April 12, 2013

Review: The Keurig Coffee Maker
— Ace

I'd recommend it, maybe strongly. Depends on you.

I've had for a month now. I got mine at Costco -- $150 for a package deal, including an in-tank water filter, 60 K-Cups, and My K-Cups filter. I believe this is called the Platinum Plus package. Internal model number is the B70 series (though the actual number may vary-- I've seen B75's, B78's that all seemed to be the same basic thing).

A minor consumer purchase like this can't really have any big effect on your life. However, within the tiny little sliver of possible life-outcomes that a coffee maker could conceivably influence, it's changed it for the better.

It's a costly purchase, of course. Not only is it $150 for the machine, but the K-Cups themselves -- pre-filled plastic coffee cups that you load into the machine to make a single cup of coffee -- are a lot more expensive than plain old coffee grounds, because you're paying manufacturing costs. You can just use the My K-Cups filter for your own coffee, and that's as cheap regular coffee.

But then you don't have the complete convenience of just popping in a K-Cup and hitting the button. (Sometimes I pre-fill the My K-Cups with coffee and stick it in the machine the night before, so I can just hit the button in the morning.)

A big factor in whether or not this makes sense is that this is a Single Cup maker. Single Cup brewing makes sense if you're having a couple of cups, or if a couple of people are drinking coffee but one is drinking decaf. It makes less sense for a couple who drinks a lot of coffee, or someone who drinks a pot all by himself. However, honestly, you can just make one cup after another easily enough. But you will lose some of the convenience factor there.

Pluses: It makes coffee in a minute. The trick here is that machine keeps a travel-mug's worth of coffee in a heated reservoir, so that when you push the button, it only has to heat it a little bit more to get it to 190 degrees. That accounts for the speed.

When I heard about this I never understood: Five minutes to one minute, who cares? What does it matter that I don't have to wait four more minutes? But in practice, I sort of love it. Hit the button, go take a pee, come back, coffee's done.

It's also pretty good coffee. However, I have to say I didn't really know how to make coffee before -- I really did not know the right amount of coffee to add per unit of water. I also didn't use filtered water, which it turns out makes a difference.

If you already make a good cup of coffee, you'll probably get no benefit on this point.

Drawbacks: The K-cups are pricey per unit. Anyone buying this with an eye to economy should plan on using the load-it-yourself MyK-cups filter a lot, and just use the pre-filled K-cups when you're feeling particularly lazy. (The machine seems to encourage laziness and I wind up using the K-Cups more than I'd planned.)

I've heard complaints that the K-Cups do not have enough coffee to produce a really strong, Starbucks-level potent cup of coffee. I don't have those complaints myself as I don't like that level of super-strong jet-fuel. But if that's your preference, you might want to get a sample from a machine before you buy.

Another complaint is that the water isn't quite as hot as the piping-hot water that you get from professional coffee-machines. The machine makes hotter water than the old Mr. Coffee knock-off POS I used to use, but not as scalding hot as, say, coffee from Dunkin Donuts. If this is A Thing to you, don't get it. To me, the coffee is just hot enough that it needs a little cream and then it's hot, but not so hot I have to wait to drink it. The right temperature, then. But if you like the ritual of having to blow on too-hot coffee until it's ready to drink -- this isn't that hot. They advertise it as 191 degrees, but that's the internal temperature in the heating tank; in the cup I think people say it's about 170.

One more thing: They really sell you on the idea it makes "iced coffee." Well... it does. But then, so does any coffee maker. You put ice in a tall glass, you put in coffee... boom, iced coffee. This machine certainly does that -- how could it not do that? -- but don't me misled (like I was) that maybe it does a "cold" brew of coffee to melt less ice or something. It brews it hot, you brew it into a glass with ice.

One last complaint: People complained in the past about the machines breaking down quickly. If you google Keurig and breaking down, you'll see a lot of such complaints. I don't know what to say about this except I think they had some problems in 2010 and have corrected them, by and large. Anyway, I can't really say as I've only had my machine for a month. So far, no problems, but then, it's just a month.

I kind of love this coffee machine. It's kinda stupid -- do I need it? No. I lived my life okay without it.

But, having bought it, I'm glad I did. It's just so convenient to have exactly one cup of coffee whenever you want it, in just sixty seconds. And it does make a good cup of coffee -- though I think this advantage is mostly for Idiots like myself who didn't really know how to make coffee. It takes all of that challenging "measuring" and "math" stuff out of the equation.

It's kind of a Coffee Replicator, like on Star Trek. It's got all sorts of Star Trek lighting, too. I think that's part of why I like it.

Posted by: Ace at 05:20 PM | Comments (394)
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1 Not long enough. Maybe they should make the Keurig into a movie.

Posted by: DarrenODaly@gmail.com at April 12, 2013 05:22 PM (Y9EFd)

2 Ave, is this illicit love of a coffee maker the real reason you have been pulling all-nighters?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 05:22 PM (o9mAc)

3 Reminds me of this for some reason: http://tinyurl.com/6c27kl8

Posted by: Krusty the Clown at April 12, 2013 05:22 PM (XvHmy)

4 coffee? coffee!

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 05:22 PM (qPCAa)

5 >>>Ave, is this illicit love of a coffee maker the real reason you have been pulling all-nighters? not really, but... maybe. Maybe there was a day or two when I drank coffee way too late for me, like after 6pm. (Actually a doctor told me the time to stop drinking coffee is 2pm.)

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 05:23 PM (LCRYB)

6 (Actually a doctor told me the time to stop drinking coffee is 2pm.)

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 09:23 PM (LCRYB)



That's pretty much the general rule for anything with a decent amount of caffeine, including Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 12, 2013 05:24 PM (onS4h)

7 A coffee maker post? *musing* Where is that Hot Air button? /s

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2013 05:25 PM (GEICT)

8 It's easy to make coffee.  Grab a jumbo pot of Folger's, take two scoops out, pour it in a coffee filter, fill it up with water, and press the button.  You've got plenty of coffee.

We do a lab with our freshman chemistry students, and it's weird to see how many of them have no idea how to make coffee.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:25 PM (BBWjt)

9 Aviation would not exist without coffee

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2013 05:25 PM (htu8n)

10 2PM sounds about right. For me anyway.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 12, 2013 05:26 PM (4Mv1T)

11 French Press. have you ever tried it, Acey, you frog at heart?

Posted by: L, elle at April 12, 2013 05:26 PM (0PiQ4)

12 I have heard that the half-life of caffeine is about 8 hours.  So yeah, stopping the coffee drinking about 2 pm is pretty sound advice.  By time you are in bed only about 1/3 of the caffeine is left in your system.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:26 PM (BBWjt)

13 Okay, just checking.  Would hate to see you clock out of this world in the middle of your review of the next Star Trek movie.

And I just realised that Charlize Theron in Prometheus running from the crashing ship had the exact same survival instinct as Wile Coyote - Super Genius.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 05:26 PM (o9mAc)

14 >>>That's pretty much the general rule for anything with a decent amount of caffeine, including Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc. Right, I think I jsut intentionally lied to you (and myself) there, because I'm drinking a Coke right now and I think I wanted to shield myself from that idea. So I made it 'Coffee" instead of "Caffeine."

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 05:27 PM (LCRYB)

15 I drink an entire pot of coffee in the morning, and I like it really strong, so I think this is not the machine for me.


But I give Ace's review itself 4 and a half stars.  It was lovely.

Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 05:27 PM (P6QsQ)

16 Oh, and some wiseass chemistry student in our department put a note next to the faculty coffee machine, apparently he measured the caffeine levels in the coffee and presented the results, with a little note that also mentioned the LD50 of caffeine... little bastard

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:27 PM (BBWjt)

17 how to make an iced mocha. rule #1 PUT DOWN THE SYRUP! Anyone with Hershey's syrup near my iced mocha will be summarily executed. okay. 1. get a nice hot cocoa powder mix. Green and Blacks, Penzeys, Ghiradelli's, or make your own with some cocoa powder and sugar. Put about two tablespoons in the bottom of a coffee mug. Brew your coffee or your espresso shot. Pour it into the bottom of the mug to dissolve your coco powder. Fill a large glass cup with ice. Fill it halfway with milk. Pour coffee into top. Admire the swirly pattern of the coffee blending into the ice. Stir. Top with whipped cream and cinnamon.

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 05:27 PM (qPCAa)

18 And I just realised that Charlize Theron in Prometheus running from the crashing ship had the exact same survival instinct as Wile Coyote - Super Genius. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 09:26 PM (o9mAc) The wife and I saw it in theater. Both of us, out loud, in the theater "Just run sideways!!!"

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2013 05:28 PM (GEICT)

19 im drinking coffee constantly because i hate soda. o/t sorry but update: Nate is 3lbs 14oz and doing fine for all that. Mom is good and we'll see him together shortly. thanks for everyone's prayers.

Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 12, 2013 05:28 PM (8MFAQ)

20 Try Cafe Escapes Cafe Mocha....I'm sipping one right now. 

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 05:28 PM (X6akg)

21 You're up in the mornings?

OT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSbvWQ4G6uk

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 12, 2013 05:28 PM (hO8IJ)

22 We use a French press here and its pretty good. You just gotta get past the sediment in the cup and the carafe. I really like it when we use Mexican Altura or Guatemala Antigua

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2013 05:29 PM (htu8n)

23 Congrats Bigsby!!! 

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 05:29 PM (X6akg)

24 And what is the difference really between using filtered water and ordinary tap water?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:29 PM (BBWjt)

25 So I made it 'Coffee" instead of "Caffeine." Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 09:27 PM (LCRYB) the caffeine in coke never affects me the same way the caffeine in coffee does. I can drink a coke or three at night and still sleep, but a coffee or espresso close to bedtime and I'm up half the night. is it just the amount that is different?

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 05:29 PM (qPCAa)

26 "Keurig" is German for 'cocksucker', btw. 


That's why they only sell to select markets in Deutschland.

Posted by: John from the Johnstown flood ( Pa. ) at April 12, 2013 05:29 PM (Dll6b)

27 >>>I drink an entire pot of coffee in the morning, and I like it really strong, so I think this is not the machine for me. ugh, I forgot to mention this. Obviously there is a factor here of how much coffee you drink. I drink 2 cups (sometimes 3) so this is good for me.

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 05:29 PM (LCRYB)

28 Bigby, congratulations!!!  that is awesome, wishing the little guy and the parents all the best

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:29 PM (BBWjt)

29 I need to upgrade to Unobtanium membership here and get the Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator review....

ACME's on site reviews aren't always trustworthy

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:30 PM (LRFds)

30 Right, I think I jsut intentionally lied to you (and myself) there, because I'm drinking a Coke right now and I think I wanted to shield myself from that idea.

So I made it 'Coffee" instead of "Caffeine."

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 09:27 PM (LCRYB)



I don't drink coffee because I don't like the taste.  Diet Coke gets me through life.  Usually 4 p.m. is the latest I can have a can if I don't want to have it impact my sleep.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 12, 2013 05:30 PM (onS4h)

31 is it just the amount that is different?

It might be the rate of consumption.  Do you drink a coke slower than coffee?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:30 PM (BBWjt)

32 Bigsby has a baby boy!!  YAY!

Congratulations to dad and mom and all your family!

Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 05:30 PM (P6QsQ)

33 o/t sorry but update: Nate is 3lbs 14oz and doing fine for all that. Mom is good and we'll see him together shortly. thanks for everyone's prayers. Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 12, 2013 09:28 PM (8MFAQ) Yay!!!!!! prayers for you still. Welcome little Nate.

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 05:30 PM (qPCAa)

34 We have one. I pretty much agree with Ace here ... especially about the strength of the coffee. The usual routine around my house is that the wife and I split a pot of coffee in the morning that we make in the super-duper bean grinder coffee maker thingy. But I always want One More Cup, which is where the Keurig comes in. If they made a regular coffee maker that worked like Spinal Tap's amps, I wouldn't need this thing at all.

Posted by: Andy at April 12, 2013 05:30 PM (OZPoa)

35 Is it scary that I'm such a caffeine addict that I can drink an energy drink, like Rockstar or Monster, late at night and still go to sleep? And congrats Bigby!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2013 05:30 PM (GEICT)

36 And then some 500 pound fat guy came in and sat on Ace's new coffee-maker.

And though the news was rather sad,

Well I just had to laugh.


Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 05:31 PM (NaNKB)

37 It might be the rate of consumption. Do you drink a coke slower than coffee? Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 09:30 PM (BBWjt) no, faster. I sip coffee, I'll down a coke.

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 05:31 PM (qPCAa)

38 Congrats Bigby and family!  Stockpile the coffee!

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 12, 2013 05:31 PM (onS4h)

39 NEED MOAR COFFEE

MUST FIND ACE'S KEURIG MACHEEN

Posted by: LEVIATHAN at April 12, 2013 05:31 PM (BBWjt)

40 Make sure you descale your keurig every 3 months or so, or else you risk it breaking down. I've had mine for a couple of years and I have never had a problem.

Posted by: JJLive at April 12, 2013 05:32 PM (F7c4B)

41 im going to sleep soon. see you all tomorrow

Posted by: Bigby's Droid Phone Fingers at April 12, 2013 05:32 PM (8MFAQ)

42 A guy at the office has a Keurig maker. I was considering getting one, tried a cup made from his, and was unimpressed. Now I have an AeroPress. Makes a cup in about the same amount of time if you have a piping hot water tap or hot pot, but you're working on it during that time. Costs $30 instead of $150 and makes almost an espresso that you can then water down to whatever strength you want. Makes coffee as good as I've ever tasted, down to the last sediment-free drop in the cup. It does take a fair amount of grounds to do it, though, so could get expensive if you take more than 1 or 2 cups a day.

