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All told, we ran through at least 40 cups. We tried everything to get rid of the plastic taste. We ran through plain water, coffee, baking soda, vinegar. It still tastes like plastic -- I'm thinking plastic infused water is not good for us also. My husband is taking it back to Costco this morning
I opened the little filter canister (called the "My K-Cup") and discovered that over 50% of the coffee was dry and had simply been "by-passed" by the hot water, it seemed to have "floated" to the top of the "My K-Cup" and would now be thrown away - no wonder the coffee was weak and watered down. I just purchased a KEURIG B77 one cup coffee maker simply because I like the idea of making coffee a cup at a time instead of having a pot (constantly heated - eventually burned) or a caraffe of tempid coffee that gets thrown out. I re-read the instructions for the use of the "My K-Cup" and thought that I may have simply overfilled the device so I reloaded the filter with half my original amount of coffee and "Brewed" again - I watched the stream of coffee which started out dark and quickly turned nearly colorless - again the filter was filled with "by-passed" coffee - I would speculate that the same thing is happening inside the "Pods" which cost as much as $.75 each. Specifically I liked the option of a "use your own coffee" device which would (should) reduce the cost of using the system. Set up was easy and the system automatically heated its water and was ready to "Brew" when my feet hit the cold kitchen floor this morning - however, the coffee was weak and definately not to my taste. While the system quickly heats water and brews quickly it appears that as much as 50% of your coffee is being wasted. I'm headed to the KEURIG web site for advice, but it looks like the device will be going back to the store - my old Cuisinart - Automatic Grind & Brew Thermal is still on the counter and while it makes more than I really need at one time, the coffee is robust, tasty and it doesn't waste my freshly ground coffee by simply pushing it out of the way.
The Keurig machines work well. Suspect they are putting a lot of robusta coffee in the pods. I am accustomed to a double espresso of very good coffee. Tried several different k pods. The coffee has a poor taste and it causes jangly nervies.It is a neat and handy system. Putting mine in storage when my Nespresso machine gets here.If you are picky about your coffee, advise looking elsewhere.
flush system well.up to 20 times to remove plastic taste. almost returned before i read another review. coffee not very strong, but still good.
KEURIG'S BAD POINTS: -Takes up a lot of counter-top-VERY noisy- almost par with an air compressor-Small amounts of coffee: 5 oz.-Larger cup setting = less than 9 oz watery coffee-Lots of plastic waste for the landfill, OR lots of filter-cleaning-Did I mention noisy.-Finer coffee grind=LESS coffee brewed: pump can't handle back pressure & vents into reservoir. Result is 1-2 oz coffee then cleanup+do-over-Coarse grind = more watery (but less work for pump)-More expensive model = much more money, less noise, same issues-De-scaling process is simple, slow, messy & DOES NOT FIX the problem-Customer service isn't -Service policy: Keep buying newer models & throwing them away-The great Green Mtn Coffee Co's shameless endorsement of Keurig products-roughly 30% more coffee used overall (thus the endorsement)-if more than 3 people want coffee, keep a regular coffeemaker handy.KEURIG'S GOOD POINTS:-those little 5-ounce coffees are good.-works OK for 4-5 months-average consumer's attention span much shorter than product life.-looks sophisticated-great if only 2 or 3 guests want coffee-slightly cheaper than buying coffee by the cup at a local store
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