Ninja 12-Cup Programmable Coffee Brewer, 2 Brew Styles, Adjustable Warm Plate, 60oz Water Reservoir, Delay Brew – Black/Stainless Steel
$11.00
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Description
Ninja Coffee brewer is a 12 Cup programmable Coffee maker with custom brew strengths and a hotter brewing advanced boiler to make hot, flavorful, and never-bitter Coffee. From a small batch (1-4 Cups) to a full carafe, classic or rich strengths, you can expect the same great taste. Enjoy ultimate convenience with 24-hr delay brew, an adjustable warming plate, and a removable water reservoir.
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| Asin | B07S98411N |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8"D x 10"W x 14"H |
| Weight | 6.55 pounds |
| Manufacturer | SharkNinja |
RUKiddingMee –
I bought this coffee maker after going through both a Moccamaster and a Bonavita in less than a year. I have very hard water and the Moccamaster clogged up after I descaled it. It was my fault that I did not descale it often enough, but I misjudged how often it needed it because you can’t use reverse osmosis water in it, like I could with my previous brewers. This resulted in a $100 repair in less than a year. I decided to give the Bonavita Enthusiast instead. I tried it because Wirecutter recommended the thermal carafe model (I don’t like thermal carafes — too hard to keep clean), thinking that the glass carafe/hotplate model would be comparable. Big mistake. What a waste of time and money — they don’t pay for free shipping for returns, even when you keep the brewer less than 30 days. The coffee wasn’t particularly hot, and then was cold within a short period of time. The hotplate was less than 125 degrees. So next I tried this Ninja model, and my, my, my. Great, perfectly hot coffee for a much lower price. The carafe doesn’t drip when you pour. It all goes in the dishwasher or is easy to wipe clean. It has a setting for “classic” coffee which I really prefer and the attached scoop accurately measures the appropriate amount of coffee without my having to weigh it. If you want a stronger cup, it has a setting for that. I haven’t tried it, but it’s there. If you want to brew a smaller amount, it still makes a very tasty pot of coffee.
The hotplate heats the carafe before brewing begins, and keeps it hot for at least 2 hours after. You can program it to keep the pot heated for a longer period of time if desired.
The built in filter works very well, or you can replace it with paper filters, which is probably healthier. The filter basket has high sides and fits #4 paper filters snugly so that you are less likely to have the paper filter collapse and have a mess all over your counter.
All in all, this is an excellent coffee brewer for a reasonable price. It is thoughtfully designed and brews a reliably great cup of coffee. I don’t know how durable it is, but I am very pleased so far. It isn’t as fast as the Moccamaster, but the coffee tastes better and is just as hot. I’m sticking with the Ninja.
TL –
When our previous coffee maker abruptly died, I quickly scanned multiple reviews for best coffee makers under $100 and the Ninja topped or scored high in several. Amazon delivered it the next day. Reasonably compact footprint on countertop. Setting clock and programming is straightforward and intuitive. Removable tank is a plus for filling and cleaning. Consistently makes good coffee. Still experimenting with the classic vs rich brew styles. Warming plate keeps coffee hot and the on/off time is adjustable.
Nick –
The Ninja 12-Cup Programmable Coffee Brewer is a fantastic addition to any kitchen, offering both style and substance in equal measure. This machine has completely transformed my morning routine, delivering a perfect cup of coffee every time.
One of the standout features of this brewer is its dual brew styles. Whether you prefer a classic, smooth brew or a richer, more robust flavor, this machine has you covered. Switching between the two styles is effortless, making it ideal for households with diverse coffee preferences.
The 60oz water reservoir is a game-changer, eliminating the need for constant refills and allowing for multiple pots of coffee before needing to replenish. This is particularly convenient for busy mornings or when entertaining guests. The adjustable warming plate is another thoughtful touch, ensuring that your coffee stays at the perfect temperature without scorching.