Posted by: Socratease at April 12, 2013 05:32 PM (3V4IJ)

43 Thank God, a new post. The only experience I have with Keurig machines was the one in the waiting room at the auto dealership where I used to take my car in for service. It's terrific for that application. At home I have a Krups machine that I bought in 1994. It has a pressure chamber that turns the water into steam, so it gets it plenty hot. It can make espresso and cappucino, but I lost interest in that after the first few years. Too much trouble and cleanup. Nowadays I just measure the proper amount of water and coffee to make one cup, and stick my mug under it instead of using the pitcher. Easy peasy.

Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2013 05:32 PM (sdi6R)

44 Congrats, Bigby and family.

Posted by: Andy at April 12, 2013 05:32 PM (OZPoa)

45 I've got a Keurig at the office. It's nice when you want a single cup in a hurry. I'd agree with everything Ace said above about it. If you're a connoisseur, or want to be one, thus isnt the rig for you. But for what it does, it does it well. If you want coffee that rocks the house, and if you never want to ever buy another coffee maker again, get a Technivorm.

Posted by: Sean Bannion Channeling Kim Jong-Un at April 12, 2013 05:32 PM (WAy/v)

46 Congrats Mr and Mrs. Bigby.

elizabethe, perhaps you should write a whole series of short stories of crimes inspired by bad coffee making.

BCochran, I have to wonder if anyone on the set or during the script conferences actually stood up and said 'This makes no sense!'

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 05:33 PM (o9mAc)

47 elizabethe, well, there is more caffeine in coffee, but still.

it may also be psychosomatic.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:33 PM (BBWjt)

48 French Press with Blue Batak from Whole Foods....grind the beans in your blender.  10 minutes...I think I can wait that long in the morning.  Press $15....Coffee for a week $15...blender already bought and paid for...you don't need no stinking grinder..

Posted by: Budahmon at April 12, 2013 05:33 PM (P6jbe)

49 And what is the difference really between using filtered water and ordinary tap water?

I was using distilled water for awhile because you can cut diamonds with the water around here, and the brew cycle takes forever when it's all clogged with minerals.  But now I'm back to tap water and running acids through the machine every other weekend. 

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 12, 2013 05:33 PM (hO8IJ)

50 I can drink a half a pot of coffee at nine at night and be asleep at ten thirty. I think I'm immune to caffeine, or just built up an incredible tolerance.
I like the idea of a cup at a time maker, gotta look into the Keurig.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 12, 2013 05:33 PM (Fz2C7)

51 Bigby, awesomeness. Congrats! Get some sleep!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 12, 2013 05:34 PM (WAy/v)

52 When my kid was 2, he dropped a little shit nugget of his into my tea. (Why I do not know.)  I didn't notice 'til towards the very end. We still laugh our asses off 7 yrs later. Take that, Keurig. Ass flavoring.

Posted by: Molly at April 12, 2013 05:34 PM (X+WbL)

53 Not sure why, but my office has a Keurig, and I've tried about half a dozen different kinds.  They all taste like ass.  I'm sticking to my French press and my $5 a can Trader Joe's coffee.

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 12, 2013 05:34 PM (aozUR)

54 >>>Make sure you descale your keurig every 3 months or so, or else you risk it breaking down. I've had mine for a couple of years and I have never had a problem. ah right thanks for reminding me. elizabethe, there is no chemical difference between coffee caffeine and soda caffeine. Soda has about 1/2 as much caffeine, though.

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 05:34 PM (LCRYB)

55 Fyi - be careful when you buy K-Cups. You'll see a box with a low price and say wow and consider buying it because of price, but check the weight. The real cheap brands severely under fill the cups compared to, say, Green Mountain or Starbucks or Paul Newman. Look at the weight on the boxes. The cheap K-Cups weigh a fraction of the big brands, and the coffee doesn't taste good at all.

Posted by: Joejm65 at April 12, 2013 05:34 PM (UZuc4)

56 Here in Canada a public affairs show did a feature on the Keurig, how it is environmentally indefensible because everytime you make a cup of coffee, there is a little plastic cup to throw away. That made me love my Keurig even more.

Posted by: rosemarie at April 12, 2013 05:35 PM (0fKEr)

57 47 ChemJeff,

Self actualizing ritual behavior...

I was only a coffee fiend in the Army....

get as much POP out of a good Hot Choc or Spiced Cider

A Good Coffee machine is still a nice asset though if one is entertaining or uses its heating mechanism for other applications.




Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:35 PM (LRFds)

58
I saw the generic K-cups in the grocery store once.

I like black camp style coffee, but that microwave thing for 15 seconds can get your coffee steaming hot again.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 12, 2013 05:35 PM (mKNJE)

59 >>>it may also be psychosomatic.

I think it's the difference in amount of caffeine. I can drink a caffeinated soda at night, no problem. A cup of coffee late in the day and i can't sleep.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 12, 2013 05:35 PM (4Mv1T)

60

lol Ace! Coffee and maths!

 

Posted by: jt2 at April 12, 2013 05:35 PM (KYo3C)

61 I got a Keurig as a gift the Christman before last and I'm very happy with it for the reasons Ace stated. I only have 1 cup of coffee in the morning so it's perfect for me. I've become much more of a tea drinker in the evenings because it's so much quicker to brew a cup of tea with the Keurig than it was when I used my old teapot.

Posted by: Donna V. at April 12, 2013 05:35 PM (R3gO3)

62 For those who really take care of their gear, look into Dezcal to descale the machine. Stuff dies the job better than anything out there. You can get it on Amazon.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 12, 2013 05:36 PM (WAy/v)

63 The SO requires about a quarter cup of grounds for 1 cup of coffee.  My mom uses two tablespoons of grounds, tops, for the four cups she makes for the day.  They're each shocked at the other.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 12, 2013 05:36 PM (onS4h)

64 54 Ace

Behold the power of JOLT! Cola My Ewok....

in Jr High and High School I slammed 12 a lunch....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolt_Cola

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:36 PM (LRFds)

65 Here in Canada a public affairs show did a feature on the Keurig, how it is environmentally indefensible because everytime you make a cup of coffee, there is a little plastic cup to throw away. That made me love my Keurig even more.

Posted by: rosemarie at April 12, 2013 09:35 PM (0fKEr)


Or, you know, you throw the little plastic cup in the recycling bin (assuming you have one and assuming they don't just throw it in with the normal garbage).

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 12, 2013 05:36 PM (aozUR)

66 I find it merely adequate. The coffee is never strong enough nor hot enough. They finally came out with the refillable pod. French press or automatic for me. The glass percolatprs made the perfect cup, but only my dad knew how to use it right. And now, those are going the way of the do-do.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 05:36 PM (tqLft)

67 The Keurig is my friend every day at work. Every. Day. Someone dissed it recently to me, claiming "it's instant coffee!" No it's not. I cut open one of those packets to see. That's ground coffee. I do shit like that, I'm a guy.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at April 12, 2013 05:36 PM (pUqSw)

68 A cup of coffee late in the day and i can't sleep.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 12, 2013 09:35 PM (4Mv1T)


------------



I could drink a pot of coffee right now and be sound asleep in half an hour.

Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 05:37 PM (P6QsQ)

69 oh, also, check for mold in the water holder. They have one of these type things (not sure it's a Keurig, but I think so) in my husband's office and there is always mold in it when I come in. I cleaned it one time and everyone was like "WTF, where is the coffee maker? why can't I make my coffee right now!" I was like "mold!" And they were like "we DO NOT CARE -- that water gets hot enough!" So, I don't drink coffee there anymore.

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 05:37 PM (qPCAa)

70 jhc

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 05:37 PM (gg+W4)

71 Diet Mountain Dew. It IS the power...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 05:37 PM (tqLft)

72 "...so I can just hit the button in the morning." Yeah. That word morning? I don't think it means what you think it means.

Posted by: teej at April 12, 2013 05:38 PM (erYRT)

73 Keurig - German for Moldy bio-weapon plant. 


Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 05:38 PM (o9mAc)

74 >>>I could drink a pot of coffee right now and be sound asleep in half an hour.

I could if I chased it with a pot of whiskey. Otherwise I'm up countin' the sheeps.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 12, 2013 05:38 PM (4Mv1T)

75 Diet Mountain Dew. It IS the power... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 09:37 PM (tqLft) THIS. Oh dear Lord, THIS.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2013 05:38 PM (GEICT)

76 I hate waiting for coffee. I also hate making it. A lot of thinks I use to enjoy now that I've gotten older I hate. I mean really, after making coffee a million times, it get's old. I'd be happy if I could just snort it and get the same effect.

Posted by: waldo at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (l42SE)

77 Bought my husband a very expensive one for Christmas. It's going to college with our kid. Not worth the expense.

Posted by: NCKate at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (J/Yaf)

78 >>> Yeah. That word morning? I don't think it means what you think it means. I knew what it meant, and I knew I was on thin ice saying it, but "hit the button at 11:40" didn't seem to flow right.

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (LCRYB)

79 68 A cup of coffee late in the day and i can't sleep. Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 12, 2013 09:35 PM (4Mv1T) ------------ I could drink a pot of coffee right now and be sound asleep in half an hour. Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 09:37 PM (P6QsQ) Steamed milk overcomes the caffeine. Utterly soporific.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (tqLft)

80 I boil some water in an old soup can over a camp stove. Then I fold up a paper towel for a filter and use an old oil funnel as a filter holder. Coffee cup is a metal mug I got at a hardware store. Works pretty good.

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (8sCoq)

81
I was like "mold!" And they were like "we DO NOT CARE -- that water gets hot enough!"

umm, wow.  gross.  you can get sick drinking that shit.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (BBWjt)

82 Keurig - German for Moldy bio-weapon plant.


Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 09:38 PM (o9mAc)


The roaches at my office like to hang out by the Keurig, too.  Tasty used coffee grounds, I assume.

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (aozUR)

83 71 JJ Sefton,

I used Mtn Dew as an emergency back up....

of course at the time I also had a budding upper habit.

Essentially caffeine God bless it does its evil work rather well....

and by 'evil" I mean 'awesome but direly misusable"...


Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (LRFds)

84 For my coffee at home. I use an old fashioned stove top percolator. The best coffee. Automatic drips suck.

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (qPCAa)

85 If you like a good cup of coffee, it ain't really about the machine or the water. Just get a cheap grinder and use fresh beans.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (Fz2C7)

86 I keep hearing about Keurig but could never figure it into my life.

Although now, I do like the idea of being able to make fresh hot coffee as I need it instead of making five gallons that I wind up storing for later.

Posted by: Christina Hendrick's Mighty Jugs are Really SMOD in Disguise at April 12, 2013 05:39 PM (+AV7H)

87

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 12, 2013 09:39 PM (8sCoq)


let me guess - your computer's HDD is actually just a rusty nail connected to an old barbell weight, right?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:40 PM (BBWjt)

88 You know what I still like to do, is watch an entire season of some series all at once. Right now I'm watching Boardwalk Empires. You can appreciate a show more when you do it that way. Or, at least I do.

Posted by: waldo at April 12, 2013 05:40 PM (l42SE)

89 Ace this is seriously the dumbest thing you ever wrote.

Revisit this idea.

Nothing like paying 60 cents for a 3 cent cup of coffee.

Get your ass the SAECO Royal Coffee Bar. Super-automatic. Plumbed. I got mine refurbed at Seattlecoffee.com $1200. Best money ever spent.


Posted by: Good lord at April 12, 2013 05:40 PM (9sjmH)

90 Ha ha ha ha!  A review of a coffee maker.  This is gold.  This is so perfect.  Ace IS the place.

Posted by: Liberty Lover at April 12, 2013 05:40 PM (eQ4W/)

91 75 Diet Mountain Dew. It IS the power... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 09:37 PM (tqLft) THIS. Oh dear Lord, THIS. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2013 09:38 PM (GEICT) A colleague of mine stocked up on it when we shared living quarters at a summer camp. He couldn't drink coffee for some reason so he relied on it. Must say, you do get amped on it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 05:40 PM (tqLft)

92 yeah I don't think I could get a Keurig.  it seems just too extravagant for me.  Folger's and a Mr. Coffee is all I really need.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:41 PM (BBWjt)

93 Right after we moved in together, m at the time girlfriend (now wife)  bought a $300  coffee maker and a $100 coffee grinder to go with it. This replaced my $25 Walmart coffee maker I had since grad school.

No difference in taste.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 12, 2013 05:41 PM (HDgX3)

94 PUT THAT COFFEE DOWN!!!

Coffee is for closers

(Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 09:37 PM (qPCAa))

Mold in the Mr. Coffee. Been there and definitely done that

Posted by: ironbill at April 12, 2013 05:41 PM (Q+4Zh)

95 /// 12 I have heard that the half-life of caffeine is about 8 hours. So yeah, stopping the coffee drinking about 2 pm is pretty sound advice. By time you are in bed only about 1/3 of the caffeine is left in your system. /// !!!

Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 12, 2013 05:41 PM (csi6Y)

96 Coffee Maker post. Can't say I didn't get my money's worth. And congrats on the moron baby! Long life!

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 12, 2013 05:41 PM (dUpXz)

97 Totally immune to caffeine, and I never drink coffee (mostly because I don't want to become one of those 'coffee-people.') Big soda drinker, though. Red Bull, or energy shots, don't do a thing to me. .

Posted by: zsasz at April 12, 2013 05:41 PM (MMC8r)

98 You could, of course, have the best of both worlds and brew your coffee with  Red Bull instead of water.  Or you could go Voltaire's route and make it with champagne.

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (aozUR)

99 I am a spoiled bastard, my wife grinding the beans ( I like costa rican ) wakes me up in the morning. Soon after a hot cup of espresso shows up on the nightstand !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (/7Xis)

100 JJ, I still haven't figured out what you meant last night when you said to me,  'I think I know who you were/are' (re the meet up).

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (X6akg)

101 Been searching for the link to a how-to article describing how to make an inter-galactic spaceship using a Keurig B78 and one of those cunning, sleek Hitachi CG24EKSL weed trimmers. You'll need a few other parts, but mostly nothing you can't get at Radio Shack or on Amazon. (You will need a doll's foot for your mu meson voluptuizer.)

Posted by: Thorvald at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (1V6Pv)

102

Every time a discussion starts about coffee, I'm suddenly reminded of the episode of Stargate Universe in which half the cast suddenly starts suffering from caffeine withdrawal.

 

 

Posted by: junior at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (GQQPX)

103 I love the aroma of coffee.  I could eat it with a spoon.

Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (P6QsQ)

104 i am eating corn on the cob in the field while reading this gibberish.

sorry a well written article

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (gg+W4)

105 >>> The coffee is never strong enough nor hot enough. They finally came out with the refillable pod. finally? I think they've had it for a while. I think they made a mistake with that refillable pod. You're supposed to fill it about 3/4s of the way to the top. Fine. But what if you want a starbucks-level potency? If they made the filter bigger, so that the standard cup of coffee would be filled half-way, then people could really load it up, load it double-strength, to get that Starbucks kick. But they didn't. You can of course load some more coffee into it but not much more. The design should really have been for a larger filter, to allow people to up the coffee level. I'm not one of those people who likes coffee that way but it's such a simple design choice that would satisfy so many people.

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (LCRYB)

106

Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 12, 2013 09:41 PM (csi6Y)


well, clearly taht depends on when you go to bed

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (BBWjt)

107 You want caffeine? Dissolve a carefully measured out portion into DMSO and then put that DMSO on your skin. Instant heart attack high...

Posted by: The Chemical Hat at April 12, 2013 05:42 PM (XvHmy)

108 I have heard that the half-life of caffeine is about 8 hours.

(o)(o)

Driving cross country in college, I'd crush up nodoze and snort the shit like blow.  When I was bad whupped out, and really needed to make another 100mi to reach someplace with a motel, it stopped working after 20-30 minutes and you'd have to do a couple more lines.

I may have been close to total physical collapse, but was too young and stupid to know it...

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 12, 2013 05:43 PM (/gHaE)

109 ....  the Moron drink of choice "Double shot of espresso made with Red Bull"

We would be prying people off the ceiling.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 05:43 PM (o9mAc)

110 I    like mine,but in the morning I need a whole pot of coffee.

Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2013 05:43 PM (9XBK2)

111 Strong coffee as part of the recipe = incredible brownies. 

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 12, 2013 05:43 PM (onS4h)

112 Those single serve cups come out to $50 per pound of coffee.

Sorry, that's just fucking stupid.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 12, 2013 05:44 PM (5Hl3g)

113 Not saying I love coffee, but I have a cup of instant while making my first pot of the day.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 12, 2013 05:44 PM (Fz2C7)

114 @8- chemjeff Bud, I know your 10K times the chemist I'll ever be, but that's not how you make coffee. Put water in coffee cup. 105 seconds on high in the microwave Two teaspoons of sugar One teaspoon of Folgers instant coffee crystals Raw milk or cream from your friends Jersy cow Coffee!!!

Posted by: teej at April 12, 2013 05:44 PM (pQdNP)

115 91 JJ Sefton,

Yeah there's an energy drink it started life as "Blue Ox" which in 2001 prior to 9/11 when I was a happier soul and giving guided tours at the APG Ordnance Museum with a light heart and all rendered as 'Blue Moo"....

Red Bull sued so it became BLOX and is now NOS after Coke bought it in 2004

Yeah try it, learn it, live it, love it....

Taurine and B vitamins Bay Bee with some nice caffeine....

Yee Haw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOS_%28drink%29

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:44 PM (LRFds)

116 >>>Nothing like paying 60 cents for a 3 cent cup of coffee. it's not sixty cents, and I use the My Kcups a fair amount, which is 3 cents per cup (same as any other coffee).

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 05:44 PM (LCRYB)

117 We would be prying people off the ceiling.

If you ain't got a good twitch going, you ain't "in the zone".

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 12, 2013 05:44 PM (/gHaE)

118 100 JJ, I still haven't figured out what you meant last night when you said to me, 'I think I know who you were/are' (re the meet up). Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2013 09:42 PM (X6akg) I saw you at the table behind me, but for some reason I didn't get the chance to say hi. Are you the petite Asian lady?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 05:44 PM (tqLft)

119

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 12, 2013 09:43 PM (/gHaE)


Purp, you continue to amaze me

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:45 PM (BBWjt)

120 yeah, not applying caffeine to my skin, sorry there Chemical Hat

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:45 PM (BBWjt)

121 It's worth every penny, although we didn't get the delux version we got the middle version, still cost a lot.  We were throwing out under a cup from every pot and after a while the coffee had to be reheated in the microwave to make it hot again.  The coffee maker swore that the coffee would remain hot "all morning long" and it didn't.  It wasn't the only coffee maker that failed to reamin warm so we decided to give the Keurig a try. 

Even at Thanksgiving and Christmas and Easter, with a house full of people, everyone just lined up by the keurig and got their individual cup, they loved it, especially with the assortment of coffee and teas and hot chocolates that we provided.  At Thanksgiving we tried to make a pot with the electric coffee pot since it was a crowd and our guests stopped us. So we just brought everything out that we had and thus was born the assortment of k cups that appeared at Christmas and Easter.  Lately we've been buying our k cups from dunkin donuts.  The coffee tastes the same as if you've gone to dunkin donuts and, their k cups are cheaper than other k cups so we see it as a win/win.  It' worth every penny.

Posted by: Caustic at April 12, 2013 05:45 PM (/b8+5)

122 109 MS Puma,

or I'd be in the shower having flashbacks...

I ever tell you the time I had two pots of coffee about 4 years after I quit pills and thought my heart was gonna explode?

It's not nice to play with mother nueron

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:45 PM (LRFds)

123 Diet Mountain Dew. It IS the power...

My sister once referred to it as the Sweet Nectar of Life.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 12, 2013 05:45 PM (hO8IJ)

124 I saw you at the table behind me, but for some reason I didn't get the chance to say hi.

Are you the petite Asian lady?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 09:44 PM (tqLft)


LOL! No, I wasn't there. 

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 05:45 PM (X6akg)

125 I have the Office Pro model from Staples and can't recommend it highly enough. The exact same coffee cooked in a drip brewer cannot compare to the pressure brewed in the Keurig.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 12, 2013 05:46 PM (piMMO)

126 One teaspoon of Folgers instant coffee crystals

*gag*

even I have *some* standards

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:46 PM (BBWjt)

127 115 Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 09:44 PM (LRFds) When I was in Norway in 2006 on a film shoot, some of the crew were drinking this crap called "Battery." It definitely did not mix with the stress of the director, as one morning he threw a tray of food at someone.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 05:46 PM (tqLft)

128 112 I buy like 1 12 pack a month,so it's no big deal.

Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2013 05:47 PM (9XBK2)

129 80 I boil some water in an old soup can over a camp stove. Then I fold up a paper towel for a filter and use an old oil funnel as a filter holder. Coffee cup is a metal mug I got at a hardware store. Works pretty good. Posted by: Jones in CO at April 12, 2013 09:39 PM (8sCoq) Ace is hunting you, then?

Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2013 05:47 PM (sdi6R)

130 BTW, Green Mountain Nantucket Blend is one of my favorite coffees but my favorite is Folger's Black Silk. It's strong and makes a 10 oz cup.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 12, 2013 05:47 PM (piMMO)

131 111 Strong coffee as part of the recipe = incredible brownies. I use espresso powder but..yeah...this.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 12, 2013 05:47 PM (WAy/v)

132 124 LOL! No, I wasn't there. Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2013 09:45 PM (X6akg) Thanks! How's the Lyme disease?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 05:47 PM (tqLft)

133 I use mine for Ice Tea.

Get one of the lemon zinger k-cups, or whatever.
Fill a 16oz 'non-breakable' glass/plastic to the top with crushed ice.
Keurig on the lowest amount setting, prob 4 or 6oz.
Into the glass and when it's done, you have 16oz of iced tea.

Posted by: trainer @ LIB at April 12, 2013 05:47 PM (1QEkm)

134 127 JJ Sefton,

yeah...

I wish I could blame throwing a Chair at a Prof well "towards him" was all energy drink...

just rage....

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:48 PM (LRFds)

135

I bought one for my office and started a coffee-club of sorts. I don't make people pay for shit, they just bring in supplies of their own accord. K-Cups, creamer, Splenda packets and what-not.  It's been going strong for ~3 years now. I should probably decalcify it though.

Posted by: Eisenhorn at April 12, 2013 05:48 PM (OjQYm)

136 even I have *some* standards Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 09:46 PM (BBWjt) b-b-b-but, they secretly replaced the good coffee with folgers in all those fancy restaurants and no one noticed the difference!

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 05:48 PM (qPCAa)

137 "It IS the power" was the tagline for Old English 800 or Colt 45 when Billy Dee Lando was the pitchman.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 05:48 PM (tqLft)

138 To make a good cup of coffee at home:
1) clean coffee maker
2) distilled or spring water
3) fresh, decent quality grounds

If one is lacking, the coffee won't taste good. I clean my coffee maker obsessively about once a month.

Posted by: slatz at April 12, 2013 05:49 PM (PIOWA)

139 Those single serve cups come out to $50 per pound of coffee.

Yeah, I'm not paying that much unless the beans came out a cat's ass.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 12, 2013 05:49 PM (hO8IJ)

140 my favorite is Folger's Black Silk. It's strong and makes a 10 oz cup.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 12, 2013 09:47 PM (piMMO)


----------



I grew up drinking Folgers because, Mrs. Olson.

Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 05:49 PM (P6QsQ)

141 b-b-b-but, they secretly replaced the good coffee with folgers in all those fancy restaurants and no one noticed the difference!

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 09:48 PM (qPCAa)


Maybe because they were using Sanka, or possibly Taster's Choice, beforehand?

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 12, 2013 05:49 PM (aozUR)

142 I usually get the big boxes of San Francisco Bay coffee(I think 80 or 96 count) at BJ's.....$28.00.  Theirs are a bit different than the regular K-cups....they're rounded at the bottom and it's filter material....not plastic. 

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 05:49 PM (X6akg)

143 139 Those single serve cups come out to $50 per pound of coffee.

Yeah, I'm not paying that much unless the beans came out a cat's ass.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 12, 2013 09:49 PM (hO8IJ)

For people who spend the money on dunkin donuts and starbucks it's worth every penny.

Posted by: Caustic at April 12, 2013 05:50 PM (/b8+5)

144 139 Ms Radish,

Ma'am we need to talk....

this is a Horde intervention....

step away from the feline...

//just kidding

*wink*

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:50 PM (LRFds)

145

can we have our ONT? Some of us drink the cheap but tasty local supermarket instant coffee.

Also, can FOX news have a few fewer idiot liberals on? Dennis Kucinich on Hannity saying we need a conversation about violence? (Let the Puny Muni boy go to England and do that.)

Posted by: mallfly at April 12, 2013 05:50 PM (jDjlM)

146 How's the Lyme disease?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 09:47 PM (tqLft)


Shut.up. 


No rash or round red spot.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 05:50 PM (X6akg)

147 >> Diet Mountain Dew. It IS the power... My brother.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at April 12, 2013 05:50 PM (pUqSw)

148 Community dark roast, hot water. Assembly required. Perfect coffee.

Posted by: Drewbicle at April 12, 2013 05:50 PM (A5748)

149 "The coffee here is so bad, they serve it for 50 cents a slice." R. Dangerfield

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 05:51 PM (tqLft)

150 Yeah, I'm not paying that much unless the beans came out a cat's ass.

Are you fucking kidding me?  I pose for stupid cat pictures and that's still not enough for you?

Posted by: LOLcat at April 12, 2013 05:51 PM (BBWjt)

151 140 mama Winger,

Mom sent me to buy coffee and was such a Folger's addict she threw a can of Sanka at me...

and it had to be the red bag/can not that green shit


Miss you mom

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:51 PM (LRFds)

152 I wonder what would happen if you attempted to brew coffee with Diet Mountain Dew instead of water

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:52 PM (BBWjt)

153 Had ours for 4 years. Works great. You can find deals on K cups.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 12, 2013 05:52 PM (n8LUb)

154 Actually that's my field method, more or less. But what's bad is when you just skip drinks altogether and take caffeine pills. 200mg per.

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 12, 2013 05:52 PM (8sCoq)

155 We would be prying people off the ceiling.

OTOH you've seen how much alcohol a lot of us consume?

