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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
Great Coffee!!! No Spills!!!!
By Michele D. Kimball
To say that am I picky when it comes to coffee makers is an understatement. I in the end settled on this one after looking at them all!!

31 of 31 humans found the following review helpful.
Great Old Style…Not so New Functionality
By Tombo
The style and durability of this coffemaker meets the expected values of this retro-coffeemaker. Remember that it is for the most part all-metal and you may tell when you lift it out of the same-color-as-the-coffeemaker box. I was not disappointed with it is durability, color and style. I receive pleasure from keeping abreast of the dissimilar style of makers that come out and this has not disappointed me yet. The metal housing is exceedingly well made and nice looking.
However, there are things that I will be looking at out for and you ought to also. The plastic top of the carafe may be the type where it discolors from coffee drippings remaining on it after the brew process. I will be rinsing this off each day to slow or prevent this discoloration — it has not happened yet. I purchased the apple color…the bannana color may show this more.
There is a rubber gasket that prevents brew drippings from splashing out and this may wear out over time.
The assert on the no-scorch hot plate. Well, this is where Hamilton Beach may be behind the times as most coffee manufacturers have this now. The hot plate is in fact beauteous hot, so don’t misinterpret this. But it is as you expect…easy to wipe clean like most coffee makers today. An promotion boasting probably.
Hamilton Beach has “American-ized” the cup markings. Each cup marking is actually two demitasse cups rather of the mutual Braun and Krups one demitasse quantity. So suppose a close to full “cups” of coffee. I actually like this.
In terms of speed, I did not witness any more immediate brewing as it claims in the advertisement, but it is not slow at all, so you won’t be disappointed. The water temperature and taste of the coffee is as you would want and expect.
The carafe top is not removable, so cleaning is only a bit challenging. The seal for the top of the carafe works o.k., but water does gather in the seam a bit. But again, rinsing this each and everyday will prevent any difficulties of staining.
All in all, if you maintain this unit, by wiping/rinsing it down daily, it looks like it will hold up and keep it is splendid look and functionality for a long time and I commend it if you are fascinated in this new retro look.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Iintrigue Blue is Country blue from the 80′s
By Blueday
UPDATE ADDED 2009…I have only had this coffee maker a few days and I like how it works. It in truth does not drip when pouring. It has the three-prong plug in, automati shut off, and I have had no difficultnesses so far. The only thing I would like to point out is the color. I looked at various dissimilar web pictures of the Intrigue Blue color and none of them was a very good representation of the real color. I may best describe it as the “country blue from the 1980′s.” I know this color well because I had it in my kitchen back then. So I was disappointed in the color. I thought it looked like a more brilliant bolder shade of blue in the pictures than it in truth is. This looks to be a genuinely well made coffeemaker and the warranty is for 3 years!!…….. I am adding this in 2009……….. My coffee maker passed away one month after the 3 year warrenty was up. I made 2 pots or more of coffee closely each day of those 3 years. Some of the plastic on the inside of the lid had bubbled in the last year. The paint was wearing off the warming plate from use. Good pot, attempting to determine if I want another one, but in a lot of other color.

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