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BEC-110 Countertop Automatic Filling Coffee System
Brand | Brew Express |
Color | STAINLESS |
Special Feature | Programmable |
Coffee Maker Type | Drip Coffee Machine |
Filter Type | Reusable |
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About this item
- AUTOMATICALLY SELF-FILLS - HOOKED UP TO YOUR WATER LINE
- BREWS BY THE CUP OR CARAFE
- Reliable: Designed to last for years; Tested for several thousand cycles and certified for commercial and residential use
- Hot Water on Demand: means continuous brewing with no recovery time issues; Just keep brewing, there's no wait time for the water to heat up
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Flavor | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | — | 4.3 |
Easy to clean | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | — | 4.3 |
Easy to use | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | — | 4.2 |
Durability | 3.7 | — | 4.0 | — | — | 4.0 |
Value for money | — | 3.6 | — | 3.8 | — | 4.2 |
Sold By | — | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | WorldWide-Distributors | Java Exotic Imports | Amazon.com |
capacity | 10 cups | 12 cups | 12 cups | 12 ounces | — | 60 fluid ounces |
material | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Glass | — | Stainless Steel | Plastic, Glass |
input interface | buttons | buttons | buttons | touch screen | buttons | buttons |
voltage | 110 volts | — | — | — | 120 volts | 110 volts |
wattage | 1400 watts | 1000 watts | — | 1500 watts | — | 950 watts |
model name | — | SF-CB-1AA | Cuisinart CHW-16 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker & Hot Water System | — | Musica Direct Connect Black | Programmable Coffee Maker |
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Product Description
Designed to fit in your life, the revolutionary design of the Brew Express blends performance, contemporary style and convenience into an easy-to-use appliance that makes brewing coffee and hot beverages a pleasure instead of a burden. Brew Express easily connects to your waterline just like your icemaker so you can enjoy a fool-proof and convenient brewing experience, all without spilling a drop of water.
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Brand | Brew Express |
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Color | STAINLESS |
Special Feature | Programmable |
Coffee Maker Type | Drip Coffee Machine |
Filter Type | Reusable |
Specific Uses For Product | Coffee brewing |
Included Components | Carafe |
Operation Mode | Fully Automatic |
Voltage | 110 Volts |
Number of Items | 1 |
Human Interface Input | Buttons |
Package Type | Standard Packaging |
Product Dimensions | 12.5 x 7 x 13 inches |
Item Weight | 18 pounds |
Manufacturer | Quality Brewing Inc. |
ASIN | B00BOVQB7U |
Item model number | BEC-110 BS |
Customer Reviews |
4.1 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #660,502 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen) #690 in Coffee Machines |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | October 10, 2010 |
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Customers like the taste, appearance and temperature of the coffee maker. For example, they mention it makes great tasting coffee, it helps with that burnt taste and that it looks good. They appreciate temperature, and ease of use. That said, opinions are mixed on space, value, quality, and water flow.
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Customers find the coffee maker easy to use. They say it's easy to install, operate, and hook up. They also appreciate the convenience and quality of the brew. Customers also mention that the coffee can be programmed to start at any time.
"...Seems pretty straightforward, but I haven't ever used the single cup feature.All in all, this is a fantastic coffee maker...." Read more
"...5 stars for quality of its brew; 5 stars for ease of use; 5 stars for APPARENT build quality; 5 stars for appearance; 1 star for price; 1 star..." Read more
"...I like that it hooks right up to a water supply. Easy to do if you have an existing line going to a refrigerator & the counter where you'll be..." Read more
"...Installation was easy and took less than 30 minutes. As mentioned, we already had a 1/4 inch plastic line roughed in to our counter...." Read more
Customers like the temperature of the coffee maker. They say the coffee stays hot in the insulated carafe for hours, and the water comes out hot. The machine heats the water quickly, and it uses less energy keeping water hot when you don't need it. The insulated Caraf is efficient and keeps coffee hot for 12 hours or more.
