Cuisinart 12-Cup Coffee Maker, Programmable PerfecTemp Thermal Carafe Coffee Machine with 1-4 Cup Setting, Brew Strength Control and Brew Pause, Stainless Steel, DCC-3400NAS, Silver

Update: The first one I bought lasted about 19 months. The price has increased almost 50% since I bought that one. When it died I tried a few other models that are less expensive. After a day or a week I returned those and ultimately bought another one of these. I’ve had my second one about 11 months now. I will likely never buy anything else. Best coffee I’ve ever been able to make at home. It used to be if you bought something from Cuisinart you could expect to still have it in five years. I wish that was still the case, but if I’m being completely honest I would buy a new one of these every year if I have to. I looked at every model of thermal carafe coffee maker and read a lot of reviews before choosing this one. This is, by far, the hottest coffee I have ever gotten from a home coffee maker. For me, this is a huge selling point. The thermal carafe keeps the coffee hot enough to enjoy without microwaving for at least 4 hours. Even after 6 or 7 hours the coffee is still warm and tasty. Because it does not use a warming plate to keep the coffee hot, the last drop of coffee tastes as good as the first. I will never go back to a glass caraf. I like the flavor of my coffee better than I have with any other coffee maker I've ever owned. The carafe is large. It holds almost 2 liters if you fill it to the 12 cup mark. The pour spout is designed specifically so It doesn't dribble all over the place when I pour. It makes the coffee pretty quickly. Speed depends on the settings you use and, obviously, how much coffee you're making. A full pot without the bold setting is read in about 11 or 12 minutes. It is completely programmable so you can setup the coffee to be ready at whatever time you'd like. It also has a "1-4" button for if you're making 1 to 4 cups of coffee, and a "bold" button if you like stronger coffee. Those two buttons have a similar function. They slow the water flow over the grinds so you get the full flavor in a small pot, or a bolder flavor in any pot. A note about pouring because I've seen some reviewers that didn't like how the pot pours. I don't use the pot to fill the reservoir with water. I did that the first time and it pours way too slowly. That was aggravating. That may be why others complained. So I use a plastic pitcher for filling the reservoir. It appears that the top to the pot is designed to control the flow rate when pouring. I see this as a positive. When I'm filling my coffee cup I'm never wishing it would pour faster. I'm just glad coffee isn't getting all over the counter, the floor, or me. I noticed some reviewers said the buttons stopped working after a few months or a year. I will say that it doesn't take much force at all to get a response from whatever button you push. Because of those reviews I make a point of not using much force when I hit "Brew" or whatever button I'm pushing. If you poke them hard over and over, I could see them not working anymore after awhile. This coffee maker looks nice in my kitchen. If you have stainless steel appliances it will match. It takes up a very reasonable amount of space on my counter. The measurement lines are on the right side in the middle; however you can pour the water into the reservoir from either side. The reservoir is the whole back of the unit and is accepts water on either the left of the right side. The filter basket is cone shaped. It comes with a gold screen reusable filter insert. I still use a paper filter in that as well because I don't like any sediment in my coffee. The paper cone filters cost a little more than standard filters but not so much that it is deal-breaker for me. A few extra dollars every 3 or 4 months. You have the option to use a charcoal water filter, but if you never use one it doesn't change how to unit performs. The charcoal filter's purpose is to filter things like the chloriine flavor out of your water. I use it. Some reviewers complained that the instructions are lacking in detail. Maybe the manufacturer has updated them since then. For the most part the setup is all pretty logical. The one thing I found difficult to figure out and not explained in the instructions was getting the charcoal filter into the filter holder. Turns out it is apparently so easy it looks hard. I included a few pics. On the stem portion of the charcoal filter holder is the word "open" with an arrow pointing downward. Right below that on the base is a little notch that sticks up. Just gently pull on the little notch and the front of the base flips open. The back left corner of the water reservoir has a slot cutout in the bottom to hold the base of the charcoal water filter setup. You just gently set it down in there. You don't have to force it. And it stays in place. The last pic is of the cutout in the bottom of the water reservoir. Other than that setup was really easy. The filter basket only fits in one way. It's a no-brainer to see where the water goes. The instructions tell you how to use all the buttons and features. There is a ready tone that beeps 5 times when the coffee is finished brewing. It's pretty loud. If you don't like that, you just press the "Tone" button near the clock face and the ready tone is off. It comes with one charcoal water filter, several cone shaped paper coffee filters, and a coffee scoop. Amazon sells the charcoal filters and the paper cone filters for very reasonable prices. I've been using this coffee maker since the day after Christmas 2019 and I have no complaints. I will update this review if anything changes. I've had a Bunn, and several models of Hamilton Beach over the course of 20 years. So far, this is the best coffee maker I've ever owned.

