Anyone else had it with Keurig yet?

[sjmjax]

They can have my Keurig when they pry it from my cold dead hands!

I drink one maybe two cups of coffee in the morning. Makes no sense to brew a pot. I enjoy my morning coffee. But, I hate the taste and smell of stale coffee.
I like the wide variety of coffees available for it as well as tea and other hot drinks. It’s nice when someone else in the household has different tastes.
Best solution ever for my needs.

 

[Valmet]

My Keurig is on year 15 and it’s seen a LOT of use…doubt they make them like that anymore.

 

[Maddog 521]

I remember the blue enamel pot over the campfire with the morning egg shells in it. Best I ever had. I get mine out sometimes when needed.

 

[Rustyt1953]

There was nothing wrong with our old red Keurig other than kitchen optics clash. We still have it stored as a backup.

If I had my druthers...

 

[brucev]

At my house, only I drink coffee. I like Death Wish. I drink two mugs early each morning. Wonderful stuff. The Keurig that my wife bought lasted for I think six years or so. She bought another one for me. It is going on seven years. No problems. Works great. JMHO. Sincerely. bruce.

 

[nicky4968]

I really miss my Pyrex percolator.

 

[crankyoldlady]

Went back to a 1970s FaberWare percolator.

 

[JH1951]

Through the decades I have used them all..... Mr. Coffee through several generations of single cup brewers. They were all convenient, but they all had a plug and wore out well before a simple mechanical device should. Each time a replacement cost more than the last one. Then, I retired. Convenience took a back seat to satisfaction. For the last decade or so it has been an old crank burr grinder, a french press, and whole bean coffee from the store..... I enjoy a pot or two each day from morning until I call it quits for the night. The last cup will be with a good dose of Irish Cream or Bushmills.

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[CAJUNLAWYER]

Once they figured out to put dark roast with chicory in the pods, I went witt Keurig. My clerk knows that the Judge likes his coffee dark and bitter.....just like his soul

 

[ACORN]

While I use a Keurig at home to cut down waste my favorite and best tasting to me is my Mom’s. Ordinary Maxwell House made in a Drip-O-Lator.
I don’t know what it is , but it just tastes better to me.

 

[dave1918a2]

I drink tea as coffee makes My heart skip beats. When company wants coffee I break out My 50 year old Pyrex glass percolator and brew 9 cups. Most have said it's great coffee. I use Folgers by the way.

 

[CajunBass]

We've got one we've had for years...no idea how long actually. Then we have another one, still NIB that we got when we thought the first one had bit the dust. Turned out it was OK after all.

I guess we have a "New York Reload" coffee maker.

We both like it because we don't have to pour out a pot of coffee that nobody drank. We're more iced tea people really.

 

[GaryS]

I'm ahead of the curve because I never bought one. My son had a couple and he and my daughter-in-law decided to just go back to a regular coffee pot. I don't know anybody who hasn't had some sort of problem with their Keurig over the past 5 years.

 

[Skeet 028]

Drank firehouse coffee for 27 years. First was one of those big ol perk pots. Later was with the Bunn(?) machine. Almost all the coffee was good...usually strong...good... drank it all day. 1/2 the night. Since I retired I usually drink 1-sometimes 2 mugs a day. I don't care how it's made..we do have a Keurig...Mr Coffees kept dying...wife never turned 'em off...maybe cause she doesn't drink coffee. The Keurig makes her 2 mugs of tea a day. Oh I use spring water...12 years on this one. A box of the pods lasts me about 100 days at a cost of 32 cents each....2 minutes and it's done

 

[kamloops67]

I prefer percolated coffee but usually drink Nescafé instant because it’s fast and when you get the ratio of water/coffee just right it’s delicious
Keurig was ok until the breakfast blend became so weak that it wasn’t worth drinking anymore.

