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| KitchenAid JavaStudio Collection Programmable Coffee Maker with Thermal Carafe 10-c. | 
| Brand: KitchenAid
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $69.95
You Save: $80.04 (53%)
Rating:  15 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9.5
MPN: KCM515 (OB)
UPC: 050946967387
EAN: 0050946967387
ASIN: B000G2Q1WS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Model No.: KCM515 (OB) | | • | Capacity: 10 Cups. | | • | Width: 8.5-in. | | • | Height: 14-in. | | • | Depth: 14-in. |
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Product Description
Savor the ultimate in coffee freshness, flavor and aroma with this programmable model featuring a vacuum -insulatated strainless steel themal carafe which mainstains freshness.Professional style stainless steel cladding makes a bold design statement. Generous 10-cup capacity. Wake up to a fresh brew with the Programmable Brew Cycle. Optimum flavor for small quantities with 1 to 4 Cup Brew Cycle. Determine freshness at a glance with 'Time Since Brew' display. Eliminate paper filters with the Gold Tone Filter
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Great replacement for my Krups December 29, 2008
J. Riquelme (Space Coast, Florida)
First let's settle everyone's "tepid at best" coffee temperature issue. People, this is a carafe made of SS. The carafe will be at room temperature from a cold start. So if it's winter, and your home is heated to 60'F while you sleep, that carafe will be 60'F when you brew. Basic physics 101 says, a cold surface will extract heat from a warm surface. To cure this, you will need to pre-warm the carafe, by simply fully preloading it with hot tap water while you grind and fill your basket. That little measure will preserve 20'F of the brewed water minimum. All my thermal carafe coffee makers robbed the coffee of temperature, it's the nature of the beast. There's no alternative since the mechanism to brew auto-drip coffee works on the principle of percolating the water in batches; Water percolates at 212'F. Unless you have a magic grits kitchen scenerio as described in My Cousin Vinny movie, water will never percolate higher than 212'F, above that it's called steam. So here's the skinny after owning mine for almost 2 years.
PROs
- Attractive design.
- Best lid design on the market. Very simple and requires no actuating from the user, just simply pour. Clever gravity enabled flaps close when upright to trap in heat. No latch to break like the overly complicated designed Krups.
- Brewed time lapse indicator light is an interesting concept. I don't use it since we go through 10 "cups" of coffee pretty quick.
- Permanent gold filter.
- Ample room to pour your water.
- Well designed filter cradle. Easily removes with filter for cleaning and smartly seats itself when re-installing.
- Excess cord can be tucked inside unit.
- Intuitive electronic controls. You don't need to read the manual to use.
Cons
- Typical lower temperature for steel carafe coffee maker.
- Clock does not have temporary memory if your power blinks. I find any clock product made after 1990 not having a memory feature for clocks is absurd. I thought we left the blinking 12:00 on VHS recorders behind in the 80's.
- Only 10 cupper carafe.
- Replaceable charcoal filter is difficult to find. I use filtered water from our overpriced Whirpool fridge PUR II filter, so it's not an issue for me. I have never replaced my KitchenAid filter.
- Water level is poorly designed. Unless you use a dedicated premarked water filter, you will have a hard time seeing the water level indicator marks on the filter handle. I guess this is a fashion decision KitchenAid chose instead of the unsightly view glass.
 updated review... November 28, 2008
J. Kulin (Michigan, USA)
This is an update on my first review. I originally felt that this machine wasn't much better than a $40 coffee maker. The coffee temperature is good for only the first or second cup. Other than that- the coffee tastes good and the features worked well for a while. I have had this for just under two years and it is now leaking water out the bottom. I can no longer pre-fill it at night or else the water is all over the counter in the morning. Even with filling it immediately before brewing will result in some leakage. The KithenAid name has always made me think of quality, but this being my first product from KitchenAid has made me rethink my views.
Great Coffee November 10, 2008
M. A. Hall (Texas)
I purchased the Javastudio coffeemaker as a replacement for a Mr. Coffee and I have been very pleased with the coffee it makes. There has been no change in the amount of coffee needed to brew the same amount of brewed coffee as with the Mr. Coffee. I always prewarm the carafe with hot water and use a separate pitcher to fill the coffeemaker. I have used the coffeemaker daily for a couple of weeks and have never had any problems with the temperature, quantity, or quality of the coffee. (I also roast my own beans for the freshest coffee possible.)
 Too Cool Cuppa July 20, 2008
CRINKLEBUG (PORTLAND, OR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I gave it a star because a) I have to in order to review it, and b) it's pretty. I have this coffee maker, or should I say coffee GLUTTON, in red. I refer to it as the glutton because it takes twice as much grounds to make half as much coffee! I have to actually fill the ENTIRE basket with coffee grounds in order for the brown water to have any coffee-ish flavor!
What a waste.
Also, when you fill the reservoir for ten cups of coffee, you get about 4 regular size cups of TEPID coffee. Tepid may be too harsh, but if you like coffee straight, as I do, you can drink it immediately after brewing. But, if you like creamer, as my husband does, you wind up with luke warm café au lait.
While complaining about this to my mother, she suggested the water may not be hot enough to draw the coffee from the grounds. SHE WAS RIGHT! I microwave a cup of water to a boil and add half the grounds (what I would use in any other coffee maker), and allow it to steep, like I do in my french press. After 3 minutes, I stir and pour it into the basket, shut the lid, fill the tank to "9 cups" and brew as usual. The result: A normal cuppa! Now, the problem with the warmth of the brewed coffee is still unsolved, but this extra step allows for a well-flavored cup of java.
The machine has lovely features and alerts you at time intervals to let you know how long your brew has sat, but it doesn't matter, because by the first beep--30 minutes, your coffee needs a jolt of microwave radiation!
KitchenAid? Javastudio Series 10-Cup Thermal Carafe
Poor in every way July 8, 2008
Steven Katz (New York, NY United States)
The helpful guy at Bed Bath & Beyond told me this was the best coffee maker on the market. He must be getting kickbacks or something. The first one I bought didn't work and the company helpfully replaced it at no cost. But the truth is it never worked all that well: the coffee isn't hot enough and the machine is poorly designed--try to clean the place you pour the water into and you'll see what I mean. Finally, after owning it for a year, it has started breaking down. I highly recommend you avoid this coffee maker.
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