Youll never go to Starbucks again
594383
Oh my God I love this thing, its the next best thing to coffee!! I bought both my cousins one also, and after sneering at it at first ( because one of them that was a barista)  by the time New Years was over they were both thumping their chest and saying this was the best gift Ive ever given them.
1533943
I am no coffee elitist. I eschew status-conscious coffee drinkers and the frou frou coffee houses they frequent in order to be seen carrying green fringed cups emblazoned with quotes from left-wing icons. I like diner coffee. I like Turkish coffee. I like McDonald's coffee. I like the coffee in those little single serve pods that yuppie suburbanites like so much these days. I even like instant coffee when I have to drink it. Far from being a coffee snob, I'm a coffee egalitarian, waving the red flag of equality for all coffees, great and small. But this...this product...I can't begin to describe the utter horror. From such a renowned company as Folgers, the complete lack of taste- indeed, the opposite of taste- is just shocking. As tolerant as I am, this product is simply unacceptable. It is really low quality and inferior and tastes like mud. Avoid.
3465246
Got this machine for my birthday and unfortunately it did not live up to my expectations.  The coffee tastes good but if you like the latte's, which is what I drink, you have to use double the pods to make a full cup. The coffee is not even close to being hot so I always have to throw it in the microwave.  We have contacted Starbucks regarding these issues to see if adjustments can be made to the machine and they pretty much said the machine is what it is and sorry you are not happy with it.  I just don't think that it is worth the time or money to get a cup of OK coffee that not even close to taste like Starbucks.
1039301
This is the worst coffee on earth.  It is decaffeinated!!  STAY away!!!!!!!!
1684724
This product is so bad I took the time to warn you about it. I dismissed the review that mentioned the "plastic taste" and I'm sorry I did. Not only is there a nauseous taste, but the smell and aftertaste won't go away even after I cleaned the unit. Filling the reservoir to 12 cups only yields 10 cups, probably because the remaining water leaks from somewhere all over the counter. The carafe sucks as well. Drips is an understatement. Worst coffee maker and worst cup of coffee I ever tasted.
1433317
I purchased this product and the flavor is so bad it leaves a lingering bad taste.  I used Starbucks bold coffee.  I purchased this product because I tried the pumpkin spice and it was wonderful in tea.  This is going in the trash after my second attempt to use it.
2799837
---Update 03-18-17---
They changed it, cheapened it, weakened it, ruined it. Now it tastes terrible. They have betrayed their loyal customers. I don't plan on EVER buying this brand again.

Tastes every bit as good as that other brand, maybe even a little bit better. Lets hope they keep the price low. Notice that these are version 2 K-Cups and your coffee maker needs to be compatible with these. I have been using Remington iCoffee maker&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Single-Serve-Express-Steam-Brew-Coffee-Maker-RSS100EXP/dp/B010VF1WY6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Single Serve Express Steam Brew Coffee Maker - RSS100EXP</a>
2101648
I drink coffee daily and always go for French roast K-cups.  I am by no means a coffee snob, but I know generally what to expect  from a french roast in a K-cup format.  I also always drink my coffee black.  I was compelled by the price and generally good reviews to give this a try, but I really wish I hadn't.  I know the coffee in K-cups is never going to be fresh, but these tasted particularly stale and very burnt.  These aren't like "not good", they are undrinkably bad.  These are the very worst K-cups I have ever bought.
4798542
Hated this bitter, bs coffee. Couldn't believe my disappointment after all the great reviews I read here. Apparently most people have never tasted authentic, good quality espressos or cappuccinos from real coffee houses in Italy or France.
93432
DISGUSTING DO NOT BUY!!!! I tried to give it a chance multiple times with multiple different coffees and it all came out the same, I would rather drink black coffee (which I hate) then put this in my coffee!!
2134456
I wanted to try Puroast because the price looked good but the coffee is terrible! Save your time and trouble and skip this nasty coffee.
1355532
One of the WORST DESIGNED coffee maker I have ever seen. And I've had about a dozen of them.

1. The carafe has a thin metal band, whenever it's full and you go to pour the coffee, the bottom part of the handle bends out and gives you the feeling either the metal band will snap or the glass at the top will crack. Very wobbly.

2. The coffee drip mechanism is attached to the carafe!  That means you have to wait until the coffee is fully drained, otherwise if there is a little moisture left the coffee grinds will pour out and get into your coffee.

3. Since the coffee drip is attached to the carafe, it is very easy to knock the carafe out of the machine. I accidentally hit the coffee machine, no enough to tip it over but enough so the carafe went flying out and onto the floor.  The carafe is not tempered, in fact it's the opposite of tempered and will shatter into a million dangerous pieces.  Literally, there are fine shards of glass. I have never seen this much debris from breaking glass.

