I should have read reviews before buying - seems the "leaking" problem is not being experienced only by me. Here is the issue - the brew basket fills too quickly, the water and grounds overflow the filter, and then the grounds clog up the carafe lid and the mechanism which allows the coffee to flow into the carafe. Once clogged, the coffee spills out from the lid of the carafe onto the counter/floor. This is a very poorly designed coffee maker. It shouldn't be a big issue to design and manufacture a coffee maker which makes coffee without having it spill out onto the counter.