On the gripping hand--I spent one fine autumn afternoon laying on my bed instead of attending my college's homecoming game, simultaneously drunk almost to "the spins" level, and totally wired on the caffeine from the homebrew "Kahlua" that was, probably, Everclear, simple syrup, and instant coffee.

That was wild.  Unpleasant, but wild.

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 05:52 PM (NaNKB)

156 You can buy something to put in the keurig, we have one, that you can unscrew and put your own coffee in.  For those who object to the k cups. 

We have it for someone who drinks Italian coffee only but we've left it out and people have brought their own coffee when invited for desert to "see how it comes out with the keurig" and they've ended up buying the keurig.

Posted by: Caustic at April 12, 2013 05:52 PM (/b8+5)

157 Basement Cat is annoyed at you Heather....  is plans to become the Bill Gates of coffee has been thwarted. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 05:52 PM (o9mAc)

158 I buy a commercial gallon of cold brewed coffee from Resturant Depot, heat a mug of water in the microwave, add a couple of tablespoons of coffee. Done. Drops the acid level way down.

Posted by: Jean at April 12, 2013 05:52 PM (+NNlC)

159 The trick to great coffee is a little like bread. The water quality is very critical. I find hard well water makes the best brew. However if you have such water , it will clog a standard coffee maker in about 3-4 months. There fore a press will make a better choice. A brazilian soccer player who's father is in the coffee biz told me that folgers , MH and the rest of the big guys buy the very best beans. then they blend them with the worst beans. Quala! you have coffe in a can.

Posted by: RIK at April 12, 2013 05:53 PM (voTNA)

160 "On the gripping hand..."

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 09:52 PM (NaNKB)


Nice.

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 12, 2013 05:53 PM (aozUR)

161 >Diet Mountain Dew. It IS the power... does it have more caffeine than other diet sodas?

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 12, 2013 05:53 PM (8sCoq)

162 Yeah, Folger's is more than sufficient for me.  I guess I have an underdeveloped palate or something because it's hard for me to tell the difference between the different "blends" of coffee.  Oh well.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:53 PM (BBWjt)

163 154 Jones in CO,

or when you've been up two days...are on CQ and brickwalling so you start chewing the coffee grounds....


"yeah fun times, fun times...."

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:53 PM (LRFds)

164 French press here.  Quicker than a Mr. Coffee, and tastes better.

We heat the water in the microwave,  since the base doesn't have a metal but rather a rubberized plastic frame. Two scoops of coffee,  let it steep for a minute or two,  voila!

I am all about CHEAP.

Plus,  if things go to hell,  you can boil water in a fireplace or on a grill and make coffee.  Can't do that with a Keurig.

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 12, 2013 05:53 PM (GoIUi)

165 sven--
http://www.coffeebeanqueen.com/coffee-beans/cat-crap-coffee.aspx

My basement cat licks my coffee cup when I'm finished (sometimes before).  But he won't lick coffee out of a cat dish on the floor.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 12, 2013 05:53 PM (hO8IJ)

166 Coffee is a stimulant, the Mormons God, Joseph Smith, says its a no go.

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 05:53 PM (gg+W4)

167 We ain't mormons asshole.

Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2013 05:54 PM (9XBK2)

168 Next up: Wicket reviews the Panasonic Nose & Ear Hair Trimmer, available on Amazon.

Posted by: some dope at April 12, 2013 05:54 PM (+kznc)

169 No rash or round red spot. That doesn't happen in all cases. Blood test isn't even 100% accurate. Do you need to see a doc?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 12, 2013 05:54 PM (WAy/v)

170 There's a little bit of me in every Mr Coffee.

Posted by: zombie Joe DiMaggio at April 12, 2013 05:54 PM (mGBy8)

171 After a long week at work, I faced a 160 mile late-night motorcycle ride home from Duluth. I filled the Ninja's tank on Thompson Hill, and bought maybe the 3rd-ever Monster Lo-Carb energy drink I'd ever had. By the time we neared Sandstone, "La Ninjita" and I seemed as though we were riding downhill through the night, no matter what the road was doing. Not completely pleasant, and a little unnerving, especially as we neared the stretch of road where I'd hit the toad that time. But that's another story.

Posted by: Thorvald at April 12, 2013 05:54 PM (1V6Pv)

172 >>>Drops the acid

Now THAT'S what I'M talkin' about.

Posted by: Dr. Timothy Leary at April 12, 2013 05:55 PM (4Mv1T)

173 The human head weighs eight pounds.

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 12, 2013 05:55 PM (aozUR)

174 I want some Nescafé globe mugs and Postum, then my coffee circle will be complete

Posted by: Jean at April 12, 2013 05:55 PM (+NNlC)

175 167 We ain't mormons asshole.

Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2013 09:54 PM (9XBK2)


So says God, my life

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 05:55 PM (gg+W4)

176 I buy whatever coffee is on sale,grounds and K-cups.

Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2013 05:55 PM (9XBK2)

177 re 162: I bought a couple of jars of Folger's Classic Roast Instant Crystals several weeks ago. I still have one left. Less to do with taste than the fact that two cups in the morning left me punchy.

Posted by: mallfly at April 12, 2013 05:55 PM (jDjlM)

178 My basement cat licks my coffee cup when I'm finished (sometimes before). But he won't lick coffee out of a cat dish on the floor.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 12, 2013 09:53 PM (hO8IJ)



The SO's late cat would "drink" coffee by repeatedly dipping his paw in a coffee mug and licking it.  His mom noticed him "drinking" her coffee one day and immediately switched to tea.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 12, 2013 05:56 PM (onS4h)

179 OTOH you've seen how much alcohol a lot of us consume?

You know what's amazing about that?  The good stuff in the coffee protects you from the bad stuff from the beer, and the good stuff in the beer protects you from the bad stuff in the coffee.  You couldn't design a better system.

Yeah, yeah, all the studies have been done on men, but why should I take chances....

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 12, 2013 05:56 PM (hO8IJ)

180 Yeah the energy drinks, they just either make me totally wired or turn me into a zombie.  Either way I can't really concentrate.  Don't drink them hardly at all anymore.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:56 PM (BBWjt)

181 165 Ms radish,

I've done a lot of neat, bizzare, strange, and out of the box things...

that ain't one of 'em....

but it's a big country room enough for all...

Nice cat graphic.

My dog only ate popcorn I was handling....

pets are a Gift.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:56 PM (LRFds)

182 No.  The Miele is like Star Trek.  The K-cup is a cheap imitation.

http://amzn.to/ZmP50o

At *some* point, the Miele is cheaper.. but it's probably not before 23,000 and 33,000 cups of java.  (and yes, the Miele will easily brew over 33,000 cups .. saw one that was closing in on 200,000 once)

Mew

Posted by: acat at April 12, 2013 05:56 PM (4UkCP)

183 123 Diet Mountain Dew. It IS the power...

^^^THIS

Put it in the freezer until its the consistency of a Slurpie and you got the nectar of THE. FREAKING. GODS.

Pound a 2L and you're good to go...in more ways than one..

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 12, 2013 05:56 PM (/gHaE)

184 Monster Lo-Carb: "It's taste reminds me of bubble gum and lychee nuts."

Posted by: Thorvald at April 12, 2013 05:56 PM (1V6Pv)

185 We had one of these things in the barracks.
It sucked rats ass.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 12, 2013 05:57 PM (R6nqE)

186 That doesn't happen in all cases. Blood test isn't even 100% accurate.

Do you need to see a doc?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 12, 2013 09:54 PM (WAy/v)


I'm going to call him on Monday.  His office is closed on Fridays.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 05:57 PM (X6akg)

187 HeatherRadish is right, alcohol does have some (limited) anti-oxidant properties

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 05:57 PM (BBWjt)

188 Coffee is a stimulant, the Mormons God, Joseph Smith, says its a no go.

Uh, OK.

We have some lovely parting gifts for you.  Thank you for playing.

It's a fucking coffee thread.  Sheesh.

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 05:57 PM (NaNKB)

189

@167 We ain't mormons asshole.

-----------------------------------

Some of us are.

 

But he(she? it?) clearly isn't.

 

Posted by: junior at April 12, 2013 05:58 PM (GQQPX)

190 I knew a guy in college who would go to classes with a jar of instant coffee and eat it with a spoon. He just did it to freak people out.

Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2013 05:58 PM (sdi6R)

191 >>>That doesn't happen in all cases. Blood test isn't even 100% accurate.

My 18yo niece just spent three years getting over Lyme's due to an idiot SC Dr who refused to diagnose Lyme's. It was a hell of a rough road for her. Lot's of time in bed, lots of missed school. Like a year or more.

Both my boys have had it, but their pediatrician was from NY and recognized it.

Posted by: Dr. Timothy Leary at April 12, 2013 05:58 PM (4Mv1T)

192 188 Filbert,

I'm just trying to figure out how the fuck Gerg finally grapsed we're all Apostate Mormons......

Hey Gerg it is MORON horde you fucking idiot.....


Not Mormon Horde....

Steve Schmidt runs the Mormon horde I guess...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 05:58 PM (LRFds)

193 I'm lovin' my Keurig.  So far I like Dark Magic, Jet Fuel and Emeril's Big Easy Bold.

Posted by: CDR M at April 12, 2013 05:59 PM (dKV5k)

194 Tami - did you get bit by a tick?

Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 05:59 PM (P6QsQ)

195 But he(she?it?) clearly isn't. It's raykon. He's like a paramecium, but dumber.

Posted by: zsasz at April 12, 2013 05:59 PM (MMC8r)

196 I've wanted to ask you this since Passover, J.J. Sefton, were your matzo balls floaters or sinkers?

Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2013 05:59 PM (mGBy8)

197

Posted by: Jean at April 12, 2013 09:55 PM (+NNlC)

 

I was waiting for someone to mention Postum. A teaspoon plus of that, half a teaspoon of instant coffee, some sugar, honey or sweetened coffee whitener and some milk and I'm good to go.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 12, 2013 06:00 PM (AC0lD)

198 And on the sidebar:  a wordcloud for this review.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 12, 2013 06:00 PM (onS4h)

199 Yeah, mama....found one on me yesterday.  Pulled the little shit out.  I have it in a baggie.   Tiny things....not like dog ticks.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 06:00 PM (X6akg)

200 wow, this thread is racing. chemjeff, I was not here when the morons were scrolling and whatever else you said to the comments. sven, thanks for your explanation about the clockwork thing. anna, as for the coffeehouse murders, I could write them. Don't even get me started on proper cappuccino foam.

Posted by: elizabethe at April 12, 2013 06:00 PM (qPCAa)

201 I just looked up acat's suggestion of the Miele coffee maker -- $1,700 to $2,300.

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 06:00 PM (LCRYB)

202 189 I hope I gave no offense with my comment,wasn't meant as such.

Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2013 06:00 PM (9XBK2)

203 Of acid dropping sock.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 12, 2013 06:00 PM (4Mv1T)

204 Can we have review of BBQ grills. How about electric cars? Or ATV?s

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 12, 2013 06:00 PM (n8LUb)

205 Monster Lo-Carb

The Monster Zero-Ultras taste much better IMO.  White can.

RockStars no-sugars kick hard, but if I shotgun a few of them I get palpitations and feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack.  Those you gotta ease into.  The Zero/Utras I can pound down like CoolAid


Posted by: @PurpAv at April 12, 2013 06:00 PM (/gHaE)

206 alcohol does have some (limited) anti-oxidant properties

There's been a lot of research into good things from hops, too.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 12, 2013 06:01 PM (hO8IJ)

207 I'm just trying to figure out how the fuck Gerg finally grapsed we're all Apostate Mormons......

Mental retardation?

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 06:01 PM (NaNKB)

208 god or somethin' I zinged ya

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:01 PM (LCRYB)

209 "I just looked up acat's suggestion of the Miele coffee maker -- $1,700 to $2,300."

Yeah, I don't think so.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 12, 2013 06:01 PM (Fz2C7)

210 There's a little bit of me in every Mr Coffee I am not sure quite why, but this really creeps me out.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 12, 2013 06:01 PM (WAy/v)

211 Can we have review of BBQ grills. How about electric cars? Or ATV?s

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 12, 2013 10:00 PM (n8LUb)





Heck, if someone could tell me if SodaStream's diet soda tastes anything near Diet Coke I'd be at the store tomorrow.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 12, 2013 06:01 PM (onS4h)

212 Yeah, mama....found one on me yesterday. Pulled the little shit out. I have it in a baggie.

--------

Oh gee. 

I'm not sure how long it takes to get a reliable blood test back on that for humans.  I know in dogs, it takes a while for a positive test to be reliable.  Hopefully your tick is a dud.

Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 06:02 PM (P6QsQ)

213 elizabethe, I'm just glad to be here


Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 06:02 PM (BBWjt)

214 mormons bazinga

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:02 PM (LCRYB)

215 202 Steevy,

No offense other than some Troll trying to start sectarian games.

I have no grief with Mormons, and I don't think you do either.

"we're all in this together"

//Tuttle *zipline away*

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 06:02 PM (LRFds)

216 ace is back

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 06:02 PM (gg+W4)

217 Is there a vodka flavored coffee, real or imagined?

Posted by: Craig Poe at April 12, 2013 06:03 PM (BVkEs)

218 my life is pretty awesome, that's why I'm trolling people on a friday night god booyah

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:03 PM (LCRYB)

219 207 filbert,

Let's see 2+2 is right turn blue!


