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