"...-There is no heating element to cook your coffee after it's already brewed-Fast brew time (7 minutes for a full pot)..." Read more
"...And this, regardless of brand of coffee. Remarkable. The insulated carafe is so efficient that it keeps coffee hot for 12 hours or more without..." Read more
"...Now for the coffee making side. This machine heats the water quickly...." Read more
"...My one disappointment is that is absolutely does not keep coffee hot very long. Maybe two hours at most...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the taste of the coffee maker. They mention that it makes great tasting coffee, really fast, and every cup is always delicious. Some say that it helps with that burnt taste from pots that sit on a stove. Overall, customers are happy with the quality and taste of this kitchen product.
"...This is was a pro because it makes for better tasting coffee but also a con because there is only so long the coffee can realistically stay hot in a..." Read more
"...For some unknown reason it simply brews smoother, less bitter coffee than any of my other (numerous) coffee makers - including an ancient glass '50..." Read more
"...The good: outstanding flavor, very convenient having he water on tap, comes with everything most people will need, takes up less counter space then..." Read more
"...like scalding hot coffee, this isn't for you, but it does help with that burnt taste from pots that sit on a heating element...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the coffee maker. They mention that it looks good, is well built, and sharp. Some say that the profile is nice and it matches other appliances. Overall, most are happy with the product's appearance and functionality.
"...I'll start with the pros and cons:Pros:-Good looking coffee maker, the photos really don't do it justice compared to how it looks..." Read more
"...Plus, it's simply a beautiful, professional looking appliance with what appears to be real stainless on the front. Perfect . . . life is good . . ...." Read more
"...So overall, I like the look, the size, and most importantly the way this unit brews coffee. It's surprising compact and looks great on the counter...." Read more
"...will need, takes up less counter space then many other machines, beautiful machine with a true commercial quality feel and finish...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the coffee maker. Some mention it's an excellent product that always makes great coffee, has a removable drip tray or cup, and is easy to use. However, others say that it stopped working shortly after purchase, has flaws, and eventually wears out.
"...-Super easy to clean-Great carafe. It pours perfectly (except the last half cup, see cons). Has a trigger to start and stop the flow of coffee...." Read more
"...5 stars for quality of its brew; 5 stars for ease of use; 5 stars for APPARENT build quality; 5 stars for appearance; 1 star for price; 1 star..." Read more
"...The only other thing I wish they had added to this stylish and excellent coffeemaker, is a removable drip tray or cup...." Read more
"...We're not spending more on this expensive and flawed product. Will throw it away and get out our old Mr. Coffee. Don't waste your money...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the water flow of the coffee maker. Some mention that it is easy to operate and it automatically fills with water, which is convenient. However, others say that it has water flow problems and does not drain directly.
"...-Super easy to clean-Great carafe. It pours perfectly (except the last half cup, see cons). Has a trigger to start and stop the flow of coffee...." Read more
"...unit ran fine for us until September where is seemed to have build up in the water line of the unit...." Read more
"...Really feels (as the ad says) like commercial quality The plumbed-in feature was perfect for our needs since we had a tight little bit of unused..." Read more
"...The coffee flows into the carafe easily and pours out accurately without spilling.Overall, we really like the device...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the value of the coffee maker. Some mention it's well worth the price, comes with everything most people will need, and takes up less counter space. That said, others say that it'll fail in under 3 years and is very expensive.
"...We'll see. These little things are not expensive (complete kits run around $40 and up and are all over Amazon), and are easy to install so, even..." Read more
"...While the machine is a little pricey, the convenience and the manufacturer's claims of commercial build quality (assuming they are true), make it..." Read more
"...flavor, very convenient having he water on tap, comes with everything most people will need, takes up less counter space then many other machines,..." Read more
"...Clearly, this is an expensive coffee maker - but it is significantly less than any other direct connect coffee maker we could find...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the space this coffee maker takes up. Some mention that it takes little counter space, fits neatly in the corner of their counter top, and is surprising compact. However, others say that it's a little small, the pot is a bit small, and the adapters are pretty big.
