I can only ever drink coffee with freshly roasted beans out of a press or espresso drink. Once you taste fresh beans, everything else tastes like garbage. If you have to put cream and sugar, the beans are stale.
Wonder how many welfare mommas have these machines?
I got one. Liked the coffee. But 2 cups for my wife and I every day comes to $60/month for coffee.
I don’t think so.!! Took it back.
I have a Keurig and love it. Wasted too much coffee before. Sometimes the price of the cups is a bit much unless, as mentioned, you Costco it. But I love New Mexico pinion coffee, and the answer to this is the Solofill system. They make a fine gold filter cup that fits in the Keurig without having to alter it, and a grinder unit that is set up to fill the Solofill cup.
I like the way you eject the magazine, insert the pod, slam the magazine shut and push the button. Then you have to line up the empty cup to "catch" the coffee before it causes a mess. That's often the most challenging part.
I put the Keurig machine right up there with the iPod and iPhone as one of the most innovative inventions in the history of mankind. If Apple came up with it first, they'd own the coffee market too.
I abhor badly brewed coffee and instant... I grind and then brew my Bulletproof coffee in a german bonavita... if I’m feeling lazy, I pop a capsule in my nespresso. Coffee and italian shoes... my lasting vices.
Thank-you for this post. I am really enjoying it. I have no idea what these brands of coffee are, but it’s fun to learn about them and all the various ways people prepare their own coffee.
I put this up there with the folks who spend money on bottled water.
I love my Keurig.
Hubs has coffee, I have tea and the kids have hot chocolate.
Put the Space-saver Mr. Coffee away when the kids were born. Started on Taster’s Choice. For brewed out, 7-11 Colombian and at work whatever swill in the Bunn. No Jamaican, or other beans for me. On Honeymoon in Hawaii I found Kona coffee lousy too. Hubby uses a Keurig at work, so I wanted one at home. He said no due to counter space, until I found the personal size one. This one has no water reservoir. I was trying different flavors from the assorted box I got at The Christmas Tree Shop. Most are way too weak for me. I like the Carabou though. Not happy with the ingredients in the hot chocolate. Tea is a waste as a bag will do just fine. I will pay no more than $.50 a cup so if I see an espresso or other darker roast at the right price in a K cup, I’ll buy.
No k cups or instant coffee for me, thank you very much.
And drip coffee is only marginally better.
I’ll take my French press with Trung Nguyen every day, thanks very much.