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The coffee still tastes very good.If you tear open a used K-cup you see that it incorporates a paper filter, whereas the reuseable filter is steel mesh in a plastic cage which, I think, explains the silt. RE the commenter who had a fire with hers, her description ('pop' sound, location of flames, damaged outlet) sounds like she had a problem with her house wiring/outlet. If you have it on granite it's a bit quieter than on formica. Keurig needs to address the loudness with internal damping and better feet on the machine.COFFEE QUALITY: The coffee produced from K-cups is superb. Shame someone doesn't manufacture an add-in paper filter for the screen filter. The noise seems more objectionable in the quiet early morning hours than in the evening. Again, an add-in paper filter would be useful.EXPENSE OF USE: K-cups, purchased online, cost about twice the price of fine bulk coffee. The evidence is that the bulk of the water actually tunnels vertically down through the core of the grounds and horizontally along the bottom until it flows out the mesh at the bottom.
A partial solution is to not leave the unit turned on.DURABILITY: I can't comment on longevity - I've only had mine for a few months. That may seem redundant, but the screen would serve as a good support for a paper filter and the coffee is otherwise slightly silty.COFFEE STRENGTH: With the K-cups the coffee is stronger than with the reuseable filter. I use the optional reuseable filter with bulk coffee for my own morning cup and keep K-cups on hand for guests.ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: The K-cups I've used have a recycle symbol on the bottom, though you have to tear off the foil top (also recycleable) and tear away the paper filter. The energy efficiency paradigm with this coffee maker will be similar to that of on-demand water heaters, though this unit is probably built to lesser standards than water heaters. However this thing is built like a tank and weighs nearly as much.
Non of this is particularly laborious and the flip side is there's none of the cleanup that you have with a traditional coffee maker.A bigger issue is the amount of electricity it will use if left turned on. And when you look at the spent coffee in the mesh filter, it has a vertical tunnel bored through it by the water flow - the coffee doesn't mix well or evenly with the water.Their engineers would probably argue that, because the bottom of the reuseable filter is solid and the walls are mesh, the water has to flow horizontally through the grounds. The effect is jarring, though I've gotten used to it. The plastic parts seem reasonably sturdy. This happens no matter how fine or coarse the grind. She may not previously have put enough load on the bad outlet to challenge it until she plugged this coffee maker into it (it's 1500-watts).FINAL TAKE ON IT: This coffee maker makes quick, excellent single cups of coffee, which is great for small households and for offering guests variety of choice. This is due to the paper filter in the K-cup slowing water flow enough to create a brew slurry whereas the mesh reuseable filter allows the water to rush through.
Formerly on granite, mine now sits on formica right next to my toaster oven and the thing vibrates so much that it rattles the toaster & it's rack. Coffee I've made from my favorite bulk beans using the (optional) reuseable filter is excellent as well, though it ALWAYS has a slight scum/foam around the edge that stirs into the coffee but ends up as a very fine silt in the bottom of the cup. With the reuseable filter, toward the end of the brew the outflow into the cup is almost as pale as water. Let's hope Keurig reads these reviews and fixes the issues. In my opinion the convenience is worth the noise and I make accommodations to address the expense-of-use and environmental issues. A few detailed thoughts on issues raised by others as well as a few of my own.LOUDNESS: This unit is pretty loud, though the rigidity of the countertop makes a difference. I don't find this particularly objectionable, just a little unpleasant.
It's fast because it keeps a small internal reservoir partially heated, then boosts temp when it comes time to brew with a 1500-watt heating element.
I enjoy it alot better then the Keurig Elite single-cup. Then, the cost of the coffee. It is also colder. It is not worth it.I bought a 4-cup Mr. It was great at first.
Coffeemaker to save on cost. Most of the time, I have to heated it up in the microwave. The coffee had a great, fresh taste and hot. I received this coffee maker as a gift at Christmas 08. After several cleanings, going by the instructions provided, the coffee doesn't taste good.
It is so expensive for a big coffee drinker.
Pull out the glass caraf and press. Most important as Starbucks is pushing that horrid Pike Place Market brew. The full oils are present. Let it sit four minutes. No trash of filters or K-cups.
Example: Commercial salmon fisherman for a season. Meaning grind it at the store not with a home grinder unless you pay $100 for a good model.A press is $20 to $45. Easy to make a half cup. Starbucks contracted with Bodum to make the Art Deco model.
I have managed a bakery coffee shop with toys for boys. Steep four minutes. I had tried this years ago with failure. No cost in filters.A press also makes a milk frother. The filtering is the same as the metal drip filters. Either a quick rinse or a simple spin and the filter parts come about. At Starbucks two large Venti are $1.95 x 2 = $3.90. One size coffee only.I enjoy gadjets.
Also the simplest while offering complete control. Poured carefully. Stailess steel with crafted cutouts. There are a few powdered "grinds" in the botton of the your cup.
(A bamboo chopstick works best). I get the $16 a pound which would cost about $2.50 to $3.00 if i bought the pound of coffee. Wash the glass container. Use the small particles for Espresso or drip.A hint on retail coffee drinking. Bodum makes the best.
You can order a pressed coffee eight cup equivalent for $3.50. The Hobart 32 quart mixer is a blast. If the coffee is bitter then reduce the steeping time.You control the amount of water, coffee and brewing time. Add coffee to the Press. I use a Mexican Molinino $4.50 or a separate frother press i got at Goodwill $2.25. Coffee is used most efficiently. The idea fit in with the trip.I looked at Keurig, Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) as an investment.
