is the reservoir were the coffee is heated and sits stainless steel or plastic?...plastic leaches - stainless steel is good
1988250
love this coffee maker & yes the coffee reservoir is plastic with a stainless steel bottom which sits onto a metal heating plate. note: coffee has a tendency to taste like plastic when left heated for a long time. i dont clean mine as directed i just rinse it.
1988251
It's plastic! I was not happy with it all! I ended up getting one where the pot is stainless steel & am much happier!
1988252
Todd,The reservoir is plastic. I didn't think about plastic leaching. The unit works really good. May I ask how you know the reservoir leaches.CF
612531
I've had my unit for 8-9 months and have not experienced any problems. The upper portion seems to hold the water "sweat" from heating up, but no malfunctions or other issues. I am assuming your question is about the plastic coffee maker.
493786
When you say thermal, I think of stainless steel throughout both inner and outer walls or stainless steel outer wall and glass inner wall . I can not get an answer if this carafe is plastic on inner wall . If so, this is not a true thermal and is probably why some answers say it does not hold up keeping coffee hot ...
1231643
Yes it is all stainless but the lid, which is all plastic. This carafe works well, keeps coffee hot for , I would say, at least 4 hours. Would buy this again.
1725704
No its black plastic on the back exterior but the rest is stainless steel. Best damn coffee maker I've ever had. Makes greast coffee and espresso/lattes. It even has some hot chocolate attachement.
1816457
No, plastic, stay away from this machine. It looks nice but coffee taste is not that good and the machine breaks easily.PLUS, service might not be what you'd expect from that supposedly reliable and known company.
587500
Plastic, but this makes some very good coffee! The coffee bean container is smaller than the last one I had and I think they should make that part larger.
798128
We replaced ours because it was too complicated to use. yes, I think the coffee was held in a plastic reservoir.
330007
Everything the water goes through, except I assume the heating unit, is plastic. Next time I am going back to a Chemex and a Stainless thermos. To insure hot coffee for a time make sure to preheat the thermos.
989673
The inside is plastic. But I just transfer it to stainless steel mug after it's brewed.
1727836
The plastic (we think) is so that when your thumb and finger touch the unit your less likely to burn yourself. The interior is stainless there are no other plastic parts. It work as expected and we enjoyed a little espresso on our overnight backpack trip. Super fun.
1900269
It appears the top reservoir that beans are put in is hard black plastic. Ground coffee doesn't appear to contact any plastic unless you use the plastic lid to store ground coffee in glass jar.
289919
The lid and filter basket are plastic. And the black part of the urn is hard plastic. The hot water comes in contact with the basket. But most of the coffee pots i have had, have some plastic on the filter baskets. I have no issues with this pot other than there is no timer and it stays hot as long as it is plugged in. When it is finished brewing I remove the filter and grounds and leave it on for a few hours. Then I don't worry about it over brewing and getting too strong. But for the price it's a great urn.
2018523
The bottom of the coffee pot has black silcon on it and its coming off flaking into the coffee. No plastic parks.Nina gillsonnblondangel9@aol.com
467506
It's made of plastic. I was duped. I was looking for a 100% stainless steel coffee dripper. Instead, I got an over-priced plastic one with metal mesh.
811519
I can't verify that the coffee press mechanism is stainless steel. It is metal. It is definitely not plastic. A guess only: The mesh filter could be an aluminum alloy. The shaft and other conponents are probably stainless steel. I don't know if you are concerned about durability or health issues. The visible black top is plastic and does come in contact with the coffee.
2018809
I got one recently and mine is stainless steel lined. Still keeps coffee hot for several hours.