
Black & Decker Café Select 12-Cup Dual Brew Coffeemaker: Brew coffee for friends or make a single-serve drink with this coffeemaker, which features a carafe on one side and a 20-oz. vacuum-insulated travel mug on the other. The adjustable drip tray lets you fill a cup or mug.
Q: Will the caraf stay hotduring single brew
A: No you would have to turn it off to reset the unit so that you could select a single brew size. these buttons are turned off and unavailable when in pot brew mode. Good question and so I actually had to try it for you to see what would happen as you usually are either having a pot of coffee or a cup but not both lol In pot mode the single serving buttons / mode is not available unless you cycle the power which then the single serving mode is available but the warmer plate will be turned off.
Q: Does carafe brewing empty the reservoir?
A: Filling the Carafe side does empty the reservoir. However, the carafe does hold 60 ounces and will not overflow. So long as you do not fill the reservoir over the 'max' line, you won't have to worry about that.
Q: which thermal carafe is compatible with this machine. i do not want the glass carafe.
A: Even if you found a thermal carafe that would work thermal carafe's are not designed to be used with a warmer plate and so it would not work out and probably ruin the carafe or burn up the plate or both.
A: We had a problem with leaking initially. We realized we hadn't seated the reservoir in correctly - you might want to try that. We haven't had a problem since.
Q: Can you preset this maker so coffee is ready for you in the morning?
A: No this coffee maker has no clock and no timer feature. But overall this coffee maker has far exceeded my expectations in quality as well as the taste of coffee brewed. But it does make a single serving cup of Joe in 2 mins flat so you can have a cup right outta bed while waiting for that first pot to brew!!