For a faithful drip coffee maker, the Mr. Coffee coffee pot is the one that has the most favourable reviews. It has a removable filter cup, it is easy to clean and it has a feature that stops the drip when you want to grab a cup right away. The pause and brew feature on the Mr. Coffee is one of the best of all the coffee pot brands. You can remove the carafe and replace it with a cup rather than have to pour out the coffee from the carafe into your cup. There won't be any drips of coffee on the flat bottom that give the burning smell and when your cup is filled, you simply replace the carafe to let the rest of the pot brew as normal.
If you want to have that first cup of coffee, try to resist stopping the drip until at least half the pot has brewed. This is because the first cup of java will be very strong. You can also brew tea in this coffee pot and the same thing applies pot - the first cup is the strongest. You should remove the filter basket at least once a week and give it a good cleaning.
The glass carafe that comes with this Mr. Coffee model is quite durable. It doesn't get brittle and crack when you wash it and it is quite easy to clean. The carafe also has a measure guide so you can see how many cups of coffee you have, but it is a bit difficult to clean. The lid doesn't stay open and you can't remove as you can with other brand name carafes, so when you are running it under the water, the lid sometimes closes, thus spraying water all over the sink or counter.
You can make from 2 to 12 cups of coffee in this Mr. Coffee pot, but you have to take the amount of coffee grinds you use for each amount into consideration. For example, putting too many grinds into the filter for small amounts may result in you have grinds in your cup of coffee. It only takes six or seven minutes to brew a full pot of twelve cups. It is of medium size so it will easily sit on a regular counter top and the inner portion of the filter basket comes out quite easily so you won't have a mess when you are removing the used filter.