Review by Natasha Stryker:

I have a grind and brew that is the black plastic model that is the version that comes with the 12 cup glass carafe. I dropped the glass carafe in the sink and it cracked, bummer. I went to get another glass carafe and saw that the stainless thermal carafe was on sale so I bought it without realizing it was not made to use with the Grind & Brew model I owned. It fit perfectly and I was curious why they said “for use with stainless steel grind & brew only” and realized it is because the stainless thermal carafe holds 10 cups, not 12 like my glass one.

SO ANYWAY, what this means is that this thermal carafe works great with ALL Grind & Brew Machines, you just can’t set the plastic Grind & Brew machines to make 12 cups of coffee since the steel thermal carafe will only hold 10 cups. NOT A BIGGIE and it’s a wonderful bonus; I set my machine the night before and am awoken up by it going off in the morning and now I can have hot coffee without needing to fuss with putting the coffee in a separate carafe. Plus, it keeps it hot FOREVER; I have emptied the leftover coffee after work and it is still warm over 10 hours later.

I love it and highly recommend for any Grind & Brew machine.

Review by Mouse:

I have the cuisinart grind and brew with this carafe. I have noticed that my carafe gets water trapped inside of it. The carafe can be “empty” and dry, but I can still hear liquid shaking inside of it. I used to think it was trapped inside the metal, but it isn’t. The water is inside the plastic top.

This was starting to drive me nuts. I finally waged war against the thing, imagining all sorts of mold and crud growing within. Now here’s the part I wanted to share.

You can take it apart. It is not easy, but I can do it. And I am a 120 lb woman with no upper body strength. Here’s how:

1. Get a philips screwdriver and unscrew the screw on the handle.

2. Slide the handle upward until it pops off. Don’t twist, just straight up. It might be tight. Slide harder.

3. Get a good grip on the thing and position both of your thumbs under the spout.

4. Push up VERY hard under the spout and the whole plastic black top will pop off. Watch for a rubber gasket that might go flying.

5. Wash it. Mine was full of NASTY water.

6. Put the rubber gasket back into the plastic top with the dirty side facing out (facing the metal bottom).

7. Line up the top carefully (plan ahead to put the handle back on) and then push the top down hard into place. If you don’t line it up, it is really hard/impossible to twist it later.

8. Snap the handle back into place and screw it.

9. Enjoy mold and crud-free coffee. Mmmmm.

Review by Steven Dennis:

I’m a Top 1000 Reviewer here at Amazon, but haven’t reviewed anything in years — until now. The Capresso 464 compelled me.

First things first. This is not my first grind and brew. My old Melitta Mill & Brew, with its faulty plastic latch long since broken had become a drag. For years I had to put a box of chicken stock on top of the grind chamber to keep it shut so it would work! And while it made pretty good coffee, it seemed to waste grounds by spraying them inside the grinder basket. And the daily cleanup ritual had started to make the whole idea of grinding and brewing in one device seem only of marginal value. And yet, the alternatives, including a best-selling Cuisinart model, have notorious bad reviews here at Amazon for being a total chore to clean.

Enter the Capresso CoffeeTeam GS, which solves all of my problems with its ingenious design. No longer do you have to measure the coffee. The CoffeeTeam GS will brew from 2 to 10 cups automatically, grinding just the right amount of beans with no guesswork. Cleanup is a breeze. The filter basket swings out and is easily washed. And because the grinding occurs in a separate chamber from the filter basket, there is no wasted coffee.

The quality of the coffee is also exactly what I want — hot, and with the full flavor of the bean preserved by the conical burr grinders. If you want stronger or weaker coffee, it’s very easy to do. You can also choose finer or coarser grinds depending on the type of coffee you are using (oily coffee should be coarser, light coffee finer).

There are two items that are drawbacks, but I don’t mind them so am still giving this five stars. First, the grinder is wake-up-your-wife loud. And it can go for 40 seconds if you are making a full pot. It’s not so loud that it hurts your ears, but it is not pleasant, and Capresso would have done well to add some amount of noise insulation. Second, because of the design, a small amount of ground coffee is left in the machine every time. This is an issue in two respects. First, switching from one type of coffee to another is not instantaneous, because invariably there is this overlap. Second, if you leave the machine unused for more than about a week, Capresso recommends cleaning out the coffee chamber and using new coffee. That’s because the coffee will get a little more stale with each passing day. But like I said, in my mind these are very minor complaints to a really great product!

Review by theboss:

I’m writing from the perspective of someone who has owned more grind&brew coffeemakers than the typical coffee addict. This one is as good a grind&brew machine as anyone makes.

