Braun PureFlavor 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker w/FlavorCarafe, Hot/Iced

This is the best coffee pot I have ever owned and believe me, I have owned a lot of different brands from Bunn to Kurig to Mr. Coffee. This beats them all! The taste of the coffee this coffee maker makes is phenomenal!! It is better than going out for coffee! I love all the different options from how strong or weak you want your coffee to be, how fast you want it to brew, to how hot you want the temperature of your coffee to be. It also has the great feature of how long you want your coffee to keep warm. It looks very nice in my kitchen and goes with all my other appliances. Oh and I have to mention that I no longer have to buy coffee filters so you will be saving money there and every dollar saved is a BIG deal in today’s economy. I would definitely recommend this coffee maker above any other it is the best tasting coffee I have ever had so if you are thinking about buying a great coffee maker, choose this one! You won’t regret it!!

Coffee maker constantly leaked water onto the warmer. Making it hiss and bubble. Looks like it leaks down the back wall onto the warmer. All my braun coffee makers have been great in the past. This one sucks. Hard to use controls. $100 bucks and my old black and decker $25 coffeemaker did a better job. SO DISAPPOINTED.

DO NOT PURCHASE. Touchscreen is awful. If you doubt me, check online for a video of someone trying to program this risibly overdigitized bit of kit. There is only one video on YT and it is apparent from the editing and repeated steps that even he can’t actually program it. The coffee maker itself is fine but the touchscreen is frustrating beyond endurance. It would be a 5 star machine if it had buttons but the touchscreen is so finicky that merely setting the correct time is a brutally annoying ordeal. Someday, future generations will look back on touchscreens with the same sense of bewilderment and pity that we use for leaded paint, asbestos, and cigarettes. I would prefer ANY coffee maker built between 1987 and 2020 with actual buttons over this stupidly designed and unworkably sketchy design.

I’ve been buying one version or another of these Braun coffee pots for most of my adult life. Someone gave me one when I was about 18 and have had one most of the time during the last 35 years. This pot makes great coffee in a big carafe as I expected. Keypad is a little difficult for me but my wife has no problems with it. Keep the manual in a kitchen door ‘cause you’re probably gonna need to change the clock or timer at some point. It’s easy, but only if you know how. That being said, after about 2 years my machine broke down this morning. I got the dreaded Error 01. Called Braun/delongi and after a five minute conversation with a rep, they honored their 3 year warranty and are sending me a replacement. I am surprised the machine broke, but pleasantly surprised by how great this customer service and warranty departments are. A+++

This coffee machine has been working fine, except for occasionally leaking at the beginning of brewing. However, it stopped working suddenly after 18 months, like the one before, with a code E1, meaning need to call their customer service. I would NOT recommend it given its lifespan got shorter and shorter

When we first received this Braun coffee maker, our first impression is it is a good looking coffee maker. What attracted us to this coffee maker was the option to adjust temperature (we like it hot) and the strength (we like it bold). First off, the coffee maker went into cleaning mode and wouldn't stop after several water refills trying to run it out. The instructions say the cleaning light only comes on when there is scale in the coffee maker and this was the first time we used it as a new coffee maker. We immediately filed for a return (super easy thanks to Amazon's return policy on this product). Added a video and if you listen to the audio, you may sense my frustration as after a few "clean cycles" I decided to add coffee and it came out really yucky - what a waste! Then the coffee maker decided to work after all. The "auto on" button never lit up - we are wondering if that means our machine was defective?. We were able to select the bold and the hot temperature and finally able to set the clock (that needs to be done as it governs everything else). We were never able to adjust the time to auto shut off (default is 2 hours). The touch pad did not seem to work well. The coffee maker is loud and when we finally got it to work - it made an irritating clicking sound every few minutes. We used the included gold filter and our coffee ended up with a dark grittiness. Using our "go to" Melitta paper filter (Cone #4) made the coffee taste a lot better than with the reusable gold cone filter - no grit and less bitterness. We compost so the filters go into the compost pile versus the garbage. Prior to this coffee maker we had ordered a 14 C programmable Calphalon that we loved (my brother "borrowed it"), but this Braun 14 cup programmable coffee maker seemed to have the same features for less money. We have returned this Braun coffee maker after thoroughly cleaning it and repacking it in the original box (looks like new) and will order another Calphalon. Our overall opinion is the display on this Braun coffee maker doesn't work properly (pressure sensitive buttons do not respond all the time and instructions are poor) and the coffee doesn't taste as good as with the Calphalon. In case you too are looking at the variety of bold coffee makers offered on Amazon, we had previously tried the Hamilton Beach bold coffee maker and also didn't feel like the coffee stayed warm enough and the taste was't really bold and flavorful. Hope all this helps you decide if this is the right coffee maker for you.