 

[BC38]

Drank firehouse coffee for 27 years. First was one of those big ol perk pots. Later was with the Bunn(?) machine. Almost all the coffee was good...usually strong...good... drank it all day. 1/2 the night. Since I retired I usually drink 1-sometimes 2 mugs a day. I don't care how it's made..we do have a Keurig...Mr Coffees kept dying...wife never turned 'em off...maybe cause she doesn't drink coffee. The Keurig makes her 2 mugs of tea a day. Oh I use spring water...12 years on this one. A box of the pods lasts me about 100 days at a cost of 32 cents each....2 minutes and it's done

We burned out the element on a cheap drip maker because we left it turned on too long. Then we were given a nice Cuisinart as a gift. It will grind whole beans and can be programmed to start brewing at a set time. We set it to start perking about a half hour before we get up and it will shut itself off after a keeping the coffee warm for a couple of hours - so that way it doesn't get left on too long and burn out the element.
Makes good coffee too. We like it so well that when we found an almost identical one at a garage sale we bought it for our lake cabin.
32 cents a cup doesn't sound like much - until you consider I can make a whole pot for about a buck.

 

[Stewboy]

I feel your pain. Consider by contrast the La Pavoni Europiccola. I bought one off Ebay in 2009 after seeing a neighbor's. This one was made in the early 80s. Paid around $300, eventually changed out the seals, and here it is, 14--or rather 41--years down the road still going strong. Not for everyone, I realize. It's not automatic. You've got to load the basket with coffee ground to a particular granularity (requires burr grinder), and you manually press the hot water through the basket with a lever--the old fashioned way. But if you like loading your own ammo, and working on your own firearms, check out the La Pavoni.

 

[Skeet 028]

We burned out the element on a cheap drip maker because we left it turned on too long. Then we were given a nice Cuisinart as a gift. It will grind whole beans and can be programmed to start brewing at a set time. We set it to start perking about a half hour before we get up and it will shut itself off after a keeping the coffee warm for a couple of hours - so that way it doesn't get left on too long and burn out the element.
Makes good coffee too. We like it so well that when we found an almost identical one at a garage sale we bought it for our lake cabin.
32 cents a cup doesn't sound like much - until you consider I can make a whole pot for about a buck.

Well BC38...a dollar a pot is cheap. Don't know how many cups(8 ounces?) in a pot but I make the 16 oz mug for 32 cents. If I made 5 cups to a pot it would be great except for the fact I would be throwing out more'n a 1/2 pot every day. No it isn't much money either way but my can of ground coffee would be stale and out of date before I'd get to use it all. yep brewed or drip IS a better cup though. But then,,,even well made instant is better than none....I think LOL...You know...instant coffee can be ok...instant Tea ?...terrible

 

[BC38]

Well BC38...a dollar a pot is cheap. Don't know how many cups(8 ounces?) in a pot but I make the 16 oz mug for 32 cents. If I made 5 cups to a pot it would be great except for the fact I would be throwing out more'n a 1/2 pot every day. No it isn't much money either way but my can of ground coffee would be stale and out of date before I'd get to use it all. yep brewed or drip IS a better cup though. But then,,,even well made instant is better than none....I think LOL...You know...instant coffee can be ok...instant Tea ?...terrible

LOL, I guess that is the difference between you and me. A couple of cups (16 ounces) barely gets me through breakfast.

We buy Kirkland brand ground coffee at Costco. And on the rare occasion that there is anything left in the pot at the end of the day we pour it into ice cube trays and freeze it.

The "coffee cubes" make GREAT iced coffee, so there is zero waste. We NEVER pour good coffee down the drain. That would almost be a cardinal sin IMO.

 

[Skeet 028]

OMG... Iced coffee?? A sacrilege. ohhhhh blic! But on ythe other hand...we recently bought a fruit juice squeezer brand new at an auction. 5.00 had to look 'em up when we got home...Good Grief...they are a $100 ? I asked my wonderful wife what's she gonna do with it? She buys lemons when on sale and squeezes them down. puts the juice in ice cube trays..then into bags. She makes me lemonade that is great. 12% lemon juice spring water and sugar. It's great. Now she's going to buy oranges on sale...did yesterday and gonna make OJ.