SHARDOR CM1429TE-UL Programmable Coffee Maker

SHARDOR CM1429TE-UL Programmable Coffee Maker, Set It the Night Before

The SHARDOR CM1429TE-UL is a 10-cup programmable coffee maker built around one habit: load the basket before bed and wake up to a full carafe. A 24-hour timer runs the brew, an LCD touch screen sets the clock and the start time, and a warming plate keeps the pot hot for two hours once the cycle ends. This guide walks the machine through what it does, because the timer, the carafe, and the brew settings decide whether the maker earns counter space.

The carafe sets the size

A 10-cup carafe is the amount a household pours across a single morning, and a 60 g dose of medium grind is roughly what a pot of that size takes. Pushing toward 72 g darkens the coffee, and dropping to 48 g lightens it, so the 60 to 72 g range is the window worth keeping. Drip makers pull the ratio tight on a strong setting, landing near a 1 to 15 water-to-coffee ratio, and a medium grind is what keeps the bed even enough to hold that ratio through the brew. The carafe and the dose set the morning pot, and the grind is what holds it steady. Ten cups is a full pot for a family and a generous one for a couple, so the carafe size is the first thing to check before the timer even matters.

The brew cycle, start to finish

A drip cycle is simple to picture. The heater brings the water into the 93 to 96 degree band, a shower head wets the bed of grounds, and gravity carries the coffee down into the carafe. The whole run takes 8 to 10 minutes for a full 10-cup pot, and an extraction that lands in the 18 to 22 percent band tastes balanced rather than thin or bitter. Nothing in that chain needs a barista; it needs a steady temperature and an even bed, which is what the medium grind and the timer together provide.

The programmable timer does the morning work

The feature that earns the counter space is the 24-hour timer. The basket can be loaded the night before, the tank filled, and the start time set on the LCD touch screen, so the machine is already brewing when the alarm goes off. That removes the one step most households skip on a cold morning. The timer turns a kettle into a routine, and the LCD screen shows the clock, the brew time, and the programming options without a manual. A programmable coffee maker that is already working at 6 a.m. is the whole reason the form exists.

Regular or strong, two brew settings

The maker offers two brewing strength options, so the same 60 g dose can be pulled as a regular cup or a bolder one. A household that wants a lighter morning pot keeps it on regular; a household that wants more body switches to strong. Those two settings are the whole control set beyond the timer, which keeps the front panel simple: brew, strength, program, hour, and minute. For an office kitchen that pours for a rotating group, the strong setting holds up best under a splash of milk or a travel mug that waits an hour.

Two hours on the warming plate

After the 8 to 10 minute brew finishes, the warming plate holds the carafe at a drinkable temperature for two hours. That window covers a slow morning and a second cup, and it is the reason a 10-cup carafe makes sense for a kitchen that pours all morning rather than one that drinks a single mug. When the keep-warm cycle ends, the auto shut-off cuts the power, so the plate does not sit hot under an empty carafe. The plate and the shut-off work as a pair: warmth while there is coffee, silence once the carafe is empty.

Pause and pour mid-brew

The pause-and-serve function lets a carafe be pulled mid-brew for a first cup without flooding the plate. Take the carafe out, pour, and set it back; the flow stops while the carafe is away and resumes when it returns. For a household that cannot wait out the full 8 to 10 minutes, that pause is the difference between a maker that gets used and one that does not.

The footprint on the counter

At 13.23 inches tall, 8.23 inches deep, and 6.69 inches wide, the body fits under a standard upper cabinet with room for the lid to swing open. It weighs 4.34 pounds empty, light enough to slide out for a refill and stable enough to stay put while brewing. A maker that gets put away gets programmed less often, so the footprint helps decide whether the timer is used at all. The body is finished in silver, and the water window on the side shows the fill from 4 to 10 cups.

What a pot costs

A 20 dollar bag of grounds yields about 25 fills of the 60 g dose, so a full 10-cup pot costs roughly 80 cents, or about 8 cents a cup. That math is what makes the 10-cup form the value: the machine lists at 39.99 dollars, and the per-cup cost stays low because the dose is sized to the carafe rather than to a single mug. A programmable coffee maker at that price pays for itself in convenience alone, and the permanent filter removes the recurring cost of paper.

The filter basket and the cleanup

The brew basket takes a permanent filter, so there is no paper to buy each week, and both the basket and the carafe lift out for a rinse. The spent bed empties cleanly into the trash, and the carafe pours without the dribble a narrower spout causes. A maker that is quick to rinse is one that gets used daily, and the 13.23 inch height leaves the lid room to open fully when the basket is refilled. Descale the reservoir on a monthly cycle and the brew temperature stays inside the band the dose was built around.

The sheet to remember

• 24-hour timer: start time set on the LCD touch screen the night before
• 10-cup carafe, water window marking the fill from 4 to 10 cups
• 60 g dose of medium grind, with the 48 to 72 g window
• regular and strong, the two settings on the five-button front panel
• two-hour warming plate, auto shut-off when the cycle ends
• 8 to 10 minute run, extraction band of 18 to 22 percent
• 13.23 by 8.23 by 6.69 inches, 4.34 pounds empty
• 8 cents a cup at the 60 g dose

The carafe size is the check to run first: a kitchen that pours all morning fills it, one that drinks a single mug will not. Set it the night before, and the morning is handled.