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☕ Buying Guides · 2026Fresh Brew, Hot & Iced XL, Specialty CM401, DualBrew and Pods & Grounds: Ninja's drip and pod range matched to how you drink, from Ninja's own guides.
Decide on pods first, then on milk. If you only brew grounds, the Fresh Brew CE251 is Ninja's plain 12-cup pot, the Hot & Iced XL CM371 adds single cups and rapid cold brew, and the Specialty CM401 adds a fold-away frother for lattes. If you want K-Cup pods as well as a pot, the DualBrew GP161 does both with cold brew, and the DualBrew Pro CFP301 adds a frother and a hot water spout. One cup at a time? The Pods & Grounds PB051. Espresso capsules and a pot? The CFN601. Nothing here is scored: every figure is Ninja's own.
Ninja's coffee makers sort by two questions: do you want pods as well as grounds, and do you want milk drinks.
Ninja's coffee makers share a lot: most offer Classic and Rich brews, brew over ice, and take ground coffee for a single cup as well as a pot. Two things separate them.
Pods, or only grounds? The CE251, CM371 and CM401 brew ground coffee only. The DualBrew machines and the Pods & Grounds single-serve also take K-Cup pods. The CFN601 takes Nespresso-compatible espresso capsules instead.
Milk drinks, or not? The machines with a fold-away frother, and a Specialty brew that makes a small concentrate to build a latte on, are the CM401, the CFP301, the PB051 and the CFN601. The others have no frother.
This page covers Ninja's drip and pod coffee makers. Its Luxe Café espresso machines, with grinders and portafilters, are reviewed separately on our Ninja brand page. Nothing here is scored or ranked: every figure is from Ninja's listings or owner's guides, read on 30 October 2026.
Fresh Brew CE251 — a straightforward 12-cup glass-carafe drip machine. Classic or Rich strength, a small-batch setting for 1 to 4 cups, 24-hour delay brew, a warming plate that holds coffee up to 4 hours and a 60 oz reservoir that lifts out to fill. Ninja's guide puts a full carafe at about 12 to 15 minutes. If you want a pot of coffee and nothing else, this is the one.
Hot & Iced XL CM371 — brews anything from a small cup to a full 12-cup carafe in eight sizes, and adds Cold Brew, which its listing says takes as little as 10 minutes. The reservoir is auto-metering, so you fill it and the machine takes what each size needs. No frother.
Specialty CM401 — six sizes up to a 10-cup glass carafe, a fold-away frother, and the Specialty brew, a concentrate of about 4 oz per its guide for lattes and cappuccinos. Ninja lists the carafe, filters, reservoir and frother whisk as top-rack dishwasher safe.
DualBrew GP161 — grounds from a single cup to a 12-cup carafe, K-Cup pods from 6 to 12 oz, and rapid cold brew from either. Its listing gives a full carafe of cold brew in under 20 minutes. It has a warming plate and a 60 oz reservoir, but no frother.
DualBrew Pro CFP301 — grounds and pods in 13 sizes, the Specialty brew, a fold-away frother, and a separate hot water spout with hot and boil settings for tea or oatmeal. The 60 oz reservoir sits on the side or the back. When we checked, Ninja's own site sent its CFP301 page to a newer DualBrew model, so it may be on the way out; Amazon.com was still selling it new.
Ninja's guide notes that reusable K-Cup filters do not fit its pod adapter: for a single cup of your own coffee, use the grounds side instead.
The PB051 is Ninja's single-serve machine. It takes K-Cup pods or your own grounds, brews 6 to 24 oz, and has four styles including Over Ice and Specialty, plus a fold-away frother. Its 56 oz reservoir lifts off. If you would otherwise buy a Keurig, this is Ninja's answer, and our which Keurig to buy guide is the comparison to read.
The Espresso & Coffee Barista System CFN601 brews Nespresso-compatible original-style capsules on one side, as Espresso, Lungo or Over Ice, with a 19-bar system per its listing, and a pot of drip coffee from grounds on the other, up to 12 cups. It has a fold-away frother and a bin for 20 used capsules. Ninja's newer DualBrew Prestige CFN801 lists the same capsule and grounds brewing.
It is a capsule machine, not an espresso machine with a grinder. If that is what you want, see the Luxe Café range on our Ninja brand page.
Every Ninja here has a clean cycle that descales it with white vinegar or a coffee-maker descaler, and most light a CLEAN indicator when it is due. Ninja's guides also ask for the system to be cleaned weekly, and its warranty excludes failure to run regular cleaning cycles. Our Ninja coffee maker cleaning guide covers each family. The warranty is one year on every model, per Ninja's guides.
