First, what brand of coffee grounds are you using? Is your coffee too strong or weak?

What is your 'regular coffee pot'? We use an automatic drip coffee maker, a Capresso, with a carafe that I warm with hot tap water before making coffee.

(It's important to have a coffeemaker that heats the water adequately; most Mr. Coffee, etc. makers do not. Goggle temperatures. Do you use good-tasting water?

I use Melitta brown paper filters and Melitta European Blend ground coffee, a dark roast. We also like LavAzza dark roast.

Try cold brew coffee. I didn't like the keurig, it was way too strong.

I am using the water from the Brita pitcher I keep in the fridge. I am using Dunkin Donuts coffee grounds. I can't remember the name of the coffee maker off of the top of my head. I had no idea that some coffee makers did not heat the water adequately and that may be the problem I am having because once I make the coffee even if I pour a cup as soon as it's done it is not very hot.

I grind my favorite beans to a fine grind, then use a single cup Melitta pour - over cone right into my cup (unbleached filters). It it easy to make two cups at once using this system, but more than that, like when I have guests, I make it the same way into a thermos carafe. I use an electric kettle that heats the water to just the right temp.

JoAnn_Fla I really liked the coffee from the Keurig. I just haven't had an opportunity to buy myself one yet. Maybe I'll hold out until the holiday season and find one on sale

I use a plain old Mr. Coffee with coffee from Trader Joe's. We like the Organic Fair Trade Breakfast Blend.

Try a french press. You may get fine grounds in your coffee, but it tastes so good. It may not be hot enough unless you take extra steps.

I do not usually drink regular coffee. I drink a nespresso lungo in the morning, but if I need more caffeine, I'll make an iced french press latte to sip on all day.

I buy beans (lately eight oclock coffee because it's cheap) and grind them in a $10 coffee grinder. My first little french press costs about $13 at bed bath and beyond (IIRC). I boil water in a stainless teapot. I set the oven timer for brewing times. Once you get the hang of it, it doesn't seem like that much work. After the water boils, it takes four minutes.

I stir the remaining grounds into the coffee as I drink it. The grounds are powder fine like cocoa. The biggest problem with french press is finding a way to grind to uniform coarse grounds. That can get expensive. I just grind normally and mix whatever doesn't strain out into the coffee and drink it. I store the grounds for a few brews since I usually grind more than I need.

I LOVED coffee years ago!! I remember when someone asked the one food or drink item I treasured most it was coffee. I used a percolater. I purchased mine from Target, it made GREAT coffee. I liked it strong. Two days ago I was in Trader Joe's and they have samples, and the coffee smelled good, and I was very tempted, I resisted! It gives me migraines so I gave it up which took years to do.

i use a Chemex. its considered a pour-over. buy my beans and have the store grind them. we love it.

My husband is the coffee maker here. We only use Community Club Dark roast from Louisiana. We have a Hamilton beach brew station coffee maker that holds the coffee inside so there's no carafe. Love that. You just put your cup against the lever and get hot coffee. Wonderful stuff but I drink iced coffee pretty much every day.

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Bodum pour-over with double filter and Don Francisco's Northwest Dark Roast. Yum!

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Our brewer is the OXO Barista Brain, 1 1/2 tablespoons ground coffee per 6 ounces of cold water, and right now our favorite coffee is Douwe Egberts Aroma Rood.

I use an electric percolator. I also like that it is really easy to descale it and keep it clean. When the coffee is done brewing it goes straight into a carafe.

Several important things that people often miss: Good coffee requires good water. You need to have a clean coffeemaker to get good coffee. And a kind of coffee you like. The last one is more subjective. Taste is subjective but most will agree that the first two are important. To me, the Keurig is the best selljob since the Pet Rock. I prefer a glass percolator.

All you need is coffee, water, & heat.

It sounds like you need more heat.

I heat the water (just run it through the coffee maker) & then pour it back into the reservoir when I add the coffee/filter.

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I use a keurig machine and I use filtered water from my fridge. My favorite right now (I drink decaf only) is Timothy's Colombian decaf.

Just another thought -- is it the coffee taste, or the sweetener/milk/creamer taste that's not satisfying to you? (not sure if you drink it black or not). Would it make sense to buy a cup of your old favorite, to take home and compare? Even if it's cold, you could do a taste-test and maybe get a better idea of what flavor component is off. Good luck!

I keep it simple and quick. I throw some instant coffee in a microwave safe cup, pour in some water and whatever else I fancy and microwave for 1 mjn 15 sec. Bingo! I have coffee. Afterward, there's only one cup to clean.

I use Tim Horton's dark roast. I make one cup per day in the morning (mon-fri) before work. I use a Melita Pour Over Method. I have an electric kettle for the hot water. On weekends, I do the same unless I am having friends over for brunch in which case I use a percolator. I think percolators make the very best coffee.

I don't brew coffee; I use instant. (Commence eye rolling. LOL) But I'm commenting here because there was a KT thread a while back about my favorite instant coffee, Juan Valdez BuenDia, and now it's harder to find than ever because my Walmart stopped carrying it.

I asked an employee about it the other day, and she said Walmart was phasing out many of its brands in order to emphasize Keurig-style coffees. I was sorry to hear this--first because I love the BuenDia, and second because unless they've changed recently, K-cups are not recyclable.

I love my keurig and I use the pods instead of the plastic cups. They are cheaper to buy, and they are better for the environment than the plastic cups. I first got them at Costco, but now I buy them directly from the manufacturer. http://www.sanfranciscobaycoffee.com/index.php/d/ I

To me coffee made with a Keurig tastes exactly like what it is- old, stale preground coffee brewed at the wrong temperature and duration. Even using your own coffee in their pods yields an inferior cup. No thank you.

