Why is Keurig coming out with a new format (Vue)

[keird]

We have a metal K-cup sized strainer attachment. Just fill it with regular ground coffee and presto; a single serving of coffee.

I just heat water for my tea, though.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

French press FTW.

 

[nageov3t]

I thought Disney fixed that whole patents ever expiring thing?

 

[lxskllr]

I thought Disney fixed that whole patents ever expiring thing?

That's copyright, a whole different classification of shenanigans.

 

[Anubis]

they make weak ass coffee never understood the love of them

 

[Gooberlx2]

they make weak ass coffee never understood the love of them

Kuerig doesn't actually make coffee, I don't believe. The Newman's Own bold from Costco is good stuff, IMO.

 

[trmiv]

Kuerig doesn't actually make coffee, I don't believe. The Newman's Own bold from Costco is good stuff, IMO.

Keurig is owned by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.

Still, there are plenty of varieties of k-cups, and a lot of them aren't weak at all. There are a few really nice bold options that I like.

 

[nageov3t]

they make weak ass coffee never understood the love of them

I've never had any complaints... they're great for someone like me who only drinks 1-2 cups/week and can't use regular coffee before it starts to go stale (even with freezing it; the last bag of coffee beans I bought lasted like 6 months)

 

[MovingTarget]

We have a metal K-cup sized strainer attachment. Just fill it with regular ground coffee and presto; a single serving of coffee.

I just heat water for my tea, though.

I use one of these for my teas: IngenuiTEA

It seems to work well for bagged tea, loose tea, or even flowering teas (which are pretty coo anyway). What do you use?

 

[ponyo]

they make weak ass coffee never understood the love of them

It's good for people who like different variety. I have and prefer automatic espresso machine for my coffee but it's more work to swap out different flavored beans compared to k-cup.

 

[MovingTarget]

It's good for people who like different variety. I have and prefer automatic espresso machine for my coffee but it's more work to swap out different flavored beans compared to k-cup.

Also this. I have an espresso machine that is somewhat less automatic. It is easy to set up single servings/cups, but you have to keep a lot of beans around to get a different variety every day. If you don't drink A LOT of it on a daily basis, your beans will go stale.

 

[keird]

I use one of these for my teas: IngenuiTEA

It seems to work well for bagged tea, loose tea, or even flowering teas (which are pretty coo anyway). What do you use?

I throw a Salada tea bag in a 6-8 oz. mug and let the hot water fill the mug. Sugar and a little half-and-half to taste. I'm not picky but after trying loose teas (jasmine, tins of English Breakfast or whatever) the tea bags were the most convenient.

My wife likes to throw the tea bag in the K-cup filtration attachment but I don't think the tea steeps for as long as it should. My kid will enjoy a chamomile tea with honey so we have disagreements there.

 

[nageov3t]

I've always heard that the keurig teas are horrible, but I'll use mine just to make hot water to steep real tea in.

 

[vi edit]

Never understood the point of a Keurig and tea. Seriously...just throw a bag in a cup, add water, microwave for a minute and let it steep for a few minutes. Drink. It's not like it's anywhere as needy as coffee to make/clean up. And the minute or two it takes a Keurig to warm up is a net wash in microwave time.

Cost wise it's *much* cheaper to buy a box of tea bags and they do taste much better than the watery tea-like stuff the k-cups spew out.

Coffee is a different story. Especially when you have multiple people in the house drinking coffee and some like flavored coffees and other's don't. Keeping a box of hazel nut or french vanilla k-cups around and tossing in the machine is easier than sullying up your french press with artificially flavored oily crap.

 

[Denly]

Basically, time=money. Once you become an adult this ratio is more important. I would say more about your daftness but I'm in a good mood.

Not really, I go from tim hortons to starbuck to cheap coffee maker to expensive coffee maker to french press. I take my time to make a cup a good coffee and french press is the way to go.

 

[jessieqwert]

My morning routine -

 

[JS80]

My morning routine -

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[JS80]

Just made this at home in 2 minutes.

 

[mmntech]

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How much did that cost you though? Guaranteed as much or more than buying it from Starbucks already made.

 

[dbk]

hahah that looks awesome.. JS80,.. do want

 

[JS80]

How much did that cost you though? Guaranteed as much or more than buying it from Starbucks already made.

I received as gift but it looks like ~$300 on Amazon. It's ~60c per capsule. I spent like $1k on Starbucks last year on the company dime and I recently left the company so I figure with my caffeine addiction this should pay itself off in less than a year.

Regardless though, I'd be willing to pay the premium for the convenience.

 

[JS80]

I'll also add that I'm not a fan of Keurig K-Cup coffee (tastes too watery for me). I love espresso so this machine works great for me. That device on the right is a milk frother and it's pretty awesome.

 

[God Mode]

Besides a manual press, what is the best machine for pre-measured amounts of coffee? ex. keurig metal strainer attachment.

I drink way too much coffee at irregular intervals throughout the day and buying k-cups is killing the budget.

 

[ponyo]

Besides a manual press, what is the best machine for pre-measured amounts of coffee? ex. keurig metal strainer attachment.

I drink way too much coffee at irregular intervals throughout the day and buying k-cups is killing the budget.

fully automatic espresso machine. $700-800 will get you a decent machine. $1.5-2k will get you fantastic machine. I bought one for $800 couple years back and made about two thousand cups or so. It has more than paid for itself many times over. You can just use any regular whole beans so it's really cheap to operate.

 

[God Mode]

fully automatic espresso machine. $700-800 will get you a decent machine. $1.5-2k will get you fantastic machine. I bought one for $800 couple years back and made about two thousand cups or so. It has more than paid for itself many times over. You can just use any regular whole beans so it's really cheap to operate.

What is the best machine <1k?

Durability and ease of maintanance would be the biggest factors for me. I also don't like to be insulted by 1 or 2 purposely pathetic and weak parts to perpetually nickel and dime the consumer.