his is one amazing machine! My stove died and I was making soups and stews with this thing for a couple weeks. lol Great review! I haven't made anything with the frother yet but after seeing you use it I'm going to try it!
I opted to get the Bunn MCU My Cafe instead. It keeps hot water in a reservoir at all times, and you don't have to measure the water. What you put in is what you get out, so I simply use the cup that I will be drinking from. You get 4 pods for coffee grounds, tea, hotwater, and k-cups. Love it. Thank you for your video!!
I absolutely love my machine. I don’t have the Pro but I have the dual brew with the frother. It looks like the only thing I’m missing is the separate hot water feature on the side. Thanks for this video it answered all of my questions.
Thank you for your review. I am getting this exact one. One thing I read though is that the K-cups leave grounds in the coffee cup. Do you find this to be true also?
I have never had coffee grounds in my cup after using a K-cup. I don't even know how that would be possible because K-cups usually have a paper filter inside them. I suspect those people complaining about this are getting residual coffee grounds from the inside of the machine somehow getting into their coffee cup.
When making a coffee from the k-cup, how hot is the coffee? I like my coffee hot. They hines I have now gives me the option to go up or down in temperture. Thanks, Brenda
Great review Question for strong coffee. I'm used to using oz to determine number of scoops . If I understand if you are for example brewing 15 oz on classic brew setting the number of oz drops to 12oz on the display when switching to rich setting . Are you supposed to keep the number of scoops the same as you would use for 15oz to unlock the stronger brew taste?
That's a little strange how they do that. AFAIK the Rich setting simply reduces the amount of water which is really just making a stronger cup of coffee since there is less water being used.
@@michaelerbreviews does that mean that a 15 oz classic brew which dispenses 12 oz on rich setting is no different than me going to a 12 oz classic setting using the same amount grounds?
Found someone on the Internet talking about how this setting" keeps the hot water in the brewing chamber longer, allowing for a lengthier extraction of flavor" Which makes sense since it took longer when I made a cup using the setting earlier today
@@bobm9400 I’ve actually never really given that a whole lot of thought. I just automatically select the Rich setting. less water and possibly a slightly longer brewing time makes an enjoyable cup.
Is the height 15” or 15.54” as the specifications say. Great review…just trying to confirm actual height to determine if it will slide under my cabinets when not in use.
To be safe I’d go with the specifications. I usually say my measurements are “about“. The half inch discrepancy probably is because of the tab that is on the K cup attachment.
Yes it has an intelligent warming plate. The Keep Warm button is available when you brew any size of pot. You adjust the time by pressing and holding the Keep Warm button for several seconds until it begins blinking then use the dial to adjust the time to what you want. Default is 2 hours but can be adjusted from 0 to 4 hours. m.ninjakitchen.com/include/pdf/manual-cfp301.pdf
So this has a warming plate for the carafe? I was maybe watching a different model with the stainless carafe that doesn’t have one. Hopefully ninja will make a frother that warms the milk too and that you don’t have to hold the button while frothing (just lazy me). But thanks for the review.
Im thinking about getting this coffee maker and I've read reviews that others need a filter in the basket when brewing a K-cup and get coffee grounds get into the cup. Can you confirm this?
@@michaelerbreviews I recently bought the dual pro without frothier and I have issue that ground coffee often drains in the cup. N also the slider that closes for ground coffee was very difficult to close. The machine is cheaply made. I m returning it back.
@@ruckmarch Sounds more like user error to me. If your coffee grind is too fine then when making a pot of coffee it's entirely possible that the coffee won't percolate fast enough and that could lead to coffee grounds spilling out of the basket into the pot. And that leads to the difficult to close slider. It is a very simple mechanism that should not be difficult to close.... unless there were a lot of coffee grounds clogging the mechanism. The machines is not cheaply made. It's made appropriately for the task at hand. Like any device, it must be used properly for optimal performance.
@Jason Rourke The explanation for the possibility of grounds getting into the pot and thus the cup of coffee is if the coffee is ground too fine. When the coffee is too fine, water can't flow through the grounds fast enough which could cause the basket to overfill with water and eventually overflowing taking grounds with it. Otherwise you won't ever get grounds in your coffee. I've had this coffee maker for several months now and we make a pot of coffee every single day and have never had so much as a grain of coffee in the pot after brewing.
I have been looking everywhere. Simply cant find the answer. Can you use a reusable kcup built for the five nossle sprayer the Keurig surpreme has in this machine? So i dont have to waste disposable kcups?
