “press to serve” lever that delivers up to 12 cups of hot coffee, cup by cup, from a double wall reservoir. Our exclusive Coffee gauge on the front of the unit counts down the cups remaining. With 24-hour programmability, auto shutoff, professional brushed stainless steel housing, and clean, contemporary styling, this is one of the easiest-and almost elegant- coffeemakers on the market.
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July 26th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not very convenient
This coffee maker made fine coffee, but the style is not very convenient. You can’t see from across the room if you have coffee left or not, you can’t swing the pot to the table…
July 26th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
3.0 out of 5 stars
Worked for a while
We loved this coffee maker when it worked. Ours actually lasted several years, so I gave it three stars because it did make great tasting, hot hot coffee.
July 26th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I have a perfectly good Cuisinart DCC-1200, but after spotting the 2000 at a local store I couldn’t stop fiddling with the floor model. Well, my wife was lurking as I was fiddling and with my birthday coming up - and my affinity for coffee - she thought she’d found the perfect gift. Boy was she was right!
Now let’s be honest, carafe-less designs have been around forever - Farberware’s stainless steel coffee pots are staples in offices and at parties - they just haven’t been this much fun. I’m not going to repeat everything that’s already been written, but suffice to say the 2000 is a unique coffee maker. Does it make coffee better than my 1200 did? No, not really. But it does keep it hot longer, without the bitter, burnt taste that would often accompany the coffee from my 1200 when left on the warming plate for over 30 minutes. I normally have two cups every morning (not the puny 5-ounce “cups” that every coffee maker seems to think is the norm for whatever reason), but I’ve found myself having about three (maybe not a good thing?) since getting the 2000 because that third cup, about 1-1/2 hours later still tastes great. That wasn’t happening with the 1200. Sometimes I’d try the third cup, but the burnt carafe taste made it unfortunate.
One of the complaints I’m reading here is that you need a separate container to fill the 2000. I can’t be the only owner that owns a Pyrex 2-cup (or more) measuring cup can I? I just fill it up once, twice - gasp! - three times and pour it in while watching the water level on the side. Honestly, it’s not that hard. Cleaning is no different from any model with a carafe. But instead of washing the outer carafe you remove the inner “carafe” to rinse it out or give it a thorough cleaning. That’s the only difference. The coffee gauge is kind of silly and inaccurate and I rarely ever look at it, but it adds to the allure of the 2000.
I’ll be keeping my 1200 at the ready for my sister to use when she comes over to make her dreadful flavored coffees so they don’t contaminate my new toy. But until the next great design advance comes along to which I can’t say “no,” I’ll be enjoying the 2000 to the fullest. It’s neat, it’s fun and it makes great coffee.
July 27th, 2009 at 12:25 am
We just purchased this coffee maker. Very unique design in that it uses no carafe but a tank inside the coffee maker to store the brewed coffee. You then press a lever to dispense the coffee. My wife has a habit of breaking the glass carafes and so this should avoid this problem in the future. The plastic tank holds the brew basket as well as the coffee and both are removable for cleaning. Full featured with LCD clock, auto start, and adjustable warming time. The most expensive coffee maker we have ever bought but it is well built and most importantly it makes great coffee.
July 27th, 2009 at 1:04 am
2.0 out of 5 stars
Abundant Design Flaws Spoil Cool-Looking Coffee Maker
I am generally pretty easy to please, and I honestly wanted to love this coffee maker, but I’m definitely going to get rid of it.
July 27th, 2009 at 3:37 am
1.0 out of 5 stars
Have owned 3, all 3 have broken
I loved the style and design of this product, so when my first one unexplicably died after 1 year, I decided to purchase a second one.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:39 am
This is really a great coffee maker. The negative reviews all seem to be fixated on the fact that you have to pour water into the reservoir, and the unit doesn’t come with a container for this purpose!! Is Cuisinart the Devil? Should I call my lawyer and file a class action suit? What is wrong with people today? Is is really that difficult to procure a plastic pitcher of some sort, fill it with water and then transfer that water into the coffee maker? I think not, and I do it one or two time a day myself without covering my kitchen counters with water. If you are not able to pour water from a pitcher into the reservoir of a coffee machine, I really do not think that you should be trusted with a hot cup of coffee either.
The coffee tastes great, never burnt. It is easy to program and clean and does not take up a whole lot of room. It also comes with one of those re-usable, permanent gold filters which many companies sell separately for about $20. My girlfriend can operate this thing easily, and she has a hard time figuring out the remote control for the TV. If she can program this unit, so can you. As to the other negative comments I have read which describe a powerless, malfunctioning unit, I have had no problems whatsoever with mine. Hope this review was useful, thanks for reading it.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:51 am
1.0 out of 5 stars
Only worked for 1.5 years
This coffee maker just up and quit. We have only had it for 1.5 years. At $100 it should have worked longer. We liked the one cup at a time, but we always had coffee grounds.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:29 am
2.0 out of 5 stars
Died after 2 years
I bought this product in February, 2007 even though it was more than I usually spend because I thought it would last. The brand, Cuisinart, is a well known brand.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:55 am
2.0 out of 5 stars
Worked great for 8 months
This model brewed a good cup of coffee while it worked. Then after 8 months is just stopped working.
July 27th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
3.0 out of 5 stars
Super convenient but might not be too reliable
I purchased this about 2.5 yrs ago. It makes great coffee, and it’s super convenient to have the coffee on the go and to be able to pour a cup without interrupting the brewing…
July 27th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
3.0 out of 5 stars
Generally fine, but…
Generally it has worked fine in the last six months and I like not having the carafe that burns and needs cleaning.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:06 am
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do you like coffee grounds in your cloudy coffee?
The cuisinart DCC-2000 coffee maker is not nice. I find the filter to be too small and it overflows into the holding tank creating burnt coffee grounds with my coffee.