Makes a decent cup of coffee and easy to maintain. 
Unfortunately, I am quite disappointed with an essential...the hot plate doesn’t exist and the pot of coffee gets cold very quickly. So wrong that I have to heat up the coffee on the stove even just after 30min. I never would have bought had I known. 
Single express cups not bad but again not hot enough. 
The twelve cup has an option for hot coffee. This should be available on all models. I just don’t get it, why scrimp on essentials.