Cup or envelope type Coffee makers - BLECHHHH!

chief38 · May 23, 2023

My wife and I are real coffee lovers. Our day starts every morning with a fresh pot of real brewed coffee either in our Presto electric percolator or our Stainless Steel stove top percolator - no other method. Mmmmmmm Good!

Some of our friends actually drink their daily Joe made in a Keurig cup coffee maker. While I am polite and suffer through it when at their house, I really don't even like it - tastes like dish water to us. There are other brands of coffee makers that use the foil type envelopes to brew an individual cup of coffee, but again, blechhh!

When we visit our kids, we bought an electric percolator for each one of them that we leave at their houses - so we insure ourselves that our daily Joe comes out great. We even bring our own favorite brand of coffee with us.

My son and DIL use a French Press to make their coffee and it comes out so bitter it makes Starbucks seem like water. It would probably make a good lead and copper remover for gun barrels - lol.

I am really surprised at just how many people think Keurig is pleasing coffee. Once again, it maybe just the "old fart" in me surfacing - OK I'll accept that.

Are you a coffee snob too or do you accept and drink the cups and envelopes?

lihpster · May 23, 2023

I often wonder how people can drink the coffee made in an old fashioned percolator, but then again, different stroke for different folks.

SMSgt · May 23, 2023

It's tough to admit that you have to come up for air now and then. ;-)

I agree that K-cups are bad--and expensive, but they are convenient for those who grab a single cup of coffee in the AM and hit the door. I grew up with percolated coffee but now don't care for the stuff. I worked for Starbucks back before it expanded nationwide, was barely out of WA ('93), and learned there that percolated coffee is just boiled over and over as it brews. That's an issue the drip coffee makers solve. I also find a French press makes very good coffee if one knows how to use it. They are dependent on the coffee, the grind, the water temp, and the time. Mess up any one of those and it's not good coffee. Take a bit of experimenting to get the right combos. It is also not meant to sit as the coffee continues to brew as it sits, which will make it very strong or bitter after a while. We had a little 2-cup press at the store, and I cannot count the pounds of coffee I sold after making free samples with that little press.

Rustyt1953 · May 23, 2023

My Keurig is a daily deliverer of coffee goodness and palate pleasing satisfaction for me. I entertain no thought of changing methods.

Pease be kind enough to allow me and the other blunt skulls to partake of what we enjoy.

Look up "pursuit of happiness".

SMSgt · May 23, 2023

Rustyt1953 said:
My Keurig is a daily deliverer of coffee goodness and palate pleasing satisfaction for me. I entertain no thought of changing methods.

Pease be kind enough to allow me and the other blunt skulls to partake of what we enjoy.

Look up "pursuit of happiness".

As much coffee as my wife and I consume daily, we'd have to sell out grandkids to afford those cups.

Any takers?

Rustyt1953 · May 23, 2023

I am the only coffee drinker in my household as Ruthie and Logan are dedicated tea drinkers. I have two cups per day.

Racer X · May 23, 2023

The vast majority of drip coffee makers run the water too cold by about 20 degrees. It should be about 200f.

We were buying our coffee at home from the original Starbucks location when they still sold bulk tea as well as coffee, back around 1970. I was just a little kid, but they made me tea at home that was about half whole milk. I drank it every morning with mom and our next door neighbor, after dad and my older brother were off for the day.

Truckman · May 23, 2023

Why bother making coffee if all you're going to drink is one cup?...I make a pot with my Mr. Coffee type thing every morning, and finish it before I leave the house...

...Ben

SchemaEnigma · May 23, 2023

I use my old gen Keurig daily. I also never by K-cups of coffee.

I have refillable k-cups with a water injector that goes down into the coffee grounds in the k-cup. Into this I put my daily grind from whole bean coffee. I fill the k-cup to the brim, and set the Keurig to the small cup setting.

It does a really good job.

As to the French press, my daughter uses one. It does make an excellent cup in the right hands (coffee blend, grind, water temp, and brewing time), but it is fussy, messy, and leaves bits of ground coffee in my cup (yech! I want to drink my coffee, not chew it.).

If you want good coffee from your Keurig, don't use commercial k-cups, buy whole bean and grind it yourself, buy a properly designed refillable cup for use in the Keurig, and brew it on the small cup selection.

Yeah, not as convenient as pop in the k-cup and push the button, but less fussy and less messy than a French press. And, brews one cup at a time, unlike (most) drip makers.