I don't care about all the bells and whistles, but this unit produces perfect coffee every time and it couldn't be easier to operate. I love the thermal carafe — never any trace of the burnt taste you get from a glass carafe that's been sitting on the warming plate too long. It keeps the coffee hot for at least 3 hours. Often I heat up a leftover cupful from the day before in the microwave and it tastes almost as good as fresh. I love strong dark roast and really appreciate the "Bold" slow-brew feature. Just bought my third one of the same model, not because the 5-year-old wasn't still working perfectly, but because its drip tray was rusted and the water tank was dirty from my not having run a cleaning cycle for years on end. I'll take better care of the new one. The first one lasted 7 years and I don't remember for sure but I think it was still going strong and I replaced it for cosmetic reasons, too.

PROS: We've had the coffee maker for about 2 months. Love the look of the machine. Coffee stays really hot in the thermos. Easy to remove filter and filter holder to clean. Easy to set up and get started. Love you can set an alarm to let you know the coffee is finished. Machine is really quiet, thus HaPpY with the alarm. It was a fantastic price for what I was looking for. It met 99% of my requirement needs and seems to be very well made. Issues explained in the CONS portion of my post. CONS: For those who have grip issues, this pot is a little heavy. The screw on lid can be hard to screw/unscrew BUT it does help to keep the coffee very hot for a few hours. Again, I only mention this if you have issues with your hands and strength in your hands. I personally am happy with this feature. What I feel is slightly a design flaw the area where you pour water into the machine is not very large so you have to be careful when pouring water in. I would suggest putting your grounds in AFTER you pour in the water because no matter what we do, the water will go into the filter basket and go straight through to the plate the pots rests on, even when using anything other than the pot. Now for the pot, it has a very large lip on it which I believe is what causes the water pouring issues. To get all the liquid out of the pot, whether coffee or water, you end up having to turn the pot completely upside down and usually all will pour out. BUT again, the wide lip helps keep the coffee hot in the stainless steel thermos pot. This pot also has a wide pour lip, which I feel contributes to issues with pouring water into the small opening in the water reservoir. I realize it takes time, sometimes, to get used to something new. Especially since this machine replaced one we've had for many, many years. This was the reason why I waited a couple months to write a review. As to whether I would have purchased this if I would have know what I know now, I'm not 100% sure. I do know if I had to replace it now, I would most likely not purchase it again due to the design of the pot.

I replaced an older failing Cuisinart with this model. This model is sleeker looking. The user interface is more intuitive. The coffee is hotter and seems to taste better.

