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hi I'm Katy Pilkington with cnet.com and this is the Cuisinart SS 700 one of the first things you notice about this machine when you take it out of the box is how heavy it is at almost 16 pounds it's far heavier than any of the other machines we tested and we like that it inspires a lot of confidence in the design and the construction as you can see it looks really sturdy to brew a cup of coffee you simply open the brew head pop in your k-cup right there and close it you'll hear a pop as the needles puncture both the top and bottom of the cake of the reservoir will pull water into the internal heating tank where it will take less than four minutes to heat this machine brews a really nice tasting cup of coffee we liked it it was a little bit watery but not bitter it reminded us a lot of diner coffee which is definitely not a bad thing another thing we really like about this machine is that it's fully programmable and you do this through the control panel screen right here you can program water temperature settings with a range of five or six degrees you can also program whether the machine will turn on automatically in the morning or turn itself off automatically after a specific amount of time so if you're really busy in the morning and you want your machine hot and ready to use at a particular time every single morning so all you have to do is through your cup of coffee in less than a minute and go this is definitely a great option the screen is forward facing which is nice a lot of the other machines we looked at have a screen that faces upwards so the only time you can see it is when you're standing directly over the machine to use it you could actually use this control panel screen as a clock anywhere in your kitchen and it could be visible this part is removable to make room for a travel mug or for cleaning both of these parts are completely dishwasher safe this machine will brew coffee in four six eight ten and twelve ounce sizes its price point is one hundred and ninety nine on the manufacturers website although we found it on third-party sites for as low as 100 one of the things we really liked about this machine is that it came with its own reusable filter this is great because it enables you to use your own brand of ground coffee that you may prefer we should add however that the Cuisinart was a little disappointing in our taste tests when we use fresh ground coffee we far preferred its performance when it was making k-cups it's a great great machine if you are looking to make K cups and if you have a particular brand that you would like to continue using but as far as ground coffee is concerned if you would like to use your own we recommend the Bunn my cafe and see you I'm Katy Pilkington with cnet.com and this is the Cuisinart SS 700