It took me a long time to finally find a coffee maker that didn't have any plastic parts and one that brewed a rich, flavorful cup of coffee. I used to use a Cuisinart thermal coffee maker but I'd been reading so many articles about heating food in plastic containers and utensils that I began to wonder how safe having almost boiling water sitting in a coffee filter that was made of plastic while brewing could be. I sent out lots of emails to companies that made electric drip coffee machines trying to find one made of stainless steel but most were stainless only on the outside and many of those were lined with plastic. I finally found a percolating pot Presto 02811 12-Cup Stainless Steel Coffeemaker that was all stainless and had a really nice retro look to it, but the coffee just didn't taste very good, probably because it was boiled. We have a small french press coffee maker, but I wanted to be able to make a big pot and drink it over an hour or two and with the coffee grounds sitting in the bottom, the first cups were great, but the later ones, not so much.I finally came across this Chemex Coffee Maker that is all glass except for the trim. It seemed a little simplistic but I'd run out of options, so I ordered it. When I saw that smiling Amazon package I could hardly wait to open it and try the pot. I'd ordered some filters as well, but they hadn't arrived yet so I used some flat bottom filters that I had lying around. It took a long time for the coffee to drip through, like about 10 minutes, because the filter bunched up on the bottom, in the neck of the coffee maker and made it drip very slowly. But the coffee was nothing short of amazing! No off flavors from a plastic filter basket or built up residue from a pot that was difficult to clean. The coffee tasted incredibly fresh and clean. And I love the way this pot looks on my counter. It reminds me of something out of the 70's, living in Berkeley.Later that day I found some Melitta cone shaped filters at the grocery store which I decided to use until the Chemex Unbleached Square Coffee Filter arrived. They worked better and it was somewhat faster, but the best filters were the Chemex square ones. The process went much faster and the nice thing is that the filters stick out well past the top so it's easy to pull them out when you're finished and discard the grounds. It's strange, the Chemex filters feel thicker, but the coffee flows through them more quickly. It's definitely worth it to get the right ones.This coffee maker says it's 10 cups but coffee makers seem to measure cups differently than I do. If I fill it to the bottom of the wood trim, that's 6 8-ounce cups. I use a big coffee mug that holds something like 10 ounces. I love that this coffee maker is so easy to clean. I have a rounded brush that works perfectly that I bought at Wal Mart. I also like that the only thing the hot water and coffee touches is glass. It takes a little longer to make coffee than just dumping water into an electric coffee maker and flipping the switch, maybe 5 to 10 minutes with the new filters, but for the flavor of the coffee it's so worth the extra time. I use Hamilton Beach 40898 Cool-Touch Cordless 8 Cup Electric Kettle to heat my water and since the pot holds more than the electric kettle (It was originally purchased for tea.) I have to heat about 1-1/2 of the electric kettle pots. I purchased this top for the pot: Chemex Glass Coffeemaker Lid which helps a bit in keeping the coffee hot and looks nice.The only drawback for me is that the coffee doesn't stay hot like in a thermal coffee maker, and when I get down to the third or forth cup I have to put it in the microwave for 30 seconds or so. I'm looking now at some type of cover for the pot to keep it warm. I posted one tongue-in-check solution under the product photos. See what you think.For me, this coffee maker is entirely worth the extra trouble because the coffee tastes so incredibly good. I wish I had discovered it sooner.