Mr. Coffee DRTX84 8-Cup Thermal Coffee Maker, White

I've had this coffemaker for about 2 months now. If makes a great cup of coffe and does keep it warm without a hot burner. The problem I have is that its messy. The way that it is set up, you have to lift the lid to make the coffee, the problem being...

It's funny. When we visit relatives and friends, we find many of them have purchased coffee makers in the $100 price range, and, inevitably, they are not able to make a pot of coffee for 20-30 minutes. And their complex coffee apparatus is usually...