Melitta Porcelain Gourmet 6 Cup Coffeemaker,
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Melitta Porcelain Gourmet 6 Cup Coffeemaker,
Customer Review: Stylish, Healthy, Poor Insulation Job
Summary: 3 Stars
The advantages of ceramic or glass over plastic in terms of leeching are well known, and we are still finding out more. Thus I give this product 3 stars for making really good as well as healthier coffee, and looking stylish doing it. I have always favored the pour over method with fine grinds for excellent coffee better than any machine, closer to a huge espresso.
The drawbacks are this:
1) The coffee will not stay hot that long, at all. This makes it useless for service unless the coffee is poured right away, and less useful for tea too.
(a glass lined Zoji. will keep the coffee super hot, if you won't freak out the coffee
channels over some (gasp) plastic...)
2) These things are fragile, careful, especially with the handles.
(I got a vintage #2 lime green ceramic Melitta for a pretty penny, which I use every day.
The handle broke off easily when I dinged it with a knife.)
3) Clean it well or may stain.
All in all personally this one sits in my cupboard as I usually prefer brewing one cup into a pint glass daily. It may work well for a small family of morning coffee lovers. It is too much for 1 person, but it won't work well for get togethers or parties either.
PS For the perfect pour over cup, use a fine grind of quality small batch roasted beans, use filtered water that is *just* off boiling and pour slowly in circles around the outside, making sure to get all of the grinds wet. Yum!
Customer Review: Awful
Summary: 1 Stars
For starters this lid does not fit. It is supposed to be held on by two little "bumps" on the edge of the lid but they are not flared out far enough. The end result is that the lid easily falls off.
Further, the quality of the ceramic glaze is terrible. There are several spots on my piece where the glaze was missed and the raw porcelain shows through.
Contrary to other reviewers, the water drips though WAY too fast. When i make a single cup the water is fully through the cone in less than 30 seconds. This is far too fast given that coffee should ideally steep in the water for 1.5 to 2 minutes.
The handles are also thin and flimsy. They look like they would easily snap off. Lastly, this item is made in China so I'm concerned about the lead content of the glaze used. Given the shoddy overall quality I would not be surprised if they were also careless about what went into the glaze materials. Do yourself a favor and find something made in Japan.
Customer Review: This would make a nice kitchen ornament, but not for $50.
Summary: 2 Stars
This would make a nice kitchen ornament, but not for $50.
I bought this manual drip Melitta because I thought it looked nice and it would make better tasting coffee. It does make good tasting coffee. But, the lid does not fit securely on the pot, you only get 3 real cups of coffee (as measured with a real cooking measuring cup), and you need to fill the filter cone 2 times if you want 3 real cups of coffee. You must wait about 3 minutes before you refill the cone for the second time. OK, so that is about 6 minutes of wasted time attending the brew just waiting for the coffee. The pot does not keep the coffee hot enough for me. I like the coffee to stay hot until I am done with that serving. After brewing is finished I need to microwave the first cup for 30 sec. My next cup would be 40 sec and the last cup 50 sec.
Customer Review: phenomenal taste
Summary: 4 Stars
I had been using the manual plastic cone filter holder for many users and recently switched to the porcelain. There is a huge improvement in the taste, probably because the porcelain conducts heat better. It's also convenient to be able to put the cap on the carafe when the brewing is finished. The coffee stays warm for about 60 minutes or so.
Two complaints: the #4 filters are a bit too small; in some ways, the #6 filters work better. Also, there is only one hole, so brewing can be a bit slow sometimes, and there is occasional clogging which requires my adjusting the filter a bit.
But it does produce the best coffee I've ever had at home, a coffeehouse, or a restaurant. With coffee, lo-tech and old-school is the best way to go.
Customer Review: Flawed design
Summary: 1 Stars
The design of this product is fatally flawed. Notice on all manual drip coffee makers the ridges on the sides and around the hole. This keeps the filter just far enough away from the filter to let coffee flow. This one has ridges, but they are pathetic. If fact, it would be impossible to create deep enough ridges out of porcelain to do the job. The result is a drip filter that takes FOREVER to flow, to the point of being unusable. You can stick something in the base to break the seal of the filter with the sides, and that helps, but what a pain. I can't believe Melita keeps this thing on the market. They must not test their products. It's very frustrating.