I have a Coffee Maker. The Wife and I exist due to coffee. In the morning, she and I split a 12 cup pot in 4 oversized coffee mugs. We buy Coffee beans in bulk from Costco.
It seems to me the single use K-cups would either be watered down if they filled our large cups, wasting coffee in smaller cups, or a PITA if we had to brew little cups in the morning.
I get the ‘hey! I’ll have Creme de Menthé today!’ schtick, but I already have packets of apple cider and hot chocolate…they work fine with a kettle and boiling water.
Does a $150 maker, and buying K-cups in cases (again, from a Costco type place) even make financial sense?
My husband and I own the Platinum model that you can get at Costco, and the largest pour you can get at a time from that is 12 oz. I don’t think the 12 oz is watered-down if you get a bolder coffee style (Starbucks darker roasts, etc.), and you would probably get a decent cup with a strong coffee variety in the refillable K-cup even if you went for those extra few ounces from the same grounds.
It works for us because we don’t go for a lot of coffee at once, but prefer to have access on and off throughout a day. Plus ours has a timer so it will be pre-heated and ready by the time the alarm goes off in the morning, though it doesn’t take long to heat up at all.
I would say no. Keurig is best for situations where the coffee quantity is low and/or sporadic. Since you make and drink a large quantity of coffee in the morning, k-cups will be expensive and not save you much time. To get 16 oz of coffee, you would need to use at least 2 k-cups. Since you are worried about the strength of your coffee, you may even need 3.
For me, I need to use the smallest water setting to make passable coffee on a Keurig. To get to 16 oz, I would need at least 3 k-cups. The amount of coffee inside that cup is tiny! Open one up sometime and take a look. The filter is a cone and the entire bottom part is just air.
To make 4 oversized coffee mugs you are looking at at least 8 k-cups! Stick to the coffee maker, overall, it will probably be faster too.
I love our Keurig, but…I don’t use the K-cups. There is 5-10 dollar accessory that has a cleanable, re-usable filter; just fill it with WHATEVER you want to, pop it in, and boom. So much cheaper and more customizable, it’s unbelievable. Without that, I wouldn’t have bothered getting a Keurig. WITH it, I can grind/pour in whatever I have or feel like, add cinnamon or whatever spices into the filter, and it’s better than…well, anything. Was going to say better than Starbucks, but their coffee’s never really pleased me.
Well, except their new Blonde. I got a sampler to bring home, and it works GREAT with the Keurig, awesome flavor.
I also have not had any problems with my coffee being watered, but that may be because I fill my own and don’t use the cups. Never had it watered down, not even making GINORMOUS cups of coffee.
They’ve got one where I used to work. I found them delicious but would use two to make a 12 oz mug. There was a button you could press to make 12 ounces but I found that far too weak. This made excellent coffee. I’d mix and match.In the summer I’d start with my favorite Italian Roast and then add Bailey’s Irish cream.
Pour this over two cups of crushed ice with a dash of half and half. The best iced coffee somebody else paid for ever. Not sure if a Starbucks gigante (or whatever they call it) would be more cost effective, though.
They’ve got a new Keurig machine specifically for big travel mugs. The snag is that it only takes something called V cups. AFAIK, there’s no way to use K cups in it, and no idea if there’s a “My V Cup” for it yet.
