Got a Mr. Coffee 20+ yrs. ago for a house warming gift. Finally decided to upgrade and bought this Easy programmable 12cup with filter. After following directions running and dumping a pot of fresh water through first the first cup/pot was amazing. Pot after that tasted and smelled like plastic. Figured it's new maybe factory smells has to be flushed out. So did a pot of fresh water run through followed by fresh pot of coffee. Still tasted like plastic. Checked filter smelled like plastic so just completely removed it. Prepared another pot. Tasted nothing but factory plastic. I wish I'd kept my receipt I would return it for a refund. Unfortunately I donated my old coffee maker to my local Thrift store. I'm making a trip there today to see if it's available for me to buy back!