GE Appliances CAFE Specialty Grind and Brew Coffee Maker with Thermal Carafe Matte White

Best coffee maker ever. Purchased for my husband for Christmas, he’s a high end coffee connoisseur and this has been a hit. Have had no issues with it, as long as you maintain it, it’s like a well oiled machine. We only use distilled water to avoid calcification. And are adamant about keeping up with cleaning g the machine. Still looks new. Such a sleek and beautiful design too, so it’s more artistic than an eyesore.

This was our second coffee maker as our first one was replaced after it stopped working. This one stopped working after two months. I love the concept, especially the turning it on from bed, but if it doesn't work and I can't have my coffee and then it’s just a useless appliance.

When the product was new it ran great and looked great. What a great concept. Over time I noticed some issues. When grounds get into the basket holder it is difficult to clean out. It is also difficult to clean out the bean holder, essentially need to run it empty first. The BIGGEST ISSUE is that the lid for the carafe began to build up mold and gunk. There is no way to clean it out. Also notice some black stains in the inside of the carafe, more than usual. Noticed today that the marks were some coffee stains and some MOLD. I scrub the carafe each day with soap and water and this still occurred. The bronze handle of the carafe is also starting to flake off. The unit is just over 1 year old.

Loved this machine until I did standard maintenance, and now it leaks to the point that it's unusable. For the price, it should have lasted longer than 19 months.

After our daughter brought her friends home for big breakfast, we realized single serve coffee was not ideal. After doing a lot of research we decided that a grind and brew coffee pot was the direction we wanted to go. The Cafe Specialty Grind and Brew looked to hit all of our (wants). It looks awesome and matches our appliance line. The grinder is a little loud but not overly (probably typical for any grinder), but it grinds perfectly and allows for grind choice. The ten cup capacity is fine for our needs and when others join us for breakfast. We like the countdown timer for brewing (our toaster has this also, gives perspective) and the clock letting you know how long it’s been since finishing the brew. Controls are easy to understand and the App is the same for all of our GE appliances, so it’s easy to set up your brew selections (Gold setting makes the perfect pot of coffee for us). The only knock, but it’s the same for most carafes, is that the coffee won’t stay hot more than a few of hours…but normally we finish the pot before that becomes an issue. We read the reviews about leeks after changing the water filter, we have not had that issue. Bottom line, love this Cafe Specially Grind and Brew.

The design is stunning and when you use your own ground coffee, you get fully customzed coffee. BUT there is NO WAY to calibrate the amount of coffee beans used per pot or cup. You can change brew strength all you want, but the amount of beans ground even on “light” is still way too much. It consistently makes too strong a coffee. We need to be able to program the grind dose per strength setting. The coffee output is too much at ANY setting! Basically, each 6 oz of coffee made (I've measured the ounces and a cup always comes out as 6 ounces!!) takes 2 Tablespoons of grounds!! WAY TOO MUCH!! We are so dissappointed as otherwise, we love the Cafe Grind and Brew.

Would not recommend at all. The grinder turns but does not grind. I even ordered a second one thinking it was just a faulty one but the second one wouldn’t grind either. It also doesn’t recognize when the bean hopper is full, you have to move them around to get it to work! Very disappointing that such an expensive product doesn’t do what it is created to do.

I have now owned both of your yucking piece of ehit, coffee makers, which neither one of them can heat coffee. I have now had to heat all coffee made from your coffee makers in the microwave to bring to any kind of temperature and after this morning, I will never buy any more of your yucking coffee makers. I have destroyed my kitchen all because your coffee maker will not brew if the brew basket is not closed. Good enough I plan on having a very good weekend taking a shotgun to this yucking piece of ehit coffee maker you guys need to shut your product line down immediately. It is absolutely worthless. I hope every person who tries to buy your freaking coffee maker reads this review and this stops them from buying one. I will never buy another coffee maker from you. It will not heat. It will not brew it will not do a yucking thing but be a paper weight.