I'm actually happy this happened so I can finally get another machine, good riddance!

In summary, this machine feels like it was designed by someone who does not drink coffee and has never put much thought into the user friendly aspects.

Unless you get this as a gift or can buy it at $15 or under:  AVOID
3952564
It is really bad. It is more like someone took Coffee-Mate powder and sugar and melt of them together into a liquid that is the consistency of condensed milk but tastes worse. It barley added cream the whole bottle cost as much as a regular creamer but will only last for about five coffees. You are better off getting regular creamer, individual creamers or powdered creamer. I don't understand how anyone finds this good. I feel like I wasted my money and I'm never buying it again. They need to stop making this product.
273440
I cannot understand how this product gets ,more than 1 star from anyone.  Apparently Mr Coffee has a lot of employees writing reviews.  This is the worst designed product I have ever purchased, I only wish I could give it zero stars!  Some of the other reviews have mentioned these issues but my main complaints have to do with the carafe and with the operation of the unit itself.  The carafe has a screw-on lid.  Every time you want to add water  to make coffee, or pour a cup of coffee, the lid has to be unscrewed and completely removed.  Any time I have had a guest try to use the carafe I have to give them instructions since no one has ever seen anything like this before.  And worse yet the carafe is not designed for a smooth pour. As I use the carafe to fill the water reservoir the water inevitably spills down the side of the coffee maker,  Try and be careful as you pour, it will not matter.  You will dribble water on the counter regardless.  Same thing when trying to pour a cup of coffee.  First of all since you have to remove the carafe lid the coffee condensation from the lid will drip off onto the counter or table.  Then, as you pour you are likely to dribble coffee again since the carafe is not properly designed for a smooth pour.  Lastly, the last three days I have ended up with most of the coffee running out onto the counter, then the floor, since the mechanism that runs the water through the coffee and filter is poorly designed.  Today I was very carefull to make sure I had the filter in place (since I had a mess the last two days), but again the water caught the edge of the filter, collapsing the filter and allowing the coffee and grounds to spill out of the basket rather than into the carafe.  I am through with this coffee maker and it is now in the trash.  I am getting my 20-year old coffee maker back out of retirement.  Mr. Coffee should be ashamed to have their name attached to such a horribly designed product.
3227165
I don't think I've ever written a bad review before, but I wanted to warn people away from this terrible coffee maker. I wanted a coffee maker that was programmable, and had a thermal carafe. This one seemed reasonably priced and it had both those elements, so I went for it.

The programming component works fine however, the clock does not. Within 2-3 days, the clock is off by nearly an hour which means resetting the clock before programming the brew time.

The thermal carafe is anything but- I assumed that the stainless steel was just the exterior finish and that OF COURSE the interior would be lined with some kind of insulating material. Not so. Freshly brewed coffee is not hot. If you pour it immediately after brewing, it's ok. Not great, but ok in temperature. If you add milk or cream to your coffee, forget it; it's tepid.

I grind the beans for my coffee the night before. I find myself using about 30% more ground coffee to get the same strength I had with my previous maker, even using the "strong" setting. I don't even drink my coffee that strong, so if you prefer it really strong, beware.

The worst part of this coffee maker is the smell. The first pot we brewed stank of newly manufactured synthetic materials. I ran 8 cycles of vinegar water through it, then several cycles of just water through it, and it still stank. I called customer service, who recommended I buy a specially formulated cleaner for it. ?! Vinegar has been cleaning my coffee makers perfectly well for 20 years. I even ran about 5-6 cycles through the coffee maker with dishwasher detergent. Finally, the coffee no longer tastes like noxious plastic, but the kitchen is still slightly redolent of it after brewing a pot.

I had been using a $15 Procter Silex machine that my husband picked up at Kmart. That maker served us well for 5 years and was used every day. I can't believe that paying more than 3 times that price netted me this piece of junk. I'll be shopping around and donating this to the charity shop around the corner, although I feel bad for the person that gets stuck with it.
534685
DO NOT BUY. I grabbed their "Mexican Vanilla" in a hurry to work as usual.  Usually I look at the ingredients list before I buy, but not today, as I was running late.  When I got to school I was extremely disappointed, not only was there no caffeine or even natural energy such as B vitamins, it was loaded with SUGAR. That's probably why people may think they care getting a boost of good energy, when actually it's just a sugar rush.  Both my husband and I are in school with children so every dollar counts and I felt the company was deceitful and no integrity what so ever.  Their brand is High Brew COFFEE!  I wanted caffeine, NOT SUGAR. And it tasted artificial beyond belief. I will never waste my money on this product again.
1982826
This cup pours coffee all over your clothes! It's the worst I've ever had and that includes dollar store travel mugs! I wish there was a zero star option!