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The award winning brand, Cuisinart, founded in 1973 by the late Carl Sontheimer, is just not fixed to their wondrous feed processors but has also become a stand out with their line of drip coffee makers. The DTC-975BKN (black) / DTC-975N (white) 12-Cup Programmable Thermal Coffeemaker is the only 12-cup, double-wall thermal (carafe) drip coffee maker on the market, keeping your delicious coffee hot and fresh for hours.
Features of the Cuisinart DTC-975BKN / DTC-975N:
- Classic design with stainless accents
- Fully automatic with 24-hour programmability
- Coffee may be brewed any time for the duration of a 24-hour cycle
- 12 (5 oz.) cup double-wall insulated stainless steel carafe accented in either black or white
- Patented Brew Through & Pour Through Lid for easy serving and it keeps air out and coffee fresh and hot for hours
- Automatic shut off
- Audible beep sounds when brewing cycle is complete
- Brew Pause(TM) Feature lets you get enjoyment from a cup of coffee before brewing has finished
- Easy-to-see water level markings
- Includes #4 paper-filter starter kit
- Limited 3-year warranty
- Dimensions: 16″ H x 7.5″ W x 11.25″ D
- Weight: 6 pounds
Ratings for this drip coffee maker range amidst 2.5 out of 5 to 5 out of 5 stars from dissimilar users. People have reported the coffee staying warm for up to 6 hours. That means no more warming plates burning your already brewed coffee. It’ll taste the same as when it was basi brewed all day long with Cuisinart’s patented Brew Through & Pour Through Lid which keeps air out. Honestly, we will in truth never get another drip coffee maker that uses a warming plate because we just hate that smell of burning coffee.
Some of the features that persons like the best when it comes to the Cuisinart DTC-975BKN / DTC-975N are:
- Stainless double-wall insulated thermal carafe
- 12-cup capacity / huge capacity
- Auto shut-off after brew cycle
- Brews great coffee
- Impact resistant
- Keeps coffee warm for hours
Some of the features that humans didn’t like are:
- The beeps it makes are annoying
- The carafe is slow pouring
- Flimsy construction
- High profile (16″)
- No slow drip option
- Hard to read LCD
All in all, we rate the Cuisinart DTC-975BKN(black) / DTC-975N (white) a 4 out of 5 stars. We think it makes great coffee, the thermal carafe keeps your coffee hot and fresh tasting for hours, it’s easy to use and as a bonus, it looks great sitting on the counter. For the $90 to $110 price tag, it’s a outstanding value and will provide you with pot after pot (or we ought to say “carafe after carafe”) of great coffee.
Cuisinart 12 Cup Programmable Thermal Coffeemaker
Fresh, delicious coffee is only the beginning! This unbelievable 2-in-1 hot beverage center brews great coffee plus delivers press-to-dispense hot water for tea, hot cocoa, instant soup and more. It’s wholly automatic with all your bestloved features, like programmable auto-on and auto- off settings, carafe temperature control, Brew Pause, 1-4 cup option, and self clean. The blue backlit LCD with digital clock is refined and tasteful and easy to read. Convenient indicators lights let you know when water is hot and ready to dispense and when it’s time to refill. With independent operation the coffeemaker and hot water system may be used together or separately.
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Most helpful customer reviews
166 of 166 people found the following review helpful.
 Love it!
By Jeff Shane
Since we don’t usually need a full pot of coffee except on weekends — I typically just grab a Starbucks “Via” instant coffee on the way to work in the morning (a pretty remarkable innovation, by the way) — I was attracted to the hot water dispenser on this coffee maker. I like it particularly because of its 58-ounce capacity — meaning that you don’t have to keep refilling it if you’re just using it once each morning to fill a car mug. My wife prefers tea to coffee, and she loves being able to get a cup of really hot water whenever she likes. (We fill it with spring water, and the results are superb.) I haven’t had any problem with the “add water” light, as another reviewer apparently did. I was concerned about squandering energy by keeping a reservoir of water constantly hot, but it doesn’t. It keeps only about 13 ounces of water at serving temperature; the rest of the reservoir is unheated. It doesn’t take all that much energy to keep 13 ounces of water hot. And if you know you won’t be wanting hot water for a while, you can just turn it off with the on/off button. I had expected it to heat water instantly through some kind of coil system — much like an under-sink unit does — but not so. As a result, if the unit hasn’t been on, there’s about a 3-minute wait for the water to reach the right temperature. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because I wish the hot water dispenser were programmable in the way the coffee maker is, but it isn’t. You have to start it manually. (No – you can’t use an outlet timer because the unit has an electronic on/off switch.) I also wish the hot water dispenser had a temperature adjustment (the coffee maker does); the water it dispenses is so hot that I have to wait for several minutes before I can drink any beverage I make with it. Finally, some Cuisinart coffee makers have a strength adjustment but this doesn’t. But these are minor quibbles; it’s still a great appliance. The coffee maker itself works as well as an automatic drip coffee maker can — always a function of trial-and-error at the beginning (what kind and how much coffee you use). It uses a cone filter (#4) — which in my humble opinion always delivers better coffee than the flat filters used in so many other coffee makers — including a lot of Cuisinart models — and the water is sprayed onto the coffee by a showerhead array in the reservoir lid. (Tip for review “Me2″: Pour water into the coffee maker by putting the lip of the carafe on the rear LEFT corner and pour it in that way. It’s a lot easier and you won’t spill any.)
50 of 51 people found the following review helpful.
 A dream come true!
By Robin Lyn
My last old Cuisinart bit the dust so I was in the market for a new one. I had also been in the market for a water kettle but really did not like the idea of having one more appliance on my counter top. When I checked out the Cuisinart web site to see what was new I was blown away by the idea of this coffee maker that also dispensed hot water!! I was so excited about it I had it sent overnight.
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