[Factory Store] QUEEN SENSE Patented Siphon/Syphon Coffee Maker Electric Vacuum Coffee Pot CM0601 (Siphon Coffee Maker)

Buy this now! How is this quality even possible at this price? Who knows! I’ve used siphon coffee makers for years and this unit is an absolute beast. Great cup color, limited bitterness. Fast and efficient and now I can leave the open flame and delicate glass behind for this thick glass and great functionality. For 40 bucks ignore the people saying it’s a hard method, it may not be a plastic drip coffee maker and that’s exactly what I wanted no plastic touching my hot water, the keep warm function is more of a reheat function but I like that too, perfect for my morning cup with my wife, definitely not for serving a crowd but we love the methodical nature and attention to detail this brewer demands, don’t clean it with soap either, comes with a nice bottle brush but if it only ever sees coffee don’t feel the need to get it spotless. Don’t get the base wet! That’s the only trick and your machine will last you ages. For 40 it’s a no brainer! Fantastic simple and beautiful.

Really works well. Took me a bit of research to figure out how much coffee to use for a pot of water. Turns out that if you fill the bottom to the "3 cup" mark, that is 16 ounces (478g) water, and the Official™ "optimal coffee to water ratio" of 1:16 turns that into 1 ounce (by weight, 29.9 grams) of coffee, which, if you are lazy, is about 1/2 cup (by volume), or, if you are using the included spoon, 4 spoons full. Medium grind. Medium to dark roast. If you like hellishly strong coffee, add more grounds. So you put the top flask in the plastic stand and add the coffee, fill the carafe to the 3 cup mark, put it on the heater pad, and press ON and BOIL. About 6-8 minutes later, the machine beeps to indicate that the water is boiling. Put the flask into the carafe and press down pretty firmly (carefully), and hit the BREW button. Select 120 seconds if you haven't already, by pressing brew repeatedly until 120 shows in the display. (Note: do not put the plastic stand on top of the flask while brewing. It might melt!) Now watch the show: Hot water is forced up into the top part (give it a good stir to get all the coffee grounds mixed in, not floating on top), and 120 seconds later, the machine switches off, and the coffee is sucked back down into the carafe. Now the fun part. Separate the top flask from the bottom carafe super-carefully, because it's a bit tight and also hot, and put the flask back into the plastic stand. Enjoy your coffee. You will have gotten 16 US Fluid Ounces of the best coffee you've had in a long time! That's enough for two mugs full or 3-4 dainty cups. You will need very little sweetener, and almost no cream. (I use about 1/2 TBSP of 2% milk) The coffee is moderately strong and clear of sediment and bitterness, so adding cream makes it into coffee-flavored hot milk. Enjoy. (Try it black. it's good enough to stand on its own.) Now the not-so-fun part: Cleaning. Rinse the carafe (bottom part), being careful not to get the plastic bottom of the carafe wet. Put the carafe back on the heating pad. Now thoroughly rinse the top flask and use a spoon to get the coffee grounds out. Once that's pretty clean, you have to get the filter out to thoroughly rinse it. Pull on the chain until the claw clasp is released from the bottom edge of the flask tube, and then, get in there with your hand and pull out the filter assembly. This is tricky because the claw will get hung up on the rubber stopper. Eventually you'll get it out, and can rinse the cloth filter, and set it aside while you use a sponge and a tiny drop of dish soap to clean the flask (soap needed to get the coffee oils off the flask). Rinse well to get rid of the soap. (You probably don't want to use soap on the cloth filter, for fear that the soap will remain and contaminate the coffee.) Now replace the filter, which is a genuine struggle! I found that the chain is just a bit too short. I ended up using pliers to grab and pull the chain out, and stretch the spring just a little, and then I could use my fingers to pull the chain and re-attach the claw to the edge of the flask spout. A genuine difficult time which could be vastly improved on by adding a few more links to the chain. Make sure the filter is properly in place, and put it on the stand until everything is dry, then put the flask back into the carafe and put the plastic stand back on top to keep dust out of the flask. All told, it takes about 10 minutes to brew the coffee, and about 5 minutes to clean and put away the machine. Is it worth the effort? In my opinion, this is the best cuppa I have had. (Pour-over can be almost as good, and can be a lot less effort.) It is a beautiful machine, and performance art. As of this writing, the cost is about $40, and therefore a bargain.

Hands down, the better way to brew coffee. This vacuum, siphon brewer is made in China and I do not like that fact. But what this is is an upgraded Klarstein vacuum, siphon brewer. I'm guessing that Klarstein sold the design to QueenSense. With that out of the way, I owned this product for many years and I almost cried when the bottom part of the fused glass handle cracked, making the brewer unusable. After searching for another copy, it became clear that there were none available, anywhere. So, 2 years later, I find on Amazon the QueenSense model. I am/was overjoyed and I bought 2 of them. The fact that after brewing, you have to wiggle the top portion, the reservoir, out of the pot is a bit of a hassle...because the reservoir is hot, well I can live with that... This design does really make an excellent, monstrously great cup of coffee. The price, honestly, cheap for what you get. This QueenSense design does have a couple of upgrades to the original Klarstein design, the top of the pot, the spout, is thicker glass and the connector, that electrical connection between the base of the unit and the corresponding connector on the bottom of the pot is improved. In closing, overall, a love - hate circumstance, I am overjoyed to see the vacuum, siphon design AGAIN AVAILABLE, but I do hate that this coffee brewer is made in China....

