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It brews very quickly, and it is nice and hot when done. This Hamilton Beach Percolator is the way to go. I will keep buying this item as long as it is available. There is no way for hard water minerals to build up in this coffee pot, which was our problem with the drip brands. The coffee is wonderful. It tastes like restaurant coffee.
Even a six cup batch is too cool to enjoy. Ours lasted longer than many other reviewers - about a year of daily use. We hope the Farberware 12 cup that we just ordered holds up better. Brewing a full pot is a waste of time and coffee. Now, the coffee is only warm. The larger the batch, the cooler the coffee.
You will NOT be happy with this thing.OK. I dunno. It made decent coffee a couple of times but very quickly began to produce the "weak tea" others here have described. you have to cut the cord in half. We bought this coffeepot when our other pot died suddenly after about 10 years of faithful service.
And will the new pot work any better than this one. but we did learn one thing. And I have to spend $9.99 to find out. judging from my latest experience with the less tan enthusiastic customer service person, Hamilton Beach will now be at the top of my DO NOT BUY brands. I called customer service and was told they will send me a new coffee pot for $9.99, but I have to cut the power cord in two pieces and mail it to them with my check. Why not just return the power cord.
We liked the looks of the Hamilton Beach and bought one before reading any reviews. No more Hamilton Beach products. I asked a few times and no. What a lousy coffeepot. Huh. Seriously, just keep looking.
Money down the drain. Don't buy this.
This product is fine until it stops working. I guess that you can evaluate it this way, you are going to pay about a dollar per pot to brew excellent coffee. My experience matched many of the other reviews. There isn't much else to say. and then - replace it. The Hamilton Beach Electric Percolator made excellent coffee for about 40 times then it stopped brewing to completion. At home I brew on the stove in a Farberware Classic Yosemite Stainless Steel Percolator, but I need an electric percolator for work.
Bottom Line --- this is JUNK do not waste your money on it. However, after 2 weeks use the pot started leaking --- big wet spot where the pot was sitting. This is a well priced perculator that looks good but it quit working after 2 weeks. The guts were a little hard to line up and install after putting the coffee in but that is something I could live with.
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