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Welcome to this review of the Cuisinart DCC-1200. Over the course of the next page or so, I want to bring you the readers up to speed with this machine and hopefully allow you to make an informed decision when it comes to choosing your next coffee maker.

Let’s start with the Cusinart’s positive features and move on to some issues that might cause gripes later. First we really need to talk about the actual coffee that we get from this machine. It really does stand out; excellent coffee leagues above what you might have experienced from a Mr. Coffee or some other low end coffee maker. Don’t get me wrong Mr. Coffee coffee makers do exactly what they were designed to do, they make you cheap coffee for low price, no messing about. The Cuisinart DCC-1200 however delivers you excellent coffee for a moderate price (it’s not exactly up there with the Bunn coffee makers which retail at anywhere up to 250 dollars).

There are most likely a number of reasons as to why the coffee tastes so smooth, I think one of the leading reasons might be because of the charcoal filter system which they have included. If you have been using tap water with a coffee maker that had no water filter, then you will undoubtedly see a marked improvement in taste just because of the water filter. That said however, I would like to recommend against using tap water at all. Bottled mineral water is what you want, no questions about it. Water is probably the most under considered ingredient when it comes to coffee making, but considering it makes up 98% of the liquid that we consume, it makes sense to treat it with great importance.

You have the choice between using paper filters and the provided gold tone mesh filter. I would say that if you prefer to have a slightly smoother cup of coffee, but don’t mind the taste being “regular”, then using paper filters might be the best option for you. However if you like your coffee bolder than most, and you don’t mind taking the small risk of coffee grounds making their way into the pot, then the gold tone filter is for you. Also cleaning up will be much easier with paper filters than gold tone filters, which would have to (should) be washed/rinsed after every brew. Also there is the hassle of actually buying replacement paper filters from the store, but then you can always order them, online for almost no extra cost.

I hope this short review of the Cuisinart DCC-1200 has been informative and you can now confidently decided which coffee maker might suit you best.

Thanks for reading.

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