//gergKYon Supra genius

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 06:03 PM (LRFds)

220 I like muslims just the way I like my coffee.





I don't like coffee.

Posted by: Hern Burford at April 12, 2013 06:03 PM (enACX)

221 Well, that buzz means the dryer's done. Have to work tomorrow so 0400 alarm. And we're doing the helicopter flying air handlers onto the roof thingy tomorrow. These are big, heavy units and lots of em. It can be dangerous, especially for an old man so you prayin' 'rons and 'ettes... Thanks Love each other fellow babies

Posted by: teej at April 12, 2013 06:03 PM (pQdNP)

222 I made all the right choices in my life, that's why I'm a troll whose life has no value zing

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:03 PM (LCRYB)

223 "But the arrest warrant says Buttle."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (o9mAc)

224 I am Pi, Piscene, I love all the Gods

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (gg+W4)

225 teej, be safe at work tomorrow
see ya tomorrow nite

Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (BBWjt)

226 196 I've wanted to ask you this since Passover, J.J. Sefton, were your matzo balls floaters or sinkers? Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2013 09:59 PM (mGBy Floaters. Just use Manischewitz mix straight from the box and cook them in the broth. Perfect every time.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (tqLft)

227 210 Sean bannion,

I'm pretty sure I know why it creeps you out...

how many cups of coffee have you had handed to you at random in your life eh?

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (LRFds)

228 And we're doing the helicopter flying air handlers onto the roof thingy tomorrow. These are big, heavy units and lots of em. It can be dangerous, especially for an old man so you prayin' 'rons and 'ettes...
Thanks
Love each other fellow babies

Posted by: teej at April 12, 2013 10:03 PM (pQdNP)


------------


God keep you in the palm of His hand, teej. 

Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (P6QsQ)

229 I'm not sure how long it takes to get a reliable blood test back on that for humans. I know in dogs, it takes a while for a positive test to be reliable. Hopefully your tick is a dud.

Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 10:02 PM (P6QsQ)


I don't know about humans either.  Husband had it and both my labs had it.  I still have my daughter's dog here but she doesn't show any symptoms.  She's all black so it would be hard to find one on her.


Most docs in Connecticut routinely check for it if you're having any blood work done.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (X6akg)

230 I feel trolled.

Posted by: Smiles at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (mC8pT)

231 Ricki, my single days breakfast was a one spoon affair: mike about three cup of water in a measuring cup, scoop two or three (dependent on how much are drank the previous night) of instant coffee in this big mug, then two scoops of some chocolate instant breakfast powder (like ovaltine), then using the same spoon get a heaping scoop of peanut butter. Then hit the door, my wife put an end to that.

Posted by: Jean at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (k8qQE)

232 Heck, if someone could tell me if SodaStream's diet soda tastes anything near Diet Coke I'd be at the store tomorrow. You and me both.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (WAy/v)

233 That pi was always kind of a jerk of a Greek letter.  Hogging all the attention and whatnot.

Posted by: Omicron at April 12, 2013 06:04 PM (BBWjt)

234 yup i've had all the love and success a man could want from this world god, mormons, Bu$hitler holy fuck is my life the tits

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:05 PM (LCRYB)

235 The main thing that sucks about Mormons is that, as far as I can tell, from Mormons I have known personally, and those I've observed from afar, that they're far, far better people than I could ever hope to be.

I think I'll have a drink . . . for those who can't/won't.

That seems appropriately moronic.  And Moronic.

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 06:05 PM (NaNKB)

236 223 Ms Puma,

Loved that film....

it sorta summarizes Barack obama's Dream Wank State eh?

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 06:05 PM (LRFds)

237 The reason why raykon/pi was eating all that corn on the cob in the field in #144 is hot-linked in my sock.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2013 06:05 PM (mGBy8)

238 Be safe out there Teej.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 06:05 PM (o9mAc)

239 That Pi fellow, he can change but only if he really wants to change.

Posted by: Delta at April 12, 2013 06:06 PM (BBWjt)

240 Hey you guys, seriously a good movie review.  Thanks Ace!

Posted by: Yip at April 12, 2013 06:06 PM (/jHWN)

241 my achievements in life are limited to the tiny amount of annoyance I cause to strangers God, zeus feel the burn

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:06 PM (LCRYB)

242

I don't think the word cloud for Ace's coffee maker review (upper right, main page by rdbrewer) is working correctly.

 

But the concept made me laugh...

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 12, 2013 06:06 PM (AC0lD)

243 Coffee maker reviews? This place is turning into the Better Homes & Gardens of Smart Military Blogs. WTF? /s

Posted by: Juan Valdez at April 12, 2013 06:06 PM (clcLS)

244 Yeh, had 'em put a Miele in the Bentley. (heh heh heh)

Posted by: Thorvald at April 12, 2013 06:06 PM (1V6Pv)

245 152 I wonder what would happen if you attempted to brew coffee with Diet Mountain Dew instead of water Posted by: chemjeff at April 12, 2013 09:52 PM (BBWjt) You just cured cancer, dude.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 12, 2013 06:06 PM (tqLft)

246 231 Sean bannion,

It's pretty good...

I won't oversell the SodaStream...and wife broke ours....but e got a lotta use outta her eh....

they have a good breakfast drink that had me at "o...yuck...fuck yeah"....

they are now down to ~80 bucks at the evil W I assure you you'll get 80 bucks of worth.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 06:06 PM (LRFds)

247 Sven, "Suspicion breeds confidence."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 06:06 PM (o9mAc)

248

K-cups?  Wow.

 

I just like C - and D-cups.

 

Really. Coffee?  Never touch the stuff.

 

My wife likes her Keurig, and the cats like to watch it brew coffee in the morning.

Cats. Weird little predators that we cuddle with.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch spouts more nonsense.... at April 12, 2013 06:07 PM (Md8Uo)

249 There's also Pero, which is sort of a chickory nut mix, for those whose stomachs can't handle coffee, but it's hard to find except places like Whole Foods.

Posted by: luigi vercotti at April 12, 2013 06:07 PM (Jsiw/)

250 Goodbye mama, now you can have ice cream in heavan! I'll see you again tonight when I go to bed in my head movies. But this head movie makes my eyes rain!

Posted by: simple pi [/i] [/b] at April 12, 2013 06:07 PM (5Hl3g)

251 Ace, I used to drink Keurig coffee every day, because it was free where I work. All the cartridges were Tully's coffee. I pretty much hated the coffee it made, except for one cartridge type: the "Kona". If you can find any Tully's Kona, you might want to try it. (I'm not sure if it is even made anymore, alas.) Also, I wonder if you tried Starbucks's answer to the K-cup machine? If so, what is it you like better about the Keurig? And you might want to check this out: a web site devoted to single-serving coffee machines and capsules. Reviews, news, etc. http://www.singleservecoffee.com/ Have a great weekend, everyone.

Posted by: mr_jack at April 12, 2013 06:07 PM (TMG3G)

252 That pi was always kind of a jerk of a Greek letter. Hogging all the attention and whatnot.
And he keeps on going on and on and on and on...

Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2013 06:07 PM (mGBy8)

253 I can haz ONT?

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 06:07 PM (NaNKB)

254 I totally want a Keurig but I don't drink enough coffee to make it worth the price.

In awesomer news, I kicked ass at the range today.  Got a free lesson from one of the gun instructors too.  Musta been because I'm so damn cute...

Posted by: DangerGirl @deadlyestrogen at April 12, 2013 06:07 PM (GrtrJ)

255 SodaStream gives me indigestion

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 06:07 PM (gg+W4)

256 Using less grounds is a mistake, as the last 30% of the chemical content of coffee that is extracted in the brewing process is what makes it bitter.  If you want a less intense flavor, use lots of grounds but less water, and then dilute with hot water (say from an electric kettle) in the cup.

 

Posted by: TH at April 12, 2013 06:08 PM (j4syI)

257 i am in no way a sad and lonely individual who has learned at great pain that I have nothing positive to offer the world, so i instead attempt to get validation by bothering people, much like an angry schizophrenic in the street god, Xtians, Cheney, Amerikkka ba-zing

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:08 PM (LCRYB)

258 What is the angle of this Pi fellow?  I can't seem to quite figure it out.  He seems to go off on these tangents all the time.

Posted by: Theta at April 12, 2013 06:08 PM (BBWjt)

259 I picked up Lyme some years ago in NY and noticed the tick on the drive home.

Told my FL doc I had a tick, the bullseye, and I needed a scrip for two weeks of of doxycycline, and he gave it to me with no further discussion.

Shit knocks it out straight away at any stage of the disease...and it make you skin feel like its on fire in the sun

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 12, 2013 06:08 PM (/gHaE)

260 246 Ms Puma,

Imagine the diceless Paranoia games we could play here....

this would be an epic group

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 06:08 PM (LRFds)

261 Hey Ace, can I interest you in the Bass-a-Matic?

Posted by: Dan Ackroyd at April 12, 2013 06:08 PM (mCvL4)

262 And he keeps on going on and on and on and on...

Transcendental, you might say.

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 06:08 PM (NaNKB)

263 Theta, obtuse.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 06:09 PM (o9mAc)

264 ONT is here!!!!

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 12, 2013 06:09 PM (onS4h)

265 245 231 Sean bannion, It's pretty good... Have you had the Diet soda mix, though? If its any good I'll pick one up.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 12, 2013 06:09 PM (WAy/v)

266

better now...and still funny rdbrewer!!

Thanks!

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 12, 2013 06:09 PM (AC0lD)

267 I've got a Keurig and stopped using it.  Too much $$$.  I'm a pot a day kinda moron, so I'm back to using a $15 dollar-store Procter-Silex and Community Coffee.... keeping it real... in Texas ya'll  Heh

Posted by: Yip at April 12, 2013 06:09 PM (/jHWN)

268 The book was better.

Posted by: Truman North at April 12, 2013 06:09 PM (I2LwF)

269 "Relax in a maximum security stress free environment."  Yeah that is the kind of vacation place I want to visit.  Not.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 12, 2013 06:10 PM (o9mAc)

270 Come to think of it, whatever happened to cherry pi? (He or she used the Greek letter, which I don't know how to do.)

Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2013 06:10 PM (sdi6R)

271 got ,one love it...

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at April 12, 2013 06:10 PM (9+ccr)

272 hey Pi don't you want to talk no more? I am here to give you the simple acknowledgement of your existence that eludes you in real life Jesus Fish Spaghetti Monster boom

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:10 PM (LCRYB)

273 I down serious amounts of Dt Mtn Dew on reg basis and I have a bit of a problem with Lo-Carb Monster or ZeroCarb Rockstar. Not a big coffee fan. Although Blue Mtn Roast or Kona is pretty good on occasion.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 12, 2013 06:10 PM (GEICT)

274 Mmm. That's some great bass.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2013 06:10 PM (mGBy8)

275 267 The book was better.

Amen, it was

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 06:11 PM (gg+W4)

276

Community dark roast, hot water. Assembly required.  Perfect coffee.

 

WOW! I drank that when we lived in NOLA. THAT will wake you up and make you regular.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2013 06:11 PM (AK0yr)

277 Roast the green coffee beans weekly. Grind these fresh roasted beans daily. Place these freshly ground beans in a Bodum coffee press. Add boiling water. Wait one minute. Plunge, pour, drink.

Posted by: coffee master at April 12, 2013 06:12 PM (ClkAc)

278 Community coffee .. nuff said.    Yesssss.

Posted by: Yip at April 12, 2013 06:13 PM (/jHWN)

279 I like cowboy coffee, and espresso strong enough to leave silt on your tongue, so the premeasured cups are out for me.

Posted by: toby928© at April 12, 2013 06:13 PM (QupBk)

280 264 Sean bannion,

Sean I sent a machine to my foster brother and he is normally a Caf free diet Coke guy and found it "okay"....

I have sipped aty it but I use it for Ginger Ale...

I don't want to sell you a pig in a poke...

it gave us good enough service in the year it lasted I don't regret the buy at all.

YMMV

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 12, 2013 06:13 PM (LRFds)

281 come back, Pi... I'm just like you... I'm scared and lonely and have no place to go and no one who wants me... please come back, we can annoy strangers together... we can prove we exist by making futile attempts to bother people... let's get the validation and acknowledgement that our mothers withheld from us and our dads were too drunk-n-departed to give us.... please pi come back... Darwin fish coexist bang

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:14 PM (LCRYB)

282 Jesus Fish Spaghetti Monster

The book of SM is as true as any other

I bought and read the book, its great...

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 06:14 PM (gg+W4)

283 See ya... baseball on to watch...  Go RANGERS!!

Posted by: Yip at April 12, 2013 06:14 PM (/jHWN)

284 You actually can get a strong gourmet cup of coffee from a K-cup. Get Emeril's Big Easy Bold. No other K-cup compares. It's the perfect compliment to half a pack of Marlboro's first thing in the morning. Big Easy Bold is the freebase of the K-cup universe.

Posted by: blackcoffeeandcigarettes at April 12, 2013 06:14 PM (qC2vD)

285 We got our Keurig for half price a few years ago.  It had accidentally been placed on clearance.  We snapped it up.

I use it some but my wife uses it all the time.  We have a wide variety of coffees and teas.  We do regular coffee in the morning, but in the evening, she can whip up a quick cup.

