ZojirushiEC-DAC50 Zutto 5-Cup Drip Coffeemaker,Silver

I live in a tiny house so space saving is the game here. Delivery was normal and came intact. At first glance I was worried however over time this coffee machine is a compact efficient coffee maker. Its minimal, modern looks great without taking up much of my limited counter space. One thing that is a plus in my books is the removable water reservoir making refilling and cleaning much easier compared to other models where the tank is fixed.The filter cone sits directly inside the carafe, which helps streamline the unit and reduces the number of loose parts. The coffee it brews holds a consistent temperature, which gives a smooth, flavorful result for a machine of this size.In tiny house living you learn that prioritizing is important meaning letting go of some comforts. It doesn’t have an automatic shut-off feature however it makes up for speed when brewing only 5-cups. I dont mind the capacity but others might.Overall, the Zojirushi Zutto is a well-thought-out, reliable coffee maker for those who want something simple, space-saving, and effective. It’s ideal for a daily-use machine without the bells and whistles but still want good coffee with minimal fuss.

Wow! This is a great little coffee maker! It is just my wife and I that drink coffee - me a lot of it, she just one cup a day. We had a cheap Mr. Coffee that lasted us 4 years but we were never happy with it. Despite this, we are still coffee fanatics, and we frequent Starbucks and other coffee houses in our travels. The Zutto rocks! The old coffee maker dispersed hot water at a measured 190 degrees and the in-carafe temperature was a steady 170 degrees. The Zutto makes hot coffee! It disperses water at 205 degrees and keeps it hot in the carafe at a steady 185 degrees. So, there is a huge difference in the temperature. The first thing we noticed was the strong aroma of the brewed coffee in our kitchen. The Zutto is brilliantly designed, and I'm an aerospace engineer that is really picky. I was ready to try a Technivorm at considerably higher cost, but it was still a bit too big for our needs, but the Zutto took care of our concerns. Specifically we needed a 4 - 6 cup machine with a cone filter. I didn't want timers and all that other stuff, just more to break, and they always do break as we have found over the years. The Zutto is well made in materials, fit, and function, the carafe does not drip, the removable tank actually makes filling much easier than pouring, and the cone-in-the-carafe eliminates all messes. It brews a full pot in just 6 minutes. Just perfect. A very minor nit would be that the handle is only attached to the carafe by one metal band at the top, so the handle slightly rocks back and forth a bit, but it is still solid. Thanks to all the other reviewers for helping me guide my decision! You can't possibly go wrong with this great coffee maker.Update: After a few weeks of heavy use, here is an update. First, the coffee is obviously very hot compared to the old MC. My wife and I notice that the coffee is still steaming in the cup - we never had steam in the cup after pouring. The coffee definitely tastes great. We have tried Starbucks, Costco brand (which we love and have heard it is actually SB), and various local roasted coffees - all brew up very nicely. Five cups seems to brew more full-bodied than just two cups, for obvious reasons of overall exposure of the coffee to hot water, but two cups still tastes great. Another tiny nit is that when you push the water reservoir into the machine it tilts the machine a bit because the feet are not pushed out the edge enough, so you sometimes have to hold the machine to push the reservoir into place. There is zero mess with this coffee maker! The fact of having the enclosed filter basket inside the carafe keeps the exterior of the machine completely clean. There are no drops falling onto the hotplate either. The plastic used in the machine does not stain with coffee either. So the exterior of the machine is completely clean all the time - this is very, very nice. There are many variables to coffee making, so best to try to control each variable to the extent possible for consistency and to figure out what needs to be adjusted. Strongly recommend this coffee maker.Update: 18 months later, the handle on the pot broke off. We ordered a new one for $25 and upon inspection the new one seems to be much more solid than the original. In fact, I recall my wife and I both commenting when we got the machine that the handle seemed flimsy and not solidly secured to the pot. So, I think the original was not assembled properly or was defective right from the start. The bottom part of the handle should tightly hug the glass pot. So, if you buy this coffee maker, make sure that the handle is secured very tightly and snuggly to the pot. It should not wiggle (ours always wiggled right out of the box, but the new one is solidly attached). The quality of the coffee, which is still perfect, outweighs this minor issue. So, still a solid BUY recommendation, provided you confirm the pot is solid! Happy coffee time!

