Reading reviews on this coffee pot I had high expectations. There is nothing bad about this coffee pot except maybe that it only makes 8 cups. But the carafe is amazing. We’ve had other coffee pots and even cuisinarts that can’t seem to pour without leaking all over. This does not do that so that’s a huge win. I read reviews about the fact that it’s an automatic pour over machine and the quality of the coffee is comparable to a single pour over. Honestly I don’t taste much of a difference between this and my previous Cuisinart. There is a slightly smoother taste but it’s not a huge difference. We especially love the way it looks on our counter. We recently renovated our kitchen to a more industrial look and this looks great with our concrete countertops. I have nothing bad to say about it but just that I was expecting a higher quality taste. I would like to give 4.5 stars because of that but it was either 5 or 4 and I thought it was closer to 4.