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The keurig is amazing

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I like (don't love) mine. It was gift from my wife, and I use it everyday. Did discover an interesting thing: took it to a mountain cabin 9000+ ft. up, and the pump would not work. Simply couldn't overcome the lack of oxygen and/or air pressure. Got it home and it worked fine. Emailed the company, never heard back.
 
SpatiallyAware said:
You will definitely eventually have issues. The 'scale' is mineral deposits.. It really doesn't affect the look or taste of the water, but it builds up in the pump system and causes issues.
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yes, we use filtered water too but eventually the issues we encountered were smaller and smaller portions per brew cup size. after descaling we were back to normal.
 
SpatiallyAware said:
I swear, every review I read about the "quality" (brewing half cups of coffee, making noise with no coffee, pump going out) allow me to EASILY flag the poster as a total idiot.

These things are built very well. I know of at least 5-6 people firsthand who have these, who have NO problems as long as the machine is descaled. The couple who refused to descale have all had these problems. Read online, ALL of the issues are due to lack of maintenance. The machine HAS to be descaled to function reliably.

To me, this is absolutely no different than someone saying X brand car company is total junk because the engine only lasted 20k miles... even though they never changed or added oil.


Other stupid questions answered below:

Is the k-cup system more expensive? Yes, 10-15% more if you compare costco k-cup to drip coffee. 20% if you buy from grocery stores. If you use the do-it-yourself cup then it's a better value at the expense of more time.

Does it taste different? Yes, the keurig presses water through the coffee rather than gravity drip.

Can it be weak? Yes, the k-cups have a measured amount of coffee in them. They are designed for a 8oz cup of coffee. If you select 12oz, it will be weak. If you select 6oz, it will be strong.



No kidding, I feel like every single hugely negative response on here is from haters who are upset that they didn't get a keurig machine for christmas.
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All i know is we have 2 of these at work, are on the 6th machine(in less than a year) and they keep getting new ones and they keep dieing. Personally i dont drink coffee but i think going through 6 in a year is not a good sign of high quality. Cant comment on the cleaning intervals because as i said i dont personally use them.
 
Rifter said:
All i know is we have 2 of these at work, are on the 6th machine(in less than a year) and they keep getting new ones and they keep dieing. Personally i dont drink coffee but i think going through 6 in a year is not a good sign of high quality. Cant comment on the cleaning intervals because as i said i dont personally use them.
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There are different classes of Keurigs. Did you guys have a business level machine?
 
I wouldn't pay over 35 cents a K-cup. Last October I picked up a year supply for free (after rewards converted to FAR software) courtesy of Office Depot. Recently picked up a couple boxes of 18 count butter toffee and hazelnut for under $4 each from Staples.
 
SpatiallyAware said:
Change the setting from 10oz to 6oz.... The little cups have a preset amount of coffee, you have to adjust the water amount to get the strength you want.
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We've had our machine for years, so I've tried basically every setting possible. Still a no go. Coffee is too weak.

Also hard to understand why a company would put a 10oz setting on a machine that can only put out (allegedly) 6oz of good coffee.
 
ultimatebob said:
Using the "Extra Bold" K Cups also helps.
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Still too weak. Why can't you guys just accept that it makes coffee that is too weak for my taste? "You should try this!" "No, he should try that!" "No, I know, he should try standing on his head and pissing sideways...." Sheesh. how bout the company makes a product that can produce coffee that is the same strength as a drip coffee maker or a french press?

If others like the machine, good for them. I think the concept is very good. But the coffee it produces is just plain bad, in my opinion.
 
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soxfan said:
Still too weak. Why can't you guys just accept that it makes coffee that is too weak for my taste? "You should try this!" "No, he should try that!" "No, I know, he should try standing on his head and pissing sideways...." Sheesh. how bout the company makes a product that can produce coffee that is the same strength as a drip coffee maker or a french press?

If others like the machine, good for them. I think the concept is very good. But the coffee it produces is just plain bad, in my opinion.
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+1, because you helped me never to buy one.
 
soxfan said:
Still too weak. Why can't you guys just accept that it makes coffee that is too weak for my taste? "You should try this!" "No, he should try that!" "No, I know, he should try standing on his head and pissing sideways...." Sheesh. how bout the company makes a product that can produce coffee that is the same strength as a drip coffee maker or a french press?

If others like the machine, good for them. I think the concept is very good. But the coffee it produces is just plain bad, in my opinion.
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You need an espresso machine, not a keurig.


The keurig hate is beyond ridiculous.. It is almost as bad as the m3 jealousy around here.
 
mmntech said:
They're great until the true cost of owning one gets factored in. The coffee is $20+ per pound for your average swill. Which is about what premium beans start to top out at. Is it really that hard to put some grounds in a basket and fill it with water?
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Pretty much my thoughts.
I go one step further and drink a lot more tea. It is so much cheaper its not even comparable. Coffee is getting stupid expensive...
 
SpatiallyAware said:
You need an espresso machine, not a keurig.

The keurig hate is beyond ridiculous.. It is almost as bad as the m3 jealousy around here.
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I don't "hate" the Keurig. It just doesn't produce coffee that suits my taste. In other words, it doesn't meet my personal needs/wants as a coffee consumer If others like the coffee it makes (which many apparently do), great! I'm happy for them.

I typically make coffee using a french press. Takes about 5 minutes in total. Works for me.
 
Nebor said:
Some people enjoy Nickelback, Affliction t-shirts and tribal tattoos. And like them, you just have bad taste. 😎
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I've been known to like some pretty bad music and to completely lack fashion sense, but even I don't like Nickelback and affliction t-shirts.
 
soxfan said:
Still too weak. Why can't you guys just accept that it makes coffee that is too weak for my taste? "You should try this!" "No, he should try that!" "No, I know, he should try standing on his head and pissing sideways...." Sheesh. how bout the company makes a product that can produce coffee that is the same strength as a drip coffee maker or a french press?

If others like the machine, good for them. I think the concept is very good. But the coffee it produces is just plain bad, in my opinion.
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Wow. Maybe you should lay off the coffee...

I'm a big fan of really strong coffee after getting used to drinking sludge in the Army for four years. It helps to know what you are working with if you are trying to find something that you like. Different cups have different amounts of coffee and can help:

- Typical k-cups: 9 grams
- Extra bold k-cups: 11 grams
- "Travel mug" k-cups: 13 grams
- Barista Prima k-cups: 14 grams
- "Brew Over Ice" k-cups: 14 grams

So a Barista Prima or travel mug has ~50% more coffee than a regular cup. Brewed into 8 ounces, that can greatly increase the coffee's strength.

Also, the new Keurig Vue (which I just got) has a "strong" setting. This slows down the water injection and allows the water to soak a little more before. I tried it both ways and the strong setting does help. It won't improve bad coffee, but it does make the same coffee taste a little stronger.

I find that a "travel mug" pod brewed into an 8 oz cup on the strong setting provides a reasonably strong cup of coffee. Won't grow hair on your teeth, but much better than the normal cups.

The variety of "travel mug" coffee is smaller, but you can sub Barista Prima, and usually find them on sale for the same price as normal cups. If you have a brewer at work, picking up a box of the travel mug pods to keep in your desk is a good idea.
 
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1Tbsp ~ 14grams, oh hey they're all pretty weak. That is just shocking that a sealed proprietary patented container is slightly underfilled.

Let alone for those daring enough to use... a heaping tablespoon!

No matter how much you soak 14g of coffee, its still 14g of coffee. "Strong" setting doesn't actually make "strong" coffee.
 
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