Mixpresso Mini Compact Drip Coffee Maker with Removable Brewing Basket - 10.5oz Single Serve Coffee Pot in Red - Perfect for Office, Travel & Small Kitchens - Great Gift for Coffee Lovers (Men & Women)

I bought this and put five drip cycles through it, and here is my impression, after reading all the reviews and using it. This mini single cup coffer maker does exactly what one should expect for a basic, single serving, drip coffee maker. How long it will last remains to be seen, but it does exactly what it says it will do, which is make a single (about 10 ounce) cup of coffee. It’s very similar in operation to those found in many hotel rooms.After reading the reviews both good and bad, I hope my findings bring some clarity to those wondering if this product will fit their needs.Yes it's lightweight, and yes it's small, as it should be for this type of coffee maker. It's really best for those that want to make a cup or two of coffee a day, or less often, move it out of the way when finished, and be minimalist in size and weight. It does that well. Use it, stow it, take it out when needed. It is very lightweight, especially when not holding water and coffee grounds.It will accommodate most ordinary coffee mugs. In the photos I uploaded, they show a pretty standard sized and typical coffee mug that holds about 12 ounces. It fit just fine, and is 3 1/8” in diameter and 3 3/4” tall. The diameter of your mug should likely be 3 1/4” in diameter or less, or it may not fit well. I have another mug that is 4 7/16” tall and it just brushes the dripper when placed in position. Doable, but any taller and it may be a problem with the fit.If you have an oddly shaped mug, or one that is exceptionally tall, it likely won't fit under the dripper, or on the cup platform. It’s a 10.5 ounce coffee maker. Trying to put a 16 ounce or tall thermal cup in place is not what it was designed for. It's a $15 coffee maker (at time of writing) to make a pretty standard size mug of coffee. It's not the "transformer" model that can adapt to every wish and whim. The placement area for the mug is just that, and seems designed for ordinary coffee mugs. The mug platform does not heat, and will not keep the mug or coffee warm. It’s solely for resting the mug while the coffee drips, and assumes you will drink it promptly while it’s hot.Yes, the dripping coffee will splash with typical sized coffee mugs. The less tall your mug, the more likely it will splash the surface upon which it sits as the coffee drips. It's the way it works for a $15, but useful, single mug, drip coffee maker. This device doesn’t include a coffee pot or splash guard. If that's what you need, don't buy this. However, if you want a cost effective way to make a single cup of coffee, this one works as intended for a good price. Using a bit taller mug than I did, but not over 4 7/16” tall, may help minimize or eliminate the splashes if that is a concern. It isn’t for me, so I didn’t test the splash issue with a taller mug.How fast it brews a cup of coffee is totally dependent on the grind of the coffee and how much you use. Coarse, medium, and espresso grinds in varying amounts will let hot water pass through at different rates. The heating of the water is constant, but how fast it drips is dependent on the coffee grind used and how much. I used two level tablespoons of my store bought medium grind coffee, and it drips out in about 3.5 minutes when filled to the max waterline on the reservoir. If you grind your own coffee, and use less or more coffee grinds, your drip time will be different. All the control on drip rate is in your hands.In my tests on this unit, I found that the heating element does in fact turn itself off after all the water is boiled off. Some reviews said it doesn't turn off. My testing is explained below. The heating element does turn off on my unit when all the water is boiled off, but the power switch indicator light stays lit. It seems the indicator light is simply to let you know the power switch is on, and the unit is plugged in. I assume this will be the same on other units of the same model.After brewing a cup, and all the last burps and gurgling of evaporating water have passed, I heard a click. I figured that was some kind of relay that sensed that the water was gone. To establish this, I put a "Kill A Watt" metering device on the power cord to measure the amps used and ran some plain water though a drip cycle. The three photos uploaded show the meter at zero amps when the unit is plugged in but the switch is off. It shows 3.01 amps drawn when heating the water. After all the water has boiled off, and the click was heard, the amps dropped to zero again, though the switch indicator light remains on. The light seems to be a status light of the switch, not the status of the heating element. At least that's how my unit works.Note that like all drip coffee makers, even after all the water has boiled off, there will be the occasional drip that will land on the cup holder after you removed your mug. In the tests I did, the accumulated drips on the mug area ranged between the size of a nickle and quarter. Dab it up if desired, or let it evaporate.I don’t know the longevity of this device, but I will update if it dies what I consider an early death for a $15 device. For now, I am pleased that this works as described at an affordable price.I should preface this by saying that I only drink one cup of coffee each day - once in awhile I skip days actually for whatever reason. Basically, if you are the type who only drinks one cup a day and you don't want to spend a bunch on a bigger coffee pot (though honestly a 4 to 5 cup pot is really only like 5 or 6 dollars more...) then this might be a simple and easy option for you. With that said, this is a very, very simple coffee maker. There are absolutely no bells and whistles. Just a drip coffee maker for one cup of coffee... and you will have to provide your own cup as there is no carafe for it... but if that sounds great to you, then its small size and low price may be perfectly what you are looking for.However, as many pros as there are cons (pros being price and ease of cleaning) there are still a few cons that I found in using it. Firstly, there is no heating plate for the bottom