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| About - Mr. Coffee ECM 21 |
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The Mr. Coffee ECM 21 is part of the coffeemaker test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, drip coffeemaker models like the ECM 21 are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.
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| About This Brand |
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This familiar brand has the largest market share. Mr. Coffee offers an extremely wide range and variety of products, from single serve and grind-and-brew to various capacity drip models with glass and thermal carafes. Its coffeemakers are sold in almost all retail channels and range from lower to upper mid-priced categories. Prices range fro $15 to $200. |
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Programmable |
No |
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Thermal carafe/mug |
No |
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Small-batch setting |
Yes |
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Brew-strength control |
No |
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Dispenser-style |
No |
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Dimensions H x W x D (in.) |
NA |
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By from
worst coffee maker ever designed
3/27/2011
Pros
Stylish
Cons
Both pots drip when pour
Coffee Doesn't Stay Hot
Hard To Clean
Limited Features
Long Brew Time
Loud
Poor quality materials
Best Uses
Comment:
Received this pot as a gift to replace a 20-year old espresso pot and a 10-yr old standard pot, that had both began to fail. Within days, a small plastic part broke off the espresso pot's lid... Materials are such a poor quality plastic that the espresso maker's lid cannot effectively seal in steam, which fills a concave receptacle, so that it must be wiped out with a paper towel. The milk nozzle has a bizarre rubber end that cannot be easily cleaned wither (compared to the old one's hard plastic nozzle that unscrewed easily.) Other surfaces seem to gain a static charge that attracts coffee grounds/film, even in the bottom of the water reservoir, that cannot be rinsed out, but must be wiped. Takes a full fifteen minutes to brew 8 cups of coffee, which never get fully hot. Both pots, from the first use, cannot pour without dripping all over the counter... Fir the life of me, I cannot imagine what the Mr. Coffee development engineers were thinking -- in an effort to make this enormous appliance appear sleek and curvy, they sacrificed every aspect of functionality... We kept it so as not to hurt the feelings of the giver, but literally curse the bloody thing every morning. Just say, NO!
By from
The worst coffee maker ever devised
1/22/2011
Pros
Cons
Coffee Doesn't Stay Hot
Long Brew Time
Unusable carafe spills
Best Uses
Planter
Comment:
DO NOT buy this. Everything a coffee maker does, it does BAD. Takes forever. Coffee stays barely lukewarm. No matter how you do it, you are GUARANTEED to spill when pouring coffee from the carafe. Go to see user reviews on [@] for further proof of this product's dismal design. I wish my wife had before she bought this. We may give it to our daughter in college, if we can get over the guilt associated with placing this device with anyone we don't wish pain on!
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User has 1 of experience with this product
08/06/2006
Strength
Price is good and makes espresso.
Weakness
Doesn't get coffee quite hot enough
Good value here with this machine. My complaint is that it doesn't seem to get the coffee hot enough. I would say this is a pretty good buy for a coffee and espresso maker and would definitely recommend this machine for the price.
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User has 3 Weeks of experience with this product
02/04/2006
Strength
Compact design for its features.Easy to use controls.Espresso maker seems solidly constructed.Brews good espresso.
Weakness
Plastic lid of coffee pot seems cheesy and prone to break.Coffee pot has a tight fit onto its burner space.Coffee brews very slowly. Burner for coffee does not get the coffee hot enough.
This is the first espresso maker that I have owned. So I do not have a basis for comparison. However, it seems adequately functional. The frothier is also a great feature. The coffee maker, on the other hand, was only marginally acceptable for the reasons cited above. I am rating it 3 stars as an average: 4 stars for the espresso maker and 2 stars for the coffee maker
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User has 2 Months of experience with this product
01/06/2006
Strength
brews quickly, good temperature, easy to use, good size pot
Weakness
no timer, I have to clean it.
Once upon a time, in a far away land, there was this guy who wanted coffee. He looked everywhere, but there was none to be found. Until... one magical day, his beautiful girlfriend sent him a wonderful gift for his birthday. It was a coffee maker! BUT, this was no ordinary coffee maker.... it has the mystical ability to make espresso to! With this espresso, cappuccino could be made! Alas, the thirst for the nectar of the gods could be quenched. This man soon proposed to his beloved princess. All lived happily ever after. (p.s. Wal-Mart had the best deal)
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