I can't believe this coffeemaker is as highly reviewed as it is. First of all, the stainless steel carafe is impossible to pour because of the border at the top that goes in about an inch all the way around. When full, you have to tilt it 90 degrees just to get a slow trickle. When it's almost empty it is literally impossible to get the rest out without coffee spilling out the sides of the lid, so if you want to avoid spilling and wiping up every time the only option is to pour every cup over the sink, unless you're fine wasting half a cup of coffee every day, and even then you'll still need to pour it out before you brew the next pot. I know the reason for this is to keep the coffee hot, and this isn't unique to Cuisinart. All stainless steel carafes seem to have this design. I just don't know why most people seem to think this is ok. Another issue is the steam. Of course all coffeemakers need a way to allow steam to escape, but the steam is particularly strong with this one. The 3 holes at the rear top allow a strong layer of steam to hit the bottom of your kitchen cabinet doors even if you have the coffeemaker pulled out to the edge of the counter, and it's not a light steam. Even after just one use there was a clear film that you can't remove with a wet cloth. It's only visible in certain light and at this point is something I can deal with, but I certainly don't want to keep exposing my cabinets to this steam. Cheaper coffeemakers I've had have the steam holes on the side, or they just aren't as powerful and so the steam is not as thick. Unlike the pouring issue, this issue can at least be solved by having the coffeemaker somewhere outside the range of cabinets, such as on a cart, so that the steam has more room to dissipate. The third issue is that it is pretty much impossible for condensation not to drip out of the holes in the back and down the coffeemaker when you open the lid after brewing a pot. Not a huge issue but again, for a supposedly quality coffeemaker, having to wipe up water dripping out the back after every single use is not something you should have to do. I bought this coffeemaker thinking it would be an improvement and make my coffeemaking routine easier, not more difficult, than the cheap one I've been using for the past 10-15 years. Of course I didn't start using this coffeemaker until about a month after I purchased it, so by the time I realized all its flaws the return policy had passed, so now I'm out 90 dollars and have a completely useless hunk of stainless steel and plastic. It certainly looks cool, and the functionality is exactly what I was looking for. It just amazes me that supposedly reputable companies like Cuisinart can build products like this with such clear shortcomings. Did they not test it out themselves? Did they really think it's ok to have a carafe that only pours a slow trickle when full, and CAN'T pour out all the coffee without having to turn it completely upside down and spilling? And how is it that people are ok with this? Oh well I guess my standards are just unreasonably high. I'm just so sad that this is where we're at as a civilization. Every time I look at the coffeemaker I'm reminded of all the time spent researching to find the right one, the excitement of finally opening the box, and then the slow realization that I'd have to do it all over again after discovering one ridiculous design oversight after another. It's still sitting on my counter because I haven't had the time or energy to look for another one, but when I do, I'm pretty sure one of the cheaper models with the glass carafe will be the way to go.

I have a love hate relationship with this coffee pot. But all in all. More hate than love I bought this to replace a cheap Mr Coffee 6 cup glass pot coffee maker. Like a $29 machine. Nothing fancy. Turn it on. Turn it off. One button. But years ago my mom had the Cuisinart maker with the carafe and I was tired of my coffee getting cold before I was done having coffee. So I saw this as the perfect answer. No more tiny pot that I had to make two of. No more cold coffee. Win win! Except it wasn’t The Pros: It makes a decent cup of coffee AND it keeps it warm for hours! The delay start feature is super easy. I set the time and what time I want it to turn on and boom. I wake up to fresh coffee. The cons: The line on the little water level is literally just beneath the overflow line. In other words. Pour a little more than the max fill line (like not even an ounce too much) and it overflows from the back. And far more than you may have overfilled. Imagine my surprise when I accidentally went slightly over and flooded my counter and my entire silverware drawer beneath. Also. When filling. If you pour a little off and hit the center of the well, you will hit the overflow and water will come out the back! If you bump the maker when water is in it, you can also spill water out the overflow. A little too hard a bump or moving it back to where I like the maker to sit on the counter like pushed back on the counter and boom, spillage. I can’t even count how many times I’ve had to clean up water. I have a maker at my office. A cheap Hamilton beach. I’ve had makers in my home. I’ve never had to many messes to clean up as with this maker. It’s constant. The heating plate rusted the first time I used it and didn’t click the pot in perfectly. I guess I was a little more forward. It really seemed like the pot was in but coffee went under the pot and between the hot plate and it rusted. What coffee pot has a plate that literally cannot contact liquid. So now the whole plate rusted. Which seems unsanitary and quite frankly, I’ve never, not once, had a plate rust within a few days of the first use. To fill the water well, I always used to use the coffee pot itself, but this one is difficult to use the pot to pour into the well because of where the well versus cover are and how far you have to tip the pot to get the water out and of course because of the overflow thing that’s sets too low, I just gave up using the pot. I use a water pitcher now with a spout. It gives me better control to get the water into the one side of the little well to avoid pouring water into the overflow and allows me to pour slowly so I can also watch the side fill marker so I don’t go even a touch over. Even when I measure my coffee grounds perfectly, and I use a paper filter plus the supplied gold one, the V shaped well seems to overflow the coffee grounds into the pot sometimes. Because the water brews into the ground well faster than it sometimes drains into the pot. And keep in mind that I do use a cone shaped paper filter for cleanup in the inner gold filter but I also use a kitchen aid grinder where you tell it how much coffee to grind (like number of cups) and then I measure off that so I end up double measuring. Despite this I frequently get too strong a cup of coffee but I’ll assume that’s me even though I don’t have this issue at work or ever before and I’ve had my grinder longer than my pot. The angle to pour from the pot is annoying. Like first cup is fine. Then second or third and it feels like you have to practically hold the pot almost upside down to get the coffee out. The metal band area around the bottom seems to catch liquid. Or it leaks. IDK. But frequently black liquid comes out of the little band area. BLACK! It’s gross and makes a mess Maybe I just have a bad one but I overall hate this pot! All in all. This model I would not buy again. I won’t replace it since it’s technically still fine and it’s too expensive to just toss. So I’m in a love hate relationship with a coffee maker.