Received this as a Christmas gift last month overall I am impressed with the brewing styles and the flavor of my coffee. I love the convenience of the app in getting my coffee set up for the week to brew automatically. A few items I have found since using I would like to mention. 1. There is no heat only or hold function for keeping coffee hot. When it first brews it is perfect however it only last about 45 minutes. After this it is lukewarm at best and requires a heat up in the microwave. 2. Have to manually adjust the setting from carafe to mug if you want to brew a cup only from your phone it is not possible if it on carafe. 3. It uses a lot of water and beans compared to my Ninja from before. I fill up the water reserve every night and I only had to do this on my Ninja every 2-3 days. I am also going through more beans than before. Since I started using it the last 3 weeks I have already had to buy 2 bags of beans size 2.2 pounds. On my previous machine I only bought once a month. This is an added expense I wasn't expecting. 4. My housekeeper accidentally threw away my wire basket and I haven't been able to replace it. I ordered what I thought was a replacement through Amazon and it doesn't fit so the basket will close. There is no replacement part I have found on this website or Amazon. Overall, I do love the convenience of not having to have two separate appliances on the counter. I like the brewing of the coffee I haven't had so far any leaking issues except when I brewed a pot and that is when I found out my wire basket was gone. You must use some type of filter at all times.

Don’t do it. It’s pretty. It looks nice. I fell for it even after reading some bad reviews. Unless they change the engineering of the bean hopper; it won’t work. I bought one brand new, it wouldn’t grind. GE sent another, brand new, it wouldn’t grind. Worse part? You had to turn the entire contraption upside down to empty out the beans. I ordered an entire GE Cafe Suite. I bought this as an add on. Now I’m nervous, I’ll be honest.

Terrible product. Less than a year old and leaking water. Has had issues since I got it where you have to add beans or water when it wasn't the case. Looks great but not great design for the purpose. I'm no buying Cafe appliances again.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This machine is great. Once we found the grind time on the app, it became even more perfect. The flavor of fresh ground coffee can not be beat. There are so many options that the perfect cup is possible. We also love the delay brew so we can wake up to the aroma of our freshly ground and brewed perfect cup. The carafe keeps the coffee warm for the better part of 2 hours, more if it is full. The water reservoir is so easy to clean and fill. This matches all of our other Cafe appliances and is a great addition to our kitchen.

THIS PRODUCT IS COMPLETELY USELESS. ALL IT DOES IS BREW HOT WATER. THE BEANS CANNOT MAKE IT INTO THE GRINDER. EVEN WHEN YOU STUFF THE BEANS IN, THEY DON'T EVEN GRIND, JUST TURN IN THE GRINDER. DO NOT ORDER THIS PRODUCT IF YOU WANT COFFEE

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This brewer makes pretty good tasting coffee, however, there are some drawbacks. 1) the cost of this brewer is quite expensive. 2) I have only been using this brewer once per day (and NOT every day) for the last 6 months, and despite the fact that I meticulously clean the carafe with EVERY use, it is stained inside and on the plastic lid. 3) It is extremely labor intensive to keep the coffee shute cleaned out so it will function properly. 4) Brewing even a single cup takes at least 4-5 minutes to completely finish and 5) There is no way to use a coffee "pod" with this brewer to simplify. For these reasons, I cannot with good conscience recommend purchasing this particular coffee brewer.... the time required to clean it daily is just more than expected.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The coffee maker completes our CAFE kitchen appliance collection! Fresh ground and brewed coffee is the best! The grinder doesn't seem to feed the beans in very well - they have to be manipulated. Maybe that will change over time?

This coffee maker does everything I want it to do grinds the beans and can do single cup or carafe. Unfortunately due to a design flaw it leaks from the water carafe.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I'M STILL LEARNING BUT SO FAR IT IS GOOD PRODUCT, BUT I NEED TO LEARN ON HOW TO USE THE FEATURES MORE. I STILL CAN NOT GET THE GRINDER TO STAY OFF(?)

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] So far I am loving this coffee maker! I am a bit of a coffee snob. This was easy to set up, and easy to use. I love the strength options. Cleaning and maintaining is quick and easy! This is a huge improvement over my last bean grinding coffee maker.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Best coffee maker + Grinder! I love that you can make a pot or just a cup and the coffee if just delicious! First time using a grinder and the experience is unmatched!

Beautiful presentation and it seems to be working well so far. Experiencing learning curve to get the settings using different beans, suited to my taste. I haven’t gotten it right, yet. I haven’t experienced difficulty cleaning or leaking which are widely experienced by many according to the reviews I’ve read, but waiting to see how it works over time