Cuisinart DCC-450 4-Cup Coffeemakers with Stainless-Steel Carafe

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Whether you’re short on counter space, an occasional coffee drinker, or the only coffee drinker in your home, you’ll find that Cuisinart DCC-450 4-cup Coffeemaker fits your size needs as well as your desire for a stylish appliance with high-end features. This compact coffeemaker is small enough to store easily or leave on your counter, and it comes with practical features such as Brew Pause  and automatic shutoff. With the convenience of this handy coffeemaker, you’ll look forward to the morning coffee ritual.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS
This compact Cuisinart DCC-450 4-cup Coffeemaker includes practical features such as the Brew Pause, so you can sneak a cup of coffee before brewing has finished. The carafe is heat-resistant with an ergonomic handle and drip-free spout for easy pouring. The newly designed showerhead controls the spray of water onto the coffee grounds for even water distribution and brewing for great tasting coffee.

1. Reservoir Cover
Flips back for easy filling.
2. Water Reservoir
3. Filter Basket (not shown)
Holds a #2 paper filter or a permanent filter.
4. Filter Basket Holder
5. Showerhead (not shown)
Designed for even distribution of water onto coffee and minimizes temperature loss of water passing through the grounds.
6. Brew Pause
Stops flow of coffee from basket when carafe is removed (30 seconds maximum) from heater plate so a cup can be poured in mid-brew, if desired. Since the extraction rate varies during the brew cycle, we recommend allowing the brewing cycle to finish before pouring the finished coffee.
7. On/Off Rocker Switch with On
Indicator Light (not shown)
8. Stainless Steel Carafe
The carafe has an ergonomic handle and knuckle guard for safe and easy pouring.
9. Warming Plate
Scratch resistant with black, nonstick coating.

MAKING COFFEE

Before making the first pot of coffee in your new Cuisinart DCC-450 4-cup Coffeemaker, we recommend operating the coffeemaker once using only water and a filter paper. This will remove any dust or residues in the system which remain from the manufacturing process.

1. Fill the water reservoir
Remove the carafe from the warming plate. Open the carafe cover and fill with cold water to just over the amount of coffee you are making. Close the carafe cover. Lift the water reservoir lid and pour the water from the carafe into it. Replace the carafe on the warming plate.

2. Add the ground coffee
Remove the filter basket by grasping the handle and lifting straight up, and place it on the counter top. Insert a #2 paper filter or permanent filter. Be sure that the paper filter is completely open and fully inserted into the basket. It may help to fold and flatten the seams of a paper filter beforehand. Add the desired amount of ground coffee, corresponding to the number of cups being brewed. Many coffee bars and the Specialty Coffee Association of America recommend adding 2 rounded tablespoons of coffee per 6 ounces of water. Some coffee manufacturers recommend using one tablespoon per cup. We recommend 1 to 1.5 tablespoons of ground coffee per cup, but use more or less to suit your taste.

Replace the filter basket in the filter basket holder and flip the water reservoir lid closed. Be sure that it closes securely in place.

Before brewing coffee
Make sure you have replaced the carafe into its position on the warming plate. Plug the cord into an electrical outlet.