Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #56646 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Size: 10 Cup
- Brand: Cucina Romana
- Model: CR1001
Features
- Enjoy Hot Coffee from Freshly Ground Beans
- Can Also be Used with Your Favorite Ground Coffee
- Fully Programmable - Automatically Grinds Whole Beans just Before Brewing
- Brushed Stainless Steel Design
- LED Display and Simple Easy-Touch Buttoms
Cucina Romana 10-Cup Programable Coffeemaker with Built-In Coffee Grinder
Product Description
Includes a Removable Permanent Coffee Filter
Includes a Replaceable Activated Carbon Water Filter
Warming Plate Maintains Ideal Temperature
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A stunning composition of poor design
By femgeek
I have owned quite a number of grind-and-brew coffeemakers over the last 30 years, but this one stands out as memorable ... for the astounding array of bad design decisions incorporated into one product.I bought this as a change after a few rounds of bad luck: A high-end grind-and-brew coffeemaker that died on day 363 of its year warranty (but is no longer manufactured or repaired),Saeco 10-Cup Automatic Drip Coffee Maker with Thermal Carafe and Burr Grinder, Stainless Steelfollowed by a mid-range grind-and-brew from a top manufacturer which died (stopped dripping, though the grinder still worked) after a mere six weeks of use. [Amazon was kind enough to help me get an exchange on the second coffeemaker so that I wouldn't have to spend the agonizing 6 weeks that the manufacturer reportedly takes to service that model.] Krups KM7000 10-Cup Grind and Brew Coffee Maker with Conical Burr Grinder, Black and Stainless Steel AccentsSo I thought I'd go in a new direction, and instead of buying a grind-and-brew coffeemaker with a burr grinder, I returned to the blade grinder and what I hoped would be a more durable design, much like the coffeemakers I had 20 years ago. This Cucina Romana coffeemaker uses the same basic grinder cup and lid, filter basket and holder, and charcoal filter, as several other blade-grind-and-brew coffeemakers; the design reminds me of the now-defunct Melitta product.Unfortunately, this coffeemaker has so many flaws that I find it simply annoying to use. Yes, it makes a pretty decent cup of coffee. But imagine how much I'd like it if some better decisions had been made before it was ever sent to manufacture:- In order to fill the coffeemaker with water, you open a lid that requires an astonishing 23 inches -- yes, almost two full feet -- of clearance JUST TO OPEN THE LID. Forget about putting this under any cabinets; you won't be able to open it at all, because the lid you open is the full size from front-to-back, thus contributing to this already-tall coffeemaker requiring use only on an open counter. In fact, I'd hate to be any shorter than I am and try to fill this, you have to hold the carafe so high that my arm hurts doing it.- The top lid is designed to require pushing back on a plastic catch to open it. This plastic catch is made shallow and of very slick plastic, so it's hard to get hold of and one's thumb tends to slip right off it, leaving the lid to crash down. In addition, you have to use the other hand to hold on to the coffeemaker body, or you'll never get the lid open, rather only succeed in pushing the entire coffeemaker back or tipping it over.- The LED panel is very dark and small, very difficult to read, as it's completely unilluminated.- The clock does not flash 12:00 when the coffeemaker is first plugged in as the instructions say; rather, it displays 12:00 steady, and doesn't seem to have any clear process for re-setting the time. After repeatedly pushing and holding various buttons to try to re-set the time, I finally hit on something that worked; however, the next time, I still had to go through pushing various buttons on & off to try to find what it would take to reset the time. It's not clear why there isn't a simple sequence of buttons for resetting the time, and instructions for doing so.- If you want to grind the beans when you brew coffee, you have to remember to push back an extra latch that isn't present with other such coffeemakers, just one more obscure step in the process. If you forget to push this back, the coffee grinds in the cup and doesn't exit into the basket, so you'll just get hot water.- ALL the parts have to be in this coffeemaker for it to be turned on. So if you want to make coffee with pre-ground beans, you still have to have the grinding cup in place. If you want to keep coffee hot on the burner, you have to keep the grinding cup in place. The problem with this is that you *must* clean out the grinding cup completely between every use, because otherwise by the third use, it will be so caked up with grinds that nothing will reach the filter basket.So to clean this out, I either have to remove the parts right before use and both clean and dry every part, or I have to hope I remember to clean and leave to dry all the parts in the short time that I don't have coffee on during the day (or try to remember to do it before I fall asleep at night.)It seems completely unnecessary to require the grinding cup in place just to have the burner on, especially because the cleaning after every use is absolutely necessary.- The grinding cup simply becomes thoroughly caked up with fine grounds after each and every use, both wasting coffee and making for a nasty cleaning job. You can't just rinse it, either; the coffee gets hard-caked in spots, especially the exit chute, after each use, and will only come off with significant pressure or scraping.- The small triangular plastic protrusions that hold the lid onto the carafe are exceedingly flimsy; one of them broke after two days of use, when I simply flipped the lid up slightly to pour. This is a shame, as this carafe lid is one of the few I've seen (with grind-and-brew machines) that doesn't drip all over the counter when pouring, due to a design that lets you flip the lid up slightly when pouring. In fact, if this part of the carafe hadn't been designed so flimsily as to break this way, I would've at least conceded that the carafe design on this coffeemaker was better than on most of the competing products ... most of which drip coffee during every pour.In summary, this could've been a great alternative grind-and-brew system, perhaps if the designer had thought a little bit about how it would actually be used. Most of the serious annoyances are in places where a decision was made towards lesser usability, when a small change would have made it so much easier on the actual user. For example, instead of using a shallow-lipped slick plastic catch on the lid, just something easier to grab would have avoided an obvious problem. Splitting the lid would have helped keep the height requirement down, perhaps enabling use under kitchen cabinets. And I suspect it wouldn't take much re-programming to change the issue of letting the burner stay on when removing the grinder parts (for cleaning).But instead, it is what it is. I can only hope that it, too, breaks in less than a year, so I can justify getting another brand and model. I think it's probably time that I went back to the grind-and-brew product that costs twice as much but is so easy to use and has all the features I'd ever want. Capresso 464.05 CoffeeTeam GS 10-Cup Digital Coffeemaker with Conical Burr Grinder With so few grind-and-brew products left on the market these days, it's worth the investment just to avoid the multiple daily annoyances of using the Cucina Romana.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Grind and Brew Coffeemaker
By wildman454
Just recieived this machine as a gift from my wife. She bought it on trip to Chicago. Tried it out this morning and forgot turn the timer on. After the grinder turned off in 2 seconds (pre-ground coffee) I did not here it brewing but it did brew the coffee. The only thing I find negative about it is there is no backlight for the LED display. It is the quietest machine I have ever owned. If you follow the owners manual there should be no problems. I like it! It operated as the manual claims.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
This is the worst!
By whiterabbit
We purchased this item and within 30 days the grinder bin broke. The lever would not stick and it disabled the entire machine. We were able to get it replaced with another machine. Now, the 2nd machine, less than 6 months later, the grinder no longer works. This machine has been nothing but trouble. Very finicky to operate. Don't buy!
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