I have owned the Gevalia coffee maker for several years. I love the thermal carafe - can make a pot and take it with me on trips, fishing, etc. The coffee maker itself operates just like any other coffee maker, except that the heating element cuts off automatically once the coffee has made. The carafe keeps the coffee hot for several hours and it doesn't get that "day old" taste that coffee will have after it sits on a hot element for any length of time. No, I do not use their coffee - did for awhile, but too expensive for regular use. My problem was not with the coffee maker but rather with the company. They would make unauthorized shipments at Christmas time, etc. And when I asked for coffee shipments to be cancelled, I would keep getting shipments. When I returned the shipments they would not give me credit. Finally I just kept refusing the shipments by writing 'REFUSED' across the shipping box. Still got billed for those shipments. Finally sent letter via registered mail, return receipt requested. I should have known...When I first ordered the coffee maker I waited for it to come for almost 2 months, then had to call and ask about it. My check had cleared ($12.00 I think it was on their special offer) They assured me it would be sent right away, which it was. Then a couple of months later, I got a second coffee maker. I called them and asked where to return it since I had a duplicate shipment. They said they had no record of it - and I kept telling the girl I didn't need a 2nd one, didn't want it. She told me if I shipped it back it would mess up their inventory. I never got billed for it, so after about a year I just gave it away. Don't know how they are now, but they were not very good at record keeping a few years ago.

Gevalia accepted my cancellation this morning but left open the option to buy coffee. We drink coffee every day. Always in the morning and nearly always in the afternoon. It's been awhile since I had a quality maker. It's too bad I'm not interested in Gevalia's coffee but I'm not. The company must sell enough coffee to justify giving away the pots. Glenda, since you kids gave you a membership in addition to the pot, you'll have to let us know how you like the coffee you'll be receiving in the next year. According to Gevalia's brochures there are coffees' for every season plus special blends. This is the model I got: My only disappointment, and you really can't call it a disappointment...lol...is I was to receive travel mugs but got cups instead. Very very nice cups, I must add; ones that will be well used. All of our travel mugs are junk...the lids leak if we can find them at all...they don't fit the cup holders in our vehicles, etc. etc. A new set would be useful. But oh well. I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth! I don't care how old he is! Lori

Egg in coffee? That brings me back 50 years. We had a friend that entertained a lot, she's still around but not in great health. She put out a "perfect" cup of coffee. One day I asked her secret and she said it was the egg shells she put in the coffee pot. She used a stove top percolator, she said it didn't matter what you use. She threw in the egg shells with the coffee grounds and percolated away until the color was right. She did it camping in a pot or kettle and it all turned out the same. She didn't strain the coffee, grounds settled on the bottom, I don't remember any sludge. And, she always had a pot of coffee on the stove that tasted like she just got through making it. I never did try it, DH and I always had it at work and I could always take it or leave it. I wised up when I started having extreme headaches on weekends when I was skipping the coffee, jeeze.

I have a Gevalia coffee maker too but right now, it's coughing. Maybe, it's about to croak. Like Mary, I like their coffee too. When my income was reduced to disability, I had to cut back and cancelled the membership. I really don't miss it because I happen to like Community Dark Roast coffee too which is readily available at local stores. I find that most coffee maker brew coffee too quick. The water goes through the ground coffee so fast that it doesn't allow enough time for the coffee to seep. That's what the Vietnamese single coffee maker is all about. It allows you to ajust the drips. The slower it drips, the stronger the coffee would be. However, it makes a single cup/glass only. With the Gevalia coffee maker, I actually use 2 filters in order to somewhat achieve this technique. The coffee does taste so much better because it allows the flavor to emerge. I need to research to see if there's such a coffee maker. One that is adjustable with the drip/brew speed.