Description
The CM300 is the DualBrew family with the pods taken out. It brews ground coffee only, from a single cup up to a 10 cup carafe, in three styles called Classic, Rich and Over Ice. Removing the pod path takes away flexibility and takes away the most expensive way to use the machine at the same time, which for a lot of households is the right trade.
What it is and where it fits
The listing gives the size as 12 inches deep by 8.75 inches wide by 15 inches high and the weight as 10.08 pounds. Fifteen inches with a lid and a reservoir that open upward means the wall cabinet gap needs measuring properly.
Where it fits is a household that varies between one cup on a weekday and a full carafe at the weekend, and that has no interest in pods. It is a simpler machine than the CFP201 and considerably simpler than the DualBrew Pro, both of which add a pod adapter and more hardware.
Living with it day to day
The single cup to carafe range is the useful part. Most drip machines are sized for a full pot and produce a weak, fast cup when asked for one, because the water rushes through too little coffee. A machine that treats a single cup as a designed brew size rather than a fraction of a pot avoids that, and it means the carafe stays in the cupboard on weekdays.
Three brew styles do real work. Classic is the standard brew. Rich slows the process to extend contact time, producing a stronger cup from the same dose rather than a larger one, and it is what makes a cup survive milk. Over Ice brews stronger so that melting ice brings it to normal strength rather than diluting it below. None of these are cold brewing, which takes hours and belongs to the machines in the cold brew coffee makers section.
The reservoir is removable, so filling happens at the sink rather than by pouring into the machine. No capacity is published anywhere on the listing, which is a gap on a machine that spans a cup to ten cups.
The carafe is glass and sits on a warming plate, so coffee keeps cooking after brewing ends. Glass has real advantages that are easy to overlook: the level is visible without lifting anything, it cleans properly, and replacement carafes are cheap and widely stocked. The cost is that a pot left on heat flattens within an hour, which is why the single cup mode matters so much on this machine. Brewing what will actually be drunk is a better answer than keeping a carafe warm.
Noise is not published, and with no grinder and no pump beyond the boiler the machine is dominated by a brief heating sound.
Controls and connected features
Buttons and a panel. There is no app, no Wi Fi, no Bluetooth and no account anywhere on this listing, so every size and style is chosen on the machine and nothing depends on a phone or a service.
The listing does not record a clock or a timer among the features, and no delay brew is described, so this appears to be a machine that brews when told rather than one that can be scheduled. Anyone who wants a pot ready before they are up should confirm that before ordering, or look at a machine with a stated 24 hour timer.
Running cost and upkeep
The listing publishes no voltage, no wattage and no amperage, which is a gap on a machine with a boiler large enough for ten cups. Sibling Ninja listings on this site record 120 volts, correct for North America, and the rating plate is the authority. This is a corded countertop appliance with no water line, no drain, no gas and no venting.
The running cost is the best part of the machine. The filter type is recorded as reusable, so paper filters are optional rather than required and there is no mandatory consumable at all. With no pod path there is no expensive route to accidentally fall into, which over a year is a bigger difference than any feature on the front panel. A mesh basket lets more oils and fines through than paper, so the cup reads heavier, and papers remain an option for anyone who prefers a cleaner profile.
No water filter is listed for this model, which saves a cartridge cost and means scale arrives faster in hard water areas. Descaling is therefore the recurring maintenance and no interval is published. The glass carafe is the part most likely to be replaced and is inexpensive. First availability is given as April 14, 2022.
One field is junk: the department entry says mens, which is meaningless on a coffee maker and appears on other listings in this catalog too.
Highlights
- Brews a single cup or a 10 cup carafe, with a single cup treated as a real brew size.
- Classic, Rich and Over Ice brew styles, each doing something mechanically different.
- Reusable filter, so paper is optional and there is no mandatory consumable.
- Removable reservoir for filling at the sink.
- No pod path, so there is no expensive default.
- No app, no account and nothing that can lose software support.
Things To Consider
- No voltage, wattage or amperage is published on the listing.
- Reservoir capacity is not published for a machine spanning one to ten cups.
- No clock or delay brew is described, so scheduling should be confirmed before ordering.
- Glass carafe on a warming plate, so coffee degrades as it sits.
- Fifteen inches tall with an upward opening lid.
- The department field says mens, which is junk data.
Who it is not for
Anyone who wants pods will find no adapter here and should look at the DualBrew instead. Anyone who wants coffee to hold quality for hours needs a thermal carafe rather than a hot plate. Anyone who wants espresso or milk drinks is in the wrong section of the coffee machines category. And anyone brewing a genuinely large pot regularly should look at a 14 cup machine, since ten cups is on the small side for a group.
