Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6361 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Color: Steel
- Brand: Mr. Coffee
- Model: BVMC-PSTX91
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x
11.00" w x
14.12" l,
5.10 pounds
Features
- 10-cup thermal coffeemaker with stainless-steel vacuum-insulated carafe
- Brews 10 cups in less than 8 minutes to ensure thorough extraction and full-bodied flavor
- 24-hour programmable clock/timer for wake-up coffee; brew-pause function
- Audible ready signals; removable water reservoir; water filtration; cleaning cycle; cord storage
- Measures approximately 14-1/4" by 11" by 8-7/8" inches; 1-year limited warranty
Mr. Coffee BVMC-PSTX91 Optimal Brew 10-Cup Thermal Coffeemaker, Black/Stainless Steel
Product Description
Brew a Delicious Cup of Coffee
Good taste is no longer optional, it’s required. The new Optimal Brew thermal coffeemaker from Mr. Coffee will brew faster and hotter than your average coffeemaker. These two elements combine to provide the fullest, richest flavor extraction and making a better cup of coffee.
Sleek and Easy to Use
The stainless steel vacuum insulated carafe will help keep coffee hot for hours on your counter top or at your table. A removable water reservoir will allow you to fill the water in your coffeemaker without cooling down the coffee carafe or having to move your coffeemaker from under the counter.
No More Cold Coffee
The Mr. Coffee Optimal Brew Coffeemaker was manufactured to solve the most common complaint from thermal coffeemaker users, that being cold coffee. Step one was to use a heater that could brew the coffee hotter than what is traditionally used in coffeemakers. Step two was adding a removable water reservoir. This was designed to avoid having people using the carafe to fill the water tank which caused the carafe to cool down. Step three was to deliver the coffee to the carafe with minimal air contact time.
Better Tasting Coffee
Two key elements are needed to extract a better cup of coffee: hotter temperature and faster brew time. The Optimal Brew coffeemaker brews 10 cups in less than 8 minutes - faster than competitive coffeemakers tested. This allows for optimal extraction of flavor from the coffee grounds during the brew process. The flavor extraction of the coffee grounds is amplified by the fact that the water is hotter than other coffeemakers. After using this coffeemaker your taste buds will thank you.
New Features
The Optimal Brew Coffeemaker delivers some innovative features aimed at making your life easier. These features were implemented into the design to make the coffeemaker function better and easier.
- Removable water reservoir: Bring the water reservoir directly to the sink for filling up and avoid having to pour into the top of your coffeemaker. Don’t cool down your carafe with cold water because that will only lead to cold coffee.
- Side loading filter basket: Removing the coffee filter drawer from the side will give you access to the coffeemaker without having to slide it out from under your cabinets. It also compliments the design by eliminating the need for a lid on your coffeemaker.
- Higher power heater: The best way to brew coffee faster and hotter. The heater is not required to be under the coffeemaker which allows for a nice carafe platform instead of the bulky bottom you accustomed to.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
83 of 85 people found the following review helpful.
By Vince Macisaac
Ok so i read all the negative and positive reviews trying to figure out what was the deal with this coffee maker. Here is the thing i have found, people who really hate this coffee maker just don't understand what it is or how to use it right. This is a fine buy, perhaps the only buy if you want a Thermal Coffee maker that really works.ok so first we need to understand this is a THERMAL coffee maker. Why does that matter?1) You won't burn down you house because you forgot to turn it off.2) you will never have burnt thick muddy coffee.3) it saves a ton of money on energy.4) you can take your coffee pot with you to your table, desk, or backyard, and it will stay hot right beside you just as if it was still being heated.It is key to understand that the whole point of this coffee maker is that it is thermal which means when it is made it is dumped into a coffee pot that is really a big thermos and that is how it stays hot. This means it stays hot really long without heating, burning, and thickening. It also means your first cup of coffee will be blistering hot and each on after a little less. But big deal, i made a pot of coffee this morning when i got up at 7am it is now 12:39pm and i am drinking my last cup and it is still hot (just not blistering hot).Common Complaints:Does it leak? Sure it does when you don't follow directions, or clean it right. Is it poorly designed? - Well there are things i would have done different but that is the case about anything. It works and works very well. It brews incredibly fast (a full pot in 5 minutes or under) and it brews blistering hot (the first cup is too hot for me often). Does it pour slowly? Well duh? of course it does, it is in an air tight thermos that is designed not to let cold air is to cool your coffee pot! Hello? What don't people get about that? Ironically, the same people who complain about temperature are the same people who say it pours to slowly. Sigh. Hey i don't care how big your mug is we are still talking seconds or pouring time not