Makes a good cup o joe. Easy to use and clean. Like the extra filter. Modern lookGood for small spaces

April 2022"I will never buy a coffee maker with a glass caraffe that sits on a warming burner." That's what I used to believe; and mostly I still do. But sometimes there are reasons to believe otherwise. After two weeks of daily use I've learned to manage this coffee machine's quirks. It's not the perfect coffeemaker if you are making coffee for a crowd; but if you are pleased to drink just one or two (small) cups at a time and are willing to be meticulous in dealing with it, this can be an excellent choice.Here's my story.Going from two pots of coffee a day to eight ounces of coffee a day can be difficult. I needed a little help from my coffee machine. I needed something that made sense of the idea of making two cups of coffee at a time. Few coffee machines do. The most distinct characteristic of this machine is that it is small. Its small footprint unclutters the counter just a bit, which I appreciate. I'm enough of a foodie that for great coffee if I had to buy a behomoth of a machine to make the perfect small cup of coffee, I would consider it. Until recently I would drink six or ten cups of coffee in a day, so a large machine worked for me.I've had maybe six pretty good coffee makers over the last two decades, and have grown pretty picky about coffee. I buy varietal beans, roast them, and grind them in a Baratza burr grinder with forty grind size settings. I've avoided coffee makers with a glass caraffes that rest in contact with a burner because leaving fresh brewed coffee on the burner always causes coffee to scorch. A vacuum insulated caraffe does not scorch. So that's what I've always bought.Never would I have considered the Zojirushi if I expected to brew more coffee than I would drink at one time. But that is exactly my use case for this coffee machine. If I drink all the coffee right after it brews, the burner can help the pot get up to temperature, meaning the coffee will not have to be reheated right after brewing - as I had been doing with my old coffee maker in order to get it to a good temperature for adding cream. I brew the coffee, serve it, and turn off the warming burner immediately. The one time I forgot to do this, I noticed that the clever engineers at Zojirushi had regulated the temperature of the burner to be low enough not to burn the coffee into horrid resin-smelling char.My first several batches out of this machine were weak and under-extracted. I noticed that brew time is short, about two minutes, and I ground my coffee finer. I tamp it lightly into the filter to create a little more flow resistance. These practices made a big difference. I also decided to preheat the water in a microwave until it is nearly boiling. This might slightly shorten the brew time it but, more importantly it increases the temperature of the water near the start of the cycle. Here at a mile above sea level I needed all the temperature I could get for such a short brew cycle. I also began the practice of adding a pinch of salt to the coffee grinds because coffee tastes less bitter with a little salt. Also coffee causes one to excrete salt; so there were health benefits to the practice.Once I had dialed in all the elements of the process I realized that I was making better coffee than I ever had before. I was paying a little more attention to the ritual of making it - an appropriate way to approach using a Japanese coffee machine. And I was enoying this single cup of coffee more than I had been enjoying two pots a day. Big bonus, in grinding the coffee finer and drinking less I had cut my coffee bean utilization by considerably more than 85%.----December 2024After nearly two years of use I am moving on. Mechanically, there is nothing conspicously wrong with the machine, although I find the coffee consistently weak. A special feature of this machine that I have come to enjoy involves incorporating the unscorched dried coffee from the bottom of the caraffe from one day's coffee into the next day's - not a feature every glass caraffe coffee maker could do gracefully. It is a testament to the fine temperature control of that heating element.This machine makes passable coffee; but at a high altitude and it struggles to get water hot enough for good extraction, even with preheating.I have learned to make pour-over coffee and in my first try I was able to get coffee I like a lot more than what this machine turns out - stronger with just a hint more bitterness and sourness. The small caraffe with the drop-in cone filter holder is ideally suited to the this: so at least for a while I intend to use the caraffe from this machine to make my pour-over coffee using boiling water (which at my altitude is about 95ºC.)

I recommend this coffee maker. Easy to use, easy to clean. No dripping of coffee during pouring a cup. Coffee tastes good. Very quiet. Best coffee maker I have ever owned.