Anyone else had it with Keurig yet?

[Onomea]

Mr. Coffee here.

My seven year-old Mr. Coffee would not work one morning last week. Wound up pouring hot water through it from the electric hot water kettle. (No coffee is not happening in my morning.) Bought another Mr. Coffee at Target for $23 later that day. I like it better than the old one.

The old one was programmable with a timer. Three buttons: Timer/Clock, on and off. Never used the timer.

The new one just has one switch for both off and on. Simple.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Not sure what any of the fancy or electric rigs offer over a French press, particularly when the power goes out, but if there is one that is easy to clean and works with the power out, I suppose I'm open to suggestions.

 

[SweetMK]

Over 40 posts, and no one has mentioned "Cowboy Coffee"!!??

4 minutes after the water starts to boil, I have 20 ounces of perfect coffee,, IMHO,,
(That is my max daily ration,, sometimes less)

No machine, nothing to fail, no power needed, no cups to buy.
Any heat source that can boil water will do.

I am happy with most brands of "grounds",, except flavored ones,
I simply do not buy flavored grounds.

I am happy.

 

[Golddollar]

I still remember making coffee up at fishing camp in Quebec on the stove with an old percolator that held the fresh coffee in a perforated metal cylinder on a post standing in the water. When you saw brown liquid bubbling up in the glass knob on the lid then the coffee was ready.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

It ain’t really Cowboy Coffee if you make it indoors.

 

[BC38]

I still remember making coffee up at fishing camp in Quebec on the stove with an old percolator that held the fresh coffee in a perforated metal cylinder on a post standing in the water. When you saw brown liquid bubbling up in the glass knob on the lid then the coffee was ready.

Yessir. Stove-top perculator. I've drank many a cup of camp coffee made in one of those. You have to judge by color of the liquid in the glass knob AND the smell of the steam coming out of the pot to know when it is REALLY ready to take it off the burner and start pouring it into cups.

My grandma used a larger glass version of that type of coffee maker for decades. That's the only kind of coffee grandpa ever drank. My first cups of coffee, when I was just 5 years old, were brewed in grandma's stove-top perculator down on the farm.

 

[kaaskop49]

My family used percolators for too many decades. The coffee was consistent, always lousy. I still have them in a closet somewhere; I'm waiting for the next Battle of Britain so I can donate them to an aluminum collection drive for Spitfire production.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

It ain’t really Cowboy Coffee if you make it indoors.

And not fuel the fire with buffalo chips!

John

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

My mother had an electric percolator for years before going to drip. I believe it was made by Corningware. It stopped when the coffee was done so there must have been a temp sensor switch. She preferred her coffee done by a percolator and liked the sound of it brewing. It's still up at the old place in a closet.

John

 

[chief38]

We make fresh brewed 8 o'clock dark roast Columbian Peaks every morning in mostly our electric perk or on occasion on a stove top stainless coffee pot. Never cared for coffee that comes in tiny plastic cups or envelopes.

 

[M29since14]

I’ve got nothing against the cartridge-type coffee machines, but I have no experience with Keurig. Mine is a compact, non-brand name version I bought for $20 at Walmart. I use only RO water in it and it has worked like a champ for at least a couple of years now. I am limited by orders from the doc as to how much coffee I should drink in a day, so the single-serve concept helps keep me in line. Since I only use one cartridge a day, the expense (about $0.46 each) is a fair trade-off for the speed and convenience.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

DON"T like "em" Hate what's called coffee from them. Will never own one. Given a choice I'd rather boil my coffee in an empty soup can.

 

[Rule3]

I still have my Moms Revereware drip o lator coffee maker. It's stainless with a copper bottom from sometime in the 1940's!


Looks like this one

 

[BC38]

My family used percolators for too many decades. The coffee was consistent, always lousy. I still have them in a closet somewhere; I'm waiting for the next Battle of Britain so I can donate them to an aluminum collection drive for Spitfire production.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

Yeah, heat it too hot or for too long and it definitely doesn't turn out very good. Use good coffee, keep the heat to the minimum temp for perking and don't leave it on the heat any longer than necessary and a stove-top perculator will make a drinkable cup. Not great, but not that bad either.
But then I'm so hooked I have been known to drink the mud they sell in truck stop convenience stores in the middle of the night.

 

[Muley Gil]

My mom gave us a Keurig that lasted about a year. Returned it to Wal-Mart and it has been going strong for over 10 years. My wife likes the Starbucks Sumatra pods. I make Maxwell House in a reusable pod. One cup each in the morning and another after supper.

 

[Retired W4]

We make fresh brewed 8 o'clock dark roast Columbian Peaks every morning in mostly our electric perk or on occasion on a stove top stainless coffee pot. Never cared for coffee that comes in tiny plastic cups or envelopes.

That's what my wife drinks, only in a K cup

 

[Golddollar]

I still have my Moms Revereware drip o lator coffee maker. It's stainless with a copper bottom from sometime in the 1940's!


Looks like this one

Definitely the half-brother to the old percolator at the fishing camp in Quebec. The only difference is the metal finishing.

 

[Dave Baird]

I never knew there were so many ways to make a good cup of coffee! All of it sounds great, and I bet it smells even better!! Nothing better than coffee aroma in the morning!!

 

[Rustyt1953]

There are many varied paths to get to a satisfying cup of coffee.

If you want to start a flag plantin' coffee caliber war ask folks how they take it.

 

[RudyN]

I don't use the pods unless I absolutely have to. I go to my local coffee shop and buy some coffee that I have ground right there. I am lucky as they also roast their own beans in house.

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