A few people in the house leave close to same time. We had a dual cuisinart that quit. One person uses the carafe next person makes a k cup. Can you put a large travel mug on the warming plate as would be close to same time so to fit the travel mug assuming would have set on warming plate. Also can this be set to use daily automatically at a certain time or have to set it each day
The delayed brewing must be set each day. It retains the previous time but you do have to push the Delay button each day. You could put a stainless steel travel mug on the warming plate for the K-Cup brew cycle. But it will be hot if you just brewed a pot of coffee. Definitely don't use a plastic travel mug because the warming plate will be very hot.
I'm mostly a Folgers in a cheap coffee maker type of person as long as it has auto timer so my coffee is waiting for me early in the morning. I had 1 for over 10 years before it died. I bought a more expensive one less then 2 years ago and it's display unit has dimmed so bad I can't read it anymore. The only reason I'm looking at this unit is because of the dual function to make hot water for tea and hot chocolate. In the reviews I'm reading that the hot water function has a plastic taste to it. Is this something you experienced or know if it's something that can be fixed by maybe it was on a wrong setting or something that just needs to be ran through a few times to clean and flush out?
By default the warmer plate stays on for 2 hours. To change the amount of time, press and hold KEEP WARM until the clock begins to flash the current warming time then turn the dial to increase the time in 15 minute increments up to 4 hours or decrease the time to 0 hours. Press START BREW on the dial to set the new time. It will retain that setting.
Some of the newer style cups are sort of like half-dome designs and I've had some issues using them. You have to firmly press the lid closed and make sure you have it completely closed so that the cup is completely punctured and that the lid is flush, not having any play (which would indicate the cup wasn't punctured securely. You are seeing the result of all the water not going through the kcup but leaking around the needle insertion points. That's my take-away.
I'm not sure I understand. As for not recognizing the K-cups, make sure your hot water, coffee, dial on the left side of the machine is in the correct position. What brand of K-cups are you attempting to use. Has it always behaved this way? I don't understand what you are saying about the display.
@@michaelerbreviews it’s the pod adapter not working, can’t detect anything, only hot water and grounds working for the machine, contacted ninja, replaced for a new one. Only used a month then it stopped working
@@qihaoyun3643 Well it's hard to see what you are doing through text messages. I've had no issues with mine, sorry your are having issues. Hopefully Ninja will take care of the problem for you.
I don’t really know. The only thing I can suggest is unplugging the machine for a little while and then plugging it back in maybe that will reset everything?
Be advised that you can't make your own k-cups using the original my k cup or the newer mult-stream my k-cup. If it wasn't for that, this would be on my Black Friday list.
So this means you cant use a resuable five hole kcup in this? With its adapter. Are the five prongs in a different place than the new keurig five prong coffee machine?
@@mmcollicott As per the User Guide: "NOTE: Reusable K-Cup Coffee Filters are not compatible with the Ninja Pod Adapter. If using ground coffee, use the grounds mode with a paper or permanent filter (sold separately) to brew a single-serve size."
As I state quite explicitly in my review beginning at 3:20 the hot water output is completely separate so does not taste like coffee. I also state in the review at 3:52 that you can make different amounts of hot water, even an entire pot of hot water if you wish. Did you actually even watch my video? Just wondering.
I just picked this machine up at Kohl's this past weekend. With some coupon specials they had I got it for $175.00 after taxes. I love the machine. The one thing I'm disappointed with though is the hot water feature. I love the feature, but the water has a really bad taste to it when using that feature. Kind of a "plasticky" taste. I've run a bunch of water though that cycle, but the taset remains. Used it for water to make tea and the tea tasted awful because of the weird water taste.
Just checked that and the answer is 169 degrees F in the cup. When I brew into my YETI travel cup, that is coffee so hot that I can't drink it immediately so it's definitely hot. That indicates that the coffee is actually being brewed with 195 degree water and once brewing has occurred the cup temp is 168-170.
What? It’s $160 for a well-made , versatile coffee and tea brewer that also offers a dedicated hot water dispenser so hot water isn’t flavored by coffee or tea brewing residue. If you’d prefer to use K-cups to make coffee, tea or hot chocolate you can do that too. It also has a warming platform, an integrated milk frothing feature and a water reservoir that can be repositioned for optimized counter placement. If you really think people buy this only to make hot water you are off the mark.
