Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I think we have had every style of home coffee maker known to mankind at this point. We have had traditional drip, french press, pourover, Senseo, Tassimo, Keurig, Nespresso, and now, Tchibo. We've only had this for a couple days, but here are my first impressions: Good: -The coffee froths when it brews and tastes delicious. It really brews well -Takes any kind of whole beans, including espresso -Once you get it set up, it is pretty easy to use -Reasonably easy to clean. Dump the grinds out once every 10 cups, rinse, done -Good for the environment in that you don't have to use any plastic pods Bad: -Takes a long time to brew a cup, probably 1 min 45 sec. -Largest cup size is about 8 oz. -The water tank is pretty small, even with the small cup size, you are only going to get 3-4 cups per tank of water -Per the directions you have to remove the water tank to refill it, this might not seem like a big deal, but there isn't enough space between the top of it and bottom of cabinets to get the water tank out, so if you are putting it on a counter with upper cabinets, this is a pain. -If you want to switch between types of coffee, decaf/full caff, different roast, etc. It really isn't easy. All in all, this is a good machine. The most important thing to me is that the coffee tastes good. As I mentioned earlier, we have tried many machines, and I would rank this near the top for the quality of brew. The biggest drawbacks are that there isn't really a good way to fill the water tank, change coffee types without finishing what you have in the maker, and the size of the cup it makes. I would recommend it, but definitely take those things into consideration.