1.   Almost any thermal carafe coffeemaker will hold coffee for much longer than this, but not all with the same degree of effectiveness.

2.   But now, coffee manufacturers have made great strides in design, introducing thermal carafe machines that are sleek, efficient and tailored to the coffee connoisseur.

3.   Sleek new coffee makers have thermal carafes that keep coffee from burning.

4.   The coffee drips through a filter directly into the thermal carafe.

5.   The DeLonghi thermal carafe has a brushed stainless exterior and a glass interior, so it holds just eight cups.

6.   What a thermal carafe does is trap the coffee in a sealed container that maintains both its flavor and its temperature.