Programming the brewer is a breeze, thanks to its intuitive controls and clear display. The delay brew function is incredibly handy, letting you set up your coffee the night before and wake up to the delightful aroma of freshly brewed coffee. It’s a small luxury that makes a big difference in starting the day off right.
Aesthetically, the Ninja coffee brewer is sleek and modern, fitting seamlessly into any kitchen décor. It’s well-built and sturdy, reflecting its quality and durability.
Overall, the Ninja 12-Cup Programmable Coffee Brewer is an outstanding product that exceeds expectations. Its combination of versatile brewing options, user-friendly design, and practical features make it a must-have for any coffee lover. This brewer is well worth the investment, and I wholeheartedly give it five stars!
C. Crain –
I took a chance on Ninja hoping that my morning coffee would be better. OMG…so much better. The coffee is hot! I no longer have to microwave the milk beforehand. And the coffee is very smooth. The coffeemaker is quite attractive and easy to clean. It’s nice that the water reservoir is detachable for cleaning and the glass carafe is dishwasher safe. Two settings allow you to select a classic or rich brew. Programming is easy for automatic start and use of warming plate. There is a soft alarm telling you that the coffee is ready, instead of that loud beeping that might awaken the household, ie spouse. The only downside of this Ninja is the noise during the brew process. It can be loud and seems a bit excessive. But the coffee is so good, I can ignore that little drawback.
Raymond J –
I was looking for an inexpensive coffee maker to take the place of an ancient Krups dual carafe model which finally gave up the ghost after more than a decade. This Ninja model does the job rather nicely. Every appliance is a good appliance if it a) works and b) fits your lifestyle. I make a half-pot every morning and rarely make any more for the remainder of the day. This is an attractive looking unit with intuitive controls and settings that makes a very nice brew which from day to day remains consistent in taste and temperature. It is easy to clean and the removable water reservoir is a nice feature. For people who like that sort of thing it is just the sort of thing those people will like.
Some will say it is rather slow and I suppose it is compared to some more expensive models. But the time it takes from pressing the brew button to sitting down with cup in hand is hardly excessive. The one thing I can say about my unit, which I have not seen in the other reviews I read, is that it is fairly noisy. Perhaps it is the large number of drip holes which are claimed to deliver even saturation and temperature, but this little fellow bubbles and boils along, making noises that call to mind the witch’s cauldron in Macbeth. It won’t drown out morning conversations with the spouse but some people might find it bothersome.
It is nice to have two brew styles and a small batch function, though the perceivable difference between their settings I find, well, let’s say “subtle.” The delayed brew feature worked well the one time I used it and I like having an audible beep announcing that the coffee is ready. There have been no problems in the two months that I’ve owned the machine. If there were, I suspect this review would have a much different tone.
So, the abridged version for the busy Amazon shopper: If you want a coffee machine at a reasonable price point that delivers a good cup of coffee with no muss or fuss, you should certainly consider the Ninja 12-Cup Programmable Brewer.
eclaire –
I’ve owned this coffee maker over a month now and love it. Intuitive-to-operate controls and a very attractive appearance are among its virtues. Of course, hot water dripping over coffee grinds isn’t rocket science and is something most coffee makers do comparably well, and the Ninja likewise makes excellent-tasting coffee.
Other reviews were mildly critical of the “sneak a cup” functionality, but I’ve found it on par with that of my last two coffee makers (Krups and Cuisinart). Yes, a couple of drops of coffee will still splash on the hot plate while you pull the carafe out, but I’ve never used or seen a pot yet that didn’t do that, and the spring mechanism on this carafe is at least as robust as any I’ve seen on other coffee makers.
Where this pot really shines is in the clear, detachable water reservoir. That obviously offers you the (completely?) unique option of detaching the tank to fill it over the sink before brewing, which I’ve done a few times and anticipated doing regularly. Frankly, however, I find it unnecessary because the reservoir itself provides an unusually large opening/target for pouring directly from my filtered water pitcher.
