Product Description
A single water reservoir and two independent brewing baskets with permanent filters lets you brew one or two cups of coffee in the variety of each person's choice - decaf in one basket; French Vanilla in the other brewing basket. A convenient switch on the top of the coffeemakers lets you select if you want to brew one or two cups into the two included 16 oz. stainless steel travel mugs. The unit features a power indicator and auto-off and uses cone shaped filters.
Product Details
* Amazon Sales Rank: #6437 in Kitchen & Housewares
* Color: Black,Stainless
* Brand: Black & Decker
* Model: DDCM200
* Dimensions: 7.00 pounds
Features
* Brews 1 or 2 cups of coffee
* Includes 16-ounce stainless steel travel mugs
* Features power indicator; auto-off
* 2 separate filter baskets with permanent filters
* Cone shaped filters
Customer Reviews
This coffee maker is a terrific peace keeper - - -5
The B&D model DDCM200 is a great product for two people. It's advantage is in allowing two different cups to be brewed - different flavors, strengths, caffinated/decaffinated, or even tea.
Every cup comes out consistent once you learn how much coffee to put into basket for the amount of water you put in. We have learned this ratio for varying amounts of water so if we feel like a full or half mug we can get what we desire - consistently, and fast.
A knob on the top turned to the left diverts water to just the left side for one cup, or when turned to the right yields two cups. When brewing two, the left cup always gets a bit more water than the right - the right mug's coffee level is about 3/8ths of an inch lower than the left mug.
You can use the supplied baskets and forgo filters, but I like to use the #1 paper filters inside the baskets as cleanup is even easier than just the basket - the choice is yours.
As for noise, it does make some but I in no way find it offensive. Unlike some coffee makers that seem to linger, when the brew cycle finishes the water stops entering the basket almost immediately. I like this as when it's done, it's done.
There are no hot plates in this maker - nothing to burn any errant drippings, no safety issues. In fact if after brewing you leave the machine on, it will turn itself off. The coffee is meant to brew directly into your mug. I generally brew into an old, large, Dunkin Donuts (made by THERMO) mug without it's lid. This mug is better insulated and keeps my coffee warm enough for me for a long time. I do NOT like coffee too hot to drink. If a coffee shop wants me to use a cup insulator sleeve to keep from burning my hand, then the coffee is way too hot for me. I mention this as the B&D DDCM200 makes a hot cup of coffee but if you are expecting it to be so hot you'd need a sleeve, it won't be.
This machine is fast. It is faster than many of my Mr. Coffee machines and only the single cup machine I use at work is faster.
Would I buy it again? YES, YES, YES! I'm here at Amazon looking for a second one for use at my girlfriend's house. She got me mine a year ago (been working great for a year) and likes it so much she now wants one. When she moves in here next year, we will have two so I'll have a backup. I don't see this model # on the B&D website so I'll presume it is no longer made. Another reason I want to get a second unit ... that's how much I enjoy the one I have!
I recommend this to individuals who like different cups of coffee - gone will be the waiting between first and second pots, or arguing over which coffee do you both drink, or its strength. What a terrific peace keeper!!
Just what we wanted5
My husband and I purchased this coffee maker to use in our travel trailer. It works great. So easy to make the coffee and if one of us wants a different blend or stronger coffee - no problem. It works quickly and is a breeze to clean up - no filters to buy either. We're very happy with it.
Excellent for one Cup of Coffee...Recommend it!4
I used it for the first time and my coffee was VERY hot, the mugs are very nice with rubber gripping. It cleans up easily without having to clean a pot, just the mug. I used Starbuck coffee and it really tasted like I got it from Starbucks, hot and delicious.
I only drink 1 cup a day at work so this was perfect for me. The mug keeps it hotter longer than a mug, it's not insulated very well but you can always use another insulated mug, just take the cover off and put it on the burner. I tried Starbucks mug which keeps it hot for hours and it worked just fine. If you drink your coffee in under an hour than the mug that it came with will work just fine. If you are looking for easy, a cup of hot coffee, this one is worth the price otherwise you will have to pay $80 or more for fancy features. This is very basic and I didn't mind the noise, it wasn't louder than my Krups...I don't know of any coffee maker that is noise free as stated in the previous review.
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