I replaced my old coffee maker with this station. The directions were extremely easy to understand and setup took near minutes to get fresh coffee. The carafe section of the maker holds water behind the coffee filter basket and a little shower head runs water into the basket to brew up to 12 cups. There’s options for a timer and a clock display that is easy to read. The single brew area allows you to use a single use k-cup style cup in the grey colored holder and a brown colored single cup filter allows ground coffee to be used for a single cup. The water for the single cup goes into the clear water reserve on the back of the machine. I really enjoyed this coffee maker because some mornings I make coffee just for myself and sometimes it’s for my family!