Every machine below was sold new by Amazon.com when we checked on 30 October 2026. Each product fact is its listing's own statement, and live prices come from Amazon at the moment the page loads rather than being typed here.
Ninja's plain 12-cup drip machine, and the cheapest way into the range. Listing states Classic or Rich brew styles, a 12-cup glass carafe, a small batch function for 1 to 4 cups, 24-hour delay brew, a warming plate that keeps coffee up to 4 hours, a 60-oz removable reservoir, mid-brew pause and a clean setting.
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Single cups to a full pot from grounds, with Ninja's rapid cold brew. Listing states Classic, Rich, Over Ice and Cold Brew styles, cold brew in as little as 10 minutes, 8 sizes from a small cup to a full carafe, a removable auto-metering reservoir, 24-hour delay brew and a 12-cup glass carafe.
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Single cups to a 10-cup pot from grounds, with a frother for milk drinks. Listing states Classic, Rich, Over Ice and Specialty brew styles, a Specialty concentrate for lattes and cappuccinos, 6 sizes from a cup to a full carafe, a built-in fold-away frother, a 50-oz (10-cup) glass carafe and top-rack dishwasher-safe parts including the reservoir.
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Ninja's newest pot-and-pods machine, with cold brew but no frother. Listing states brewing with grounds or pods, Classic, Rich, Over Ice and Cold Brew styles, grounds from a single cup to a 12-cup carafe, pods from 6 to 12 oz, rapid cold brew, a warming plate up to 4 hours and a 60-oz removable reservoir.
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Pods, a pot, a frother and a hot water spout in one machine. Listing states grounds and K-Cup pods in 13 sizes, Classic, Rich, Over Ice and Specialty styles, a separate hot water system with hot and boil settings, a fold-away frother, a 60-oz multi-position reservoir and a 12-cup glass carafe.
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One cup at a time, from pods or your own grounds, with a frother. Listing states a single-serve machine for K-Cup pods and grounds, 4 brew styles including Over Ice and Specialty, cups from 6 to 24 oz, a built-in fold-away milk frother and a 56 oz removable reservoir.
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Espresso capsules on one side and a full pot of drip coffee on the other. Listing states a 19-bar system for Nespresso-compatible espresso capsules in Espresso, Lungo and Over Ice styles, grounds brewing in 9 sizes up to a 12-cup carafe, a built-in fold-away frother, a 20-capsule used bin, and Delay Brew, Keep Warm and Clean functions.
Check price on Amazon →It depends on whether you use pods. For a pot of coffee only, the Fresh Brew CE251; for single cups, cold brew and pots from grounds, the CM371; for lattes, the Specialty CM401. For pods and a pot, the DualBrew GP161 or the CFP301, which adds a frother and hot water. We do not score Ninja coffee makers, so this is a recommendation about fit.
The DualBrew GP161 and DualBrew Pro CFP301, which also brew a pot from grounds, and the Pods & Grounds PB051 single-serve. Their listings say they take K-Cup pods. The CE251, CM371 and CM401 brew grounds only.
The CM401: a drip machine that brews grounds from a single cup to a 10-cup carafe, with a fold-away frother and a Specialty brew, a concentrate of about 4 oz that you build lattes and cappuccinos on. It does not take pods.
Both brew grounds and K-Cup pods into a cup or a 12-cup carafe. The DualBrew Pro CFP301 adds a fold-away frother, the Specialty brew and a separate hot water spout. The newer DualBrew GP161 adds rapid cold brew but has no frother.
The drip machines make a Specialty concentrate, not espresso. The CFN601 Espresso & Coffee Barista System brews espresso from Nespresso-compatible capsules. For espresso from beans, Ninja's Luxe Café machines are a different range; see our Ninja brand page.
One year, per Ninja's owner's guides. The warranty excludes failure to perform required maintenance, such as running regular cleaning cycles.
Sources for this page: Ninja Owner's Guides read 2026-10-30 (Ninja's support sites refused our requests, so the guides were read from their web.archive.org copies of support.ninjakitchen.com): CM400 Series (CM401); CM360/CM371; CFP300 Series DualBrew Pro (CFP301); CFN600C Series (Canadian edition, CFN601); PB040C (Canadian edition) and the PB051 Quick Start Guide · Ninja CE200 Series Owner's Guide (CE251), Ninja's PDF as hosted by the retailer P.C. Richard, static.pcrichard.com · Ninja product pages on sharkninja.com for the GP161, PB051, CFN801 and CM371, read 2026-10-30 · Product specifications are otherwise each machine's own Amazon listing copy (title and feature bullets), read 2026-10-30; every card links to the listing it was read from. We have not lab-tested brewers; where a figure is a manufacturer's, the page names the manufacturer, and machine capabilities come from our own published review records.
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