They make a filter that allows you to use regular grounds in a Keurig.  It does OK, but I still have figured out the exact amount of coffee to use.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 12, 2013 06:15 PM (1hekh)

286 278 I like cowboy coffee,

chewy

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 06:15 PM (gg+W4)

287 /stands on table at Arnold's like Jenny Picolo used to do I have an announcement to make. I just ate a whole chicken.

Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2013 06:15 PM (Vhc4u)

288 yes... let's pretend we're not just channeling our frustration and sadness over our own broken lives into anger against an abstraction we can blame for our failures... god... spaghetti monster... if we keep saying the words we can stop our minds from thinking about how our lives have not turned out the way we wanted... if we keep saying the words we can convince ourselves someone else is to blame... bazinga

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:16 PM (LCRYB)

289 I like my cups with a clasp in the middle

Posted by: DAve at April 12, 2013 06:16 PM (XDC0v)

290 Told my FL doc I had a tick, the bullseye, and I needed a scrip for two weeks of of doxycycline, and he gave it to me with no further discussion.

Shit knocks it out straight away at any stage of the disease...and it make you skin feel like its on fire in the sun

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 12, 2013 10:08 PM (/gHaE)


We have some doxycycline here.  If I have to go on antibiotics for 2 weeks or a month, I'm going to be miserable (I know, I know...better than the disease).  Let's just say my lady parts HATE antibiotics.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 06:16 PM (X6akg)

291 Always funny when ace starts mocking the troll.

Posted by: buzzion at April 12, 2013 06:17 PM (LI48c)

292 Pi how old were you when you realized you were a failure and that your only impact on the world would be of a negative variety...? did it sting or was it liberating...? Andrew Lloyd Weber feel the burn

Posted by: Pi at April 12, 2013 06:18 PM (LCRYB)

293 please come back, we can annoy strangers together... we can prove we exist by making futile attempts to bother people... lulz! long live the internet, long live the jerkoffs who use the internet

Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2013 06:18 PM (DlaLh)

294 god you're so smart...

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:19 PM (LCRYB)

295 do you ever hug yourself...? just when you feel the need to feel someone's arms around you...? Joseph Smith BYU ka-pow

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:20 PM (LCRYB)

296 Is it frightening, depressing, or humorous, that Ace is better at trolling AoSHQ than the "trolls" could ever hope to be?

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 06:22 PM (NaNKB)

297 do you ever make yourself cry just to feel something warm on your face...? the keymaster Zuul splat

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:22 PM (LCRYB)

298 I had a patrolman who is a Marine reservist on my shift, who spent most of 2007 in Iraq. When he got back and returned to work, we were standing outside of the station and he went to put a dip in. I caught a whiff of coffee when he opened the can, and asked him about it. He said that when he was in Iraq, he and his squad mates mixed finely ground coffee with their tobacco, to keep them awake and alert. It was kind of amusing because not long after thet, it seemed like every one who dipped (including me) started doing the same thing. 

Posted by: DaveKinNC at April 12, 2013 06:23 PM (/NgNT)

299 oh now you want to talk with me... or do you want to play some game where you prove you're superior to me by challenging me to trivia of your choosing...? will that make the pain go away for you...? There is no Dana only Zuul that's gonna leave a mark

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:24 PM (LCRYB)

300 285 Is it frightening, depressing, or humorous, that Ace is better at trolling AoSHQ than the "trolls" could ever hope to be? Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 10:22 PM (NaNKB) Yes.

Posted by: Joejm65 at April 12, 2013 06:25 PM (UZuc4)

301 I could drink a pot of coffee right now and be sound asleep in half an hour. Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 09:37 PM (P6QsQ) Word. I'm one of those who can drink a 4-shot hammerhead and still not feel the caffeine. I had briefly thought about a Keurig for my mom n' dad, but at the time they could pretty easily finish a pot and a half without much trouble. Too bad, because I liked the variety of K-Cups available, and the ease of making just a single cup if that was all they wanted. I'm still interested in the idea, but for now I have other things to spend money on.

Posted by: Bill H at April 12, 2013 06:25 PM (3sZO1)

302 Posted by: Joejm65 at April 12, 2013 10:25 PM (UZuc4)

It's probably the caffeine.  From the Keurig, don't cha know.

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 06:26 PM (NaNKB)

303 Posts such as this one are the reason why I love this Smart Coffee Blog!

Posted by: A-Hole at April 12, 2013 06:27 PM (DbhrR)

304 >>>Too bad, because I liked the variety of K-Cups available, and the ease of making just a single cup if that was all they wanted. the variety is something of a false benefit. in practice, people find a kind of coffee, or a couple of kinds, and just buy those. it is nice on occasion to just "go crazy" and have another kind but I'm running out of the samples the thing came with and I don't think I'd buy more sample-packs.

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 06:27 PM (LCRYB)

305 though tomorrow I'm going to have this Italian Roast sample I didn't know I had until I checked about 15 minutes ago when I made coffee (decaf, of course). Looking forward to that.

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 06:28 PM (LCRYB)

306 Last? Yay!

The Kirby vacuum cleaner of coffee machines. $150 of I can't being myself to:

1) use mr coffee
2) or a percolator
3) and wash a cup
4)

Next time:

Jiffy Pop but faster: The Jiffy Popcorn Extreme

$300 of WTF I just made popcorn.

Posted by: 13times at April 12, 2013 06:29 PM (h6XiD)

307 Looking forward to that.

(Insert comment here)

Posted by: filbert at April 12, 2013 06:29 PM (NaNKB)

308 come back Pi i get such an ego-boost out of dealing with people of your level... you honestly will never know the thrill of just being able to look at someone and realize he's so inferior he might as well be an animal... come back, feed my ego rush... Rush 2112 no god or government booyah

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:30 PM (LCRYB)

309 Got a Keurig in 2008 as a gift - it's not being used as often as it was, just because of morning routines changing, but we've never had a problem with it here. Then again, I despise the taste of coffee, and so it's been used almost exclusively by my husband.

Posted by: Katja at April 12, 2013 06:30 PM (9Ymq7)

310 I hate the coffee from those coffee makers! It is way to weak. To keep costs down they put the bare minimum of coffee in. It's bad tasting to me. Plus, I love the process of making a pot of coffee. From picking it out at the store- I just brought some great coffee back from Jamaica-to grinding, to the first sounds and smell, to that first taste. I have one of these but my trusty Mr. Coffee gets used daily and the fancy machine only is used to make latte's at night for company.

Posted by: Timwi at April 12, 2013 06:31 PM (pdhxN)

311 I could drink a pot of coffee right now and be sound asleep in half an hour. Posted by: mama winger at April 12, 2013 09:37 PM (P6QsQ) I was like that 22-23 years ago. Now? I'm a few months into my 'no caffeine after 6pm' routine. It helps with sleep. I still can't function without morning coffee, however. I doubt that will ever change.

Posted by: Joejm65 at April 12, 2013 06:31 PM (UZuc4)

312 let's look at what you've accomplished tonight, Pi... ...you wasted your time... ...you wasted my time... ...you slightly irritated a couple of people who forgot about you 20 minutes ago... ... you have wasted time none of us will ever get back... are you proud of your efforts...?

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:35 PM (LCRYB)

313
   Fresh ground beans, well water, and a Mr Coffee that is probably older than most of you guys. 44 years old, iirc.

   After the 1st cup, it gets turned off, The microwave will reheat coffee without making it bitter or strong.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 12, 2013 06:36 PM (SAMxH)

314 Make sure you set the on/off timers. Otherwise, the heating element will cause eventual breakdown of the machine (our first one lasted 18 months). You set the timers, you wake up, make your coffee, and however long later that you have told it to, it shuts off. Machine will last longer. Also, if you ever have issues with it sucking up water, use a sonic care toothbrush, if you have one, in the little space with the aluminum mesh under the reservoir.

Posted by: StrinaM at April 12, 2013 06:36 PM (uhuPK)

315 do you think that the best usage of the limited number of minutes each human being has in his life is trolling strangers...? do you honestly have nothing at all better going on in your life? not even reading...? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1YfehK7U

Posted by: Pee at April 12, 2013 06:37 PM (LCRYB)

316 Jura Capresso E8 super automatic coffee maker. put water and beans in. Push button - grinds beans, presses the grounds, pressure brews 1 to 8 oz as you dial up. Dumps puck, rinses itself. Add a Jura Capresso magnetic frother and go to town. It tells you when it needs water, beans, cleaning, time to dump grounds and when it needs a new water filter.
I even take it with me when I travel. Best gift I ever gave myself.

Posted by: DHead at April 12, 2013 06:37 PM (5Fd5D)

317 >>>Make sure you set the on/off timers. Otherwise, the heating element will cause eventual breakdown of the machine (our first one lasted 18 months). You set the timers, you wake up, make your coffee, and however long later that you have told it to, it shuts off. Machine will last longer. thanks I have to reset that.

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 06:37 PM (LCRYB)

318 Ace: Get the Eco Brew re-usable filter. It is far easier to manage than the Keurig reusable.

4pak for 28$. So you can fill them up at night before bed with various flavors or whatever and you are good to go in the morning.
http://tinyurl.com/d2s4j85


Posted by: exsanguine at April 12, 2013 06:42 PM (GHsf9)

319 We bought ours after staying at a Ronald McDonald House with our daughter. The convenience is great---I like flavored frou-frou coffee; my husband is a coffee snob. It pays for itself *if* you stay out of the coffee shops as a result. My husband would go to get work done and we'd spend about seven bucks a week on coffee. Now it's a rare treat to go out for coffee. Keurig is also generous enough to donate the machines and coffee for Ronald McDonald Houses.

Posted by: Cameron at April 12, 2013 06:43 PM (C+k3p)

320 exsanguinate, do you mean "eKobrew"?

Posted by: ace at April 12, 2013 06:44 PM (LCRYB)

321 Tami- We took our beagle up north and it came back from adventuring covered in ticks. Took us over an hour to find them all-they were everywhere. We put them in a container and exploded them in the microwave. I highly recommend this as it made us feel much better after being forced to spend the evening picking ticks from every crevice of the dog. Luckily we have a good tick book up there so we could id and didn't have to worry about Lymes.

Posted by: Timwi at April 12, 2013 06:44 PM (pdhxN)

322 Ace, you really know where to put your commas.

Posted by: Greg Toombs at April 12, 2013 06:47 PM (2xLsT)

323 311 exsanguinate,

do you mean "eKobrew"?


Yeah...that.


Posted by: exsanguine at April 12, 2013 06:53 PM (GHsf9)

324 I love love my Keurig.  It lets me have my personal favorite Original Donut Shop in the morning, something milder like Green Mountain's Nantucket Blend later in the day, and a flavored coffee like Gloria Jean's Hazelnut in the evening all with no hassle.There are a lot of varieties, try a sampler pack.
 
You can order on line, Amazon is pretty cheap.  In store, Walmart is usually lowest price. Average price is about 50 cents a cup, but you can  get it cheaper with larger quantities, like 24 packs.I haven't add good luck with the Ekobrew  or K-cup refillables, they both leaked.

 I buy both Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks K-cups for visitors but I really do like some of the other brands like Green Mountain better. As for the machine, mine has lasted 2 years with no problem. I use Brita filtered water as my tap water is heavy in minerals and tastes awful. I clean it every couple of months with white vinegar to remove any scaling(would do that for any coffee maker.)
So I guess 
 

Posted by: Deanna at April 12, 2013 06:53 PM (HZ5Bz)

325 Tim, the deer ticks are really small...like the tip of a pencil.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 12, 2013 06:54 PM (X6akg)

326 I've gone in tbe opposite direction and no longer use a machine but instead use a CHEMEX glass crafe and filter. It takes longer, around 10 minutes, but the super thick science filter which strips out all the bitter particulars is worth the wait. Plus I order my beans from a supplier in Chicago called Intelligentsia Coffee, which runs around $22 a pound, so I gotta make each brew count.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 12, 2013 06:57 PM (UOjzE)

327 the variety is something of a false benefit. in practice, people find a kind of coffee, or a couple of kinds, and just buy those. it is nice on occasion to just "go crazy" and have another kind but I'm running out of the samples the thing came with and I don't think I'd buy more sample-packs. Prolly so, yah. I've seen the variety packs at Price Club with 4 or 5 different coffees plus hot chocolate, although I don't remember the price. My mom pointed out to me that their Mr Coffee and a 3# can of Kirkland was far cheaper, so I sort of dropped the idea. It's still a decent idea for people who don't drink more than a cup or two a day. Usually I have one large cup, then it's iced tea for the rest of the day (and on well into the night).

Posted by: Bill H at April 12, 2013 06:58 PM (3sZO1)

328 I just drink too damn much coffee for a Keurig machine. They got one for the office at my first job because they thought it would increase productivity, keep people from walking across the street to Dunkin Donuts during the day. I guess they k-cups were too pricey for them, so they would always run out. I kept to keeping my own stash in my desk for when they ran out, but it was so expensive. They eventually did away with it.

It generally makes a good cup of coffee, but it works out to something like $50 a lb. At my second company we had these horrible flavia packets, similar concept, but they were so weak I was drinking like 17 - 20 cups a day. I'm an engineer, so it's a non stop intake from 8 am to 5 PM.

