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Cuisinart Grind & Brew Single-Serve DGB-2SS review

A single-serve machine that grinds whole beans into a reusable cup or takes any brand of pod, with a 48-ounce reservoir.

Where we land on it A three-year warranty, the longest on this shelf by a distance, on a machine that both grinds beans and takes a pod. Nobody else here publishes a warranty at all, and nobody else lets you do both.

What the maker puts in writing

  • Serving sizes: 8, 10, 12 oz
  • Grinder: conical burr, into a reusable filter cup
  • Pods: any brand, including K-Cup
  • Reservoir: 48 oz, removable, charcoal filter, easy-view window
  • Warranty: limited 3 years

The only warranty on the shelf

Eight listings here say nothing about cover. This one says three years, and that is longer than any espresso machine on this site publishes.

It is not a performance figure and it does not make the coffee better. It is the one number on this shelf that speaks to what happens in year two, and only one machine out of nine offers it.

Beans or a pod, which nobody else on this shelf offers both ways

The grinder puts fresh coffee straight into a reusable cup. The same machine takes a K-Cup when nobody wants to deal with beans.

Every other machine here picks a side. That flexibility is the real argument, and it is worth more in a shared kitchen than any grind setting.

Where this listing stops short

No grind count on a machine whose grinder is a headline. No pressure, no wattage, and the narrowest size range on the shelf at 8 to 12 ounces — against 3 to 24 from the De’Longhi.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $190 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

What it gets right, and wrong

Strengths

  • A limited three-year warranty — the only warranty published on this shelf, and longer than anything in the espresso rack on this site
  • The only machine here that takes both whole beans and any brand of pod, so a household does not have to agree on one
  • Publishes its reservoir at 48 oz, with a charcoal filter and a window, where six machines on this shelf give no tank figure at all

Compromises

  • No grind setting count, despite the conical burr being a headline bullet
  • Three serving sizes, from 8 to 12 oz, is the narrowest published range on this shelf
  • No milk system, no pressure, no wattage

Where this one stands among its neighbors

At $190, it is the 10 cheapest of the 11 models in this category published here.

  • Least costly of the neighbors$27
  • Median$63
  • Most costly of the neighbors$490

Specifications

TypeSingle serve, pod or freshly ground
Serving sizes8, 10 or 12 oz
GrinderConical burr, grinds into the reusable filter cup
HopperSealed
PodsAny brand of single-cup pod, including K-Cup
Water48 oz removable reservoir with charcoal filter and easy-view window
Drip trayRemovable, for travel mugs
WarrantyLimited 3-year
Grind settingsNot stated by the maker
Amazon referenceB0C1Q4V3J3
EAN0086279221711

What people want to know

Does it really take any pod?

The listing says compatible with any brand of single-cup pod, including Keurig K-Cup pods. It is the only machine on this shelf that mentions pods at all.

What does a sealed hopper buy you?

The maker frames it as preserving freshness, with the grinder delivering straight into the reusable filter cup. No figure accompanies it. What it does mean in practice is that beans live in the machine, which the EUHOMY on this shelf answers with a one-touch purge for switching coffees.

Three years — is that unusual?

On this shelf it is unique: eight other listings publish no warranty whatsoever. Across the espresso machines on this site the best published figure is two years. This is a 189-dollar machine with the longest published cover anywhere in the niche.

Today’s price and availability, for coffee machines

Details checked on October 30, 2026.

This one and its buyer, among coffee machines

A two-person household where one grinds beans and the other wants a pod, with a warranty behind it

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for coffee equipment and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

The way we judge these coffee machines