Features:

  • Hotter Coffee with expert coffee-making technology to ensure hotter Coffee temperature without sacrificing flavor or quality. Dimensions (LXWXH): 9.00 x 7.75 x 14.25 inches
  • Brew strength control allows you to select regular or bold Coffee flavor
  • Fully automatic with 24-hour Programmability, self clean, 1-4 cup setting, auto-off, and optional ready alert tone
  • 12-Cup thermal carafe with decorative Stainless Steel handle
  • Easy-to-view water window for accurate filling.60 Second Reset recalls settings and position in the brewing process in case of loss of power
  • Brew Pause feature lets you enjoy a cup of Coffee before the brewing cycle has finished
  • NOTE: Please refer to the user manual before use and for trouble shooting.
100% Awesome Coffee Maker Machine - Love it

We are big coffee fans. We drink coffee all the time, all day long but making coffee is not always fun and it can take a lot of time to do it each and every time. If you don't want to make it at home you have to spend $$ to get it at a restaurant. Here comes your savior, Cuisinart 12 Cup Programmable THERMAL Coffeemaker. We recently visited family in NY and noticed they owned one, after 1 week of drinking their coffee from this wonder machine we were sold. I immediately ordered one online and 2 days later was setting it up in our kitchen. It has been few weeks now of non stop coffee and we love it. You can set time and programm when you want coffee brewed. You can choose to brew 12 cups if you are having guests or stick to smaller number that will meet your daily coffee needs (we use 8 cups). I read some other reviews that complained about number of scoops you have to use and started with 8 coffee scoops for 12 cups, but that was making our coffee too strong, so after some experimenting, we settled on 6 scoops for 12 cups, which ends up being 0.5 scoops per 1 cup. Now for 8 cups brew we use 4 scoops and all is good. Thermal coffee canister is AWESOME, keeps coffee nice and hot for 4 hours easily. I have actually experienced warm coffee 6 hours after original brew, which in my opinion is Fantastic. Pouring coffee out of the canister is little bit slow, but I believe this is part of the design that keeps it HOT for so long. I don't know how you like your coffee but I prefer mine is HOT longer. Bottom line, product is awesome, gets the job done and allows us to enjoy HOT delicious coffee every morning.

READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS

After reading the instructions I tried to make a pot of coffee and it went all over the place twice, I was so mad I went to send it back, I read some of the reviews and people loved their coffee.. I decided to call Cuisinart and come to find out I was using the wrong grind I was using fine grind, and it should have been halve fine and have medium I use 3/4 medium ti 1/4 fine. Also I was putting the filter basket in wrong,I had to make sure it was down to where it was suppose to be and it snapped in. So she had me try to regrind more coffee, and then put the filter where it was suppose to be and by golly the coffee came out perfect This whole thing was MY fault for NOT reading ALL the instructions. So remember 3/4 medium grind and 1/4 fine grind. And make sure the filter basket is pushed down to the right position. I really love how hot the coffee is, and the flavor is remarkable. Lenny G Maine

FRESH POTS!

I've only had this coffee maker for a week...so far so good. Simple to set up and use. I'm the only one in the house that drinks coffee so I don't brew a full pot but I can say that a 6 cup cycle takes roughly 8 minutes. The thermal carafe keeps the coffee hot without a heating element so there's no risk of burning. Very minor gripes: - The pour spout: due to the double wall of the carafe it has to be awkwardly tilted to get the last few ounces of coffee into your cup - almost to the point of having the pot inverted past 180 degrees. I guess it's a necessary engineering evil in order to keep your fresh pots hot and toasty hours later. - After brewing, the condensate on the inside of the opened lid tends to drip down the back of the machine. It's just water and it's not a large amount but it probably could have been engineered to prevent this. Technically, a 4.5 star review but Amazon keeps things simple so I'll round up. I'll update this if anything changes. In the meantime, COFFEE!

Found the perfect pot!

I wasn't sure about all of the bells and whistles that come with this pot. I didn't think I would need them, but now that I have them I love them! The filter makes a huge difference in the taste. I also love that you can set how long you want your coffee to stay warm- burner immediately off, 1, 2, 3, or 4 hours (this comes in handy on those long work from home days). Also, the pot doesn't leak or pour water all over the place, not sure what those reviewers were referring to. The 1-4 cup option adjusts the coffee perfect for small batches too. If I were to criticize anything it would be that the pot doesn't pour into the maker well if you're left handed, but hey, I'm used to a lot of design flaws in this world so it's just another. If you're right handed there is no issue because your hand would be on the outside edge of the maker. Even with that, 5 stars!

3 for now, but I'll revise later.. ... UPDATED to 5.