We heated water in a porcelain pot. Decanting solves this or separate your fresh coffee by size. Most likely as a Short sale. Employees appreciating you know your coffee will give you ceramic cups.The best part is you choose any coffee at the same price. Added a bit of cold water to unsuspend the last grinds. Rinse the press part. It tastes the way the Seattle Pike Market smelled in 1967.
I planned on buying one only for a test until I read Amazon reviews. Press it. You can use it camping and during power outs if you have a gas stove. Clear Lucite handle and top.A press is the smallest coffee maker. Wash, then reverse in one continous motion.No cost even for filters. "It does not taste like instant coffee." At $100 and buying the $$$$ cups i hope not.The one star. Visiting friends and family i take it along.At home you can move it off the counter to free space.Simple action:Boil water in a pan. Added coffee.
No electricity required. Fun to have free Double Mochas.On the other spectrum i was a river raft guide. Each time i can get a different coffee. A tiny cup of coffee.
SBUX will open a for sale pack. Swung the pot around about ten times to settle the grinds. Pour the cup and the remainder into a caraf.If the few small grinds bother you then pour into a caraf first and decant it. The beans must be ground very coarse. Keep It Simple Stupid.Packaged one cup coffee makers.$100 to create landfill in used $$$ K-cups. Stir. Espresso machines are fun to operate yet a mess to clean.
No need to bother buying and returning it.The five star. Add the water. Without separating them do a rinse and screw it back together loosely.Hold the shaft and spin the filter. Other reviews wrote the K-cup was not watered fully.Starbucks will tell you the best coffee is from a French Press. KISS. It rattles, makes noise, gets mold and breaks after a year.OKAY make this a short sale. I use my smallest press an Rx drug rep present for draining Sauerkraut for Ruben sandwiches.(Yes i have a tortilla press also and every simple gadget made).Cleaning a press is simple.
I could give five stars if it don't make irritating noise.I put a rubber pad underneath to mediate the noise. I have been using it six month now with reusable filter for my favorite coffee grain. I wish it'd be a little taller for thermo bottle.
You shouldn't be shelling out this much money for a coffee machine if you expect a Mr. Indeed, when I purchased this machine at Target today, the display model for the B40 had only one cup size. Not true at all. I went to the Keurig website and researched the B40. I couldn't be happier with the B40, and don't see why anyone else wouldn't be just as pleased.Time for me to make another cup. Slightly less bold and rich if you brew the regular pods on the larger cup setting; but still very drinkable.
No filters to deal with, no messy coffee grounds, no dirty coffee pots to wash (and filter baskets). I haven't had a single one drip on the way to the trash can, and I remove them seconds after brewing. I counted each time the noise was made. Yes, the coffee was not quite as strong as I would normally like, but it was a very decent cup of coffee. Came back to Amazon and read the reviews one more time. I'm extremely pleased with the ease and cleanliness of using this machine. Probably the best $100 I have spent in at least five years. But I was completely wrong.
I immediately went into Panic Mode, worried that I just wasted a K-Cup, because my coffee would be too weak to drink. It takes time to research, but it pays off in the end. It's pumping pressurized hot water into the K-Cups. Yes, the machine makes noise. Not a big deal.I think a lot of the negative reviews that I read, and maybe all of them, referred to an older version of the B40 that only had one cup size setting. I had to triple-check the box to make sure I was getting the B40 with the TWO cup sizes (and I was).
But again, it's well worth the minor noise and moderate vibration. I will not worry if I ever hit the large size on a regular pod again. Of course it's gonna make noise. You are buying a "gourmet" coffee machine, and it has some cool features that require hot pressurized water to be pumped through the machine. I finally purchased the B40, and after getting it today and having brewed four cups of coffee so far, I offer the following review (from a BLACK COFFEE drinker, no milk, no sugar):I think the people who claim this machine is too loud and complain that it vibrates too much are your normal "Mr. Coffee coffee maker.
I was also concerned that the pods would leak after removing them from the machine, but they are almost dry. Just do your research and make sure this is the coffee machine you are looking for. This machine brews a nice, bold, rich cup of coffee. Although I plan on buying all Extra Bold cups, so that I can brew a bigger cup.I am extremely pleased with this coffee machine. Coffee" people. As I was brewing the third cup, I put in a "regular" K-Cup and hit the "large" cup setting. The convenience of the machine alone is well worth the minor noise and vibration.I highly recommend this machine. And then read them again.
I was so freaked out about those reviews, I wanted to brew every K-Cup (even the Extra Bold) on the small cup setting. If I was going to pay $100 for a coffee machine, I wanted to be sure I knew as much as possible about it.
It lasts five seconds each time, at most. So maybe they have improved the machine since that version.I read negative reviews about this machine making weak coffee.
One of my biggest concerns was that the beans had NO TIME to brew properly in such a short amount of time. This machine also vibrates.
I read every single Amazon.com review for this item. And it's MUCH quieter than my Melitta Mill & Brew, which grinds the coffee beans with a high shrill.
So much so that I plan to buy two of this same model (or the B60 if it's on sale) as Christmas gifts for my mom and uncle.As a former coffee house Assistant Manager and an avid fan of "gourmet" coffee, I highly recommend this coffee machine.
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