“I am a busy person, and I don’t have enough time to do a lot of things. Why do I need to grind my own coffee beans when I can buy them already ground?”

That’s true. Why should you get whole beans to grind before you make coffee when you can buy them neatly packed, ground and perfectly sealed? The answer is very simple. The moment you break these beans apart, all of that wonderful antioxidants and aroma escapes from the beans, and sure, when you open that great big bag of ground beans, you smell it. But where do they go? They don’t stay in the beans. They escape into the air, and just like any corpse, you are left with a bag of cadaver beans with not much soul to extract into your coffee.

I think that sums it all up. It’s all about freshness. And getting the best out of that cup of coffee you make in the morning, or anytime of the day or night. It’s as true as peeling a banana and leaving it behind to blacken because you aren’t ready to eat it yet. Now that’s just gross.

There are coffee grinders and there are coffee makers with built in grinders. The beauty of coffee makers with built in grinders is that there is no escape of flavor possible. The coffee can be ground and expressed in one machine and what comes out is pure, unadulterated, insanely delicious coffee.

When you’re getting a coffee grinder, make sure it is of the burr grinder type. A burr grinder grinds the beans at a relatively slow speed. If you grind beans slow enough, you are in the best condition to avoid heat and friction that lets all that aroma and flavor escape. A lot of these options we have for coffee makers with grinders have burr grinders.

Here are some of the best coffee machines with built in grinders in the market…

Best Coffee Machines With Grinder

7. Cuisinart DGB-900 Grind and Brew Thermal 12 Cup Automatic Coffee Maker

That mouthful tells a lot. You have your grinder, a thermal coffee maker, which means you keep the temperature absolutely the same, and can make 12 cups of amazing coffee. The Burr type grinder takes care of consistency as well, making the ground beans as uniform as possible, and the thermal carafe lets you keep the coffee in its best form just before you pour your first cup of coffee. The Grind-and-Strength buttons allow you to control the strength of your coffee, and a charcoal filter makes sure that the water doesn’t hold any unpleasant after taste that can affect your coffee.

6. Cuisinart DGB-700 Grind and Brew

This version is different from the prior model for an obvious reason, that’s lacking on the name. That’s right. No thermal carafe. It instead comes with a glass carafe, and a heating plate underneath. You can then keep the plate heated up to 4 hours, and then it shuts down. You can also time the plate to shut off even with less time, nevertheless if you leave it on, it will shut down. However, if you should see that there is hardly a price difference of $50 between these two very similar models, wouldn’t you take the thermal carafe?

5. Cuisinart DGB-650 Grind-and-Brew Thermal 10 Cup Automatic Coffee Maker

This machines comes with a blade grinder. It also doesn’t get you 12 cups of coffee at a time but 10. These are smaller cups, by the way. About 5-6 ounces only per cup. What’s great about this machine is the control panel. The LCD display gives you options if you want to do 1-4 cups at a time, or interrupt the brewing process and pull out the carafe. If you’re one to consume coffee longer, then the option of a thermal carafe is definitely for you.

4. Breville BDC600XL YouBrew Drip

The sleekly designed coffeemaker has a burr grinder, keeping the coffee fresh with its slow and careful way of grinding your beans. It also has a thermal carafe, and makes 12 cups of coffee at a time. The amazing thing about this machine is its intuitive display, allowing you to customize everything from how much coffee you want to brew, to its strength. Enjoy bolder coffee flavors with this machine, and longer coffee breaks.

3. Breville BDC550 YouBrew Drip

This unit does not have a thermal carafe. Instead, the glass carafe sits on top of a heated plate that can run hot up to 2 hours. There is no option to make fewer cups of coffee regardless how much water you’ve got inside the machine. If you need 6 cups of coffee, then place only water enough for 6 cups of coffee. The only reason to buy this unit over its BDC600 counterpart is not even the price. Why would you save ONE DOLLAR if that dollar can get you thermal carafe and the option of fewer cups? I’d buy this only if there are no more BDC600s available.

2. Cuisinart DGB625 Grind and Brew 12 Cup

Although this machine does not come with a thermal carafe, but the heating plate lets you keep the temperature constant up to 4 hours. The automatic function allows you to brew 1-4 cups of coffee within a time frame of 24 hours. It adjusts to slow down brewing so that your coffee steeps. This is an entry level coffee maker meaning the unit can help usher in new coffee enthusiasts, and although you don’t have much experience  brewing yet, this makes you an expert in no time. Cleaning this unit however, is no joy, which is the only downside to this unit.

1. Black and Decker Mill and Brew Coffee Maker

Make 12 cups of coffee with this coffee maker. The unit also comes in four different colors: black, white, red and gray. The blade grinder automatically grinds the beans when you place them in the filter. The filter has to be washed, therefore each time. Another problem is that it will wear out easily and parts are not easy to come by.

Now that you’ve seen the best coffee maker grinder combos available in the market, we hope that you find time to compare and choose the best coffee maker/grinder you seem best fit your needs.