Product Description

Aroma Deluxe, 10 Cup, White Coffee Maker With Timer, Replacement Carafe True Value #500-076, Unique, Innovative Design With Metallic Accents, Unique Open Handle Carafe With Anti-Slip Grip, For Superior Comfort & Handling, Automatic Filter Basket Release Button, 1 Hand Operation For Easy Opening Of Filter Basket, 10 Cup Capacity, Integrated Pilot Light, For Improved Visibility & Greater Safety, Brita Water Filter, Improves Coffee Flavor, Significantly Reduces Chlorine & Prevents Calcification, Pause & Serve Allows For Pouring A Cup Of Coffee During The Brewing Cycle, Water Filter Exchange Dial, Reminds You When To Replace The Water Filter, Water Level Indicator For Quick & Precise Filling, Cord Storage

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4219 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: White
• Brand: Braun
• Model: KF510-WH
• Dimensions: 7.40" h x 13.00" w x 14.30" l, 5.30 pounds

Features

• Built-in Brita water filter improves flavor and prevents calcification
• Swing-out filter basket with automatic release makes filling and cleaning easy
• Brew-pause feature for mid-brew pour; large pilot light improves visibility
• Open-handle carafe with anti-slip grip equals easy serving
• Measures 13 by 7-1/2 by 14-1/8 inches; 1-year warranty

Amazon.com Review
Braun's AromaDeluxe is a no-nonsense, easy-to-use coffeemaker for those who still prefer a basic cup of coffee. The coffeemaker brews up to 10 cups using a fast brewing method that thoroughly extracts the rich flavor and aroma from your ground coffee. The integrated Brita water filter also contributes to better-tasting coffee by screening out chlorine and other harsh minerals, plus it prevents calcification within the water tank. A marker on the top of the water tank helps you keep track of when the water filter needs to be changed. Other handy extras on the AromaDeluxe include a filter release button, which swings the detachable filter basket open for filling or easy cleaning, and a pause-and-serve feature, which stops the brewing while you pour a cup of coffee midway through a cycle. For safety, the glass carafe has a comfortable, nonslip handle with an open design to accommodate larger hands. Further safety measures include a large, red power button that is easy to see but difficult to switch on by accident. This coffeemaker is covered by a one-year limited warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde

Customer Reviews

So far so good
I've made a pot of coffee this morning. I am very happy with it. It's not gadgety. I just want to put the filter in and the coffee, the water, flip a switch and not wait three years to drink. It's pretty fast too. It comes with a brita water filter that goes in the machine to prevent calcification. The instructions explain how vinegar decalcifies so that it can brew at the rate of one cup a minute.

Very nice item and also aesthetically pleasing. Has a cute on/off switch that lights up and the carafe is adorable. The handle is a non-slip handle. It is hollow and has a little hole at the bottom so water does not collect in it.

The coffee was perfect except that if you want five cups put a little more water than five. Some is lost to steam but I've found that is universal in coffee makers.

Good Aroma and Taste
The aroma and taste of a cup of coffee is important to me. After having used this coffeemaker daily for more than six weeks, I am very satisfied with the aroma and the taste of the coffee it brews. I do believe that the water temperature and the brewing speed are two important factors to the coffee aroma and taste. The Braun does these two things just right. I hope this coffeemaker will remain satisfactory for many years.

The unit I have was made in the Czech Republic. I have two minor complaints: some plastic parts including the locking mechanism of the filter basket were not fitted snugly; and it is not easily to see the water level through the blue measuring window of the reservoir.

I do not use its Brita water filtration system. I pour in already filtered water. These filters usually do not effectively remove the calcium from the water. Without the water filter, however, the markings on the reservoir need to be adjusted to match the markings on the carafe. The water filter takes up the volume about one cup of water. For example, without the water filter in place, six cups of water shown on the reservoir marking would brew seven cups of coffee into the carafe.

To keep the good taste, I do not leave the coffee cooking on the hot plate. I use a stainless steel thermal bottle to keep the coffee warm for about six hours. I use a gold-tone permanent filter made of stainless steel mash, though some friends say unbleached paper filters would improve the taste. By the way, it is my humble opinion that the programming features on the more expensive models are mostly counter productive to the aroma and the good taste of coffee.

3/25/08 update: After nine months of daily use (often twice daily), the hot plate began to lose the Teflon coating in the contact area with the carafe, though I shut off and cleaned the coffeemaker immediately after every brew. The aroma and the taste remain satisfactory.

lukewarm coffee
We're not connoisseurs, but we drink coffee every day and have certain, fairly reasonable expectations. Hot coffee would be nice. But we're having the same problem here as experienced by some other reviewers: we've had this model for a couple of months, but as the days go by the coffee is less and less hot right out of the maker. It is for that, and for nothing else, that we're rating this with a one. Lukewarm coffee does not have a point for us. If you manage to get one that makes hot coffee, it seems like it would otherwise be a pretty decent deal. We already filter our water, so we don't care about the built-in; and we didn't have too much trouble reading the water level through the blue plastic window (though it certainly could have been made more transparent). Overall, to be fair, we have to admit that the general quality of low- to mid-price cone-filter coffeemakers has plummeted. It seems like it shouldn't that hard to find a decent coffeemaker--one that you can keep around for more than a couple of months. That said, there's still no way we can give more than one star for an almost-new coffeemaker that can't make *hot* coffee.

Update: Their customer service is handled in India, and when I called, a semi-friendly woman informed me that to have the coffeemaker examined under warranty I would have to pack it up and mail it to an "authorized" dealer/repair facility--at, of course, our own expense (which appears to be about eight dollars, based on the shipping weight posted on Amazon). Repair of such a disposable-feeling product as this seems highly improbable, and since Braun's customer service was very careful not to give me much hope of a replacement, we probably won't bother. Nor will we ever purchase a Braun product again.