Paper filters are not a waste of money. They prevent very fine particles of ground coffee from reaching the bottom of your cup. Fine mesh filters, at least every one I have tried, result in there being sludge in the bottom of my coffee cup.
@@michaelerbreviews thank goodness that has never happened to me. that is why i am able to say that paper filters are a waste of money. are a waste to the environment. i have had great expeirnce. a waste of money.
Great job showing all the features
his is one amazing machine! My stove died and I was making soups and stews with this thing for a couple weeks. lol Great review! I haven't made anything with the frother yet but after seeing you use it I'm going to try it!
I opted to get the Bunn MCU My Cafe instead. It keeps hot water in a reservoir at all times, and you don't have to measure the water. What you put in is what you get out, so I simply use the cup that I will be drinking from. You get 4 pods for coffee grounds, tea, hotwater, and k-cups. Love it. Thank you for your video!!
I absolutely love my machine. I don’t have the Pro but I have the dual brew with the frother. It looks like the only thing I’m missing is the separate hot water feature on the side.
Thanks for this video it answered all of my questions.
Thanks for your comment.
I just bought one after spending so much at starbuck. No regret at all. I made the first batch with rich style. Coffee aroma is good 👍🏼
Thanks for the comment. I love my Ninja.
Thank you for your review. I am getting this exact one. One thing I read though is that the K-cups leave grounds in the coffee cup. Do you find this to be true also?
I have never had coffee grounds in my cup after using a K-cup. I don't even know how that would be possible because K-cups usually have a paper filter inside them. I suspect those people complaining about this are getting residual coffee grounds from the inside of the machine somehow getting into their coffee cup.
@@michaelerbreviews OK, thanks much for your reply! I feel better now.
Really thorough, excellent overview of this coffee maker, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! We really love it.
Great review thank you. Does the Ninja make better tasting coffee than the Keurig k-supreme plus?
I'm not familiar with the Keuring K-Supreme Plus so I can't say.
@@michaelerbreviews Thank you for the quick honest response
When making a coffee from the k-cup, how hot is the coffee? I like my coffee hot. They hines I have now gives me the option to go up or down in temperture.
Thanks, Brenda
I just made an 8oz cup of coffee from a K-cup and it was 172. That's not just hot, that's very hot.
Great review Question for strong coffee. I'm used to using oz to determine number of scoops . If I understand if you are for example brewing 15 oz on classic brew setting the number of oz drops to 12oz on the display when switching to rich setting . Are you supposed to keep the number of scoops the same as you would use for 15oz to unlock the stronger brew taste?
That's a little strange how they do that. AFAIK the Rich setting simply reduces the amount of water which is really just making a stronger cup of coffee since there is less water being used.
@@michaelerbreviews does that mean that a 15 oz classic brew which dispenses 12 oz on rich setting is no different than me going to a 12 oz classic setting using the same amount grounds?
Found someone on the Internet talking about how this setting"
keeps the hot water in the brewing chamber longer, allowing for a lengthier extraction of flavor" Which makes sense since it took longer when I made a cup using the setting earlier today
@@bobm9400 I’ve actually never really given that a whole lot of thought. I just automatically select the Rich setting. less water and possibly a slightly longer brewing time makes an enjoyable cup.
@@michaelerbreviews it is yummy cheers!
Is the height 15” or 15.54” as the specifications say. Great review…just trying to confirm actual height to determine if it will slide under my cabinets when not in use.
To be safe I’d go with the specifications. I usually say my measurements are “about“. The half inch discrepancy probably is because of the tab that is on the K cup attachment.
Awesome tutorial! Thanks for sharing. Just got one , and this will help.
Great to hear! We love our Ninja.
This was very helpful.
Any idea if it has a warming plate? If so how to use?
Any reusable pods that work with this machine?
Yes it has an intelligent warming plate. The Keep Warm button is available when you brew any size of pot. You adjust the time by pressing and holding the Keep Warm button for several seconds until it begins blinking then use the dial to adjust the time to what you want. Default is 2 hours but can be adjusted from 0 to 4 hours.
m.ninjakitchen.com/include/pdf/manual-cfp301.pdf
So this has a warming plate for the carafe? I was maybe watching a different model with the stainless carafe that doesn’t have one.
Hopefully ninja will make a frother that warms the milk too and that you don’t have to hold the button while frothing (just lazy me).
But thanks for the review.
Yes this has a warming plate for the glass carafe.
Just bought one , wonderful machine !
