I couldn’t wait to use this. This machine is the best. I made a carafe (10 cups) it taste so good. There are 3 strengths of coffee you can make I made the strong one.  Then last night I made my self a ice coffee. I love that it has different brew sizes. This morning I was running late so I made 1 cup to go. The taste great there is no burnt taste. No bad bitter taste. This is my favorite machine ever. I can’t wait to experiment with the other functions.