But there are other benefits to the reservoir design, including the fact that it allows you to easily monitor the conditions inside . . . i.e., when the moist environment inevitably leads to mildew, you will know it (and, because the reservoir is transparent to any ambient sunlight, mold/mildew should theoretically take longer to manifest in many kitchens.) More importantly, you’ll be able to easily clean the reservoir in a sink of hot soapy water (with a little bleach) without repeated electric cleaning and rinse cycles for the whole brewer, followed by awkward attempts to wipe the nooks and crannies of the integral, typically black reservoir with a white paper towel to see if any undesirable residues remain.
But perhaps the greatest advantage of this design is in what it will save you if you should *ahem* forget to put your carafe in place before you hit “brew.” I’ve only done this twice in my life but, ironically, both times occurred within the last six weeks: once with my last Krups pot and once with this new Ninja. (Put aside for the moment what such forgetfulness might be saying about me.:-) At the very least, I gained valuable, first-hand experience in how the Ninja’s design saved my a$$ while the typical integral design on the Krups resulted in a ruined coffee maker, which prompted my purchase of the Ninja in the first place.)
When you fail to put the carafe under the filter spout on a coffee maker that offers the increasingly ubiquitous “sneak a cup” feature, the spring mechanism on the filter holder is never engaged and the water that’s dripping down over your grinds to make coffee is never given proper egress below. So your mistake may go unnoticed for quite some time since you won’t hear the kind of gushing and sizzling sound that an older model without the sneak a cup feature would produce when dripping coffee is merrily dispensing and burning on the naked hotplate below. Instead, the water stays in the filter holder, eventually having nowhere to go but over the sides, which, on the vast majority of drip coffee makers, means that the brewed coffee–complete with floating grinds–will spill over and back into the reservoir itself. That is exactly what happened to my Krups, and, despite hours of repeated cleaning cycles and an aborted effort to dismantle the innards, I realized the pot was shot (no pun intended) and would never process water properly through its (clogged) pump pathway again.
Enter the Ninja. After making delicious coffee for a week or so, I, once again, got distracted by something (probably my Yorkie yapping to get out for a morning pee) and neglected to actually seat the carafe on the coffee maker before hitting brew. When I got back in, I noticed the problem just before the brewing coffee was about to overflow the filter holder. The difference was, even had I been a bit later, I would have only had to deal with a messy countertop and not a ruined $80+ coffee maker. In other words, if the Ninja coffee filter overflows, the brewed coffee will NOT go back into the reservoir because the latter is physically higher and isolated from the former in a way that would not permit that. So, should you repeat my negligence, you will hear coffee suddenly dripping on your hotplate and counter top, but you won’t have to buy a new coffee maker.
The only “negative” to the pot is that the carafe lid does not flip up via the common thumb depression above the handle. You have to slide/turn it to remove, which is more easily done with two hands. But this is a very, very minor ding in my view and not worth deducting a star for an otherwise very well-designed, highly practical, and elegant-looking appliance.
James –
I had been on a reliable GE coffee maker for a half a decade and I have been wanting to upgrade for a long time. Yes it still works fine but I was ready move on to something else. Now my trusty old GE is 100% stainless steel and so is my entire kitchen so I had to have a stainless steel coffee maker. Then I found this one but it seems a bit too expensive, luckily Amazon had a lightly used model for a nice discount. It was in Very Good Condition according to Amazon and I know how they do things and any item listed as Very Good is likely brand new, and untouched. Though the box arrived the other day and I was nervous, it looked a bit rough. Well that was it, the box looked rough but inside was a brand new, untouched by human hands coffee maker in 100% perfect condition with all of the accessories. The first thing I did was take apart the coffee maker and then I put it together, just doing this made it clear that this was one nicely built machine, everything fits beautifully and tight, my old GE has nothing on this maker! I am so happy plus I got it for under $49.
