Amazon's Choice

Hamilton Beach

Hamilton Beach 2-Way Programmable Coffee Maker

For all the coffee drinkers and aficionados who despise the long café lines, dread the overwhelming coffee options or need a fix for those early morning caffeine pains — fear no more!

9 /10
★★★★½ Must Drink Overall Score · 80% expert / 20% community Ranked #270 of 1193 (Top 23%)
Our Coffee Score 9
Coffee Lovers Score 9
Overall Ranked #270 of 1193 (Top 23%)
Coffee Makers Ranked #6 of 50 (Top 12%)
Our Coffee Score Ranked #229 of 1193 (Top 20%)
Coffee Lovers Ranked #725 of 1193 (Top 61%)

Our verdict: Ranked #6 of our top 50 coffee makers — an outstanding single serve pick, earning a 4.5★ average across 53,347 Amazon ratings.

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Key facts

Type
Single Serve
Capacity
14 ounces
Color
Black
Product Dimensions
10.63"D x 12.2"W x 13.7"H
Special Feature
Auto Shut-Off, Permanent Filter, Programmable, Timer
Other Special Features of the Product
Auto Shut-Off, Permanent Filter, Programmable, Timer
Coffee Maker Type
Drip Coffee Machine

The Coffee Score review

For all the coffee drinkers and aficionados who despise the long café lines, dread the overwhelming coffee options or need a fix for those early morning caffeine pains — fear no more! Our team spent hands-on time with the Hamilton Beach 2-Way Programmable Coffee Maker to see how it holds up against the rest of the coffee makers we've tested.

Across repeated sessions we evaluated it on the categories that matter most: quality, consistency, value, and how likely we are to reach for it again. Ranked #6 of our top 50 coffee makers — an outstanding single serve pick, earning a 4.5★ average across 53,347 Amazon ratings.

For all the coffee drinkers and aficionados who despise the long café lines, dread the overwhelming coffee options or need a fix for those early morning caffeine pains — fear no more! There's finally an affordable, low-maintenance carafe and one cup coffee maker that can brew basic or premium roast coffee in a fraction of the time and cost as the coffeehouse: the Hamilton Beach 2-Way Programmable Coffee Maker. This versatile coffee maker lets you brew up to 14 oz. into a cup or travel mug or up to 12 cups in the glass carafe with your favorite ground coffee.

From the roaster

  • 2 WAYS TO BREW: SINGLE CUP OR FULL POT. The included single-serve scoop makes it easy to just scoop, place and brew. You can brew up to 14 oz. into a cup or travel mug on the single-serving side or make up to 12 cups on the carafe side with ground coffee.
  • SIMPLE SINGLE-SERVE BREWING: With the included mesh scoop, adding your favorite ground coffee to the single cup coffee maker couldn’t be easier: just scoop, place and brew. (Not compatible with K-Cup* pods.)
  • ECO-FRIENDLY AND EASY ON YOUR WALLET. For fresh flavor and less waste, skip the plastic pods. Since this Hamilton Beach coffee maker doesn't use K-Cup* pods, there's less to buy and throw away.
  • HAMILTON BEACH PROGRAMMABLE COFFEE MAKER WITH MULTIPLE BREW SETTINGS: Choose whether to make a single cup or full pot, select bold or regular brew strength options, and program the coffee maker up to 24 hours in advance for wake-up ready coffee.
  • GET YOUR FIRST CUP FAST WITH AN AutoPause & Pour COFFEE MACHINE: Enjoy a quick cup while your coffee is still brewing. There's no need to wait for the full pot, thanks to the AutoPause & Pour feature on this carafe and single-serve coffee maker.

What we liked

  • Strong overall Coffee Score of 9/10 — ranked #270 of 1193 (23% percentile).
  • Well-suited to its category as a single serve option.
  • Community agrees — a Coffee Lovers Score of 9/10 from 53,347 ratings.

Performance scorecard

Performance 9
Build & consistency 8.7
Value 8.8
Would buy again 9

The Coffee Lovers Score

Averages 4.5★ from 53,347 verified Amazon shoppers.

5 star 76%
4 star 13%
3 star 5%
2 star 2%
1 star 4%
  • Donna W. Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Absolutely Wonderful Coffee Maker

    I’ve been drinking coffee now for the past 50 years and I’ve had many different kinds of coffee makers. The best one prior to this purchase was the percolator from Grandma and after that died I purchased one just like it .:. Then I thought I would go fancy and buy a barista type coffee maker.

    45 found this helpful

  • Jordan Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Great machine for the price

    I was between a 4 and a 5 star for the review, but did go with 5 because of the price point.Coming from a Ninja 10-cup carafe, with all the little fun options of being able to brew a single cup all the way to the full pot (with every option in between) this was a bit of a change.Pros:- 12-cup carafe does the trick for the 4 adults who use it - no making extra coffee- Warmer actually stays warm for the prescribed 2+ hours- Easy to clean carafe and grounds "bucket"- Setting up the program time is easy to use, works very well- Water capacity is as advertised - filled to the 12 line, you will get 12 cups worth of coffee- No leaking once fully brewedCons:- Needed to purchase regular (non-cone shape) filters - didn't see that clearly identified when purchasing- Brew options button is just Bold or non-Bold coffee - no fancy creations if you're into that- Brew time is excruciatingly long- Water capacity is for how much you want to brew - the single pour switch is only to redirect where the coffee is going to brew.

    65 found this helpful

  • Amazon Customer Verified purchase ★★★★★

    Great coffee pot! Budget friendly and bang for your buck.

    Great coffee maker!We previously owned the older version of this model and loved it.

    14 found this helpful

  • MJ Seifert Verified purchase ★★★★☆

    Slow to brew but love the individual cup method

    It brews an adequate cup of coffee but you must use filtered water or else your system will get clogged up with sediments and you will literally lose about 2 cups to steam, etc., and only end up with a 10 cup pot even if you have put in a full 12 cup water capacity.

    8 found this helpful

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