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I'm gonna be snobby and say my favorite coffee is French Press. That being said, I use a Keurig for my one morning cup. Haven't had the breakdown issues some are talking about.
I gave up on coffee makers. Now I buy cold brewed cold coffee from the chill box at the grocery store. In the morning, pour a cup and microwave it two minutes. Costs about $0.75 per cup. Each cup as fresh as from a new brewed pot.
My first Keurig lasted around 10 years or so using it heavily. My newest, smaller Keurig is going into its 3rd year with an average of 3 cups daily.
Electraclyde
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My Keurig is now 10 years old. I clean it roughly 2 times a year. It recently started making funny noises, but still makes coffee. I only make 2 large cups everyday.
Pointblank2U
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I have a Cuisinart combo that has been going strong for over ten years. I do use the pod side fairly often.
Jim Watson
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On my second Keurig, the first lasted a good number of years, I don't even recall when I got it. The second one is doing ok but it has a "descale" light. So I did but the light did not go out. I googled and that is a common fault.
When this one fails, I will get an electric kettle and dig out my simple pour throughs.
When this one fails, I will get an electric kettle and dig out my simple pour throughs.
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French press or stove top percolator. If the stove goes out, I build a fire in the backyard. 
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DWalt
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I have never been much of a coffee drinker, but I remember with delight my parents making their coffee using a stainless steel vacuum pot. I never got tired of watching it operate. I suppose they are still made, but I have not seen one in many years.
Our last Keurig lasted around 10 years, we use refillable k cups
venomballistics
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We have a Ninja now. It can do pods or pots and is very feature rich
Have a Bunn,but wife put it away as I stopped drinking coffee and she doesn't drink it at all. Now I use Folgers instant coffee.
I had that happen with my Keurig. I followed the instructions on the Keurig descale solution bottle, but the light stayed on. Fortunately, I'd kept the owner's manual, and once I'd extracted it from a pile of other manuals, I discovered that the instructions for descaling on the bottle were completely wrong for my model. Apparently different Keurig models have different descaling procedures. To say the least, that's dumb! When I followed the manual's instructions, the light went out. My Keurig has just passed the two year mark, and it's working fine. But be sure to keep your owner's manual handy!
Jim Watson
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I will rummage them out or enter my model number on their www.
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I have yet to drink coffee from a "pod" machine that I actually care for. It's wet, somewhat warm but IMHO a poor excuse for real coffee and no substitute IMO. I have tried different brands and different coffee blends - nope!
It's fresh brewed coffee from either an electric percolator or a stove top stainless model for my wife and I. Takes longer, more of a chore but well worth the time and effort! When people come over they almost always comment on our coffee.
It's fresh brewed coffee from either an electric percolator or a stove top stainless model for my wife and I. Takes longer, more of a chore but well worth the time and effort! When people come over they almost always comment on our coffee.
slickracer
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A Ninja coffee maker is a good option- they can make a single cup up to a full pot and use a paper filter. Mine is still working at the 10 year mark.
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Percolated coffee is always better if the beans aren't ground too fine.
I haven't found any of the pre ground coffee lately that's not fine grind and the boutique in-store coffee grinders are always to fine.
I'm on the lookout for an older coffee grinder, 60's model?
I haven't found any of the pre ground coffee lately that's not fine grind and the boutique in-store coffee grinders are always to fine.
I'm on the lookout for an older coffee grinder, 60's model?
I have a coffee grinder that is probably from the 1860s
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Rock185
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Mr. Coffee; $29.97 at Walmart
hemiram
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I don't like coffee one bit, but a friend and his wife, mother and dad, who live with them at this point guzzle it like crazy, and the pod machines are like a paper plate, use it and toss it, they just don't last long. It doesn't help, I would guess, that all 4 of them have their own flavors, etc. I was over there recently, and they had boxes and boxes of pods of all kinds sitting under the counters and in the pantry. $$$
Back when I wasn't trying to lose weight, I was chugging iced tea year round I made in one of the Mr. Coffee machines I had. There was a place that sold bulk tea, and I would either buy it that way, or if Lipton or another brand bagged tea was on sale, I would get it and empty the bags into a Mr. Coffee filter, with a layer about 3/4" deep. What came out was super strong and I would take a 2 gallon pitcher, fill it about halfway with ice, and then dump the carafe into it. The smell alone was fantastic. I sometimes would grind up cinnamon and put it into the filter along with the shredded tea leaves and make cinnamon iced tea. Today, I buy the unsweetened Pure Leaf or Gold Peak in the bottles and add a couple of squirts from a low calorie sweetener. When I hit Culvers, I have the real thing, a small one, once a week. A little too sweet. When the Pure Leaf blue label had the sugar amount dropped for a very short time, it was perfect. Sadly, people cried about it, and back it went to the original sugar level.
Back when I wasn't trying to lose weight, I was chugging iced tea year round I made in one of the Mr. Coffee machines I had. There was a place that sold bulk tea, and I would either buy it that way, or if Lipton or another brand bagged tea was on sale, I would get it and empty the bags into a Mr. Coffee filter, with a layer about 3/4" deep. What came out was super strong and I would take a 2 gallon pitcher, fill it about halfway with ice, and then dump the carafe into it. The smell alone was fantastic. I sometimes would grind up cinnamon and put it into the filter along with the shredded tea leaves and make cinnamon iced tea. Today, I buy the unsweetened Pure Leaf or Gold Peak in the bottles and add a couple of squirts from a low calorie sweetener. When I hit Culvers, I have the real thing, a small one, once a week. A little too sweet. When the Pure Leaf blue label had the sugar amount dropped for a very short time, it was perfect. Sadly, people cried about it, and back it went to the original sugar level.
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Not a coffee snob most anything will do. Just bought a new SS sit on the stove percolator when my old enamel one rusted through and wouldn't hold water. Had a couple of Keurig and yup lasted about a year or so. What really amazes me about the whole K-cup thing is that many of the same people that are hot and bothered by plastic straws, plastic bags, (and seeming everything else in the world) have no problem with the plastic to make coffee in the morning, tea throughout the day and hot chocolate in the evening.
Hairtrigger
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I have the pod maker that I can select 4oz for a close to espresso
I buy FOUNDING FATHERS coffee pods fron Rural King less than $25 for 80 pods
I buy FOUNDING FATHERS coffee pods fron Rural King less than $25 for 80 pods
