Comments on: Oster Counterforms 12-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker 4281 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/oster-counterforms-12-cup-programmable-coffeemaker-4281.html Talk About Coffee is a must visit site for all the coffee lovers out there :)) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: J http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/oster-counterforms-12-cup-programmable-coffeemaker-4281.html/comment-page-1#comment-3276 J Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:30:43 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/oster-counterforms-12-cup-programmable-coffeemaker-4281.html#comment-3276 Hi, I just got a 4281 without a user's manual. I would like to figure out how to clean it. I heard that you should add 3 cups of coffee cleaning solution and hit the "Clean" button. However, I also heard a rumor that you can use vinegar instead of coffee cleaning solution. Is this true? If so, (i) should you still use 3 cups of vinegar (undiluted); and (ii) should you use any particular type of vinegar (such as white)? Thanks . . . Hi, I just got a 4281 without a user’s manual. I would like to figure out how to clean it. I heard that you should add 3 cups of coffee cleaning solution and hit the “Clean” button. However, I also heard a rumor that you can use vinegar instead of coffee cleaning solution. Is this true? If so, (i) should you still use 3 cups of vinegar (undiluted); and (ii) should you use any particular type of vinegar (such as white)?

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]]> By: Willie Kate Friar http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/oster-counterforms-12-cup-programmable-coffeemaker-4281.html/comment-page-1#comment-2975 Willie Kate Friar Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:48:18 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/oster-counterforms-12-cup-programmable-coffeemaker-4281.html#comment-2975 The carafe broke immediately. It is too soon and it seems impossible to find a replacement. The carafe broke immediately. It is too soon and it seems impossible to find a replacement.

]]> By: Fabiola Arriar??n http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/oster-counterforms-12-cup-programmable-coffeemaker-4281.html/comment-page-1#comment-2484 Fabiola Arriar??n Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:37:42 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/oster-counterforms-12-cup-programmable-coffeemaker-4281.html#comment-2484 I have recently bought a 12-Cup Programmable Coffe Maker 4281. It has all the features you have described in your article, and they are a plus! I have used this coffee maker only three times, but I am concerned about coffee flavor it produced and the lack of aroma. I couldn??t obtain the same flavor(using the same coffee brand and the same amount of water and coffee) I got from my Thomas Coffee Maker, which had a permanent coffee filter made of steel. The reason I selected this Oster coffee maker 4281 was mainly because it was the only one in the local market that the salesman told me it had a metal filter. I bought the machine, but when I got home and I took out the owner??s manual, it said that it had a permanent filter, but it did not say whether it was made of metal, and what kind of metal it is. This information is vital to me because a few months before I bought another Oster Coffee Maker, (another type) and it seemed to have a plastic or nylon filter, which produced a terrible smell and completely altered the flavor of coffee; it tasted and smelled like plastic, so I threw this coffee maker away. I would like some specific information regarding the permanent filter of my Oster Coffee Maker 4281, and also some advice on how can I improve the flavor of the coffee in this coffee maker. I am using a combination of the best kinds of coffee produced in Per??, which had gained international recognition, so my coffee brands are not the problem. I had to replace my Thomas because it is very old and in the local market we do not have many brands of drip coffee makers to buy(they are not so popular in Per??), and Oster are the ones that look better in the store counters. I used to have a Brown, then a Thomas, but these companies are no selling their coffee makers in Per?? any more. I have recently bought a 12-Cup Programmable Coffe Maker 4281. It has all the features you have described in your article, and they are a plus! I have used this coffee maker only three times, but I am concerned about coffee flavor it produced and the lack of aroma. I couldn??t obtain the same flavor(using the same coffee brand and the same amount of water and coffee) I got from my Thomas Coffee Maker, which had a permanent coffee filter made of steel. The reason I selected this Oster coffee maker 4281 was mainly because it was the only one in the local market that the salesman told me it had a metal filter. I bought the machine, but when I got home and I took out the owner??s manual, it said that it had a permanent filter, but it did not say whether it was made of metal, and what kind of metal it is. This information is vital to me because a few months before I bought another Oster Coffee Maker, (another type) and it seemed to have a plastic or nylon filter, which produced a terrible smell and completely altered the flavor of coffee; it tasted and smelled like plastic, so I threw this coffee maker away. I would like some specific information regarding the permanent filter of my Oster Coffee Maker 4281, and also some advice on how can I improve the flavor of the coffee in this coffee maker. I am using a combination of the best kinds of coffee produced in Per??, which had gained international recognition, so my coffee brands are not the problem. I had to replace my Thomas because it is very old and in the local market we do not have many brands of drip coffee makers to buy(they are not so popular in Per??), and Oster are the ones that look better in the store counters. I used to have a Brown, then a Thomas, but these companies are no selling their coffee makers in Per?? any more.

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