I have this machine. Love it I have the one with the thermal coffee pot. Got at Best Buy
It's so good! Love mine.
Im thinking about getting this coffee maker and I've read reviews that others need a filter in the basket when brewing a K-cup and get coffee grounds get into the cup. Can you confirm this?
I’ve never experienced that.
@@michaelerbreviews I recently bought the dual pro without frothier and I have issue that ground coffee often drains in the cup. N also the slider that closes for ground coffee was very difficult to close. The machine is cheaply made. I m returning it back.
@@ruckmarch Sounds more like user error to me. If your coffee grind is too fine then when making a pot of coffee it's entirely possible that the coffee won't percolate fast enough and that could lead to coffee grounds spilling out of the basket into the pot. And that leads to the difficult to close slider. It is a very simple mechanism that should not be difficult to close.... unless there were a lot of coffee grounds clogging the mechanism. The machines is not cheaply made. It's made appropriately for the task at hand. Like any device, it must be used properly for optimal performance.
@Jason Rourke The explanation for the possibility of grounds getting into the pot and thus the cup of coffee is if the coffee is ground too fine. When the coffee is too fine, water can't flow through the grounds fast enough which could cause the basket to overfill with water and eventually overflowing taking grounds with it. Otherwise you won't ever get grounds in your coffee. I've had this coffee maker for several months now and we make a pot of coffee every single day and have never had so much as a grain of coffee in the pot after brewing.
How long is the cord? Thank you for the nice Demo
The cord is about 2 1/2 ft.
Thank you very much 💕
Good review
Thanks for saying so.
I have been looking everywhere. Simply cant find the answer. Can you use a reusable kcup built for the five nossle sprayer the Keurig surpreme has in this machine? So i dont have to waste disposable kcups?
A few people in the house leave close to same time. We had a dual cuisinart that quit. One person uses the carafe next person makes a k cup. Can you put a large travel mug on the warming plate as would be close to same time so to fit the travel mug assuming would have set on warming plate. Also can this be set to use daily automatically at a certain time or have to set it each day
The delayed brewing must be set each day. It retains the previous time but you do have to push the Delay button each day.
You could put a stainless steel travel mug on the warming plate for the K-Cup brew cycle. But it will be hot if you just brewed a pot of coffee. Definitely don't use a plastic travel mug because the warming plate will be very hot.
I'm mostly a Folgers in a cheap coffee maker type of person as long as it has auto timer so my coffee is waiting for me early in the morning. I had 1 for over 10 years before it died. I bought a more expensive one less then 2 years ago and it's display unit has dimmed so bad I can't read it anymore. The only reason I'm looking at this unit is because of the dual function to make hot water for tea and hot chocolate. In the reviews I'm reading that the hot water function has a plastic taste to it. Is this something you experienced or know if it's something that can be fixed by maybe it was on a wrong setting or something that just needs to be ran through a few times to clean and flush out?
Some people are more sensitive to that sort of thing. I don't perceive any plastic taste.
I have one like this, how can you get warmer plate to keep coffee hot longer
By default the warmer plate stays on for 2 hours. To change the amount of time, press and hold KEEP WARM until the clock begins to flash the current warming time then turn the dial to increase the time in 15 minute increments up to 4 hours or decrease the time to 0 hours. Press START BREW on the dial to set the new time. It will retain that setting.
You did an excellent job. Thank you.
I appreciate the comment.
Thank you I bought one today, but the instructions are no very clear
Is there a specific type of K cup you gotta use? Cuz i bought it and i used a k cup but it only poured hot water w a bit of coffee:/
Some of the newer style cups are sort of like half-dome designs and I've had some issues using them. You have to firmly press the lid closed and make sure you have it completely closed so that the cup is completely punctured and that the lid is flush, not having any play (which would indicate the cup wasn't punctured securely. You are seeing the result of all the water not going through the kcup but leaking around the needle insertion points. That's my take-away.
Cool thanks! Appreciate it
My adapter can’t detect kcups, any ideas? And the display shows reverse way every time I open and close it, any idea where the sensor is?
I'm not sure I understand. As for not recognizing the K-cups, make sure your hot water, coffee, dial on the left side of the machine is in the correct position. What brand of K-cups are you attempting to use. Has it always behaved this way? I don't understand what you are saying about the display.
@@michaelerbreviews it’s the pod adapter not working, can’t detect anything, only hot water and grounds working for the machine, contacted ninja, replaced for a new one. Only used a month then it stopped working
@@qihaoyun3643 Well it's hard to see what you are doing through text messages. I've had no issues with mine, sorry your are having issues. Hopefully Ninja will take care of the problem for you.