Lastly I brewed 3 pots of clean water. I used a new filter on each cleaning and it always came out clean so this was nice. The brewed water went well so I brewed some coffee on the “Rich” setting and it was fabulous. My old GE had a similar setting but still it was 3x faster than the Ninja’s Rich setting! So slow! And the coffee that came out was fabulous! I love this new machine, and I am pretty sure that this is the best built and working drip coffee maker that I have ever come across in my going on 54 years. Thanks to Amazon for the great deal and thanks to Ninja for making such a nice machine. If this thing holds up well as I am guessing that it will, I will probably be Ninja for life, for coffee anyways. All Smiles.
Lamb –
We’ve been using it about a month now, and it has been great. The timer has worked every time. No leaking anywhere. The steam is more contained than you might think with the top not clicking shut, and more contained than a walmart pot. We have it in a camper, full timers here, and the space it takes up is acceptable. The removable water resevior makes it so much easier to fill than trying to dump water from the pot into a water spot. There have been a significant decrease is water cleanups from that single feature, haha.
My only hang up is that my mom has this coffee pot twice and both times 10-12 months later the heating element has died and ninja didn’t want to help her at all. My dad is handy and took an element from a cheaper ninja and replaced it himself from his own pocket to make it work again. I am hopeful they just had some bad luck, because I love this brand and own a handful of their items. But it is worth mentioning since it has happened more than once to them. I know it’s not a $300 pot, so maybe not a big deal to some people, but it’s also not a cheap $60 pot and should be more durable than 10-12 months. We will see. Fingers crossed! Doesn’t effect my rating or enjoying it though. My mom has loved it and liked it enough to get a second one, though, and to fix her current one.
J. Sears –
This is second one of these Ninja coffee pots we’ve ordered due how good the coffee is. We love good tasting coffee and we’ve found this coffee pot to provide consistently rich flavored, hot coffee. The settings are easy, and it even allows you to set the coffee hot plate to be active for up to 4 hours which is great for all morning coffee drinkers. The built in coffee scoop is a bonus because it’s always handy and where it’s supposed to be. Even though we prefer paper filters, the permanent gold filter is great to have for those times when you’re out of filters. We had a previous version of this coffee pot and it was reliable for 4+ years. As our daily caffeine support system (we even take it on vacation with us), that’s around 1,500 pots of coffee so I think we got our money’s worth and more. You can brew 4-cups in 8 short minutes if you’re in a hurry and need to get out the door. We typically make 10-cups in the mornings and have always felt that it’s quick to get the job done. Will order again if ever needed.
Avram Yehuda –
Hello coffee enthusiasts,
I recently upgraded my trusty coffee maker to a newer model, and I thought I’d share my impressions. Now, let me preface this by saying that the new machine still brews a darn good cup of joe—no complaints there. But, as with any change, there are a few tweaks that caught me off guard.
The Missing Frother: Remember that electric frother on the old model? The one that turned your regular coffee into a flat white? Well, it’s gone. Vanished. Poof! No more frothy cappuccinos or lattes.
The Drippy Situation: Ah, the old coffee basket slider—the unsung hero of drip prevention. In my previous coffee maker, that little horizontal slider ensured that not a single drop escaped while I poured myself a cup mid-brew. It was like magic. But alas, the new model decided sliders were so last decade. Instead, we get a bump in the plastic on the carafe lid to seal the basket. Sounds innocent, right? Wrong. Now, when I lift the carafe, I hear a sizzling symphony as coffee drips onto the hot plate. Not exactly the soundtrack I was hoping for.
Now, before you think I’m returning this coffee wizardry, let me clarify: It still makes darn good coffee. And Amazon’s sweet deal made it hard to resist. But consider yourselves warned, fellow coffee aficionados. If you’re upgrading from an earlier model, brace yourself for these changes.
Happy brewing, and may your mornings be caffeinated and drip-free!
Cheers,
Alan