"...The coffee maker snugs nicely against the wall, and it does not create steam that will damage upper cabinets...." Read more
"...The cons of this unit is you can't put a travel mug or latte cup under it because the cup basket is shaped to extend lower than the carafe basket...." Read more
"...water on tap, comes with everything most people will need, takes up less counter space then many other machines, beautiful machine with a true..." Read more
"...It fits snug against the wall leaving me with the much need counter top space, this was beyond my expectations...." Read more
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I'll start with the pros and cons:
Pros:
-Good looking coffee maker, the photos really don't do it justice compared to how it looks in person
-Not having to fill the water reservoir is a huge time saver
-Super easy to clean
-Great carafe. It pours perfectly (except the last half cup, see cons). Has a trigger to start and stop the flow of coffee. The inside is stainless steel, not glass like some carafes, so it should last more or less forever.
-Water is heated to The National Coffee Association's recommended temperature of between 195 and 205 degrees
-There is no heating element to cook your coffee after it's already brewed
-Fast brew time (7 minutes for a full pot)
-Uses a shower head to spray water on all of the grounds, rather than just the center of them
-According the the manufacturer the machine is built to withstand commercial use and is marketed to offices and such
Cons:
-There is no heating element. This is was a pro because it makes for better tasting coffee but also a con because there is only so long the coffee can realistically stay hot in a thermal carafe. It's a trade off but definitely worth it to me to have the better tasting coffee
-A little hard to get the last half cup or so out of the carafe. You have to turn it almost upside down to do it. This is because the walls curve up and in so it has to make it over the top inward curve. I assume that the reason for this is to make as much of the carafe thermally insulated with a vacuum seal as possible. The lid doesn't (and physically couldn't) have a vacuum seal, so while this is a small con, again seems worth the trade off to have coffee that stays hotter longer.
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Temperatures:
When I got the machine I measured some of the temperatures. The water coming out of the shower head is 195 degrees. By the time it gets through the grounds and in to the carafe a newly brewed full pot of coffee is 177 degrees. 2 hours later, the temperature in the carafe is 157 degrees (that's with several cups being removed by that point as well).
2-3 seems to be about the cut off to where the coffee is a little too cold to drink. If I still want coffee after that, I throw it in the microwave for 30 seconds or so. It's not ideal, but it's better than no coffee and I'd rather have to maybe cook a cup of coffee or two then have the whole pot cooking all the time.
Cleaning:
The brew basket pops out and is a simple plastic bucket with a hole in the bottom that has a stopper valve thing for the coffee to come out of. The carafe is stainless steel on the inside and the lid is plastic with a channel that goes through it for the coffee to flow. I just rinse all these items every morning and wash them with soap once a week. Rinsing takes around a minute total.
One tip I found is to take the basket out first. A small amount of water condenses around the top of the basket and you get a few drips when the basket comes off. If the carafe is in there, they just go in to the carafe and there is no mess. It doesn't continually drip, only immediately as you take it out. If you do drip on the inside, it's all a smooth surface and very easy to clean.
Hooking up the water line:
The coffee maker comes with a little quick connect "T" fitting for a refrigerator water line as well as some extra hose. To use this, you turn off the water supply to the fridge, cut the line, push the pieces into the T fitting and push the extra line they supplied into the third end of the T. You then plug this line into the coffee maker and you are done. Very easy and just takes a few minutes. Other than scissors, no tools are required.
It also comes with an adapter to use for a regular sink water line. This looks easy to use, but I didn't hook mine up this way so I really can't comment.
Single cup feature:
There is a second basket for single cups. It takes a cone style filter, where the regular basket takes a standard type filter. Seems pretty straightforward, but I haven't ever used the single cup feature.
All in all, this is a fantastic coffee maker. Now that I've gotten used to the convenience of not having to fill up a water reservoir, I don't think I could ever go back. While the machine is a little pricey, the convenience and the manufacturer's claims of commercial build quality (assuming they are true), make it worth the extra money.