UPDATE 3 September 2017 Nothing out of the ordinary to report. It's been 12 weeks (since 11 June) since the DCC-3400 was delivered to my house. During that period the coffee maker has worked flawlessly. I've neither seen nor experienced any of the early onset problems I've read elsewhere. I will say this; I only brew 10 cups of coffee at a time, since that's what I did for decades (with and without Cuisinart), and I just can't seem to break the muscle habit of "ten scoops in the morning." But I brew every single morning, and when I'm on travel, my wife brews just like I do. Some habits I believe help: - I clean the basket every morning, and don't let the grounds sit, even for a day. - I wash out the pot at the same time I clean the basket; I don't let any coffee sit in the pot. - I clean off the outside of the pot and brewer with a damp cloth at least once a week. - I use pre-filtered water that flows through my refrigerator. And that's about it. It works excellently and looks as good as it works, and it delivers excellently brewed coffee. It's still a five star purchase. ORIGINAL REVIEW I purchased this coffee maker to replace an older Cuisinart DCC-1150. The 1150 had been purchased back in 2007, nearly ten years ago. It had developed a very small intermittent leak in the base of the unit. It still made good tasting coffee, and I was hesitant to replace it, but I went on ahead and purchased the 3400. Here's the key points on this purchase: 1) I purchased this via Amazon Prime, and took advantage of their one-day free delivery offer. The 3400 was ordered early Saturday and arrived around 6pm the next day on a Sunday. 2) I "brewed" two full pots of water only through the 3400. The next morning, on the first official pot, the coffee tasted great. 3) I brew New England Coffee purchased at a local Publix. 4) I use filtered water filtered by my Kenmore refrigerator which is what I've always used with the older 1150. 5) This review is on the brand-new unit after the second pot of coffee. The 3400 is more like a refined 1150. It's the same general size and shape, with the 3400 slightly larger to brew 12 cups vs. the 1150's 10 cup capacity. The 3400 has a veneer of stainless steel vs the black plastic exterior of the 1150. The 3400 comes with a stainless steel caraf, just like the 1150 did, but big enough to hold 12 cups. It brews coffee as fast as the 1150 did. What's interesting is how the 3400 has the same identical coffee basket and upper assembly that the 1150 has. Big flat buttons on the 3400 replace the smaller buttons and a knob found on the 1150. Because the 3400 is more refined, pouring water into the coffee maker is actually easier with the 3400. The opening in the back is slightly larger. I can easily pour water into it without spilling any using a standard Rubbermaid two quart pitcher. When it's nearly finished brewing a small amount of steam comes out of the back vent holes, just like it did with the 1150. When the audible finished alarm goes off, the 3400 sounds just like the 1150. The 3400 is an excellent coffee maker. It's well built, better even than the older 1150 (which was itself built quite well). It produces excellent coffee without the drama I've read about in some of the other reviews on this product. I highly recommend the DCC-3400.

