Braun Aroma Deluxe KF580 Coffee Maker  Product Reviews

"Gotta have my coffee every morning and don't like to wait very long. If you don't use the auto timer so it's ready for you when you get up you can still get 10 cups of great coffee in about 7 minutes. It's not your $20 coffee maker though. I had one of those before I decided to step up to this Braun. The Gold filter and the Brita water filter combine to make one very smooth pot of coffee."

"Within 2 weeks, the pause & brew didn't exist. The coffee poured all over when I tried to pull the carafe for a cup. My attempts at fixing it were for naught. What a waste of money! I'm not one who returns items. I just won't buy Braun again!."

"Original review: I just brought this home today and have made the first pot o' joe with it. Prior to this, I've been using a Krups Moka Brew which I was really tired of having to deal with and was continually dissatisfied with the coffee it made. After one use of this Braun, my impressions are as follows: first cup quite good & flavorful using some gourmet beans, and the temperature pretty hot! The second cup, for some reason, seemed to lose a bit of the flavor of the first cup. Too soon to say if this will be the norm - if it is, I'll probably take this back to the store. But for now, I'll keep it for a day or two, experiment with more coffee, slightly different grind, etc. and see what happens. I've been drinking coffee and trying different coffemakers for many years so I'm quite finicky about my coffeemaker & the cup it produces. A follow-up review will be posted once I decide if this is a keeper or not, but I do know it makes better coffee than the Krups Moka Brew and it's heck of a lot user-friendlier. UPDATE - Well, I really wanted to like this coffeemaker but it has a couple of problems. Firstly, the full coffee flavor isn't quite there like I was hoping it would be for an 80-dollar coffeemaker. Secondly, when it's finishing up the brewing process, it steams like a locomotive. This product did make coffee very hot but, again, the flavor wasn't all there, so I think this model is a missed opportunity for Braun. If they can come up with a model that truly gets full bean extraction at the temperature this machine makes the coffee, they'll have a winner. Back to the store this one goes."

"Wish I had heeded the advice of most of the reviewers before I purchased this. I went ahead and purchased this because it was replacing a Braun coffee maker that we had had for 10 - 15 years. After it got the new plastic taste out of it, it made good coffee. Even without the Brita Filter. Just like all the reviewers indicated, the carafe leaked and spilled badly unless you poured very slowly and carefully. Unfortunately, it has quit working after only 2 1/2 months. The seller, Etronics, is declining to do anything about it saying it is now outside of their 30 return period. That will be the last thing I buy through them. Like uhh, since they sell Braun,one would think they would have some recourse through Braun and try to help their customers. So, here I am between the proverbial rock and a hard place, try to find a Braun warranty center and wait for it to get repaired or replaced, or just bite the bullet an go buy another. (want to bet it won't be a Braun?) Additionally, what do we do for coffee in the mean time? Such are the hazards of purchasing an electric appliance on the internet."