Build quality is excellent. Really feels (as the ad says) like commercial quality The plumbed-in feature was perfect for our needs since we had a tight little bit of unused counter space exactly the width of this thing that it fit into perfectly, but where it would have been a real pain to pull a conventional coffee maker in and out to constantly refill with water. Even better, that space happened to be next to the refrigerator which allowed us to easily tap into its water line AND it happened that there was an unused counter outlet right there. Your results will vary,
Plus, it's simply a beautiful, professional looking appliance with what appears to be real stainless on the front. Perfect . . . life is good . . . Uhhhh, except . . .
Besides the mega bucks for a category of device that can otherwise be purchased at a drug store for $20 (i.e., a basic drip coffee maker), the plumbed-in feature means that you can't easily (or at all) run a descaler through it - so you'd better have an in-line water filter AND a water softener if your water is hard (ours is and we do, so we never had a problem).
You really can't use standard 8-12 cup grocery-store filters since they're too short and they'll overflow, releasing grounds into the coffee pot. I'm using Bunn 10-12 cup filters that are 1/4 inch taller that work fine (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004E2PUMS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). A workaround for the shorter grocery-store filters is to load the filter with 10 cups worth of coffee, then run two 5-cup cycles back to back with about 10-15 minutes between each cycle to allow all of the water from the first 5-cup cycle to filter through before adding the second 5-cup cycle. A pain, but it works.
And come on folks, for this kind of money you can't put in a battery backup for the display? Really? Our power will flicker on and off momentarily maybe once a month or so giving me the classic VCR flashing numbers, necessitating a full reset of the time and timer. Eventually we gave up and just quit resetting the thing.
Now, here's a somewhat bigger down-side to this unit: it quit. First purchased in April, 2014 for $250. Worked faultlessly for 3 1/2 years. Then it simply died mid-brew a few days before I wrote this review. Lights out. Nuttin. Gone. Dead. And this isn't the only one to just up and quit for no apparent reason, as attested to by other reviewers. For this kind of money, it should have lasted a bit longer. Like forever! (In fact, I have a 30+ year old Mr. Coffee in my workshop that I originally paid $15 for - that STILL works just fine!) Nevertheless, we loved this thing so much that we've gambled and ordered and received another one that is, again, now working perfectly - for the last 5 days anyhow. We'll see long-term.
Now here's a weird little side note, more related to Amazon pricing schemes - In 2014 we paid a pretty hefty $250 (which, by the way, works out to about $0.20 a day "owner fee” over the life of the product by the time it died). This time we paid $225, making my investment in this product thus far $475. However, and here's the weird part, a couple of days after purchasing and receiving this new one, we rechecked the price at Amazon just for fun and found it to be $270 (!) Then a couple of days after that (now, as I write this) we see the price wildly inflated up to $299.99! That's an over 30% increase from $225 in just a few days (search google for "amazon dynamic pricing" - you probably won't like what you learn). And that before I found it elsewhere on Amazon for a somewhat astounding $350 (Take a moment to ponder a home drip coffee maker for $350.) While I'm happy to have gotten what appears to be a good deal, this sudden inflation pretty much guarantees that I'll not get another one if this new one also quits (which, if I were to, would push my coffee maker investment for this one single product to nearly $800!).
Bottom line: if quality coffee is paramount to you, and money is no object (and your name is D. Trump), then this coffee maker is for you. On the other hand, if the idea of choking up $300 or more for a home drip coffee maker with a limited life span makes you LITERALLY choke, you'll probably want to take a pass. 5 stars for quality of its brew; 5 stars for ease of use; 5 stars for APPARENT build quality; 5 stars for appearance; 1 star for price; 1 star for reliability (and remember, I'm not the only one who has had one of these things quit for no reason).