My current employer has a restaurant Bunn machine, I have the home version, and it's the best coffee maker I've ever had. The thermal carafe will keep it hot all day. I fill a thermos in the morning, and that gets me to about 10 AM, but I'm generally set for the day by then because it's good and strong.

Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at April 12, 2013 07:06 PM (wGCtp)

329 Starbucks Verismo for the win, Ace. Check it out. Keurig comes a really respectable 2nd though.

Posted by: CAC at April 12, 2013 07:06 PM (L394Z)

330 Sorry, late to the game Essential Keurig Rule!,,,, Press the pod onto the spike BEFORE closing cover. If you don't, the pressure release will send grounds into the tubes and eventually clog it all up. Burned two machines out before I learned that

Posted by: Mb at April 12, 2013 07:16 PM (SKoNZ)

331 I started new at my current job about a year ago. Just before I was hired, the company was bought out by a Fortune 50 company, who immediately cut off the free coffee.  It was sheer pandemonium, and I was suffering badly. The choices were vending machine instant coffee from the 1970's or driving about 5 minutes away to a drive-through espresso stand. A man can't take a 20 minute coffee break every couple of hours, especially when he's new at the job.

I was at Costco and saw one of these, and figured it was the perfect fix. I bought it, and installed it in the break room, with a big note explaining it's operation and asking people to use filtered water. Most importantly, I said it was my personal property, and put my name on it.

Now everyone's happy, I can get my coffee, and THEY CAN'T FIRE ME WITHOUT LOSING THE COFFEE MAKER.

As far as durability,  my machine makes 30-50 cups a day, 5 days a week, and so far has had no issues. I clean the water reservoir and brewing head once a week. I imagine that if we had harder water I would have to descale the boiler once in a while, but not so far.

Posted by: Let Them All Burn at April 12, 2013 07:17 PM (SAwIy)

332 I tried a Kurig brew once at a hair salon when I was running late and didn't have time to brew at home. The pod was green mountain brand and it was pretty tastey. RE: temperature. Actually, quality coffee should be enjoyed a little down from brew temperature. If it taste bad at room temperature, you probably need better beans.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 12, 2013 07:19 PM (UOjzE)

333 we love you ace

Posted by: Eaton Cox at April 12, 2013 07:40 PM (+wxCD)

334 Had to look up LD50. Median lethal dose. That lethal part has me concerned.

Posted by: Goatweed at April 12, 2013 07:50 PM (8HrdX)

335 Keurig sucks. If you want great coffee, try Senseo. I have both.

Posted by: Dingbat at April 12, 2013 08:05 PM (PdHlY)

336 Tami- Yeah, our beagle was covered with wood/dog ticks. Many were engorged and nasty (she got off her line and was gone for hours).

Posted by: Timwi at April 12, 2013 08:11 PM (pdhxN)

337 Sometimes our keurig gets blocked err somesuch, then I just turn it upside down over the sink and hit it and that unclogs it. in case it happens to you.
Also I will run it without the kcup over a teabag instead of a kettle.

Posted by: yerro at April 12, 2013 08:21 PM (hTVGl)

338 Frieling Stainless Steel French Press and/or a  Bialetti Moka Pot.

Oh and, high quality green coffee beans (cupped and selected on site around the world) from Sweet Maria's, fresh roasted at home and ground in a quality burr grinder. And filtered water of course.

That's what real coffee is all about.

You taste that and you'll throw that stale low-grade Keurig crap out the window.

Here endeth the lesson.

Posted by: Strife at April 12, 2013 08:21 PM (ntNJz)

339 Try Coffee People Jet Fuel. I like this one the most. An extra bold. I also sometimes buy a little Black Tiger, same source. I brew them in a B150, using RO water.

Posted by: Whiskey Mike at April 12, 2013 08:26 PM (q++hH)

340 disagree with you on this one. have a Saeco espresso maker. Perfect. Want a Chemex coffee thingy. Have a coffee press-damn good coffee

Posted by: pointsnfigures at April 12, 2013 08:33 PM (MOSsR)

341 I heard the patent is finally done, so now someone other than Green Mountain can finally make their own k-cup. Until recently, it didn't matter what the 'type' was, it was Green Mountain (who also make the Keurig). I got used to them in the office and ended up with a B70 in both my places in Michigan and Arkansas. The only way to keep the costs down "a bit" is to buy the 80 packs at Sam's. That gets me to less than 0.50 a cup .. And then I raise it a bit again by buying Spring Water at Wally World ... Go thru 6 gal a week. Way too much money for coffee, but I console myself by thinking at least I'm not drinking that overpriced dreck at Starbucks.

Posted by: goldwingnut at April 12, 2013 08:45 PM (ktcr7)

342 I think if I drank coffee, I'd get a Keurig but probably run one of those little filters where you can put regular coffee in it to save money. I might have to e-mail Ace about those since I know he doesn't read the blog, let alone the comments.


And Diet Mountain Dew fucking sucks, by the way. The real stuff or nothing. Shit, once I stopped at Smoky Mountain Knife Works and their vending machine had Diet Caffeine Free Mountain Dew. What the FUCK is the point in that stuff? I drink that toxic green sludge for the sugar and the caffeine. Take away either, make it taste like shit, and what's the point?

Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at April 12, 2013 08:48 PM (vBud5)

343 Brian Dennehy as the power cord and Matt Damon as the shy coffee salesman who gets super powers when his Keurig is struck by mutant radioactive lightning as he's loading in an ancient Chinese K-cup at the stroke of midnight .

Posted by: eman at April 12, 2013 08:52 PM (71gyQ)

344 This is exactly why I sometimes give you a plus ration of sh*t.  You put up 100 great posts in a row, see the points others miss, skewer the bad guys, and all with good humor.  And then, you see a unicorn on a rainbow somewhere and out comes this metrosexual crap.

Not that I want to disrespect all you folks who cherish your "General Foods International Coffee" moments, where a gauzy lens captures the morning light just right as you have that first "me" moment of the day, but this isn't coffee.  If you need "flavors" of coffee beyond the scope of the wide variety of "roasts," then maybe another beverage is for you.

And I know that's just what some of you ladies want, God love ya, and I for one want you to have it.  Just don't pretend it is freakin' "coffee."  It's at best a "mocha-flavored beverage."

I'm a reasonable guy.  If you insist on buying ground coffee and using a drip maker, that's cool.  It can make a good cup.  Personally, a properly wielded French press or a percolator is closer to my idea of coffee, and the beans are ground immediately before brewing.

But this whole K-cup craze worries me.  It's the convenience, people love convenience over quality, it's what makes McDonald's a leading "restaurant" chain.  And Americans, contrary to mythology, are a pretty lazy bunch.  We can kick anyone's ass when we have to, but we'd rather sit around and veg out.  We are very susceptible to this sort of indulgence.

I fear an America where our top smart military bloggers wake up one day, punch their K-cups, check their nail polish, and run off to play soccer with a coed self-affirmation group where they don't keep score.

This sh*t could sap our vital national body juices and we wouldn't even know it.

Posted by: Adjoran at April 12, 2013 08:53 PM (9uOra)

345 Damn it, I missed this thread. Will read tomorrow to see if anyone recommends a machine like this that makes capucino. I saw one by Starbucks at Sur la Table but read it's a pain to clean. Dont want to spend a fortune. Husband has a keurig at work and he likes it a lot.

Posted by: Y-not late and on the phone at April 12, 2013 08:55 PM (99xOX)

346 When they make a coffee machine that can also pop out an Egg McMuffin, I'll buy it.

Posted by: eman at April 12, 2013 08:58 PM (71gyQ)

347 I have the same model as Ace's. I also bout it at Costco about 3 years ago. It developed a small leak after about a year and when I finally called them directly and explained the problem, they simply asked my to mail back the K-cup insert and they'd send me a replacement unit (sans free sample K-cups) free, including shipping. After doing so, the new unit arrived in a timely manner and I've not experienced a problem since. My biggest complaint is that this particular model takes up a lot of counter space. If I had to do over, I'd go with the less expensive smaller models.

All-in-all, I consider it one of my better purchases and if you're one who likes the convenience of the K-cups over the fill-your-own method, be sure to buy them at Costco in 80 count quantity. Most of them run about 44 cents a cup but I really enjoy the bold flavor of the San Francisco Bay French Roast which, pleasingly, works out to about 29 center per cup.

Posted by: Sailfish at April 12, 2013 09:03 PM (aFFN6)

348 I hate coffee.

Posted by: Torqued at April 12, 2013 09:23 PM (AKS75)

349

I have one of those sinks that features a boiling water tap instantly.  I use that to fill a little French press, let it steep for a minute or two, press, viola.  Fantastic coffee.

Posted by: Helen Thomas at April 12, 2013 09:30 PM (+afNf)

350

off stinky sock

 

Posted by: thunderb at April 12, 2013 09:33 PM (+afNf)

351 My current employer has a restaurant Bunn machine, I have the home version, and it's the best coffee maker I've ever had. The thermal carafe will keep it hot all day. I fill a thermos in the morning, and that gets me to about 10 AM, but I'm generally set for the day by then because it's good and strong.

Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at April 12, 2013 11:06 PM (wGCtp)

Thanks -- I've read the home version Bunn is the best and want to get one.  In the meantime I use an electric perc which I love and a simple stove top espresso maker.

Posted by: gracepmc at April 12, 2013 09:37 PM (rznx3)

352 Don't buy an actual Keurig machine.  Its water pump will fail after less than a year if you're a daily user.  Get a Keurig-compatible Cuisinart machine instead.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 12, 2013 09:51 PM (WWuYG)

353 We've had a Keurig for a few years now. Most of its use has been in the past year or so, I believe. Love it when it works, which is now not very often. Damn thing won't give a full cup of water unless you pray to the Keurig gods (or whatever). Solution? Descaling, which amounts to at least one day of non-use. We just descaled and within a week, it was back to half cup or less. I miss my hot water tap. Disclaimer: I use the machine for hot water and the other user makes k-cup tea. Neither one of us drinks coffee.

Posted by: soulpile at April 12, 2013 09:56 PM (NJpM7)

354 Thanks -- I've read the home version Bunn is the best and want to get one. In the meantime I use an electric perc which I love and a simple stove top espresso maker.  Posted by: gracepmc at April 13, 2013 01:37 AM (rznx3)


Bunn is sub-par. If you want a top-line machine then buy the German-made Bonavita with the insulated carafe. It has a commercial grade 1400W heater for fast brewing that provides ideal water temperature just below boiling and a showerhead distribution design that provides a full, even, and perfectly paced rate of saturation of the coffee grounds for ideal extraction balance.

Posted by: Strife at April 12, 2013 09:57 PM (ntNJz)

355

Best damn appliance that I ever bought aside from the microwave of course.

Cup O coffee in a minute at any time. No pot, no filter, none of that crap. If you buy the 60 boxes of coffee from Costco, it comes in at about 33 cents per cup. WAY worth it for the convenience.

BTW, ours blew a power supply two months out of warranty, got a free one from Keurig when I called and asked for their parts department. (WHAT? No parts department?)

Posted by: Max Entropy at April 12, 2013 10:23 PM (NwTXA)

356 Yep, I've had a Keurig for over a year now. Spend the extra $20 or whatever for the one that has the reservoir, so you don't have to pour in water for every cup of coffee -- I bought the cheaper one and a month later ended up putting it by my desk at work after I upgraded. K-cup prices are usually slightly better at Wal-Mart, and the packs are usually bigger (18 instead of 12). Also of note is the toddy coffee maker (toddycafe.com). You steep your coffee overnight and end up with a pitcher of powerful brew you can dilute with water when you want a cup. You can microwave it but I like it cold.

Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at April 12, 2013 11:31 PM (fscec)

357 I use a BUNN. It does the same thing as the Keuring without the water filter. Since I use water from a mountain spring, a water filter isn't needed. The only problem is getting the filters. They are larger than the Mr Coffee types. It brews ten cups in less than three minutes. It has a ten cup water reservoir. If you only want to brew one cup of coffee, put only one cup of water in. If you want just plain hot water for tea or to throw on that wild cat outside......

Posted by: Joel at April 13, 2013 12:28 AM (y4qq1)

358 I use a plastic filter with a #2 Melitta filter. 3 scoops of coffee grounds, 14 ounces of boiling water and boom! Coffee's ready to go (yes, I'm cheep as fuck)

Posted by: Angry Potato at April 13, 2013 01:26 AM (ufwSu)

359 I'll do you one better, Angry... I've got a 10+ year old Black & Decker single-cup coffee maker. Uses #1 Melita-style filters (I buy cheap #2's and trim them down with a template), and is big enough for my monster 14 oz mug.

I usually have 2 to 3 different types of coffee, make it at will... and at the strength level I desire. I haven't drunk coffee from a pot in years... I prefer the freshly-brewed stuff... so I can understand Ace's satisfaction with an 'on-demand' brewing system.

Coffee is the other 'Water of Life'... and am enjoying a fresh mug right this moment.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 13, 2013 02:18 AM (kfSXj)

Posted by: Vic at April 13, 2013 03:05 AM (53z96)

361

Not reading the entire thread, but here goes:

BB&B often sells off their near to expiration date Kcups (and around here at redic prices - usually around $4/box) and you'll find deals on Amazon as well. Some versions do have a temp control - mine's at 190, making a fine hot cup o' joe.

During winter months I do the chickory/coffee mix, and it comes out perfectly.

We actually retired our big Cuisinart in favor of the K...

