The coffe maker is nice an makes good coffee, however, you cannot program the number of cups. It simply uses up all the water you put in to the coffee maker. The programs are to turn it on or off at certain time. The water part is useless unless you don't care that the water has a very strong coffee flavor. They have not separate these two units well enough to prevent coffee from overpowering the whole system. So the idea to have hot water dispenser is great but not executed in a way people who drink tee can use it. You can however use it to dilute your coffee if it is too strong. Overall I am happy but could probably should get one without the hot water system.