- Sales Rank: #21611 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Color: Red
- Brand: KitchenAid
- Model: KCM0402ER
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 16.81" h x
8.62" w x
12.50" l,
6.00 pounds
Features
- Includes Coffee Travel Mug
- 110V AC powered with concealed power cord
- Removable Permanent Filter Basket, Swing-Out Filter Basket, Fits Most Cup Holders, Automatic Shutoff, On/Off Switch, Removable Water Reservoir, Water Level Window, Indicator Light, Fits most travel mugs
- Includes Drip Tray
A cup of coffee is 5 ounces (but nobody has only 5 ounces) so this personal coffee maker is somewhat like a 4-cup drip coffee maker. The difference is that it is also travel mug compatible.
Your coffee, your way...just for you. Enjoy a cup at home or even on the go with the Kitchenaid Personal Coffee Maker. Brews about 3-1/2 cups of coffee directly into the included 18 oz thermal mug. And it's short enough to fit under most kitchen cabinets or fits on your office desk.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
96 of 97 people found the following review helpful.
By Coffee guy
Really great machine! Coffee is HOT, and flavor is outstanding, never bitter and no funny aftertaste, this really lets the flavor come through. Although I like the design of the Hamilton Beach Scoop better, this KA makes a better tasting cup - I had them both side by side for a week and picked the KA, and returned the HB. I think the cone shaped filter and the showerhead design gives this machine what the HB Scoop lacks - evenly soaked grounds and a nice bold flavor from the cone design vs. the flat bottom HB filter. Build quality seems okay, and the design works quite well - no complaints. I use 5 tbsp's for 16oz. and it's just right. I didn't care for the thermal mug that came with it, seemed to introduce a plastic taste. I found a 16oz Mr. Coffee "Traverse" ceramic travel mug that fits this machine perfectly and this combo is equal to, if not better than anything I get when buying coffee out vs. making it at home, and I'm extremely picky about that.Edit - 3 machines later.... I give up. I really like this machine, but unfortunately it has a fatal flaw. Each of the 3 machines I bought ended up having the same issue after about 3 weeks of use - it's clearly a design flaw. The filter basket hinge is weak, and apparently grows weaker with use due to heat. Eventually it begins to droop, creating a visible gap. But, it's not just cosmetic, although it does look weird. When the gap grows large enough, the filter basket housing no longer makes contact with a switch that's located in the center of the shower head housing. This switch must be depressed by the filter basket to make the brewer work, otherwise it won't get the signal that its okay to send water. So, to make it work you have to manually push and hold the filter basket up to make it brew coffee. Too bad, because I like the coffee and the overall design, but it's back to the drawing board for the engineers at KitchenAid.
79 of 80 people found the following review helpful.
By Benjamin A. Cotten
Purchased mine directly from KitchenAid.I have been on the hunt for a single server brewer that doesn't use those awful Keurig pods. I want to use my own, home roasted coffee and I'm picky about water temperature, spray head design, etc. I'm a coffee professional working in the Specialty Coffee industry. I live a breathe coffee every day. I prefer manual brew methods, but at 7am I want a good cup without the fuss. This brewer has impressed me in that role for sure.This brewer has really fit the bill. The water gets up to the required 200 degrees, the shower head design disperses the water evenly across the bed of coffee, and it brews quickly through a nicely designed brew basket and gold tone filter.The gold tone filter works quite well. I would avoid paper. Aside from the waste, paper filters soak up a lot of the volatile oils in the coffee that provide so much of the flavor - especially in the body of the coffee. The metal filter allows those oils to extract into the coffee giving a more flavorful cup with better body. If you use paper, go with the Filtropa brand. The white ones.The water reservoir is handy. It has a nice handle that lifts up on the top for easy carrying. The carafe/travel mug keep the coffee hot. I use it as a carafe instead of a travel mug. I just know I'll lose it if I take it to the car and I like to keep the coffee hot while I drink a cup waiting for my wife to come get her cup in the morning. It pours very nicely into a regular mug.You can also put your own regular mug under it, but I prefer the carafe/travel mug so that the coffee stays hot inbetween pours.This is just the right portion size. I can make one 12oz cup for myself, or 2 12 oz cups for me and my wife (with a little left over for a partial refill - makes 18oz total at full capacity). This was very well thought out!It is tall, but it will fit under your cabinets (well, most cabinets). You may have to slide it out a bit to remove the water reservoir, but what's the big deal? Every coffee maker I have ever owned required that in order to pour in my water.The drip tray is fantastic. Most brewers don't have them, and that's a shame. KA took a cue from the espresso market and included one on this unit. It's handy and gives it an upscale feel that is appreciated.Some may consider the lack of a timer a negative. Not me. Once you grind your coffee, you start losing noticeable flavor in less than 1 minute. Grinding your coffee and leaving it in the non-air tight brew basket for 8 hours should be a crime! Is it that hard to scoop and grind in the morning?Leaving the timer off is, I'm sure, a big part of why this machine is so affordable. KitchenAid has always been great at including the features you need, and not the ones you don't so that they can build high quality gear at a reasonable price point.And, yeah, the blue light on the front is mesmerizing. What can I say?
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
By donbodadonbo
I have three other "Empire Red" KitchenAid products, & I like the rest of them a lot, so I very much wanted to like this coffee maker as well. Unfortunately, this item is a big disappointment in several ways. Here are the Pros & Cons that I have found:Pros-1. it looks very nice, the color is great, & it matches other KitchenAid products2. it comes with a matching mug which has a large 18 oz. capacity3. it beeps when it's finished brewing your coffee4. the water canister is removable for filling from a tap5. the cord retracts into the base while in use (or not), for a neater, less cluttered lookCons-1. first & foremost, it makes a lousy cup of coffee. I tested it by using the same coffee I always use, the same grind, the same quantity, & the same cup. For some reason unknown to me, the coffee comes out WEAKER than using identical coffee, grind, & cup in either a Black & Decker DCM18 Brew 'N Go Coffeemaker (which retails for about $59 less than the KitchenAid), or a Zojirushi EC-DAC50 Zutto 5-Cup Drip Coffeemaker (currently $20 cheaper than the KitchenAid)!2. the 18 oz. capacity is less than the 25 oz. capacity of the Zojirushi3. the ad copy from KitchenAid states that it has a small footprint, yet the footprint is significantly larger than either the Zojirushi or Black & Decker. Additionally, the KitchenAid is abnormally tall for such a small capacity machine4. the red sides & base may look like it's made of metal (like my other KitchenAid appliances), but it's not! This one's made of plastic.5. the water container is filled through a very small hole with a lid. You can fill it from a faucet (by removing the entire canister piece, which has a convenient handle) & guess at your cup's exact capacity. But if you want to fill it with water measured in the coffee cup you'll be using, you'll need a funnel, not the case with the Zojirushi.6. despite the fact that the KitchenAid is rated at 700 Watts, & the Zojirushi is rated at 650 Watts, the Zojirushi somehow delivers hotter water to the cup!Based on my observations under Cons (#1 & #6), I'm guessing that the KitchenAid somehow (perhaps length of travel?) loses water temperature between the canister & the cup. That would explain the lower coffee temperature & the weaker tasting coffee. Other explanations would be welcomed from other readers, but all I can tell you for sure is that the end product with the KitchenAid tastes significantly worse, to me, than the other two cheaper machines mentioned above.Conclusion: this KitchenAid is not a good value for the money at all. I'm not recommending the Zojirushi or the Black & Decker either, because I have (different) problems with them as well, but at least with those two, you're getting better value for your money.
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