[RJS1950]

The coffee in my K cups is not instant, it is fine-ground coffee. For coffee, it isn’t any different from any of the one cup brewers we’ve used in the past. Saves a lot of coffee too. Used to brew by the pot and always threw away at least half of the last pot, and after a pot cooks on the warmer for a while the good coffee taste turns to crap. Haven’t used a regular brewer for at least 8 years.

The cups can be found in various varieties on sale at prices that come down to 50 cents a cup for even premium coffees.

My personal favorites are Jet Fuel, Emeril’s and Revv.

[smokingfrog]

Really? I always thought there was some kind of syrupy crap in there or something. I always brew about 6 to 8 cups in the drip coffee maker and between the wife and I it almost never gets wasted. The carafe is insulated and there is no heat pad to cook the coffee after it's made.

[MayflowerMadam]

“My personal favorites are Jet Fuel, Emeril’s and Revv.”

I’m with you on the Jet Fuel; it’s wonderful. Now we’re on Amazon.com’s “subscribe and save” and receive a monthly delivery of San Francisco Bay’s French Roast, which also is excellent. We like the component of the cups. Instead of a rigid plastic cup, the bottom is soft — what filters are made of. We’ve been doing this for about two years now and have never had another issue with the Keurig machine being clogged. After openine one of the small packages, we keep those pods in an air-tight glass jar to stay fresh.

You’re right about the price, too. For an excellent cup of coffee, 50 cents is pretty good. And there’s zero waste.

I did order one box of a different brand because the price was SO low, and the pods had a disgusting glob of dry instant coffee in them. bleeccch. They went in the trash.

I think Rush created the great excitement about Keurig a few years ago after having used one in a hotel. He gave them to friends for Christmas, and raved about them on air.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The cups can be found in various varieties on sale at prices that come down to 50 cents a cup for even premium coffees.

Canned coffee on sale is $2.69, up from $1.99 recently. Fine to say you get fresh coffee for $.50 a cup - but a can of coffee must make at least a dozen “six cup” pots. So from that POV I’d say $.50 a pot is outrageous. Only disadvantage is that it takes a few of minutes to brew it.

I still make coffee for my wife daily, but since I now only drink the occasional small decaf, I cheerfully overpay for that at a shop.

[reformedliberal]

I turn off the hot plate on the coffee machine after we each get the first 2 cups of fresh brewed. The rest we simply warm up in the microwave. This avoids that burned sludge taste.