Posted by: Kitty Frontage, previously known as Jess1 at April 13, 2013 03:42 AM (lbiWb)

362 Be careful; there is a lot more caffeine in some of those coffees

Posted by: RecklessProcess at April 13, 2013 04:10 AM (Nwhrs)

363 The best part is that you bought it from Costco. In a few months you can return it and get a new one with all the k cups and it won't cost a penny.

Posted by: assclownspotter at April 13, 2013 04:10 AM (HJuTJ)

364

" Hit the button, go take a pee, come back, coffee's done."

 

Drink coffee, go take another pee.

Posted by: TANSTAAFL at April 13, 2013 04:25 AM (52QEX)

365 I use the big pot in the mornings, the Kuerig for the evenings. I don't know about that 2pm crap. I usually stop drinking about midnight. Maybe I've developed immunity. Note, don't waste your money on the teas. They cost just as much as coffee. Put a bag in your cup, and run machine with no K-cup for instant hot water. I like the My K-Cup filter because you can load it to top for nice strong brew.

Posted by: Ms. Michigan at April 13, 2013 05:19 AM (DJp+r)

366 Gee, Ace.  I sure  hate to see you buying into the Socialist economic line.  Fact is, "are a lot more expensive than plain old coffee grounds, because you're paying manufacturing costs." is just plain wrong.  The price of these little guys is set at what the market will bear, not by cost.  I'm not gonna go  into detail here, but I'm sure you realize that cost has no direct connection at all with price, so wtf?

Posted by: nobreakfast at April 13, 2013 06:05 AM (fSkKy)

367 As others have noted, the French Press -- awesome, once you finesse the technique. It's art, craft, and flavor in the morning. I also love the Capresso* machines (I have two, one for me, one for guests): - (burr) grinds fresh beans of your choice (or you can create your own blends); or you can use pre-ground, up to you - filters the water (if you want to use filters) - stainless steel carafe so I can bring it out to the deck while writing/reading - stays hot - gold filter, so no need to buy paper ones - settings for size of ground grain - settings for mild to strong (utilizing the same bean(s)) *very pricey, but they have come down in price, and used to be all American made, so fear the quality will dip, but so far, so good with my models. I always thought Keurig was a gimmick, and overpriced. I like the freedom of choosing my own beans, from around the world, being able to blend my own beans, and customizing my flavor depending on my mood. But, I love coffee, so something like the french press and capresso work for me better. To each his/her own. Just don't drink too much!

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2013 06:11 AM (XYSwB)

368 I like my twenty dollar Mr. Coffee machine. It takes all of 5 minutes to make my daily 2 cups in the morning. Works for me.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at April 13, 2013 06:12 AM (7ObY1)

369 Yeah, Keurigs always break down after a year or two. But that's what's great about Costco. Just take it back and pick up a fresh one. No fuss, no muss.

Posted by: J. Moses Browning at April 13, 2013 06:21 AM (pfRd+)

370 Good additives to coffee: - Baileys - Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur - Amaretto - Grand Marnier - Kahlua - Creme de Cacao - etc - mixture of 2-3 above

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2013 06:26 AM (XYSwB)

371 I use something like this: http://preview.tinyurl.com/bo7obt5 Drop in a filter, drop in the coffee, set the water on to boil. Does it take longer? sure. But I'm usually busy doing other things - watching TV and/or preparing food. Saves me $140, so that means more money for coffee. Or booze.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie ® at April 13, 2013 07:24 AM (1hM1d)

372 Keurig is great for that first cup to kick-start the AM. I grind the night before, fill both the Bunn & a K-cup, Keurig timer set to be warmed up upon my awakening. First cup ready in 1 minute, water poured into Bunn, cups 2-10 ready in 4 minutes. Strongly recommend rinsing & recycling the K-cups. I use little plastic caps called My-Kaps, to reseal the refilled cups each day. They're expensive, about $5 each, but allow you to use your own coffee (my favorite is the Fresh Market Blend, 10 bucks a pound on sale). Don't forget to flush Mr. Keurig with vinegar, instructions at their website, about monthly. Enjoy!

Posted by: rig at April 13, 2013 07:27 AM (4YEGl)

373 Best thing is that with Costcos return policy it doesnt matter if it breaks down..Mine broke down after a year and i brought it back and replaced without a peep..Told them i couldnt justify spending $160 on a machine that breaks after a year when my $50 brewer lasted years..Keurig offers 1 year warranty but after that its only a new machine at slightly reduced price..Get at Costco if u can..Machine itself is great..Kcup adapter that comes with it sucks as you have to remove whole section to insert it but they sell others that dont require you remove any pieces..If your looking for convenience and not wasting pots of coffee then this is a cool machine

Posted by: Headrock at April 13, 2013 07:31 AM (kaxZZ)

374

Log another plus for the eko-brew reusable cup.  If you're watching your pennies and buying substandard coffee, add a spoonful or two of Café Bustelo (cheap as hell), which you can buy at just about any grocery store.  Bustelo is finely ground espresso.  So if you like rich-tasting coffee without the price usually associated with it, give this a whirl.

 

I inherited my Keurig from my sister, who just didn't want it taking up the room it does.  After a year or so -- and it was definitely out of warranty -- it started barely filling the cup.  Called Keurig to get on-call assistance on how to fix it.  Their info worked for a while, but we were back to the same problem in a week or so.  They asked that we send them the K-Cup cartridge, and they sent us a brand-new model. 

Posted by: RushBabe at April 13, 2013 07:34 AM (orY9d)

375 Posted by: lowandslow at April 12, 2013 10:01 PM (Fz2C7)

Yeah, but the Miele is soooo worth it if you drink a *lot* of coffee. 

All you put in the thing is roasted coffee beans and water, so .. after 23,000-33,000 cups, it's cheaper than the K-cup.

Again, it depends on your budget.  For a single person who drinks 4 cups a day, it balances out after 18-22 years.  For a family of coffeeaholics who go through 24+ cups a day, it balances much sooner.

Mew

Posted by: acat at April 13, 2013 07:52 AM (gGEmy)

376 The Keurig is a life-changer. Just had coffee, fresh and tasty. Now going back for one cup of tea, just as fresh and delicious. No waiting, no boiling, no nothing.

Posted by: SurferDoc at April 13, 2013 07:52 AM (6H6FZ)

377 I've got 2 of the (failed) Senseo machines, and there's no way to reuse anything. The inserts to use your own coffee are unobtanium.

I have a French Press, a great whistling teakettle and a excellent water filter. It makes better coffee than just about any machine.

Posted by: Smokey Behr at April 13, 2013 07:57 AM (QyeW7)

378 Senseo is better. The machine is much cheaper. Both the machine and the pods occupy much less space. The coffee is coffee in a paper filter and the vast majority of the pods available for this machine ares coffee flavored coffee, not some girly maple pecan crap. The Senseo brand coffee pods are OK to good depending on your tastes (I use the Kona blend or the Brazilian) and there are many other brands that work with it including Reunion Island (their Kona blend is tasty) and Illy. The pods are biodegradable-when done throw the used pods under a rose bush or other plant, they love it.  You can get a gizmo called a coffeeduck to put your own coffee in if you don't want to use/buy premade pods. A single pod makes a good cup of regular coffee or single espresso, with the double pod holder it makes a good double espresso or a cup of rocket fuel. You get crema on the top of your coffee. makes coffee in a minute. I have had my machine for seven years and not had one problem with it (I use filtered tap water in it).

Posted by: Nahanni at April 13, 2013 08:12 AM (S4wMM)

379 Meh...Serbian coffee aka cowboy coffee is cheaper & better. Made in a jezwa (small pot with long handle, available at most Middle Eastern markets). Pour in some sugar, fill 3/4 with water, bring to boil. Pour 1/2 boiling water into coffee cup, add fresh ground coffee, bring back to boil, add cup of hot water, bring back to boil. My mother used to tell her guests their fortunes by reading the grounds dumped out onto the saucer after the cup was consumed. Coffee & a show....

Posted by: the Butcher at April 13, 2013 08:15 AM (iyHrO)

380 Yeah, but the Miele is soooo worth it if you drink a *lot* of coffee. Or if you have dinner parties, and large families. Everyone wants coffee with dessert. That's why I need the larger systems, too. Plus, the perks. I use CLR to clean mine, instead of vinegar.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2013 08:51 AM (XYSwB)

381 There's always cat poop coffee, kopi luwak. yeah just, no

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2013 08:54 AM (XYSwB)

382 Posted by: the Butcher at April 13, 2013 12:15 PM (iyHrO)

First time I had this was in Croatia and I stirred it.  Visited and vacationed with this family for ten years and they never let me forget it.  Strong and satisfying coffee.

Strife good stuff on the Bonavita.  I'll look into it.  Not too get to far into the weeds, but I've read that a key is the water temp -- and the spray makes sense.

At the moment drinking cuppa' leftover nuked dark brew fortified with evaporated milk.  Ah well....


Posted by: gracepmc at April 13, 2013 09:08 AM (rznx3)

383 @ the Butcher,

When I was stationed in Kosovo, the Kosovar Serbs we visited would call it Serbian coffee.  The Kosovar Albanians we visitied would call it Turkish coffee.

Posted by: Peej at April 13, 2013 09:10 AM (u0XTA)

384 My review of K cup coffee.  Expensive.  Not that good.  Bit shorter than Ace's.

Posted by: Peej at April 13, 2013 09:12 AM (u0XTA)

385 I wish my Keurig would break so I could replace it with a Tassimo.

Posted by: Tmitsss at April 13, 2013 10:22 AM (56Mlt)

386 "8 It's easy to make coffee. Grab a jumbo pot of Folger's, take two scoops out, pour it in a coffee filter, fill it up with water, and press the button. You've got plenty of coffee."

 I use a half cup of Cafe Bustelo grounds for a 12-cup pot.  For myself.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at April 13, 2013 10:47 AM (5lScX)

387 I was driving home last night and missed this thread.

http://bit.ly/Zt3EP9

I have a V1, back when you get it for $350.

Nice thing is it makes espresso and if you want coffee, just add water. You want it really hot, let the boiler make steam and you can have it at 212.

The other day I made wifey a hot toddy and whipped up some froth using the steam wand..

This unit is, however, like driving a stick. Yes it is more work, but the performance is outstanding

Posted by: Coffee Bitch at April 13, 2013 11:17 AM (VMcEw)

388 Good luck with the machine. I am returning my second keurig this weekend to costco. The first lasted four months and the second lasted only 1 week.  I am going to get the cuisinart offered on the costco website. I hear it is alot better.

Posted by: rac at April 13, 2013 12:10 PM (DUW4W)

389 374 - haha, lots of Serbs call it 'Turkish coffee', too; since the Serbs were under Turkish rule for over 500 years, I guess the name stuck

Posted by: the Butcher at April 13, 2013 03:04 PM (iyHrO)

390

I think I got fired because I didn't want to get a Keurig machine.

I was the administrative director.  We had a FilterFresh machine, which brews one cup at a time with real coffee.  If you want a large cup, it <b> puts more coffee in.</b>

You can get a large cup with the Keurig, but it just runs more water through the same amount of powder.  (It is, after all, powdered coffee with flavorings.)

My administrative assistants kept agitating for Keurig, based on the fantasy that you can get so many more flavors in the K-cups and how awful it was tha tthe FilterFresh people wanted us to only buy their own coffee.

What I didn't realize is that my top admin wanted my job.  She got it, I'm out, and I'm pretty sure that the FilterFresh machine is history.

Posted by: Teri at April 13, 2013 08:37 PM (2cu/g)

391 Iced coffee?  Sure... just make the coffee STRONG so it doesn't get too weak as the ice melts.

Too weak?  Get the "Jet Fuel" K-cup.  That should do the trick.

Had mine for almost 2 years.  Still works like a charm.

Posted by: Scott B at April 14, 2013 12:44 AM (4DoFH)

392

If you want real coffee you need a one cup filter holder and a good grinder to grind your own. You want a top of the line grinder so you can control the size of your grind. If you grind it too fine it will be bitter. I use a number 4 filter holder on a quart insulated cup.

Grind as much coffee as you want to determine the strength of your cup. I pretty much fill mine about 3/4 full of medium fine ground Kona or Costa Rican medium roast. Put the kettle on the stove and when it starts to boil shut it of and let it sit for a minute. If you brew with boiling water it will make your coffee bitter.Wet your grounds with the first pour of water and let them sit for at least one minute this gives the grounds a chance to bloom and produces the best tasting full bodied coffee. Go ahead and pour the water on the grounds, fill your cup and enjoy

Posted by: kingfisher in funny river at April 14, 2013 05:17 AM (qRw9w)

393

Sorry Ace

 

They all break/stop working/fail

 

I know of none that are long term.

Posted by: Thomas Boyle at April 15, 2013 07:31 AM (xet+X)

394 I got a Keurig as a birthday present not long after they first came out. The K-cups were even more expensive back then. I drink two travel size mugs everyday and that goes through a box in a week. At $15 a pop for a new box it was just too much on the monthly coffee budget. I used the my k-cup pretty much the whole time to save money. But after about 6 months of consistent use the lid on the my k-cup broke and I had to buy a new one. It just ended up becoming too much a hassle to deal with so I sold it on Ebay. I did end up getting $75 for it so not bad for something I paid nothing for and used for a couple of years.

Posted by: HeftyJo at April 15, 2013 10:11 AM (1oE9r)

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