Product Description
Cuisinart blends innovative styling with expert coffee-making technology to offer consumers the ultimate coffee experience. The extra-large, 14-cup capacity of the new Brew Central Coffeemaker makes it perfect for the big family breakfa
Product Details
* Amazon Sales Rank: #8946 in Kitchen & Housewares
* Color: stainless/Black
* Brand: Cuisinart
* Model: DCC-2200
* Released on: 2006-01-01
* Dimensions: 14.75" h x 8.75" w x 10.75" l, 10.00 pounds
Features
* 14-cup coffeemaker
* Fully automatic with 24-hour programmability for "wake-up" coffee
* Brew-pause; coffee-ready indicator; auto shut-off; simple push-button controls
* Gold Tone filter, charcoal water filter, and instruction book included
* Measures 8 by 8-3/8 by 13-7/8 inches; 3-year limited warranty
Amazon.com Product Description
With elegant brushed stainless-steel housing and carafe handle, this attractive coffeemaker brews up to 14 5-ounce cups of fresh and flavorful coffee. The fully automatic unit can be programmed up to 24 hours in advance for "wake up" coffee, and it automatically shuts off for safety and convenience, sounding a "beep" to alert that brewing is complete. With the machine's brew-pause function, which allows for pouring a cup midbrew, there's no need to wait until the coffee is completely finished brewing before enjoying a cup. Other handy extras include a simple "on/off" button, easy-to-use push-button controls, a time-of-day clock, a generous carafe handle, and a drip-free spout for graceful serving. A Gold Tone filter and charcoal water filter, along with an instruction book, are included. The 1025-watt coffeemaker measures 8 by 8-3/8 by 13-7/8 inches and carries a three-year limited warranty.
Customer Reviews
Great tasting coffee and enough for the whole crew...5
I purchased this coffee maker after too many days of being the family's late riser and finding the coffee pot already drained. I have been using this pot for a couple of months now, and I am more than pleased with my purchase. This pot does hold more than the standard 10- or 12-cup coffeemaker, a great feature in a family of coffee-drinkers.
I had hoped to find a coffee-maker with a removable water reservoir to carry back and forth to the sink, which this model does not have, but even so, I give this model five stars for the excellent coffee it makes. While I have to lift the coffee-maker down from the shelf on which I keep it in order to fill the reservoir, its internal clock remains accurate even when unplugged for the short while it takes to fill the reservoir.
Some folks here have complained about the beep signaling that the element is being turned off. Even after several cups of coffee, my nerves aren't so high-strung that I even give the sound a second thought. It's quite innocuous, IMHO.
Perhaps owing to the water filter, this pot makes excellent rich-tasting coffee. It seems to brew just long enough to make perfect coffee for most folks' tastes. For stronger coffee, I can make fewer cups and use more ground coffee. If I'm really in need of a strong cuppa, I'll simply use my French press. I have never had the ground coffee overflow the filter doing this. Also, the heating element seems set to the perfect temperature, since I have never had a cup of coffee from this pot that tasted burnt...and on a number of mornings, I have barely gotten up in time to hear the beep signaling the end of hot coffee.
Best features of this machine--absolutely drip-free pot, unrivaled pure coffee taste, large capacity pot, variable settings for when the heating element will turn off, and an internal clock that retains settings with short interruptions of power.
Improvements that could be made--I wish it had a removable reservoir, but the one pot that I have used that had that feature made the worst coffee I've ever made at home, not to mention the leaky pot.
If you're not looking for espresso, but just a clean, pure cup of good coffee...even when "Early Bird" isn't your middle name, I think you've found what you're looking for in this machine.
Worth it!4
After trying the 12 cup Cuisinart, a Delonghi and 2 different Krups models we have fallen in love with this one. The water level indicator may be a slight drawback but since since we fill the coffeemaker from the pot it's no problem for us.
I absolutely love the larger capacity, we don't make a full pot that often but when we need to it's just right. It makes a great cup of coffee and it looks great on the counter, too.
I deducted one star for their failure to backlight the display. You'd think for a hundred bucks they would light the clock so you can actually see it. Other than that, best coffeemaker for the money out of all the brands we've tried.
Nice update of the 12-cup model.5
When my 5-year-old Cuisinart 12-cup Brew Central bit the dust last week, I was all set to order another to replace it. After twice-daily use, I figure we got between 3,000 to 3,500 pots of coffee out of this elegant workhorse and had no quarrel with it. But the 14-cup model, with its updated design features, turned out to be a better replacement - still able to make those 4-cup batches for just myself or a larger-volume pot, without sacrificing flavor. In fact, using the 1-4 cup selection on a larger batch results in near-espresso quality brew, and saves on coffee beans if you can be patient enough to await the slower drip. Since Amazon offered a $25 discount on $125 purchases, I also bought the new Cuisinart oval electric skillet, and got them both for a total of $174.90 with free delivery, within five days.
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