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Anyone else drink the Keurig Coffee Coolaid?

drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,620 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
Friend of ours gave us his Keurig coffee machine. Thing works pretty good. Makes a good cup of coffee fast.

We have this one:
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  • MBKMBK Member Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have stated this earlier: By using the home ground filters, our coffee purchases are down 60%. And the coffee is very good.


    ( I watched my folks use the percolator grounds over and over for about 5 days during the World War. The final days smelled burnt. )
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  • MBKMBK Member Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh! Getting rid of the Bunn 10 cupper was how we saved 60%.
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  • Queen of SwordsQueen of Swords Member Posts: 14,355
    edited November -1
    I have one, but I have the little basket that I fill with my own particular favorite brand, so I don't buy the K-cups.

    I had read something in the news that the Keurig inventor was having remorse about his invention, due to the environmental impact of all those little, plastic empty K-cups that get tossed in the garbage every day.

    Who the heck can afford them anyway?
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  • Irish 8802Irish 8802 Member Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We have one,Wife and I are not big coffee drinkers,so it's fine for an occasional cup.Uusally run through twice,as a little strong for just the one brewing.
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We are on our 3rd machine...

    Lots of K cups have hit the trash pile.[:o)]
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wpage
    We are on our 3rd machine...

    Lots of K cups have hit the trash pile.[:o)]

    Like most things that have proprietary designs (Apple is a very good example), these things have a lifespan of somewhat less than 2 years when used regularly. I bought my daughter one for her dorm room, a regular coffee pot would be overkill for just one person.
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  • booter_onebooter_one Member Posts: 2,345 ✭
    edited November -1
    Wife has one, the coffee is good. If you are a quantity coffee drinker, the cost does add up. They are really convenient for a cup of Joe on the fly, really fast.[:)][^]
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,486 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had one in my office before I retired and I have one at home now.
    I use the adapter most of the time and use the coffee I like....There are some K-Cups around the house when I need a fast cup on the way out the door....

    Works well for me...I don't drink whole pots of coffee like I used to when I was still working....
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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We have one. I don't drink coffee.
    ?The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.?
    Margaret Thatcher

    "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
    Mark Twain
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We buy the large boxes of 80 K cups for about 23 dollars so that works out to about .30 cents a cup
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1 on buy large box of K cups less than 1/2 price each cup Than a box of 8 at grocery storeI have never found an addapter to use your own coffee that worked well always much too weak.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    yes. we have two of them.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The variety of flavors is a nice option.
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  • woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 23,478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I drink Milk Chocolate Swiss Miss[:D]
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    I don't see the appeal of having 'fast' coffee that costs fifty cents a cup.

    If I want good coffee, out comes the grinder and the french press, or the stovetop espresso maker.

    If I want fast coffee to just give me a buzz on caffeine, out comes the grocery store brand and the drip pot. Because, you know, you CAN get smaller drip pots if you don't want 12 cups.

    Overpriced, overhyped garbage that produces mediocre coffee at a high price.

    But as with anything (such as ARs and Glocks and foreign cars) if you like it, I fully support your right to go that route. I just don't understand it.
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  • 96harley96harley Member Posts: 3,992 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    We got that one at the PD. The kids got us one for Christmas and we like it. It has proven to be a money saver.
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    We received one for Christmas, the funny thing is that we are not coffee drinkers, but my kids do use it for making hot coco. I have considered it for iced tea but I haven't found a good decaf tea yet.
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mogley98
    We buy the large boxes of 80 K cups for about 23 dollars so that works out to about .30 cents a cup


    We get Maxwell House or Folgers for $25, or so, at the Commissary. It is cheap enough for the convenience.

    I could never get the coffee strong enough with the "roll your own" type Keurig cups.
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No, they're garbage. You can't clean the resevoir and crap grows in there. It's got too much plastic waste so all the Liberals that use them are hypocrites.

    Percolators are the only truly green and good coffee pot. No waste except the grounds that can be put under the azaleas, not even a paper filter for them.
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  • sharpshooter039sharpshooter039 Member Posts: 5,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    too expensive for me,,I drink about 12 cups a day
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Too much cash for the coffee..I like my BUNN 10cupper too. I buy 8 O'clock original beans,then grind them myself to make as many cups as I need.
    If U were throwing away coffee before,U should have made 1/2 batches.
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  • rogue_robrogue_rob Member Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a large one in my classroom. I think it's a Cuisinart model. It has the large reservoir. I usually have a cup or two a day. Little spendy but it's very convenient when there's no sink handy. I bring up cases of bottled water to make the coffee with.

    I like mine.
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  • lksmith03lksmith03 Member Posts: 1,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We've got one.
    But we also have a 10 cup coffee maker, french press, burr mill grinder, moka pot, espresso machine and a 4 cup coffee maker.
    I guess you could say we're mildly addicted to coffee.
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  • BoatsBoats Member Posts: 414 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you like a dark rich blend try the Dark Magic K cup. It is dark and rich. I use mine every once in a while and enjoy it when I do. They do have to be maintained much more than a regular coffee pot. Use white vinegar to clean it rather than the expensive solution and change the charcoal filter when you clean it every couple of months and use filtered water. Just a few things that I have learned right or wrong[?]
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  • TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, every day.

    We are on our third one.

    Trinity +++
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  • MrGunz22MrGunz22 Member Posts: 2,086 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've used one for years. Don't usually by the K cups. I have some of the cups you fill yourself. I'm a Folgers guy
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  • WranglerWrangler Member Posts: 5,788 ✭
    edited November -1
    I've got the Mr. Coffee version that uses the K-cup. High consumer rating at about 3/5 the cost. Love it.
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  • MN HunterMN Hunter Member Posts: 2,299 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    had ours for about 2 years and it's brewed at least 1000+ cups without a single issue. Maybe a little TLC goes a long ways?? Not that cleaning a plastic water tank is too difficult of a chore. No complaints and will be buying another if my current one ever decides to die
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  • WranglerWrangler Member Posts: 5,788 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Flying Clay Disk
    Bought one for the wife a couple years ago. Total junk! The commercial ones are good, but the consumer ones SUCK!!

    I threw it in the dumpster last year!!

    <wife LOVES coffee>




    Before I decided to go with the Mr. Coffee version, I read all the reviews of the consumer Keurigs. The consumer ratings had gone way down in the last two to two and a half years. Obviously, they changed something in the manufacturing process which degraded the quality of the product.
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