Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #58213 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Size: One Size
- Color: Stainless Steel
- Brand: Capresso
- Model: 352.04
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x
11.75" w x
13.00" l,
9.50 pounds
Features
- Brew a 42-ounce carafe or an individual custom cup of coffee or tea with the innovative cup-to-carafe brewing system
- Quick-heat pump brewing system can brew first single cup in less than 60 seconds
- Brewing system adjusts automatically to the amount of coffee in the filter to deliver mild to double strength coffee
- Separate dishwasher safe coffee and tea filters for no flavor exchange
- Removable 52-ounce water tank; auto shut-off after 2 hours; removable drip tray
Capresso Coffee a la Carte Cup-to-Carafe Coffee and Tea Maker
Product Description
Capresso Coffee a la Carte
Cup-to-Carafe Coffee and Tea Maker
Brew a full carafe or an individual custom cup of coffee or tea, using the innovative cup-to-carafe brewing system. Adjust coffee's strength by adding as much or as little ground coffee to the filter, up to 60 grams per cup. The filter automatically adjusts for perfect brewing when inserted back into the brewing unit. Choose from four preset brewing buttons or reprogram the volume to your liking.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
By Comdet
Bottom line: While the overall concept of the machine is interesting, the execution is not all that impressive, especially for tea. It will fit the need of a few people, but for most there are better choices.Full review:I love coffee regardless of how it is brewed. So, I was really excited to be able to play with this new Capresso while I was staying at my sister's house (who got it for Christmas).The overall concept of the machine is great - it allows you to brew one cup or a full carafe of coffee as well as tea. No need for pricy k-cups or pods - just plain old ground coffee.It has a unique head system with two inserts: one for coffee; one for tea. Both are similar in styling in that they are, in essence, a screened cup that holds the grounds (or leaves) while hot water is dispensed from the pump. The coffee cup allows the shower screen (the part where the water comes out) to move on a spring and remain in contact with the grounds. That helps keep the extraction uniform regardless if you're making one cup or a full carafe. The tea cup has ribs so that the shower head does not compress the leaves, allowing them to unfurl as they steep. Very nicely thought out.In actual use, however, it's a bit clumsy to put on and take off. It gets better with some practice, but even after a few days I was still fumbling around a bit.The overall style of the machine is nice. To my eye, it looks much better than a typical coffee setup. The water tank holds quite a bit (52 oz). It is located on the back and pulls out easily. It needs to be pulled up, however, so this is not a good appliance to locate under a cabinet since you'll have to move it to get clearance anytime you want to fill the tank.The control panel allows you to select a "small" or "large" single cup of coffee. The small is set for 4 oz; the large is set for 8 oz. You can reprogram them easily to any amount up to 10 oz. That's great, but I was really disappointed to find that the reprogramming is erased when the unit is unplugged. Major inconvenience.The other coffee button is for "carafe" and it is set to brew 42 ounces. This can't be reprogrammed. Again, another big inconvenience for me since I often want to brew about 24 oz (3 mugs). The only way to brew less than 42 oz is to use the single cup options.The last button is called "tea" and it set for 5 oz. It can be reprogrammed up to 10 oz.There's a pump that delivers the water, so this is a lot noisier than a conventional drip brewer. Much less noise than an espresso machine, but you clearly hear it in operation.Clean up is kind of messy. I like to put my used grounds in the compost bin, and they are kind of difficult to dislodge from the holder cup without some measure of mess. If you put used grounds down the drain this is not too hard to clean, but still somewhat of a messy and time-consuming operation compared with other single cup options.So, how does it brew? Forget about using this for tea. The steep time is WAY too short to develop a good flavor. Good tea takes time, and the only way to do it is to let it steep in a pot (or, my favorite, an Adagio Teas 16-Ounce Ingenuitea Teapot). The only way to get a good flavor using the Capresso is to use three times as much tea as you should. Even then the flavor is not nearly as good as a steeped tea. More importantly, you can't change the temperature of the water to hit the right spot for a green tea vs a white tea vs a black tea. This just does not cut it as a tea brewer.Coffee, however, is a different story. I was pretty pleased with the extraction. I had to fiddle with the grind a bit. They suggested a medium grind in the manual, but I found moving to a medium-fine grind produced better one-cup results. If you don't have a grinder, good pre-grounds for this machine are brands such as Melitta, which tends to grind their coffee a bit finer.The brew temp is hot! Unfortunately, I didn't have an instant read thermometer with me so I can't give specific temps, but I'll guess and say the brew temp is at least 185 or higher.There is an drip tray that is used when you go for the one-cup option that holds the cup close to the spout. That worked well, with little or no splashing. It will fit a nice-size mug, but won't fit a travel-size tall mug. You can't avoid using the drip tray for single cup brews - there's a safety button on the edge that must be engaged with either the drip tray or the carafe, or the machine won't work.So, who is this for? If you mainly brew a full carafe but once in a while want a single cup, this is worth a look. If, however, you mainly brew single cups, or want to brew something more than a single cup but less than a full carafe, don't bother. There are a wide range of k-cup machines available that will do a better job and, with an attachment you can use your own coffee. (Two attachments I like are the Keurig My K-Cup Reusable Coffee Filter with the Medelco RK202 One All Universal Single-Cup Replacement Coffee Filter, Set of 2 or, better yet, the Ekobrew Cup, Refillable Cup for Keurig K-cup Brewers, Brown, 1-Count). The Capresso makes you jump through too many hoops to get everything set for a single cup brew.If you favor tea, keep on walking - nothing to see here.I'll give it three stars since it has some merits but overall it's not a great execution especially given the price.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By Kathleen Gagliardi
Great streamline pot, hot coffee and tea, quick brew.Capresso needs to add a programmable unit.Would recommend to purchase.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By T
I love the versatility of this coffee maker and it makes a great steaming cup of coffee or carafe. This is good value for the average coffee drinker that is slightly picky. I don't know how long it will last as I have only had it for 3 months but it seems very sturdy and all the parts make sense!
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