Forum Friday: Coffeemaker reviews with unlimited refills!

Recent Forum Fridays have focused on savvy strategies to fix festive dinners and host holiday guests. But if your otherwise perfect Thanksgiving dinner was marred by a poor postprandial pot of coffee, you can turn to our latest report and review of coffeemakers and always active and accessible small-appliance forum to pick a capable model in time for Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa dinners.

Bunn, Mr. Coffee, and Krups coffeemakers have garnered some impressive testimonials in the busy opinions on automatic coffeemakers thread, while dedicated discussions are already under way about the CR Best Buy Hamilton Beach Brew Station 47454 and the Cuisinart Grind and Brew models.

There are some recurring complaints about leakage with the Black & Decker SmartBrew DCM2000, and some forum participants have expressed similar issues with a Hamilton Beach model.

There’s also a spirited discussion of pod coffeemakers, and other members are opining about the possible lead content of plastic coffeemakers. Other discussions center around the advantages of easily replaceable carafes and white-colored coffeemakers and advice for which grinder to buy.

Take a few minutes to brew up an opinion about your current model.