Melitta 5-c. Coffee Maker w/ Auto Pause & Pour  Product Reviews

"For years I had a melita 4 cup coffee maker and it was great with real hot coffed but I moved 3 times and it finally died. I tried to get another but they had discontinued the model. I have tried several others, mr. coffee etc. and they were ok but once you put milk in the coffee it was luke warm. I was excited to find another small melita. It is better then the others but it has some safety thing where the coffee stays hot buy not real hot and if you put in milk it is less hot. It is not as bad as luke warm but not much better. I am very disappointed."

"Since I only drink 2 mugs of coffee a morning, the large coffee makers burn coffee before I'm done. It's becoming increasingly hard to find a well designed 4/5 cup coffee maker these days. So many require a ridiculous method for removing the filter. Anyway, this Melita is good looking and has a normal swing basket. The carafe works beautifully w/no drips when you pour. While filling the plastic water reserve is easy, it makes it difficult to move the coffee maker because if you grab it by the back (which is the reserve) it slips out. Nothing spills, but it's taken getting used to making sure my main grip is on the front basket when I move it on the counter. I highly recommend this machine."

"Due to the error made in the design of this product, I have not used it more than 5 or 6 times. As far as I know the coffee maker would function properly if it didn't have the "warming feature". This feature does not allow the coffee to get hot enough to pour in a vacuum bottle and use at home or take it with you. I reported the problem to Melitta and they refered me to their manufacturing partner Salton. Salton told me that they didn't have a like model in stock and would have to back order or substitute another brand. Thinking that if I waited until they got one in which would have the same problem I agreeded to take a lesser brand which doesn't cost as much as the ME5CB model. I pretty much lost all the way around on this deal. I will wait and see how the TCM4B Toastmaster works. My experience with Melitta had been good in years past. But previous models did not have the "warming feature" which I guess protects yourself against burns. I prefer to worry about burns on my own thanks any way! "

"Just the right size for the early morning coffee. Makes a quick good cup of coffee."