I recently upgraded to the Cuisinart Stainless Steel Coffee Maker, 12-Cup Thermal, Silver, and it has completely transformed my morning routine. This coffee maker is a perfect blend of style, functionality, and quality, making it an outstanding addition to any kitchen. Sleek and Stylish Design: The stainless steel finish is not only elegant but also adds a modern touch to my kitchen. It looks fantastic on the countertop and complements my other appliances perfectly. The design is both sleek and practical, with intuitive controls that are easy to navigate. Thermal Carafe Excellence: The 12-cup thermal carafe is a game-changer. It keeps my coffee hot for hours without compromising on flavor. I love that I can brew a full pot in the morning and enjoy hot, fresh coffee throughout the day. The carafe is also well-designed, with a comfortable handle and a no-drip spout that makes pouring a breeze. Brew Strength Control: One of my favorite features is the brew strength control. Whether I’m in the mood for a bold, strong cup or a milder brew, this coffee maker delivers exactly what I want. The customizable settings ensure that every pot of coffee is brewed to perfection. Programmable Convenience: The programmable feature is incredibly convenient. I can set the coffee maker to start brewing before I wake up, so I’m greeted with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee as soon as I step into the kitchen. The auto-shutoff feature adds an extra layer of safety and peace of mind. Easy to Clean: Cleaning this coffee maker is a breeze. The removable parts are dishwasher safe, and the stainless steel exterior wipes clean easily. The self-clean function is a fantastic addition, making maintenance simple and hassle-free. Consistent Performance: Every pot of coffee I’ve brewed with this machine has been consistently excellent. The coffee maker heats the water to the perfect temperature, ensuring optimal extraction and rich, flavorful coffee every time. In summary, the Cuisinart Stainless Steel Coffee Maker, 12-Cup Thermal, Silver is an exceptional product that combines style, functionality, and quality. It has made my mornings more enjoyable and my coffee routine more efficient. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable and stylish coffee maker that delivers delicious coffee every time.

Muy buena, su jarra es bastante resistente y si conserva el café caliente por mucho tiempo. Es fácil de usar y hace el café bastante rápido y no lo quema.

We replaced our old coffee maker with this. We like the white and silver look. We use the water filters (sold separately) as our water is very hard. The coffee tastes great and stays hot all morning. We had no trouble pouring from the thermal carafe, so maybe that issue has been resolved. Very nice product.

Great coffee maker, bought it mainly to match my other Cuisinart products (toaster and knife set) both great products as well. It looks great and functions well, it brews fast and quiet and the alert when its ready is great, just get up when you hear the beeps and no standing around waiting for it to be done. The only downside like in other reviews is the pot spout, it isn't designed very well and hard to pour out of so your left with some water/coffee inside and have to turn it right upside down to get it out, if used to fill the machine you get around 3/4 out before it starts spilling everywhere due to the spout and the pouring angle. Besides that its working great and have no other issues with it. Recommended.

Excelente para mantener tu café caliente sin cambiar su sabor.

This machine has pretty much any feature you could ask for. Pros: Looks beautiful on my counter, it's not overly large and the stainless steel compliments my other appliances. Very simple to use, especially when programming your coffee for the morning. I like the fact that after the coffee brews you have an alert sound in which you can choose to turn off or on. Very easy to see the water level on the side when pouring the water in. Coffee is very hot when brewed. Coffee carafe keeps coffee hot for quite sometime. I left coffee in the carafe over night and it was still lukewarm the next day. Cons: When pouring the coffee from carafe you have to practically turn it up side down. You must pour slow or the coffee will spray all over. In order to clean the pot you'll have to get a scrub brush as you can't fit your hand in the carafe. Overall the pros out weigh the cons. I'm definitely keeping this machine it's make a great cup of coffee!