Update 4/20/2019: I should have done this update much earlier. Sorry. Fact is, I had contacted the mfg, and they said to send it in to them so they could take a look at it (this was after I had already ordered the 2nd one). For this kind of money I did just that, not really expecting anything positive (I lean toward the cynical). Lo' and Behold - couple of weeks later a new one showed up at my door. So now I'm still using the 2nd one I had bought (couple of years now - and still works great MOST OF THE TIME: sometimes, rarely, it quits mid cycle with a EEEE msg. Simply restarting it seems to fix it. Doesn't happen often but enough to get my attention ) and now I have a backup unit (the replacement they sent me), so they get another star for customer service. Sorry Brew Express that I took so long to credit your service (but it's still stupid expensive for what is really a simple drip coffee maker!)
Update 5/18/2020: Well, the EEEE thing finally won. Won't cycle any more, just gives the error msg after a minute or two accompanied by a huge puff of steam and a lot of LOUD gurgling/bubbling. Note that this is not at all like the first failure where it simply died flat-out dead.
Did some research. Turns out it's probably 100% user error. Yeah. Found that that EEEE error msg almost always means just one of two things: clogged/scaled up, or a kink in the water line. Swapped out the unit with my "backup" unit and started to examine the failed unit carefully, and what did I find? Two things: clogged/scaled up, AND a kink in the water line. Kinda' textbook. So we've installed a small dedicated inline water filter designed for coffee filters and refrigerators that's supposed to eliminate this kind of thing (even tho we have whole-house filtration and a softener). We'll see. These little things are not expensive (complete kits run around $40 and up and are all over Amazon), and are easy to install so, even if you have filters / softeners in your water system, this provides a low-cost kind of back up (in case you happen to sometimes forget to put salt in the softener, hmmmmm . . . ) and I strongly recommend that you follow the mfg's recommendation to install such a dedicated filter just to be sure. Final related note, in my research I discovered HOW to clean/descale these things even tho they don't have a reservoir or any obvious way to even get the cleaner into the thing. That info is available on the Brew Express help website at http://www.brewexpressdirect.com/service-options/pdfs/110-blockage.pdf . Kind of a pain, but it works and it beats another 3 Benjamins for another coffee maker. So my earlier concern about an inability to clean these is resolved. Also, regarding the need for oversized filters, I learned that the duration of flow can be controlled (turns out it's right there in the manual, but, well, you know . . .) so I'm going to just set the full-carafe flow duration shorter and see if that takes care of overflow issue with "standard" paper filter. We'll see.
And that kinda leaves me with nothing to complain about! (Except for maybe the $300 price tag thingy that, as I pointed out earlier, as a basic gizmo could be bought at a drug store for $20 - but I'm really starting to think it actually IS worth it. . . so I'll stop complaining - but, really, come on people, give us a battery backup for the flashy clock thing - I can't be the only person out there who suffers occasional power "flickers" . . . or am I . . .?)
We still love the coffee it brews and the faults we're experiencing are mostly due to lack of proper maintenance on my part. The one time that the unit did have a non-user induced internal problem, they immediately fixed it at no charge. My rating remains the same: 5 stars. If you really appreciate good coffee (first and foremost - and I know, that's a subjective thing - I really don't like Starbucks and apparently everyone in the known universe does), and you appreciate a quality-made, commercial-grade product with solid corporate support, then, after 6 years living with these things on an almost daily basis, I can fully recommend this coffee maker, cost notwithstanding (assuming, of course, that you like a rich, smooth, non-bitter cup of coffee rather than the smash-your-mouth, brand-your-tongue, bitter, burnt brutality that is Starbucks. Just sayin' . . . personal opinion). My final comment is: Forget the cost. It's likely only a one-time cost. It's not like you're buying one a week, so just get it. It's worth it (but . . . still, $300 for a home drip coffee maker . . . ? There is kind of a wow factor there - just try not to think too hard about it!). Just make sure you take care of the thing once you get it! (Oh, and, yeah, go ahead and actually READ the manual!)
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I'd return the whole thing if I kept the packaging. Very disappointing.