3 for now, but I'll revise later... why are so many of these reviews for the DCC-3200 rather than the DCC-3400? UPDATE: a week later. Okay, there, 5 stars. It took a few pots to get the grind, water, filter, brewing time vectors all sorted out but I think I'm there now. Yep, makes great coffee. I confess I went a bit crazy (after the first pot came out mediocre) -- I got out my instant read thermometer and tracked the water temp up to only 187F... a bit below what you'd really want, but I'm not sure I can tell how much better those last 10 degrees will make it, plus, my thermometer might be off a bit. ;^) In any case, I made side by side cups using pour over right out of the kettle thinking I'd catch a problem with the DCC-3400, but nope. I couldn't tell them apart. So, yay. (Oh, and for me this worked out to a fine/fine-medium grind, unbleached filters, the BOLD setting, and one scoop more coffee than cups on the water level indicator (i.e. 9 scoops to 8 "cups"). I think, starting over, I'd look harder at the SCAA approved KitcheAid units (which were a little less expensive -- but I got this pot and a grinder on an Amazon Prime Day special). But I am now happy. Reports and updates may follow later.

DCC 3200 compared to older 1200 model

We've replaced an older Cuisinart DCC-1200 with this DCC-3200. Since it's a popular line, I thought others might be interested in how they compare. (In the attached comparison photos, the 1200 is on the left and the 3200 is on the right): Taste: Coffee in the 3200 is more flavorful. A new machine might be expected to be better, but I think they've gotten the flow and temperature of the brewing process better. Temperature: The brewed coffee is much hotter. Both units have three temperature settings for the hot plate, but the settings on the 3200 are hotter. Size and Capacity. The 3200 handles 14 cups compared to the 1200's 12 cups. Yet as you can see from the photos, they are the same height to fit on a counter. They seem to get the extra capacity by making the 3200 a little deeper from front to back. We've been surprised at how useful the extra capacity is. Carafe: The new glass carafe is just like the old one, only larger. It pours nicely with or without the lid on it. The new lid works the same as the old one, popping off and on. (I read some complaints about the lid on an intervening model with a spring opening, but if so, they fixed that by going back to the 1200 style). As far as I can tell, there isn't a version of the 3200 designed for a thermal carafe like there is for the 12-cup models. I prefer the glass carafe because it keeps the coffee hotter longer, and I can always pour the coffee into a thermal carafe if I want to. Water Filling. The bigger size also increases the size of the water fill hole. The lid on the top of the 3200 unit raises to 90 degrees straight up, where the lid on the 1200 tilted further back and out of the way. Still the 3200 is easier to fill, and I suspect that the restriction on the tilt may help preserve the integrity of the hot water tube. Sneak a Cup. Taking out the carafe to sneak a cup during brewing worked great on the 1200 with little dripping, and still does on the 3200. Basket. The basket on the 3200 is very similar to the 1200, but a slightly different shape to accommodate more grounds for 14 cups. Actually, grounds just barely fit with a 4 cup paper filter in the new basket, and sometimes go above the filter in the basket. The basket actually seems more designed for the included gold filter. Water filter. The 3200 uses the exact same carbon filters and filter holder as the 1200, but the holder seems to fit more snugly in its hole, which may help prevent clogging (see below) Beep. The 3200 allows you to turn of the coffee-ready beep if you want. Controls. Controls on the 3200 are a little easier. The 3200 uses all push buttons with no switches. Separate hour and minute settings make it a little easier to program and set the clock. There is a new "Bold" setting which does indeed seem to result in stronger coffee. There is still a setting for smaller, 1-4 cup pots, but I never use that. You can still set the hot plate to stay hot for up to 4 hours, which is important to me. There is a fairly bright blue glow from the LED display on the 3200. Cleaning. There was a sensor button on the hot plate of the 1200 that's gone on the 3200, so the plate stays cleaner. The extra stainless steel looks good on the 3200 but probably shows smudges more and might benefit from special cleaner fluids. Coffee Grounds Overflowing and Clogging. This was the biggest problem before, and I don't know if it's fixed, but it seems better. On the 1200, if you put too many coffee grounds in the filter it could overflow in the brewing process, and sometimes grounds would get into the water system and clog the tube. The 1200 was designed not to be repairable, but customers tried anyway with some difficulty. After one successful repair, we eventually had to replace the 1200. So far, we have not had any overflow issues with the 3200. The larger basket (with possibly a bigger drip opening), the deeper reservoir and longer case, and the more stable, non-tilting lid may help with this, but we will see how it works over time. I do notice that they made the bottom panel easier to remove, with regular screws instead of Torx, if it ever comes to that. My one tip for users is to always use the filter holder with a filter in it, even if your water is fine, because that should help prevent grounds from getting into the heating system. In all, the 3200 is an excellent replacement for the 1200, and worth the extra money if you are choosing between the two models new.

