I bought a Keurig mainly because it was on one of my Deal websites for only $50 (they’re normally over $100) so I figured it was worth trying.
But I found that any brand of the K cups tastes pretty awful and when I used the make your own, it was far more trouble than just using a Melitta drip cone.
Plus the Keurig I got only holds 10 oz. of water and I’m used to a 16 oz. mug full. So I had to run the thing twice.
All in all, using the Keurig ended up being far more trouble and time consuming than it was worth.
So, I found myself a little 4 cup auto drip from Melitta which isn’t made anymore but available on EBay for around $20. These were custom made for Gevalia and offered as a premium for ordering their coffee. Its so much better than the Chinese crap made by Mr. Coffee. And it gets the water hot enough for maximum flavor extraction and keeps it hot due to its closed-type design.
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That’s what I should have done in the first place instead of bothering with the whole Keurig nonsense.
I can just put in a half liter bottle of water (approx. 16 oz. )along with a few TBS. of coffee, turn it on and have coffee in about 3 mins. Less trouble than the Keurig and makes much better tasting coffee which I grind fresh from whole beans every few days
So, I’m now drinking more coffee than I did with the Keurig. Had I not seen it on sale, I never would have bought one; lesson learned.