Product Description

Hamilton Beach Brewstation Summit 12 cup Programmable Coffee Maker. One hand dispensing so your last cup tastes as fresh as the first cup. This coffee maker has several brewing options making it one of the most versitile on the market. Choose from bold, regular, iced coffee or small batch options.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8633 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 12-Cup
• Color: Black/Stainless
• Brand: Hamilton Beach
• Model: 48464
• Dimensions: 16.50" h x 12.50" w x 9.25" l,

Features

• 12-cup programmable coffeemaker with insulated inner tank and no carafe
• Dispensing bar for one-handed serving; keep-warm mode; auto shut-off
• Bold, regular, iced-coffee, or small-batch brewing options; digital display
• Removable water tank; water-level indicator; dishwasher-safe parts
• Measures approximately 12 by 9 by 17 inches; 1-year limited warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
Uniquely designed without a coffee pot, this 12-cup coffeemaker features, instead, an insulated tank that keeps coffee hot and fresh inside. To serve, simply depress the non-slip dispensing bar with any favorite mug for one-handed dispensing--no carafe means no pouring, no spills, and no hotplate that can sometimes scorch coffee or make it bitter. The appliance also provides a user-friendly push-button control panel. Choose from several brewing options including bold, regular, iced coffee, or small batch (1 to 4 cups). Even more, the unit's programmable clock and timer allow for brewing "wake-up" coffee, while its keep-warm mode can be programmed to automatically shut off immediately after brewing (for iced coffee) or in one, two, three, or four hours as desired. Other highlights include a large digital display with blue backlighting, a removable water tank for filling at the sink, a water-level indicator on both sides, and dishwasher-safe parts for quick cleanup. Housed in sleek black plastic with stainless-steel accents, the coffeemaker measures approximately 12 by 9 by 17 inches and carries a one-year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Great coffee, but what a mess!
I bought the Hamilton Beach Brew Station Summit at Target a month ago. The coffee is great and I love not having the fear of a broken carafe, but the design is flawed for cleaning. The entire top half lifts off of the water reservoir leaving it open and vulnerable during cleaning. Worse, you have to lift the filter basket off before you can lift the coffee reservoir so it's a three handed cleaning operation. I love the coffee, but the design is quite a step down from the first Brew Station.

Overall, we like it!
Purchased to replace our Brewstation Deluxe, which we absolutely loved! The only reason we did not purchase another one exactly like our old one is because of the leaking problem. About 1x/year we would need to replace the 'carafe' portion of the coffeemaker. The Summit was the 3rd replacement model we tried. It is the only other model that has all of the features that the Deluxe had (programmable auto shut-off & timer, brewing cycle selection). I agree with the previous post that it is a bit more awkward to fill. But, the biggest problem I have with it is the coffee basket. It has about 50 holes in the bottom for the water/coffee to flow out of the basket. The result is a very weak-tasting coffee because it flows through so quickly. I can't understand why this model is made like this when other models have only one hole! There is no way to even use enough coffee to get a strong flavor, even when putting it on 'Bold' setting, which slows down the brewing cycle. I figured out how to solve this problem by purchasing a permanent filter basket to use inside the other basket, plus using a paper filter. This adds to the awkwardness of the whole process, but we are so hooked on this style of machine that are willing to put up with it. It is also messier than the Deluxe because of all of the condensation inside. When you lift the lid water runs down (but mostly back into the carafe), and when you take out the basket there is condensation all over it and it drips trying to get it to the trash or sink. I also just noticed one of the buttons to set the time is sticking. Well, maybe I should go back to the Deluxe...

Inconvenient to Use and Lukewarm Coffee
I bought this because I wanted to replace the free coffee maker I got with a Gevalia subscription a few years ago. That was a fine coffee maker in the beginning but eventually ran too hot and produced a foul burning stench after being on a few hours, even with a clean hotplate and plenty of coffee in the carafe.

In favor of the Brewstation Summit is its bright blue clock display, which is easy to set, and easy to program to brew automatically at a certain time. Also, it has a variable setting to keep the coffee warm for up to four hours, and two additional brew strength settings (1-4 cups and Bold). But those are its only strengths.

The problems are many. Chief among them is the fact that it's a real pain to use. First, lift the top lid and remove the basket that holds the flat-bottom basket filter. My Gevalia coffee maker used a #4 cone filter, which I have now learned that I like much better, since wet grounds don't spill over the soggy top edges when you try to lift it out. After you set the filter basket to the side and fill it up, you then have to remove the internal carafe, fill it up with water, pour the water into the unit, replace the carafe, then nest the filter basket in the carafe, and then close the lid. In other words, you need a goodly amount of clean counter space to lay out all these pieces as you're trying to get ready to brew some coffee.

Another problem, the coffee is frequently only lukewarm. It's never even close to as hot as I like it, unless I heat up the water myself in my electric kettle first and then pour that hot water into the unit.

Ironically, given that the coffee isn't especially hot, the Brewstation Summit still produces that overheated burning smell toward the end of the four hour time that I have it set to keep the coffee warm.

I should have used my $60 to get coffee from Gevalia--and a free coffee maker to boot.