Good looking machine, great tasting coffee, and POURS JUST FINE

This review is for the DCC-3400 machine with a thermal carafe. This machine makes great tasting coffee, has simple intuitive operation, does not take up much space on the counter, and is *really* good looking. I recently purchased this to replace a similar Cuisinart model that I had for over 12 years. And the previous one was still working fine - it had just gotten dingy after daily use for so many years. I prefer using a thermal carafe because I usually stretch a pot of coffee over several hours, and coffee gets a burnt taste when heated for that long with a heating plate. The primary advantage of the thermal carafe (besides looking really nice) is that it keeps the coffee hot through insulation of the carafe, and not by continuously heating the carafe. So there are three things you need to know (1) the plate that it sits on does not heat up, (2) coffee in the carafe is going to lose heat over the course of a day; that is physics and it's unavoidable. However, it loses heat at a very slow rate. The coffee remains hot for several hours throughout the morning after it has been brewed, and even by the afternoon I would call it very warm - that's 9-10 hours after it was brewed and would be burnt coffee sludge if it were directly heated for that long, and (3) the lid is designed to maintain a seal that reduces the rate of heat loss, but you don't have to twist or open anything to pour a cup. For this reason, the coffee pours more slowly than if the spout were just open. But honestly, the difference is along the lines of taking 4 seconds to fill a cup instead of 2 seconds. I don't understand the claims in other reviews about spilling when pouring, unless they are turning the carafe upside down to try to make it pour faster. The spout pours just fine and I've noticed that this model actually pours a little faster than the previous one I had. If the spout were more open, the carafe would lose heat more quickly. The only way to seal it further would be to design a lid that needs to be twisted open when you want to pour (like a thermos), and it would still lose heat at a faster rate every time you open it. I feel that the design of this carafe strikes the right balance between the seal needed to retain heat and ease of pouring. Another bonus is that the carafe does not need to sit in the coffee maker to stay warm - when serving coffee to a group I can keep the pot right on the table or wherever is most convenient. A thermal carafe may not fit the bill for everyone, but if you need a pot of coffee to stay hot for several hours without eventually tasting burnt, I highly recommend this machine.

Really Happy with My Purchase

After having the coffee maker for a couple of days I can say, so far, that I am very happy with my purchase. The regular brew coffee setting is a little lacking in flavor for my preferences but the bold setting is perfect. I usually keep the carafe temperature on medium and it leaves the coffee hot without losing flavor for hours. The 14 cup capacity is great for my lifestyle. I love that the coffee maker has a sound indicator to let you know when it is finished brewing; however, the sound is really loud. I live in a 800 square feet apartment and it seems abrasively loud at times. Maybe with a larger living space this would not be the case? I will mention there is a button to turn off the sound but I almost wish there was a way to make the sound indicator softer without turning it off completely. I am mostly leaving this review as no one has posted a picture of the copper unit and I wanted to give other people a reference to the actual color. Despite not being the more muted color shown in the product description, I am still very happy with the purchase and feel like the actual color of the coffee maker is much truer to a traditional "copper" color.

) I was intrigued by the Bonavita and it does make very good coffee, but the thermal carafe simply does not ...

This is a replacement for our Cuisinart DCC-1200 -- or actually our third one. (Don't jump to conclusions. Those three coffeemakers spanned a couple of decades!) I was intrigued by the Bonavita and it does make very good coffee, but the thermal carafe simply does not work for us. Back to Cuisinart. Obviously very easy to be comfortable with the DCC-3200 after our previous Cuisinarts, but as far as I'm concerned this one is nothing but improvements over the DCC-1200. I like the new controls and I think this one does a better job of infusing the grounds so the coffee is more flavorful. The "limited" opening to pour in water doesn't bother me at all, but we use a pitcher, not the coffee pot. Also, in case you are curious, you CAN use the glass pot from the DCC-1200 in the DCC-3200. Just don't try to make 14 cups of coffee! [Addendum] This coffeemaker quit working about 2 1/2 months after we received it. Obviously that is outside the window for replacement by Amazon so we contacted Conair. Don't get me wrong, I still like the coffeemaker. This addendum is about Conair's idea of warranty replacement. Conair requires a $10.50 shipping/handling fee for warranty replacement. For that they ship a new coffeemaker out and require you to ship the faulty coffeemaker back. It took about two weeks to receive the replacement coffeemaker and cost me $28 to ship the faulty machine back with a tracking number. So now, after 90 days of use, I have paid 1/3 of the cost of a new coffeemaker for warranty replacement. All I can say is if this one stops working I will NOT be seeking warranty replacement again. I will move on to something else.

This drip coffee maker is awesome! I bought it to replace my 10 year ...

This drip coffee maker is awesome! I bought it to replace my 10 year old DCC-1200. Cuisinart seems to have made all the right improvements, but most of all, they perfected the brewing water temp and carafe heater temp. Additionally, they improved the hot water shower head, making it larger so that more of the grounds surface gets wet. Because of this, you get a great cup of coffee! You also now have control of the auto-off time, and you can shut off the coffee-ready beeper. They added a "Bold" button to slow down the brewing process if you want a stronger cup. They added a side-view sight tube so you can see the tank water level from the side. Being a geek and coffee aficionado, I know that the brew water temp is critical. I did a water temp comparison between the two Cuisinarts and here are the results. Shower head exit temp Carafe brewed coffee temp on high DCC-1200 180 170 DCC-3200 195 180 Granted, the DCC-1200 was older, but we maintained it with regular cleanings. Bottom line, you will be very satisfied with your first cup of coffee regarding the coffee flavor and temp, as well as the tight footprint of this maker on your counter top!

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