Smeg 50's レトロピンクドリップコーヒーマシン

I think most people, like me, are buying this for the aesthetic. However, the coffee is not very hot. It’s barely warm. It does make good coffee, it tastes fine. But at this price I don’t want to have to stick my mug in the microwave after waiting for a pot to brew.

This is a fabulous coffee maker! I read a lot of reviews before purchasing and I want to address a few of the concerns. The coffee is appropriately hot when it comes out of the pot. The burner stays on for an hour and can be turned back on to keep it warm. We have no problem pouring water into the maker. This machine is solid construction and the look is wonderfully retro. We got the pink for our pastel decor lake cottage kitchen and it is perfect! It is a 10 cup maker so not as many as others but we plan on using a carafe and making several pots when multiple guests visit. The coffee tastes amazing too! I would highly recommend this maker.

I've read the reviews and after a year, I finally purchased it. Let me say. For all the reviews that mentioned that it's hard filling the water reserve using the coffee pot and that it's not hot enough to drink. This is what I have to say in the matter. YES, you will need to use another container to fill the water and it's no BIG deal. I use a measuring cup and it works great, no spills and it pours right in. The temp of the coffee was perfect for me. But I do not like to drink scalding water. If you want your coffee hotter, you can use a microwave and PRESTO hotter coffee. The 60 mins time limit for the warmer tray is a bit of a bummer (I do like the two hours), but it's not a deal breaker. Again microwave for a few seconds and we once again have hotter than hot coffee. The Smeg is easy to program and it looks great. Kinda reminds me of a Dalek. I got pink (and it was hard to choose a color because I liked them all), and it looks striking next to my turquoise Keurig.

I love the color pink and really like the old fashioned look. The coffee pot works well, you don't have to use coffee filters which I loved and you can make only half a pot if you like. 2 things about this coffee pot that just don't work well. 1. The lid leaks coffee all of the counter when you pour coffee 90 percent of the time. I don't care how you put the lid on it happens. I hate it. 2. Pouring water in the back is very difficult. The lid is in the way. They say in the instructions to open the lid all the way to make pouring easy... bull doesn't work. You have to lean the coffee pot back to pour the water. The coffee pot looks great on your counter but definitely has design flaws. I kept it because I really wanted it to work it's so cute, but when this one dies I will not buy another one.

I wanted a pink coffee maker, but couldn’t find one. I came across this adorable retro pink Smeg coffee maker sold for the same price on many different sites. It was way out of my budget, $230-$270. However, I couldn’t find any other affordable brand in the color I wanted, so after months of debate, I finally purchased this one on Amazon. Such a bad decision! It’s not intuitive to use. The buttons are pointless. There’s one for “aroma”, seriously??!! Another useless button for brewing half a pot. That’s ridiculous since you can just make half a pot. You don’t need a button for that! As if someone would make a full pot but press a button so only half is made and the coffee grounds sit there already strained until you decide to make the other half??? The lid doesn’t open back far enough to poor all the water out of the pot. Water is spilled every time! It only makes 10 cups which I knew when buying, but figured it wouldn’t make a difference. It does. I often make two pots to accommodate three people in the house. Unless you truly only pour 6oz cups. One pot fills 2-3 regular mugs. No refills. The lid to the coffee pot isn’t attached which is a small but tedious task to constantly remove it and put it back on. It doesn’t stay warm very long at all. Turns off in less than an hour. You have to wait until the entire pot is finished brewing. No pulling the pot out to grab a cup of coffee before it’s finished or you risk it pouring out. No pause. It is honestly one of the worst coffee makes I have ever owned. For the cost, I expected so much more. The manufacturers and designers didn’t care about function, they wasted all their energy on aesthetics. It’s a cute little pink R2D2 cousin on my countertop, but it’s worthless! I’m buying a new maker that’s certainly not as cute but $200 cheaper and actually functions with ease. Please don’t waste your money. Shame on Smeg for selling a piece of trash.