The coffee did generally taste better, with more clarity of flavor and higher sweetness, but it’s likely not worth the extra effort for most people. The Company’s owned consumer brands include Hamilton Beach®, Proctor Silex®, Hamilton Beach Professional®, Weston®, TrueAir®, and Hamilton Beach Health®. The Company’s owned commercial brands include Hamilton Beach Commercial® and Proctor Silex Commercial®. Hamilton Beach Brands licenses the brands for Wolf Gourmet® countertop appliances, CHI® premium garment care products, CloroxTM True HEPA air purifiers, and Brita HubTM countertop electric water filtration appliances.
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The Zojirushi Zutto Coffee Maker EC-DAC50, the smallest model we tested, made consistently hot coffee that was the second most flavorful after the Ninja’s. With a maximum capacity of just under 23 ounces, the Zutto is more suitable for a household of one or two coffee drinkers. It’s a no-frills machine, with just a single on-off button that’s as easy to operate as they come. (This also means that the machine has no auto shutoff, so you’ll have to turn it off manually to avoid burning your coffee.) Though it lacks extra features, the Zutto reaches some of the highest brewing temperatures we tested. It also provides easy-to-follow instructions (and corresponding measurements on the water reservoir) for making iced coffee, a unique feature among the machines in this guide. While most automatic drip brewers hide the filter away in the machine’s body, the Zutto’s filter is inside the carafe, replicating a pour-over, for a different coffee-brewing experience.
With two automatic brewing options, two water reservoirs, and the ability to brew both coffee grounds and K-cups and pods, this machine is basically unstoppable. First, it’s important to know what kind of coffee you want to brew on your machine and how you like it to taste, because so much about the experience of coffee is deeply personal. Do you want to drink your coffee black or with milk and sugar, for example, or do you like it to taste a little weaker or a little stronger?
Models with no score here brew into single-serve cups or are self-serve models. The latter hold the coffee in a tank; you fill your cup by pressing it against the dispenser lever. The Zojirushi was the easiest to use among the machines we tested as it simply has an on-off switch. But it doesn’t automatically shut off, and forgetting to turn it off could result in burnt coffee or—if the carafe is empty—a broken machine.
Whether you’re cooking for the holidays or just feeding a big family, you can’t go wrong with Hamilton Beach Roaster Ovens from Blain’s Farm & Fleet. Free up your oven space for side dishes hamilton beach air fryer by cooking the main course in a roaster oven. Dispenser models, which we call self-serve, hold the brew in a heated tank; you fill your cup by pressing it against the dispenser lever.
We did like the easy-to-use “small batch” feature and three-year warranty, though. Mr. Coffee Easy Measure, our previous pick, brewed a smooth, balanced cup of coffee, and has an appealing, compact design. It was a no-brainer to program, which is great for shared kitchens, and has a simple interface that lets you know in half-hour increments how long it’s been since the last brew cycle. It didn’t brew the hottest pot, but its warming plate had a four-hour automatic shut-off, while most other models have an auto shut-off after two.