of the cup, so the only way your coffee is heated is from the machine when it is processing your coffee and dropping it into the cup. Despite having no warming plate that the cup is placed on and having to use a cup instead of having a glass carafe that is perfectly fit for the machine like most coffee makers have aside from Keurig type devices, the coffee is at a decent temperature.The biggest flaw in this coffee maker's design, in my opinion, is the fact that you can NOT fit anything more than the smallest regular sized coffee cup under this machine. Even with a regular sized cup that came with a dish set (so it is not a larger mug bought on its own or anything) I STILL had to tilt the top of it to push it under and tilt the cup again towards the machine to pull it back out... so if you like your coffee cup well filled, it will likely spilled. I like some creamer so having extra space is fine but still, just be wary that you have to tinker a bit to get used to this so you don't fill your cup up too much and spill some tilting the cup to pull it back out from under it. Why is this the case? I don't know. It is a cheaply made machine that is only providing the bare minimum of what you need to make drip coffee. The image that you see here on Amazon is false. That red cup in the picture here on Amazon is made to look like there is a LOT of room above that cup but literally the rounded part where the coffee comes out is submerged into my cup and my cup is average sized. So unless you use a teacup or a dixie cup at a hotel room, it's not going to have ANY space above the mug or not much at all if it is average sized.So, that aside, the only other issue I have had with this coffee maker is the fact that I can't use my coffee filters. I bought maybe 500 of them to last me a very long time and taking out the basket that comes with this maker to use them (I like using the unbleached kind) the water just kept pooling up in the grounds and in the filter without letting coffee get through. Basically, the hole is too small or just not built like a regular coffee maker's hole is, so the filter essentially clogs the hole and causes the water to just pool up with barely anything slipping through once it gets way too full so to prevent it from overfilling I had to lift the grounds within my filter to give it space so that it would unclog and coffee could slip through. Which is counter-productive. Obviously who wants to sit holding a filter in their hand with the grounds? Might as well just put grounds in a filter and pour hot water over it into a cup and just not even have a coffee maker. -_- SO, I am force to use the basket that came with it, which I don't like to use and now all of my filters are useless that I bought for coffee making... but at least it makes coffee now, right? Not a good design flaw there.Lastly, as others have said, there is no safety feature. I don't care too much about this personally since I can just walk over and turn it off but some people may care. It is really a bare bones coffee maker that can only make one cup at a time and is not compatible with Keurig cups so you have to use grounds and you have to use the basket that comes with it or it may clog when using a filter.Good: It's very small. Water is correct temperature. Coffee ready fast.Bad: Lid must be held down while brewing.I love this unit and purchased two more for guest rooms . It is very easy to use and clean . And , it works quickly !Gave as a gift and it was well like4 stars due to the lid not closing all the way. But the flavor is rocket fuel ⛽ and just what I like. Filter cleans up thoroughly without leaving oily residue. Great price too. I am enjoying how fast it brews too.I used mine to make chaga tea so not sure about other stuffSolid coffee maker. Cup is done in about 5 minutes. You need to pour the water in the water holder each time, but just keep a bottle of water nearby and it is easy. Clean up is easy, too. Remove the filter, dump out the grinds, replace, reuse. It's worth it.This product works just as well as you would expect a 20$, one cup coffee machine to work. It gets the job done, it's small and compact and easy to store. Yes, it does drip very slowly so don't expect to have your coffee ready too quickly, but it does give you time to get other stuff done! And there's no loss in flavour. The filter is permanent and isn't difficult to clean, but there's a little grate that the cup sits on and it does not come off and isn't entirely easy to clean. That's probably the only thing that's terrible about the machine.Overall, yes, I would recommend this to someone!A couple of months ago the coffee started getting bland. When I opened up the machine I saw at times part of the coffee still dry. As I knew my warranty had expired, I reached out to Mixpresso on their website to ask them what to do - took them some time to understand that I did not want any refunds or any replacements, but just needed their opinion on how to fix my issue. After a lot of back and forth, their rep reached out and told me I had to "reset" the machine to the highest setting or factory reset the machine. Thing is there is no button or no indication at all on how to do that, which I informed him so far on a couple of occasions and have not heard from him up to date, more than a month and a couple of emails later.Original review:While it has no frills and thrills, this coffee maker is simple and does the job. It fits normal mugs up to a certain height. It's also easy to clean. I love it.So happy with this purchase. Great little machine and makes a perfect cup of loose leaf tea. This is my second machine from this company. I have another style from them at work and just as pleased with it.Je voulais faire du café une tasse à la fois. Très bon choix de cafetière. La saveur, la chaleur et la facilité d'entretien tout est selon mes attentes. Malgré le filtre permanent qui est bien fait, il restait dans le fond de la tasse des résidus de café. Acheté filtres en papier # 1 que je place dans filtre permanent et tout est parfait à chaque tasse.Makes coffee fine but on mine the top lid does not fully shut and there is always a visible gap beween front of lid and top lip of coffee maker. Doesnt seem to fit well together and annoys me lol