SchemaEnigma · May 23, 2023

chief38 said:
My wife and I are real coffee lovers. Our day starts every morning with a fresh pot of real brewed coffee either in our Presto electric percolator or our Stainless Steel stove top percolator ...

To each his own, but that statement is self contradictory, IMO!

A percolator is just one (small) step above cowboy coffee!

Valmet · May 23, 2023

Shameless K-cup guy. Plain old Food Lion brand Breakfast Blend in the Keurig for me and have liked it that way for years.

chief38 · May 23, 2023

Well, so far I must say I am quite surprised.

Since many here in this Forum are retired and time is not an issue for breakfast, I'm surprised that there is wide spread K-cup usage. Add the fact that most here never grew up with a K-cup coffee maker, I am also surprised so many have adapted to the new flavor of them.

I received a K-cup coffee maker as a gift years back and after not using it for a few years, we gave it away - unused. No regrets.

Like some have stated, "to each his own".

pharmer · May 23, 2023

"Donut Shop" from the WalMart is better than all the "FruFru" Keurig stuff. I make a 12 cup Mr Coffee pot every morning split with the wife 50/50. 75% 8 o'clock, 25% Blue Horse Hawaiian. Smooth and puts lead in the pencil. Joe

crazyphil · May 23, 2023

I put a heaping tablespoon full of Folgers crystals in a 16 oz. cup, then I
add a heaping tablespoon of non-dairy creamer, then I add a couple of
level tablespoons of sugar. I have the water running, so by now it is hot.
I stir the mixture with the hot water. Finally I give it about a minute in
the microwave. UUUUUMMM GOOD!

Bald1 · May 23, 2023

I’m with you Chief. We have a Kuerig machine but the only time I use it is for a single afternoon cup. As stated before you have to use refillable cups with coffee you like on small setting. Otherwise it’s like drinking hot black water. I have an electric perk that I sometimes use. But mostly it’s an automatic drip machine. Sometimes whole bean that I grind and sometimes regular. I like it strong. Cowboy coffee for me.

old bear · May 23, 2023

As it’s just me, and I would Never drink a full pot of coffer, I’ve switched to a Krupps single serving machine. I don’t believe that the way the coffer is brewed is as important as the coffee used. I only use Pete’s brand Magor Dickinson’s solo use Pods. They work fine for me, as well as anyone I served them to. Best of luck.

LoboGunLeather · May 23, 2023

Brother-in-law gave us a Keurig machine for Christmas a few years ago. Wife likes her flavored coffees (French vanilla, hazelnut, whatever). I prefer full-bodied dark roast. We both have what we want, one cup at a time, no fuss.

For years I used a stove-top percolator and immediately transferred the brewed coffee to a thermos jug, never allowing it to sit on a heating source and turn bitter or rancid.

Similar procedure for camping and hunting trips. Big pot of cowboy coffee brewed fresh, then into a thermos jug.

Fresh-brewed is the key, in my opinion.

SMSgt · May 23, 2023

crazyphil said:
I put a heaping tablespoon full of Folgers crystals in a 16 oz. cup, then I
add a heaping tablespoon of non-dairy creamer, then I add a couple of
level tablespoons of sugar. I have the water running, so by now it is hot.
I stir the mixture with the hot water. Finally I give it about a minute in
the microwave. UUUUUMMM GOOD!

Now we know where "crazy" phil comes from.

SMSgt · May 23, 2023

Talking with my doctor once, and she asked how much coffee I drank a day. I told her two to three usually. She said to cut back to one to two cups. I smiled and told her that was pots, not cups. She about fainted.

ImprovedModel56Fan · May 23, 2023

SMSgt said:
Talking with my doctor once, and she asked how much coffee I drank a day. I told her two to three usually. She said to cut back to one to two cups. I smiled and told her that was pots, not cups. She about fainted.

I wonder whether she had ever really researched the subject. The U. S. Navy, for obvious reasons, has done this a few times. Last time I checked, many decades ago, they had again concluded that any reasonable number ('teens) of cups had no negative effect.

I use a French press, because it makes the right amount of coffee (about a quart) and is easiest to clean. Also, all glass and stainless. I don't mind the mud in the bottom of the cup. If I did, I would be more careful pouring it.

I still don't know what the heck I am doing, and expert advice is always appreciated.

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