What I don't like about my Keurig coffee maker

glenda_al

14 years ago

Is that you have to wait 3 minutes for it to brew!

But on the GOOD side, fresh coffee every morning. One cupper person here.

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buzzard
14 years ago
Three whole minutes!

Oh, that's just too much.

I would write the company and complain, for sure.
jen_tx
14 years ago
Three minutes? It takes longer than that for my "instant" coffee.
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trinitytx
14 years ago
How sweet to have the luxury!

Trin
petaloid
14 years ago
You're funny, Glenda!
chisue
14 years ago
Three minutes? It takes our old toaster over that long to toast! Longer, actually.

I think a single-cup coffee maker would soon prove too expensive for us. How much does each cup cost?
glenda_al
Original Author
14 years ago
I personally would not have bought one for myself. It is expensive. I just bought 18 cups French Vanilla at BBB for $9.88 and got 20 percent off that.

I wanted a K basket but they were sold out.

Gal shopping for coffee as well, told me she gets, at Costco, Keurig coffee 80 cups for $30. I don't belong to Costco.
tami_ohio
14 years ago
Glenda, I think we saw the little basket or whatever they call it, for your Keurig pot, to use your own coffee, at Walmart the other day. They were about $15, if I remember correctly, but at the price of the single use, it would be worth it. That is, if you want to go to Walmart anymore!

Tami
glenda_al
Original Author
14 years ago
tami, that is the price at WM and BBB. I'll wait until I get another BBB coupon and give BBB time to restock.
gemini40
14 years ago
Glenda ..we have the Keurig at work and we put one K cup through 2 times and get a great second cup of coffee... try it.

june
glenda_al
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks, June, for the input. Will definitely try.
lynn_d
14 years ago
Glenda--your surprise got sent late, look for it the middle of the week!
glenda_al
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks, lynn!
joyfulguy
14 years ago
Three minutes per cup ...

... and you have to be out the door on the way to work in 4.5 minutes, right?

Buying at BBB - that's "Better Busines Bureau", is it? Or "Beastly Bankrupt Bankers"? Or "Bed, Bath ... and Breadline"?

For a mug of home-built coffee - 37.5 cents ... or 47.8 cents, etc. is too rich for my blood.

My kids were quite surprised a couple of years ago when Dad sprung for a cappucino.

I got a little over 2 lbs. can of the "Good to the last drop" kind a while ago ... for under $5.00, I think.

When I opened it, I put it into half a dozen, about 1 lb. jam jars and put the ones that I wasn't using into the freezer - four of 'em still there.

I goofed a few years ago - bought about a 4 - 5 cup maker with permanent strainer for about $8.00 at X S Cargo in Edmonton when son and I were up there for nephew's wedding. X S Cargo have low-priced stuff, quite a portion of it refurbished.

Within a month I turned it on, then went to add water ...

... and before I got the water going through into the carafe on the heater ...

... I heard a high-pitched "pinggg" ...

... and didn't even need to look at the carafe to know what had happened!

Drat!

Hard to "refurbish" a cracked coffee carafe!

You win a few - you lose a few!

I hope that you all have a great New Year.

ole joyful
suzieque
14 years ago
3 whole minutes - oh no! Lol. Good one, Glenda. Enjoy the coffee maker! I have a friend with one and she loves it.
kathy813
14 years ago
Glenda, My daughter gets hers at Sam's. Check their prices when you get a chance. They love theirs. With a large coffee pot they ended wasting alot. Now everyone can get the flavor they want and no wasting. She even keeps chai tea for my son when he visits. My son in law first tried one at his Dr.s office and fell in love with it. Got one for his birthday in October.
glenda_al
Original Author
14 years ago
Am going to try June's suggestion and make a second cup out of the used K cup.
glenda_al
Original Author
14 years ago
Well, I made a second cup out of the used K cup, and it was ok, but a little watered down.

Thanks June for the thought.
chisue
14 years ago
Just bought a 23 oz. can of Melita Columbian coffee for $8.49. That will last over a month. DH drinks two cups in the morning; I drink one. The paper filters are about two cents each. So...that's 10 - 11 cents a cup, kept warm in the coffemaker thermos.

Ed -- Did you forget to heat the carafe/thermos with hot water before adding coffee?
ruthieg__tx
14 years ago
I don't drink all that much coffee anymore and I have one of those little 4 cup percolators....cheap and it makes really two good sized cups...It makes really hot coffee and it is just enough for the two of us and much cheaper than pods of coffee and better tasting I think. I love coffee and am particular about what I drink and was actually very surprised that this little small Mr. Coffee makes such a good cup...

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