First, the negatives:

- It is definitely loud and long in grinding, as other owners mention. The burr grinding process is wonderfully consistent compared to blade grinding, but it seems to take forever and the noise is enough to wake up the … sleeping.

- It doesn’t have a way to dump out the coffee beans if you want to change blends to another bean (though you can still put pre-ground coffee in the basket while there are beans waiting to be ground.)

- The carafe does tend to make a sort of “cracking” sound when it sits on the hotplate sometimes.

I have owned some of the most popular, and some unusual, grind & brew machines in the past 30+ years, including a very different Capresso long, long ago. There are some models/brands that only have a single grind possibility (no settings), some that require constant cleaning of parts, some that fall apart within the year and don’t have even that much warranty, and one that was going to cost an extra to replace the faulty super-recessed lid switch, which died after 4 months, without which it was totally unusable. There’s only one of those previous coffeemakers that I’d buy again by choice, and they stopped making it over 20 years ago.

This Capresso is well made, nicely packaged, and has all the features I want:

- Fineness of grind is controlled with 5 possible settings

- Amount of beans ground (from the hopper that holds approx. 2-3 pots of beans) is settable in 2-cup increments from 2 to 10 cups.

- “Aroma” (i.e. darkness & flavor) is controlled with 3 settings, which in combination with other controls seems designed to yield every possible preference for “perfect” coffee.

- It has automatic shut-off. (One of the much-lower-priced grind&brew machines doesn’t have this feature, which I think should be mandatory on coffeemakers considering how many fires are started by overheating appliances.)

- It has drip-trip, which is critical as I often don’t want to wait for the full pot to brew before I take a cup in the morning.

- It’s completely programmable. Not only can you set a start time, but you can associate specific settings with the programmed time that are not the same as the current settings.

Other pluses that are less quantifiable:

- It doesn’t seem to cause me to spill water all over the counter in filling it, like the last one I had. I have no idea what design elements affect this, I just know that it happens with some coffeemakers & not others.

- It takes some parts in common with the other-brand grind&brew that I last had, which started leaking when brewing. The charcoal filters and basket, at the least, seem in common with many other brands.

It cost quite a bit compared to some of the more popular models but, frankly, I’m convinced it’s worth the extra investment.

Review by S. Miller:

Am very happy with this machine! Brews fast and coffee tastes GOOD!

Looks very nice on the counter, easy to operate.

Review by R. Tschappat:

We purchased the square stainless Cusinart -that everyone has- when it first came out, and it was a good coffee maker, but we cracked the carafe, and it was getting worn, so time to replace. Sooo glad we did! We love coffee, and this beautiful (yes truly – great design) coffee maker makes PERFECT coffee. Buy it, you’ll love it.

Review by Cheryl Noddin:

This is a great coffee maker. The display is easy to use and for the first time I am actually programing for our morning coffee to be ready when we awake. The size does not take up unneeded space and it has great style and eye appeal. I love the blue display and how the maker looks on the counter. It is easy to clean and work. Two issues: first the hour display reverts to “00″ during the brew cycle and I went through three pots and had the same issue; second I like stronger coffee and this lovely little maker does not make the really strong coffee I personally like, however my husband does not like my stronger coffee so he is enjoying the maker. I am keeping the pot even with the “00″ hour dislay during the brew cycle, disapointed with by it but like the maker enough to over look this.

Review by Robin Zur Schmide:

THIS PRODUCT CAME IN THE MAIL POORLY CONSTRUCTED. THE SECTION THAT HOLDS THE COFFE BASKET DID NOT LINE UP WITH THE REST OF THE COFFEE MAKER AND THE LID, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO SNAP SHUT BARELY DOES SO BECAUSE OF THE MISMATCHED CONSTRUCTION. A TUBE IN THE WELL FOR THE WATER HAS A TUBE TO READ THE NUMBER OF CUP OF WATER WHEN FILLED. THE TUBE IS SWAYED, NOT STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN AND DOES NOT MATCH THE NUMBER OF CUPS IN THE CARAFE. SO IF THE CARAFE SAYS 8 CUPS , THE TUBE SAYS 6. THAT SAID IT MAKES DECENT COFFEE AND I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PACK IT UP TO SEND BACK SINCE IT DOES NOT GO BACK TO AMAZON. I ALSO WISH THE COFFEE WAS HOTTER, BUT IT IS AS HOT AS ANY OTHER COFFE MAKER I TRIED. MY RESEARCH SHOW THERE IS NO COMMERCIAL DRIP COFFE MAKER OUT THAT MAKES COFFEE AS HOT AS IT SHOULD BE.