The Cuisinart coffee grinder is a coffee maker with built in grinder. You can get a Cuisinart model in a 10-cup or a 12-cup programmable coffee maker. It features an automatic shut off. It grinds you favorite coffee beans immediately before brewing a fresh carafe full of aromatic coffee. The steel thermal carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours. If you love fresh coffee, without having to have an extra appliance on your counter for grinding the beans, then the Cuisinart model is the one for you.
This machine is noisier than a regular percolator and it does take more time to clean because of the built-in grinder. However, with the programmable model, you just have to put in the coffee beans at night, fill up the water tank and set the machine for the time when you want to have a fresh brew of coffee waiting for you. When you use quality beans, you can have a quality cup of coffee each morning.
The Cuisinart grinder and coffee maker also has a charcoal filter so that it removes the taste of the chlorine from the water allowing you to get the true taste of the coffee. The grinder grinds the coffee beans to the perfect consistency that you need so that the grounds won't drip down into the carafe along with the coffee. You can also use the no grind brew feature when you want to use regular coffee or if you forget to pick up the beans at the supermarket. When you want to enjoy that first taste instead of waiting for the full pot to brew, there is also a pause feature that stops the drip for you to get the first cup.
Even though the Cuisinart won't operate when all the parts are not correctly in place and will keep beeping, it is not hard to put the machine together. There are a lot of buttons on the control panel and some of these are a little difficult to figure out unless you go through the manual when you set up the machine.
Although some customers report that the grinding process is a little loud, customers who have used a grinding machine on its own say that it is actually quieter. In any case, it beats having to grind the beans with a manual grinder where you have to turn the crank yourself. When you buy regular coffee beans and use them in the Cuisinart Grind and Brew, you will have a truly delicious cup of coffee.