Should I get a Keurig? If not, recommend me a coffee maker!

I bought a Senseo back when they first came out. I loved it at first, then found myself using it less and less. I haven’t used it now in about a year. I use my drip machine every day, my french press during power outages, and I’ve even used my Bodum Vacuum Coffee Maker (takes me back to chemistry lab) in the past year.

We have a Kuerig at work. Nasty coffee & it takes 2-3 minutes to make a single cup.

I much prefer having a small 4-cup drip coffee maker at my desk. It can make 1 cup of the coffee I prefer in the same time as the Keurig machine can make a cup of junk. And the second cup is right there waiting in the pot.

All that and the expensive coffee I buy is still 1/2 the price of Kuerig’s junk. And the maker sells for $20, not $200. Seems a no-brainer to me.

It’s hard to imagine a thread more suited for Cafe Society!

I just ran the Keurig and timed it at 19 seconds. If it takes “2-3 minutes” to make a cup, something’s badly wrong with your work coffee maker, which is maybe also why it produces “nasty junk”.

W/respect to the OP, what I like about the Keurig is flexibility. My wife and I prefer different kinds of coffee (mellow vs bold), and when folks come over some want decaf. There are dozens of blends available so you ought to be able to find something you like. The kids also like the quick cups of hot chocolate or chai in the winter.

Expense-wise people have already pointed out that you can run your own coffee through it rather than K-cups (and either way, it’s cheaper than buying coffee on the road).

In terms of quality, nothing will ever ever ever compare to French press, and if I still lived alone I’d probably still have one, because I not only thought the coffee was better, but I enjoyed the ritual. So if you have the luxury of that kind of time, you shouldn’t buy ANY kind of coffee maker. But as automated coffee makers go, the Keurig is good.

We have a Keurig Platinum. I love it!

It makes coffee SO fast and SO delicious. You have to be willing to really shop for the cups and even when you find a good deal, they’re still expensive.

My friends just got a Mr. Coffee that uses K-cups, it sucks the proverbial cock. If you go K-cup, go all the way and get a good Keurig machine.

Lately we’ve been getting K-cups from Staples; good price & selection and they are delivered the next day.

JAY PRITCHETT (to Mitchell Pritchett): Can I offer you a cup of coffee?

MANNY DELGADO: Say yes! Jay has a French press. I was skeptical at first, but since I’ve tried it, I’ll never go back.

JAY PRETCHETT (to Manny Delgado): I’m so glad you don’t live in a tough neighborhood any more.

Out of curiosity, what do you consider a good price for a 24-pack?

I have a French press, and it makes great coffee - I just hate hate HATE cleaning the damn thing. Tears why I’m thinking about the keurig. Easy, no mess.

$13 from Staples isn’t bad because we can order several packages and get free shipping - I think you have to clear $50. We always get it the next day which is, I suppose, irrelevant but cool.

We’ve found 24 packs for $9-10 before but it’s rare and it seems as though we always have to do some kind of bulk buying to get the shipping costs down.

That’s really good. We’re paying around $14.75 free-shipped from Keurig, so we’ll want to change that. The only benefit (which we’ve obviously paid for, at least partially) is that we’ve accrued so many “points” that we’ve been getting free brewers and giving them as gifts.

We do come across those from time to time, and it almost always seems like an overstock kind of situation.

I was gonna buy one for the convenience of switching flavors/decaf on demand.

But, since I rarely have guests, and the fact that I just want one 16-20 oz cup of regular Maxwell House in the morning. It’s just as easy to use the cheap drip machine.
(and I can regulate the taste by the coffee amount not by diluting pre-measured with more or less water)

1- Fill big cup with water
2- Pour big cup o’ water in coffee maker
3- Toss in filter
4- Add 2 heaping spoons of coffee
5- Go do something else for 3 min
6- Get Coffee
7- Turn off machine

I Like the Keurig but it’s not worth the $$$ for me.

Oh yea…I use my drip coffee maker for tea (I put the bags in the holder) and hot chocolate too…works fine for instant hot water.
Just because it can hold 12 cups of water doesn’t meant you have to put in 12 cups of water. :cool:

Just FYI my local Costco has, I think, an 80-cup box for ~$35. Assuming my math doesn’t suck that makes it cheaper than $13 for 24. Its a Newman’s Own brand, I have no idea how good the coffee is. I’m going to try to get to Costco after work today, so I will double check if I remember to and report back here.

Another question: does the Keurig make BIG cups of coffee? Like a 16oz travel mug’s worth? I know they have different models, but the size selection seems to be ‘small’ and ‘normal’.

Mine goes from 4oz to 12oz, so no…though realistically you’re still talking less than a minute to brew two 8oz cups.

Groovy, anxious to hear what it’s like at Costco. We’re still pretty new to the Keurig game and I think we’ve shied away from Costco because we didn’t want to end up with a ton of a flavor we didn’t like.

Between the Keurig and this milk frother we’re turning out coffee that I like better than Starbucks.

A friend bought me a milk frother like that. It is the bomb.

I bought a 3-pack of a dark roast coffee called “Revv” when I was at Bed Bath & Beyond, and my husband tried it this morning and loved it. Not only is it a dark roast, but the package claims they cram more coffee into each K-cup, so it’s suitable for those who want the 12-oz mugs. My guess is it might even handle two pours through it at 8 oz each time, for the travel mug. Looks like it’s available through the BB&B website (or buy it for less at the store if you have one of those 20% off coupons), Amazon, and the Green Mountain Coffee website, among other places.

It looks like a dumb, expensive, faddish gadget that all the cool kids are buying, so I’m against it on principle. I’d hate to have to order precious little cups of coffee grounds online or have to shop at Staples for them. Besides, I drink a lot of coffee, and Mr. Coffee and I have had a long satisfying relationship for years.

After reading the description in the link, I had to go look on Youtube for a video of how this works, as I was fascinated. Time-consuming, but very cool.

I’ve got a French Press and a stovetop Bialetti Mukka Express, which makes espressos/cappuccinos in a jiffy with very little supervision. Imusa also makes espresso/cappuccino makers for the stovetop, and they’re a lot more economical. They’re easy to use, easy to clean, and pretty low maintenance; I fill the top chamber with cool water when I’ve poured out my coffee, and let it sit on a cold part of the stovetop when I’m done so that the milk foam doesn’t form a crust on the walls of the moka. Here’s a demo of mine for making cappuccinos and lattes. What coffee do I use for it? I go to the store and buy whatever Latin American “espresso style” coffee is on sale, and have had great success for very little cost.

I am, however, in the mood for pumpkin spice coffee, so I may have to get some coffee beans and employ my grinder soon.

I looked at the Keurig web site, and didn’t see any explanation of how these machines work, but if they’re anything like any other coffeemaker I’ve ever seen, your wife won’t want it.

My wife drinks coffee. I can’t stand coffee, but I love tea. Once she’s used a coffeepot a few times, it’s impossible to make a cup of decent tea in it without having the tea taste like coffee.

@ Costco: Tully’s house blend k-cups 80ct for $37.99. Newmans own organic special blend 80ct and tully’s French roast 80cf, all $37.99