For some people, the expensive and high-end coffee makers seem to be a bit excessive for their needs. That is why there are coffee makers that don't necessarily try to compete with the expensive ones, but rather try to deliver just the basic yet convenient features while not compromising quality.

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The White (General Electric) GE Coffee Maker Model 169165 is one of these coffee brewers. It is a basic coffee machine. It does not try to outperform those coffee makers that are, in people's minds, the best such as the Cuisinart 1200 or the Zojirushi Coffee Machine.

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However, it does have features that make brewing, cleaning, and maintenance easier. Therefore, it caters to those who need a simple, basic, yet convenient brewer.

First of all, the GE Coffee Maker is an attractive little machine. It's built with plastic and brushed stainless steel. It has an easily visible blue digital display. It will definitely look good among your kitchen appliances, and it will be easy to spot as you stumble sheepishly into the kitchen during those early mornings.

It can brew for up to 12 5oz cups of coffee. If you're in a household with only a few coffee drinkers, do not be dismayed at the large quantity it brews that might be wasted.

It also has a 1 to 4 cup selection feature, which also caters to you. Its timer allows you to set it to brew at the designated time, thus, you can wake up to a freshly brewed pot of coffee. It also possesses other basic, yet convenient features as well, such as the pause-and-serve function, and a 2 hour automatic shutoff feature.

It uses permanent gold tone filter to brew coffee. This doesn't just mean that you're no longer going to worry about disposable paper filters, but you're going to enjoy better tasting coffee.

It totally eliminates the papery taste in the coffee that is caused when using paper filters. Its water reservoir makes use of its own filter as well. Its charcoal filter cleans the water as its brewing improving the taste of the coffee even further.

It also features an automatic cleaning cycle. Basically, the coffee maker cleans itself. First, fill it up with vinegar then activate the cleaning function.

When the cycle finishes, repeat the step again with water. This feature makes the cleaning process easy. You don't need to clean it manually, and you don't need to worry if it's dishwasher-safe or not.

To recapitulate, if you're looking for a basic coffee maker that does its job well, the White GE Coffee Maker Model 169165 might fit the bill for you.

It is a simple brewer that brings a lot of convenient features that justifies every coffee lover's belief that owning a coffee maker is a necessity, not a luxury.

GE Coffee Maker - Simple Yet Convenient

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