This review will be in 2 parts. Order and delivery, because I was pleasantly surprised by the fast turnaround from ordering and, now, receiving after just two days. This was ordered late July 1st, and this is July 3rd. Therefore, thank you very much Amazon. Let's get down to business................ If anyone has had "cowboy" coffee, you know it's good and strong. But I don't live on the open plain and eat from a chuck wagon. The problem is there is way too much coffee waste for one person trying to figure out the right measure of coffee to water. Most times, it's the coffee that suffers. And for you non-cowboys out there, do not put the coffee grinds down the sink drain, not unless you want a big mess and an angry wife! So, here's the other kicker. I did some online investigation, which brought me to Good Housekeeping reviews, and this Braun was second overall in all the categories for performance, coffee taste, brewing, ease of operation, and much more. Now you know why I bought this machine. I've said this over and over again, sometimes you have to ignore the customer reviews and pay attention to the pros! And the price is a definite value. Well, that's the first half of this review. Next, unbox, read the instructions (I'm a huge fan of this), for tips and tricks and to stay away from, "Oh no!" Or "Oh s***! Trust me, I am tired of wasting my coffee. I enjoy cowboy cooking but this urban man needs to control expenses, but not at the expense of taste. This review will continue.....................see ya next time soon. Coffee, homemade bread, hot pepper jelly, and the 4th! This is the final stage........that first mug of coffee. Following the directions for a regular mug of coffee and waiting for the tone, the coffee was hot. I added my creamer, and oh, what a great-tasting coffee. There are many coffee maker brands from inexpensive to high-end, but paying $70 for a Braun, which was recommended by Good Housekeeping review, is a winner. Kitchen appliances are an investment; why not make a good one? Now, back to my great-tasting coffee. July 22, 2025..........I have a post script to this review.................... Regardless of what brand of coffee you use, all coffee has an oil that will leave a residue on the the craffe, the gold basket, even the plastic on or near the coffee when brewing. It is important to wash those that come in direct contact with the grounds with a dish detergent, and to wipe down those that are in indirect contact to keep the scale and "oil steam" clean. This ensures a great cup of coffee every time. And keeps your machine operating properly!

This coffee maker worked fine for 8 months until it abruptly quit--however: * I was never once able to set the clock without having the manual open in front of me * I was never able to get it to enter the descaling mode without the manual open in front of me * The design is such that any water spilled while filling the reservoir pours down around the hotplate instead of being trapped in the filter. * The controls are basically indecipherable without the manual. Like, instead of the descaler flashing when you need to descale like the manual says, it flashes when you power on the unit and until you start brewing, but only sometimes. Honestly, this is not a terrible machine and certainly not the worst I've owned, and the 14 cup capacity was nice and at least the caraf wasn't a dribble glass like the last coffee maker I had. And in fairness, it failed under warranty and I didn't bother to file a claim. Why? Because they wouldn't fix it, they'd just send a new one with the same defect and patch mine and sell it to some hapless sod as "refurbished," and I'm just sick of the whole disposable appliance economy after going through six coffee makers in 20 years. So I shelled out $300 for a Technivorm Moccamaster KBGV, an automatic drip coffee maker from the Netherlands designed in 1968 and still made with little update, with no effing clock and no effing program mode and only two controls: On/Off and full/half pot. I'm sure it won't be perfect, but it's one of the few consumer appliances still made to be easily repairable--forever, with every single part accessible and replaceable.

I like the 14-Cup capacity. The #4 cone filter works well in this unit. The carafe pours very well and is ergonomic. The carafe glass is thin making it fragile. The hot element coated with thin Teflon enamel shows wear within weeks if use. I like the water indicator so you can make the amount of coffee cups you wish to brew. I found it easy enough to program and the clock LED is well lit when it’s brewing and visible on stand-by mode. I’m happy with it after looking at many coffeemaker options. Best feature is how it timely infuses the coffee before it starts the brewing process. Makes excellent bold good tasting coffee. Overall the quantity of 14 cups is its selling feature. The bold brew option makes great coffee as I mentioned. You can hear the coffee maker brewing and gurgling when it’s brewing. The three audible beeps to announce the coffee is ready is faint to the ear. The clean and descaling mode when flashing orange takes approximately 20 minutes with descaling solution. I purchased a gallon of descaling solution from home hardware making it more cost efficient. Using the coffee maker daily the clean me light turns on every 4 months for the descaling process. Big D

Es una buena cafetera ,pero se me hace que si hace un poco de desastre si no se limpia al instante después de usar porque que salpica ,hace las misma function que una cafetera de menor precio y el filtration de agua es difícil de limpiar si se ensucia .

Came home from groceries and found this unit smoking and sputtering sparks. If we hadn't arrived home when we did this very well could have burned our house down. Was a great unit at first but if I'd known this could have happened I would have NEVER purchased to begin with.

Braun quailty. Useful features and easy to use and clean. Uses # 4 cone filter that are easy to find. Great drip coffee ready in 10 minutes. Never fails. I bought this 2nd unit in the likelihood my existing Braun same model but much older dies out. But it still works fine so the new one is still in the box waiting.

I've this coffee maker! The bold setting makes the coffee exactly how I love it! Little difficult to understand how to set things at first but just follow the diagrams in the manual and not so much the words. Some are off a little.