NA Coffee / Keurig

Appreciate all the thoughts. I still haven't decided. That fancy one that grinds and brews sounds nice. I've looked at those before, but never pulled the trigger.
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Be careful. As a long-term coffee addict (and snob), I lusted after one of those machines for years. Finally, one year my wife surprised the hell out of me and bought one for me. This was in the early 1990s, and the thing was just stupidly expensive, like close to $300. (What's that in today's money?)

Got 'er all set up, put my favorite beans in the top, set the timer for o-dark-thirty the next morning, and hit the sack.

At o-dark-thirty, the thing came to life. The trap door opened, dropping the beans into the grinder. Thwap! Then the grinder came on, sounding for all the world like a baying beagle. From that point on, there was no sleep to be had in the house -- by anyone, including my infant daughter, who started crying. Bad, bad, bad.

Then, the brew cycle started. It took FOREVER, and sounded like that beagle again -- throwing up. Dry heaves. It was awful.

Still, I awaited that luscious brown brew with bated breath. Surely this would be the best cup of coffee EVER!

Imagine my disappointment to discover that it was swill. Quite honestly, the crappy in-room coffee you get in most Super 8s was better.

I was crushed, but assumed it was all in the tweaking. I tried more beans. I tried fewer beans. I tried different beans. I tried filtered water. Nothing helped -- it just made awful coffee. To this day, I have no idea why.

I eventually quietly retired the contraption to the attic, and later sold it at a yard sale a few years later for ten bucks. I bought a genuine Bunn coffee maker -- the kind most restaurants use -- and to this day I still have not found a better cup of coffee. The combination of a genuine Bunn coffee maker -- the kind that has the water pre-heated internally -- and top-grade coffee is just really hard to beat.

Best of all, you get a full, rich pot of coffee in just 90 seconds, start to finish.
 
Just for "closure" for the thread (but threads never really die)...

Wife's mix of loving that it'll make her a very nice cup of hot tea, and the availability of the little carousel thingy to store the K-cups in, means there's a Keurig machine on the counter in my kitchen.

I'm not enough of a coffee snob to care too much about it being a "perfect" cup; not saying I would ever turn down great coffee, but... It's doing fine by me. The only demo K-cup I really didn't like was the Tully's French Roast. Too bitter. The other French Roasts have been better.

Tully's Kona is pretty good.

So far, Green Mountain "Dark Magic" seems to hit me right. The "Donut Shop" was swill.

On the non-coffee side of things the Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa is tasty and Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime is always good. Haven't tried the Apple Cider yet, nor the Chai Latte. Wife says the Chai is good.

Thanks for the opinions. Anyone need a pound of Dunkin Donuts original blend? ;)
 
Jay Honeck said:
Imagine my disappointment to discover that it was swill. Quite honestly, the crappy in-room coffee you get in most Super 8s was better.

I was crushed, but assumed it was all in the tweaking. I tried more beans. I tried fewer beans. I tried different beans. I tried filtered water. Nothing helped -- it just made awful coffee. To this day, I have no idea why.
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I dunno what kind you had, but ours doesn't have a timer and makes coffee that puts anything else (including Starbuck's, Crane and other coffee joints) to shame. It'll spit out a 16 oz. travel cup in under a minute. So, whatever you had -- wasn't the same as what we've got. I've seen a lot of them that look more or less similar, though. And some people swear by 'em, some swear at 'em - which makes me think there is a wide range of quality & engineering between brands.
I eventually quietly retired the contraption to the attic, and later sold it at a yard sale a few years later for ten bucks. I bought a genuine Bunn coffee maker -- the kind most restaurants use -- and to this day I still have not found a better cup of coffee. The combination of a genuine Bunn coffee maker -- the kind that has the water pre-heated internally -- and top-grade coffee is just really hard to beat.

Best of all, you get a full, rich pot of coffee in just 90 seconds, start to finish.
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I will say, our Bunn made the best drip coffee we ever had. And getting that pot made in (as you correctly say) 90 seconds or so -- heaven. When our started leaking, I fixed it - then bought another and gave the old one to one of our kids.

But it doesn't come even close to the Magnifica. Seriously. Come on up some time and I'll make you a cup. Y'all are going to need a break from all that sunshine and warm weather anyway, you know. :D
 
LOL. It's what's left of 2.5 lbs and its at least a month old... Haha. But if you want it Jay, PM me an address! Hahaha.

(Am I really dumping off old coffee on a forum? LOL!)
 
We lover our K machine. When we bought ours a couple of years ago I assumed the price of the Kcups would go down when there were more machines on the market. Instead the price has gone up. But we love the convenience of having a cup of coffee ready in just a few seconds. And it's pretty good coffee. I found a case of 80 cups at Sams yesterday for $37 (Folgers brand).

Every now and then you'll get a box of cups that seems to spit grounds through and into your coffee. I called the Keurig 800 number and they explained that it happens occasionally in shipping when the cups go through higher altitudes - and they sent me a new case free of charge.
 
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