minutes, you won't die waiting, and your coffee will not be burnt or cold!Real issues:It is true the fist 5 to 6 pots of coffee have a weird taste. There are a couple reasons for that and ways to fix it. One the pot needs to be washed after manufacturing. I advise you to save yourself the stress and go ahead and run 5-7 cycles of plain water though it before you brew coffee to make sure there is no strange first brew taste. And other reason the taste and even coffee strength can be off is it filters your water. And the filter indeed leaves a slight taste, and slows down the brew (thus the strength). If your not use to filtered water you will taste it more. I recommend you presoak your filter, to get the filter taste out (yes that will slightly decrease the strength of the filter but give you a better coffee). Or if you already use filtered water (as i do) or just don't care if it is filtered, just pull the filter out, you will get a better cup of coffee. While i i have experimented i am still using mine with the presoak. it is more of a personal issue.Also to prevent leaking wash with water and a mild dish soap and don't be overly rough with filling tank.Lastly, i have done the research this is the best and only real choice for a thermal home coffee machine without getting into huge dollars. There are others, but they perform worse. This is a good coffee machine, you just have to understand it is not an old burner system (which for some of us is a good thing). It is cutting edge in this price range, but you need to sync with it and seek to learn what gets you the best coffee from it.Buy. Enjoy. Have fun.
108 of 115 people found the following review helpful.
By Tante Maren
Mr. Coffee has really outdone themselves with the new improvements and designs to their latest Optimal Brew 10-Cup Thermal Coffeemaker. When choosing a great machine, I always research and compare with all my friends. When comparing machines, 5 brands stood out with many of the best features you would expect from a coffeemaker, including most importantly, a great cup of coffee. The top 5 best thermal coffeemakers that we found were Mr. Coffee, Bunn, Cuisinart, Capresso and Zojirushi. Zojirushi was eliminated due to terrible company support. For the machines themselves, Capresso seemed to have designs that were not as easy or convenient to use. This leaves the top 3- Mr. Coffee, Bunn and Cuisinart. All three are great designs, all 3 make a great cup of coffee and all 3 have great company support. All 3 also have what every Thermal Coffeemaker has- Leak and Weak. The thermal carafe's develop leaks around the seals and the coffee is more weak than most people would like.These are two issues that are easily remedied by a couple simple steps. First, to eliminate the leak around the carafe seal- hand wash the carafe only with Dawn dishwashing liquid. The seal gets worn from the acidic oils in the coffee- Dawn removes the acidic oils keeping the seal perfect with no more leaks. This really does work to stop those carafe seal leaks! The other big complaint is weak coffee, and it is a complaint with ALL the thermal coffeemakers we tried! We only use a medium grind coffee for drip automatic coffeemakers- exactly what they tell you to use. The directions tell you to use more coffee if it is too weak. This does help, but there are two other solutions that actually do work better. Using a permanent gold re-useable basket filter instead of a paper filter leaves more sediment go through to your cup, with a stronger flavor. But, the best solution was using a much darker roast coffee which really added strength to the flavor! These solutions actually do work for those that like a strong cup of coffee!I prefer a thermal coffeemaker over all the others for several reasons. It's FAST (10 cups in about 8 minutes), it's an ENERGY SAVER (No hot plate using electricity, as the carafe keeps the coffee hot and drinkable for over 3 hours- even longer when you pre-heat the carafe with hot water), No more burnt, bitter taste (only smooth and delicious)and the coffee never loses it's flavor in the carafe that can sit anywhere you are (great portability).Getting down to the last 3 thermal coffemakers that we found to be really great, was easy for me to choose the best one. As far as looks go, this Mr. Coffee won hands down. Beautiful, sleek, black and sturdy stainless steel- it really is gorgeous! It has a programmable clock/timer for wake up coffee! (I love this feature!)It has a brew pause function, meaning I can grab a cup while it's still brewing. It has an audible ready signal. The cord storage is convenient and nice, as is the water filtration which removes 97 percent of the chlorine for a really smooth taste! It has a special cleaning cycle, auto shut off and a sleep mode. My favorite features are the separate water reservoir and the side loading filter basket! These new designs make all the difference in the ease of use! I will never use a coffeemaker without a separate water reservoir ever again, it is so wonderful! The stainless steel insulated thermal carafe has a stay cool handle and drip free spout.This Mr. Coffee thermal coffeemaker won hands down as THE BEST one for me! The one year warranty and great company support influenced me as well. As for the coffee- they are all pretty close in taste and all being weaker than some people would like, but with the few adjustments I mentioned, Mr. Coffee was definitely my favorite cup, using a little darker roast for a delicious strong cup!
