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Cuisinart DCC-1200 Brew Central 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Black/Brushed Metal Features

• Classic brushed metal form with a 12-Cup carafe with ergonomic cope for comfortable, dripless pouring
• Brew pause feature lets you enjoy a cup of coffee before brewing has finished. Adjustable heater plate (low, medium, high) ensures that your coffee stays at the temperature you like best
• 24-hour advance brew start, programmable auto shutoff from 0 to 4 hours plus a 1- to 4-Cup feature when manufacture less than 5 cups
• Includes: Charcoal water filter and permanent gold tone filter that ensures only the freshest coffee flavor flows through. Measuring scoop. instruction book
• Measures 14-1/4 by 8 by 10-3/4 inches; 3-Year tiny warranty

Cuisinart DCC-1200 Brew Central 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Black/Brushed Metal Overviews

The Cuisinart Dcc-1200 Brew Central Coffeemaker

Enjoy Great Coffee with the Dcc-1200

Cuisinart introduces a coffeemaker with retro styling and the latest in high tech features, manufacture it the centerpiece of any kitchen. The Cuisinart Brew Central coffeemaker is reminiscent of the days of classic styling and durable materials. A brushed metal exterior with retro-style controls houses the finest in coffee manufacture technology. This coffeemaker even includes a charcoal water filter. The water filter ensures great tasting coffee by removing all of the impurities from the water. The Brew Central coffeemaker also comes with developed features such as a programmable digital clock with 24 hour advanced-brew setting, an automatic shutoff, a self-cleaning function, and an audible beep that signals the end of the brew cycle, which makes brewing the best tasting coffee easy.

The Quest for a perfect Cup of Coffee

It is generally agreed that there are four basic elements considerable to the perfect cup:

Water & Coffee Filters

Element 1. Water:
Coffee is 98% water. Often overlooked, the quality of the water is as prominent as the quality of the coffee. A good rule of thumb is that if your water doesn’t taste good from the tap, it won’t taste any good in your coffee. That’s why Cuisinart has added a water filter to the Brew Central coffeemaker. The charcoal water filter removes chlorine, bad tastes and odors, for the purest cup of coffee every time.

Element 2. Coffee:
While the bulk of the liquid is water, all of the flavor should be from the coffee. To accomplish the same great quality of coffee you receive at a coffee bar, you need to use the same quality beans. Buy the beans fresh and whole, only about a two weeks’ supply at a time for maximum freshness. Once the coffee bean is broken, its flavor degrades very quickly. If it is not practical to buy small supplies, we propose you separate larger amounts of beans into one to two week portions immediately after purchase, and ice them in airtight containers. The best way to maximize freshness is to minimize exposure to air, light and moisture. So, once removed from the freezer, beans should be maintained in a sealed holder at room temperature, since damaging condensation occurs every time the beans are removed from the freezer or refrigerator. Note that some coffee experts propose against freezing dark-roast beans, because freezing can cause the oils to coagulate. Other experts disagree. We propose you experiment and resolve yourself.

The perfect Cup of Coffee

Element 3. Grind:
The grind of the coffee is considerable for allowable flavor extraction. If the grind is too fine, over discharge and bitterness will result. Too fine a grind may also clog the filter. If the grind is too coarse, the water will pass straight through too quickly and the desired flavors will not be extracted. A medium-fine grind is recommended.

Element 4. Proportion:
The cups on the Cuisinart coffeemaker part 5 ounces. Add the amount of ground coffee that corresponds to the amount of cups being brewed. Many coffee bars and the Specialty Coffee relationship of America propose adding 2 rounded tablespoons of coffee per 6 ounces of water. Some coffee manufactures propose using 1 tablespoon per cup. Cuisinart recommends using 1 tablespoon of ground coffee per cup, but use more or less to suit your taste. Note: the maximum capacity for ground coffee is 15 tablespoons for the 12-cup coffeemaker. Exceeding this amount may cause overflow if the coffee is too finely ground.

Features and Benefits

Lcd & Controls
1. Reservoir Cover: Flips back for easy filling.
2. Water Reservoir: When filling the coffeemaker with water, refer to the carafe height markings and fill to the desired amount of cups. Be sure to add a small amount of extra water to catalogue for the amount of water lost in wetting the grounds and lost as steam while the brewing process.
3. Showerhead: Distributes water evenly over coffee, reducing climatic characteristic loss as water passes straight through grounds.
4. Water Filter: Charcoal water filter eliminates chlorine, calcium and bad tastes or odors from tap water. Cuisinart recommends changing the water filter every 60 days or 60 uses ‒ or more often if you have hard water.
5. Filter Basket: Holds a #4 paper filter or a permanent filter.
6. Lcd Digital Clock: Displays the time of day and set time for automatic functions.
7. Function Knob and Flip Switch: Used to kick off programming of automatic functions.
8. The Auto On highlight is used to agenda the start time of the brew cycle. The Auto On can be set for any time, day or night. The Pm indicator is displayed on the Lcd for nighttime agenda times. The Auto Off highlight is used to shut off the coffeemaker at a preset time, everywhere from 0 to 4 hours. Note: To agenda the coffeemaker to shut off automatically, read the instructions included in the schooling hand-operated under 'To agenda the changeable Auto Off'
1. Heater Plate control Knob: For controlling the climatic characteristic of the coffee after brewing. There are three climatic characteristic settings high, medium and low.
2. 1-4 Cup Setting: The 1-4 cup setting button is used when you make small amounts of coffee. Normal coffeemakers will produce a colder batch of coffee when smaller amounts are made, because the heater doesn’t have sufficient time to properly ‘warm up’ to heat a small amount. The 1-4 setting basically ‘double heats’ the water, manufacture your smaller amounts as piping hot as a full pot would be. To use naturally press the 1-4 button on the control panel after turning on the unit.
3. Retro-style flip switch is used to turn your coffeemaker on and off and works in tandem with the function knob.
9. Clean Setting: Tells you when it’s time to clean your coffeemaker. Take off built-up calcification from the water reservoir, to help increase the life of your coffeemaker.
10. Brew Pause: Stops flow of coffee from basket when carafe is removed (30 seconds max) from the heater plate, so a cup can be poured in mid-brew. Since the flavor discharge rate varies while the brew cycle, we propose allowing the brewing cycle to cease before pouring the coffee. The coffee brewed at the beginning of the cycle has a flavor profile which is very distinct from the flavor at the end of the cycle. Once the coffee has complete brewing, stir it before serving to blend the flavors. The coffee at the lowest of the carafe will be somewhat stronger than the coffee at the top.
11. Carafe: The easy pour, no drip glass carafe has an ergonomic handle and brewed coffee markings for two to twelve cups.
12. Heating Plate: Scratch defiant with black, nonstick coating.
13. Ready Tone: Signals the end of the brew cycle with five beeps (coffee will continue to stream from the filter for a few seconds after the tone).