Bella Pro Series - 5-Cup Coffee Maker - Stainless Steel

I got this coffee at very good price, I just took a chance with it, but I wasn't disappointed.

Its makes coffee surpriselly good. Only one disadvantage for me - no auto OFF

Where the power button is, it makes the most sense to place this coffee maker so that the opening is on the left. This is pretty great, because I am left-handed. When I measure three cups of water, I have to keep turning my head and the urn around to see the marks they put on the far side of the urn. The coffee maker is designed for people to use left-handed, but the urn is designed for right-handed use.

So I got this coffee pot a few weeks ago and just started using it. We didn’t really need another one but the one we have is too big and makes too much coffee. We figure it would be nice to just get a small coffee maker that doesn’t make a lot and it won’t go to waste. I forgot to buy coffee to try it out first but my mom had instant coffee (gross). I filled the pot up first with water and just poured it in the water tank as I figure that would be easier to measure how much it will make. The tank line isnt in front view that much but I didn’t need to move the whole machine to see how much water I put. It came with a scoop to measure out how much coffee you would need which is handy. I do love that it had a reusable filter so you wouldn’t have to constantly buy paper filters.

It works awesome! I love that it's compatible with my Alexa Echo Dot. I had a bigger, better coffee maker that was fully programmable and had safety features, but unfortunately those safety features prevented it from working with a smart plug. I like that this one brews the coffee hotter, but make sure to serve it right away or it will scald. It's pretty simple and doesn't have all the bells & whistles, just an on & off switch. Don't buy this if you're the type to forget to turn off your coffee maker, as this doesn't have safety or auto shut off settings. To avoid this I turn it off immediately before pouring. As someone stated, pouring can be a challenge, but that's only because you have to do it very slowly to avoid spills. The one thing I HATE about this is it definitely has a slightly plastic taste to the coffee. Someone else mentioned this, and I'm hoping it will go away with time. I've used it everyday for a month and it's still there. It's definitely concerning, so I'm going to try running a cleansing solution through it. I'll update this review if that ends up working. It's also a bit loud while brewing, but I use it at home so that's not a big deal. To save money you can still use regular size filters, instead of the small cone ones. You'll have to adapt the filter by folding it in half, then almost in half again, to form a cone. It comes with a reusable one, but those can be a pain and others stated that it leaves coffee grounds in their cup of coffee.

This coffee maker does its job in brewing a small volume. It includes a reusable coffee filter, too. Esthetically, it looks very nice, and it is designed so that no coffee drops or spills when the carafe is removed. The only drawbacks are that the water level indicator is to the extreme right and cannot be seen unless you turn the coffee maker and that the on/off switch is likewise to the extreme right and at the bottom. While the switch is lit when it is on, it's not visible unless you turn the coffee maker.

This little machine works really well. I like having a filter I can just clean out and then reuse instead of having to buy them. If you’re like most people and have oversized coffee mugs then this will make enough for two and you’ll have some room for your liquid creamer. It would be nice if it maintained the coffee hotter but it seems to only keep it warm. Not that big of a deal and maybe it was just my unit. Overall it’s worth the price.

Fantastic small little coffee maker. Great for the bachelor pad, makes enough coffee for one to two people. I has some measurement lines with numbers one through five on the side of the glass coffee pot, don’t know what they represent because it’s definitely not cups the whole pot only holds about a cup and a half of coffee, It’s more like a miniature or perhaps a kids size coffee maker. Well de-caff that is, at least for the kids lol.