167 of 184 people found the following review helpful.
By R. Keating
INITIAL REVIEW:First: I give this four stars as the fifth will be earned if it holds up for awhile (will follow up this post when it's time)- so many items these days seem to crap out after only a few months (my water heater's still kicking and it's 43 years old!).Second: We were beholden to Krups and replaced our old manual (no timer) unit w/ a Krups FMF5-14. Had it four months and the first time it was subjected to a spill, it fried the electronics (placed at the base of the unit). Replaced with Mr. Coffee BVMC-PSTX91 a month ago and we've been impressed.Third: Pros-Coffee comes out at approx. 185 degrees, brews very fast, carafe is well insulated and simple to use, electronics placed on top, simple programming features, self-cleaning program, cord storage & good looks for stainless folks. Cons (not many)-the carafe needs to be cleaned with a bottle brush due to small opening (no biggie), the water reservoir lid is a little sticky sometimes, the coffee receptacle needs a little extra rogering due to the extra filter lid (which can be removed if you want) and if you don't use filtered water to start with, you'll need to replace filters into said lid periodically. Pretty minor stuff.Fourth: I am confident that this will be a five star general and look forward to following up this post.PS: who knew that buying a decent coffee maker could be such a chore! This is my first item review, ever - felt it was time to pay back all those who've I've benefitted from all these years. Enjoy!UPDATE: It's been two months and to our disappointment, this product has not performed at a five-star level due to two problems: the carafe leaks internally and then when pouring, 'fermented' coffee comes out via the seam between the black plastic collar and lower stainless portion. We initially thought we were pouring too fast, but close inspection revealed the problem. The carafe was never put in the dishwasher and had normal, daily use for two months. Second, the water reservoir has a small plastic tab on top of it that holds it in the machine. When carefully closing the sometimes-sticky lid (previously mentioned), it came down too fast for this tab and snapped it off. The water reservoir still works, but we propped it against the wall to ensure it didn't fall off the machine.When informed of these issues, Mr. Coffee offered to send a brand new unit out at no cost, but they were out of stock. They sent instead a holdover machine that's ours to keep and instructed us to call them again in 3 weeks to see if the unit's back in stock. Why they are unable to simply automatically send one when it becomes available is unknown, but they are attempting to make it right, which is welcome. I can only hope the new machine is free of these problems, if and when it arrives. For now, no five-star review from this consumer. What a shame.UPDATE:Well, Mr. Coffee eventually sent me a replacement unit (after I waited 5 weeks and had to call them to get it sent). This replacement lasted about four days and then would use 1/2 the water in the reservoir for coffee, dumping the remaining 1/2 all over the counter. I gave up. What a disappointment. I took Mr. Coffee out of the loop and was able to return the unit to a local retailer for store credit. Lastly, I have to agree with others who have said the coffee is watery. It's like that because of the maker's advertised brewing speed. Coffee can't steep properly, even when using 3 filters. We've resurrected an old, trusty Krups and the search continues.UPDATE: After some time, I went ahead with the Cuisinart DCC-1150BK and have been pretty happy with it. Some say that it dribbles when pouring but I've found that this occurs only when you attempt to pour faster than what the spout can handle, which is admittedly not super fast - coffee then comes out the center spot where it enters from the machine. Doesn't brew as fast as the Mr. Coffee, but it does taste better - more than a fair trade-off. Coffee is easily hot enough for us. Came w/ a gold metal filter so we're saving on paper filters. No separate water reservoir (another plus). Simple electronics mounted above the action so any spillage is no factor. Only down side to date is the machine's bottom plate seems to be losing some paint after only two months - one would think that manufacturers would have access to moisture/heat resistant paint. All-in-all the DCC-1150BK has been much kinder to us than the Mr. Coffee was.
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