If I'm just making a cup I use a pour over (glass or ceramic,) and if I'm making more than a cup I use the stainless french press- no plastic! Freshly ground beans make auch an incredible difference no matter which brew method you choose.

It's so fast and easy to make a good cup of coffee theres no reason to drink bad coffee.

I have a 12 cup Bunn coffee maker and love it. They are expensive but are the only kind of coffee maker that I like.

Friend gave me a "Cup at a Time" (Black and Decker) some time ago, which fills my mug.

I buy a 2 lb. tin of Max Hse, put it into 3-4 1 lb. jam bottles, pack it down to expel air.

There is a permanent filter, and I use a small teaspoon with a slight heap, then allow the grounds to accumulate until the filter is getting toward full.

Add about a spoon of sugar and probably slightly more than that of cream, it satisfies me ... but I think that some feel that my taste buds are much too light on fussiness.

I found back in Jan - Feb when on radiation and they suggested that decaff is better at that time, my friend had a tin of Pres. Choice that they had but weren't using, so gave to me. I found that the water takes a while to run through the decaff, and mostly fills the filter - so when there's a surge of water and steam as the machine turns off, that it'll blow a shot of grounds and water into the water tank if I've left more than about four or five spoons of coffee.

The water seems to run through regular coffee grounds quite quickly, and I can manage over half a dozen additions of new grounds before there's risk of moving grounds to tank.

ole joyfuelled ... with help from a shot of coffee

P.S. Hi cynic,

Another costly system comparable that of the popularity of the Pet
Rock is that of bottled water, it seems to me. It appears to go on sale
frequently: there's a big markup on bottled water. (And most of the
bottling plants are in cities, so using city water).

Cone drip using Chemex filters. Been using Peet's French Roast but we've been known to stray into Illy, Flying Goat, and Highwire (the last two are local artisanal roasters) on occasion. Always a French or espresso roast, fine grind.

For decaf, Blue Bottle is excellent (also local although I think they're expanding nationwide).

I use the reusable pods in my Keurig. I use fresh beans (Kirkland brand from Costco) and grind them really fine. I use the 6oz setting on my machine for a cup of coffee. I fill the pod to the top with the fine fine grind. When I use my coffee machine to brew a full pot, again I use a fine fine grind of fresh beans. My machine makes up to 14 cups (it's a Kitchen Aid machine), but I only fill it to 12 cups max. I use cold water. I fill my coffee grinder to the brim with beans and grind it super fine (did I mention I grind it fine fine? ;) )... and put the contents in my machine. I used to use Maxwell House and used 6 very heaping scoops of coffee but I don't know what happened, but I don't seem to like Maxwell House any more. So it's fresh beans for me now.

Hi Joyful. Haven't had a good chat in a while! :) Hope all is well with you.

Maxwell House used to be my brand of choice but since the foo-foo folks had to have their pet rocks, er, Keurigs, the choice of coffee is becoming limited. Especially on decaf. I too was supposed to avoid caffeine after the hospitalization and got used to no caffeine so I just avoid it now to avoid the shakes. I am going to outside sources for coffee now more and more, and drinking tea at home. If I can't drink the coffee without adulterating it with cream & sugar I'll go without. Coffee is meant to be enjoyed black IMO. If I want all the milk and sugar, I'll drink hot chocolate.

Maxwell House. The taste suits us to a T. I've tried a few of the pods at friends' houses, the dealership, but I haven't had one that I liked. Even McDonald's pods don't taste as good as from the restaurant to me.

I'm in fear of not being able to buy the big cans anymore, and having the coffee only being sold in pods. Similar to all of the liquid detergents. It's almost impossible to buy a box of powdered. As long as Borax, washing soda and Sunlight bars are still sold (again, getting harder to find everything) I'll have powdered in my cupboard.

So this morning I used my new knowledge to make my coffee and its so much better! I used the same coffee and the same coffee maker all I did was put water in it and do just that and then put the water back in and brew the coffee. It's nice and hot and tastes great

I heat the water (just run it through the coffee maker) & then pour it back into the reservoir when I add the coffee/filter.

That goes against everything I've ever read about making a good pot of coffee. I run the water until it's cold out of the tap (putting the water into the bucket beside the sink, and not down the drain). I've always, always read to use fresh cold water when making coffee.

Jasdip I used fresh cold water just ran it through the coffee maker once and then again to make the coffee

I guess I don't see the reasoning for a double run. Suggests to me that your coffeemaker isn't working right. My percolator has NO problem getting the coffee hot enough! Even my le-cheap drip unit gets the brew plenty hot.

I'm with you Jasdip. "Cans" of coffee are disappearing, although it's funny that even Keurig has realized that most people want more than one cup of coffee and are making a pot brewer! Sad part is so many have to have the caramel, vanilla, turnip and roadkill flavored "coffee". Never made sense to me, if people don't like the taste of coffee, why drink it? Trying to fit in I suppose. But these days people have to have sugar on/in everything. Meat, vegetables, beverages, medications, everything. And they wonder why they're overweight.

I use an old fashioned stove top percolator. Over 60 years ago when I first started making coffee, I carefully measured the coffee and the water since I didn't drink it. I still do and have received many compliments over the years---I used and still do A&P's 8 O'Clock coffee.

We love our Keurig and always use the Kirkland Pacific Bold K-cups. That coffee is so good. It is from Costco.

Despite VeedaBeep's description, I have never had bad coffee made with the Keurig when using the Pacific Bold coffee.

What's that, cynic - you turnip your nose at flavoured coffee?

Wake up!

Enjoy life!

Learn new things!

Think of all of the wonderful innovative(1) things in life that you're missing out on!

ole joyfuellled ... with a bit o' help from reg., unfancied coffee ... but with some o' that fixins' pollution to which you referred.

1. i.e. expensive