I have purchased 3 of these and 1 has a shorted out base. That being said when I contacted amazon I was 5 days over my 30 day warranty. I’m waiting to see if the seller or manufacturer has excellent or poor customer service.... another review to follow.

First, let me affirm what other reviewers here are saying: siphon or vacuum brewing is the best way to make coffee. No other brewing method gives you a cuppa that’s so rich and full bodied yet absolutely mellow, with not a trace of bitterness. Unfortunately, the downside of vacuum brewing is the attention you must pay to the process. When the water in the lower chamber comes to a boil and rises to the upper chamber where the ground coffee awaits its baptism, you must cut off the heat manually after the coffee has brewed to your preferred length of time. Certain electric vacuum brewers do automate this process in full or part. This Queen Sense model only automates the second part of the process, the brewing but not the boiling. Given that this unit obviously does have a timer, one wonders why the manufacturer did not automate the process entirely like the Solac or Bodum electric vacuum brewers still available; those require you to just turn on the unit and then return in five minutes for perfectly brewed cups of coffee. In my experience, however, the Solac and Bodum models have build quality issues. Both machines suffer from premature mechanical switch failures; my Bodum lasted a year and the Solac two years, with the boiling pot of the latter literally coming apart at the seams, allowing a steady trickle of hot coffee to stream down the side of the mug when you’re pouring. Will the seals and electronic switches on this Queen Sense machines prove more durable? Time will tell… In the meantime, I’m not having issues others report removing the upper chamber after brewing. A silicone potholder enables one to perform the task easily and without burn risks. So folks looking for vacuum brewing will appreciate the delicious cup of coffee this Queen Sense makes even though the machine lacks the convenience of full automation. And last but not least, the machine represents a bargain at half the price of the Solac and one third the price of the bourgie Bodum. UPDATE: after living with this rig for a few weeks, I can say this contraption makes the best coffee I've ever tasted. Period. So rich, so mellow... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Try removing the top where the coffee ground is after the siphoning through boiling. Yeah, oven mitt doesn't cut it. You need silicone gloves to twist (carefully) and heat protection to remove it. You need GOOD grip and careful methodical twisting. Kinda stupid. French press is safer and just as good.

This is my 3rd one of these. I love this product and the ease of use. The only con i have with this product is that it is a pain to clean, but well worth the great taste of the coffee. I wish they made a bigger size. The other 2 were the 3 model and this model is the 5. I wonder if they will come out with an 8. Only time will tell. I also bought reusable filter that was nice at filtering the coffee bean. I keep this at work and make it for my co-workers and they love how clean it tastes. It sucks that i have to constantly clean it so now i brew this 5 one and the 3 one. I forgot the measurements of fluid that is. Definitely buy if you want a great cup of coffee.

I previously had one of these for almost a year (slightly different design and seller, but nearly identical). It died from a small amount of water that got into the burner when it was plugged in - this is something to watch out for in this model as well. I purchased this coffee maker and the first one that came leaked water out of the bottom of the pot! The burner shorted out before I ever made a cup! However, the replacement came one day later and works just fine. Hopefully, it will continue to function well. PROS: * Great tasting, strong coffee without the bitterness. * Automatic shut-off completes the brew if you forget to stop it on manual mode. (I need this! This is one reason I need an electric one rather than a stovetop or flame burner!) * Quick shipping in great packaging CONS: *Unlike the first brand I used, you cannot fill the bottom pot up all the way with water for brewing. If you do, there will not be enough room in the upper chamber for water and coffee and it will spill over. It would be better if the pot were marked with a maximum water line. * Cleanup isn't super easy - I've really found no brush that will completely clean the inside bottom of the pot. Not a big deal, though, as long as you know what to expect. * You have to be intentional with this type of coffee maker to avoid breaking the upper chamber during cleaning and storage - it is fragile! * The burner is really too hot during the second half of the brewing process (when coffee is in the upper chamber) and often boils a bit there, producing slightly less than ideal results, but still very good. My old pot had half the heating element go out early on, which actually created ideal brewing conditions! They could improve the thermostat setting on the second phase. All in all, this is really the only siphon coffee maker on Amazon at this price point. It works and I love the coffee from it. I've used all types at home in search of a strong cup including moka pot, espresso makers and french press but this makes the tastiest cup, in my opinion. If you use a good quality bean and grind it yourself, you will really enjoy the aroma and flavor.