Hamilton Beach FlexBrew 49983 12-Cup Coffeemaker: Kick off your day or get through your afternoon with a flavorful, aromatic cup of coffee. With selectable brew strength, you can prepare coffee to your liking with regular or bold flavors. The 12-cup capacity enables you to make enough to serve to your friends, family member and other guests.
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Hamilton Beach 2-way FlexBrew (#49983) coffeemaker
on December 6, 2014
Posted by: Jessica
I loved that this coffee maker has both options - single-serve and 12-cups in one machine. The single serve uses pretty much any k-cup brand and also uses the pods as well. I was very pleasantly surprised that it also came with a reusable single-serve filter so I didn't have to purchase a separate reusable single-serve filter when I wanted to use my grounds instead of using a k-cup (this filter can also put those pods in it - giving it another option of using another form of single-serve and the pods tend to be cheaper than the K-cups but still more expensive than buying just the grounds). Just fair warning that when using the single-serve side, it comes out very hot (personal preference, but I like it coming out really hot as I'm one of those people who can have a cup of coffee sitting out for a while and when I get back to it, it is still pretty warm).
The only downfall that I can see with this coffee maker is that you cannot fill up the water reservoir and then using the single-serve side. It is not smart enough to stop once it hits the one-cup mark when single-brewing and leave the remaining water for future uses, so I often put water in right before I make my coffee (single-serve or the carafe side).