Does it only work with K-cups or Nespresso as well?
K-Cups and ground coffee only.
This is a really nice review. Thank you for it. It looks like a great machine.
Thanks for watching! We love the machine.
@@michaelerbreviews we just got it last night. We're excited. :-)
Are plastic parts BPA free? Anywhere stated on the box or description?
Yes any plastic coming in contact with coffee or water is BPA free, this is according to Ninja.
is the 4oz concentrated setting close to an expresso ?
The 4oz setting produces strong coffee. And if you use more coffee than suggested, it will be even stronger coffee.
I have this coffee maker and it’s great.
Is it a white lable product?
No. Ninja (Shark) is a well- respected brand.
Just ordered this from bed bath & beyond and used the 20% off $151
A máquina ninja parou de funcionar o controle de horas e também das chácaras, alguém poderia dizer como faço para ela voltar a funcionar corretamente?
I don’t really know. The only thing I can suggest is unplugging the machine for a little while and then plugging it back in maybe that will reset everything?
Nice video fun and informative thank you
Thank you for watching.
Be advised that you can't make your own k-cups using the original my k cup or the newer mult-stream my k-cup. If it wasn't for that, this would be on my Black Friday list.
Yes that is true. However you can easily brew a single cup of coffee with ground coffee so what’s the problem?
So this means you cant use a resuable five hole kcup in this? With its adapter. Are the five prongs in a different place than the new keurig five prong coffee machine?
@@mmcollicott As per the User Guide: "NOTE: Reusable K-Cup Coffee Filters are not compatible with the Ninja Pod Adapter. If using ground coffee, use the grounds mode with a paper or permanent filter (sold separately) to brew a single-serve size."
What about the seperate hotwater option?
Does it taste like coffee?
How much howwater does it make at one time?
As I state quite explicitly in my review beginning at 3:20 the hot water output is completely separate so does not taste like coffee. I also state in the review at 3:52 that you can make different amounts of hot water, even an entire pot of hot water if you wish. Did you actually even watch my video? Just wondering.
I just picked this machine up at Kohl's this past weekend. With some coupon specials they had I got it for $175.00 after taxes. I love the machine. The one thing I'm disappointed with though is the hot water feature. I love the feature, but the water has a really bad taste to it when using that feature. Kind of a "plasticky" taste. I've run a bunch of water though that cycle, but the taset remains. Used it for water to make tea and the tea tasted awful because of the weird water taste.
We’ve not noticed a plastic taste with ours. My only missing feature so far is an automatic drip stop as we had on our CP301.
@@michaelerbreviews i would recommend wben getting your machine to use the clean function to filter your water
@@aichan5235 The clean function is for descaling and cleaning the internal workings of the machine. It has nothing to do with filtering the water.
I am having a problem with kcup not puncturing and getting just water sometimes. Anyone have this problem?
Have you tried different brands of K-cups? What specific K-cups are you having this problem with?
Does anyone know what temperature this brews coffee at?
The hot water comes out at 195°, I assume the brew temperature is the same. I will check the temperature with my thermapen when I get a chance.
Just checked that and the answer is 169 degrees F in the cup. When I brew into my YETI travel cup, that is coffee so hot that I can't drink it immediately so it's definitely hot. That indicates that the coffee is actually being brewed with 195 degree water and once brewing has occurred the cup temp is 168-170.
Excelente thank you 😊
You’re welcome 😊
$160 to make hot water you guys are something else
What? It’s $160 for a well-made , versatile coffee and tea brewer that also offers a dedicated hot water dispenser so hot water isn’t flavored by coffee or tea brewing residue. If you’d prefer to use K-cups to make coffee, tea or hot chocolate you can do that too. It also has a warming platform, an integrated milk frothing feature and a water reservoir that can be repositioned for optimized counter placement. If you really think people buy this only to make hot water you are off the mark.
you can get a permanent filter from amazon. those paper filters are a waste of money
Paper filters are not a waste of money. They prevent very fine particles of ground coffee from reaching the bottom of your cup. Fine mesh filters, at least every one I have tried, result in there being sludge in the bottom of my coffee cup.
@@michaelerbreviews thank goodness that has never happened to me. that is why i am able to say that paper filters are a waste of money. are a waste to the environment. i have had great expeirnce. a waste of money.
What size of a cone do you get
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