Hamilton Beach 12-Cup 2-Way Programmable Coffee Maker

PROS: Makes coffee hotter than my last several coffee makers. A 2-mug (4-cup) pot is properly brewed using the "bold" feature. The single-cup feature makes better than any of the KCup machines I've experienced. CONS: The carafe cannot be completely emptied into a cup because of scalding steam, something to do with the lid design. Large footprint. If you typically fill a coffeemaker using the carafe (I do not), you would not be able to do so if the unit is under an upper cabinet. COMMENTS: I had to run a LOT of single-cup cycles before the "new plastic" taste finally went away. The unit has no alarm to sound when brewing is complete or when it turns itself off.