I saw in yesterday's forum that Linda is having problems with her Keurig. We have had a Keurig for a couple of years and we really like it but it does require cleaning of the water ports with a paper clip from time to time. We had purchased the reusable filter basket so that we could use different coffee flavors as we desired. We found that the reusable basket sold by Keurig will allow coffee grounds to clog the upper needle that sprays water into the K-cup.
My wife found reusable lids at the following site www.my-kap.com that allows reuse of your K-cup filters. You simply take a used K-cup, remove the foil top, clean out the coffee grounds, lightly brush and clean under running water and reuse. The lids are a bit pricey but we have had very good luck with them. We have been able to reuse each K-cup at least 12 - 18 times before the filter medium tears.
Hope this helps - my wife and I do love the coffee our Keurig makes!
Ken
Melstar said
06:22 AM Feb 11, 2011
I love my Keurig as well and I also bought the metal caps that allows to reuse the KCups....however, I have not had good luck with them. They are not allowing the "door" to close when I press down - I have to hold it down in order for it to brew.
I love to use the "MyKCup" which allows me to use my own coffee.
Any hints on how I can make the metal caps work better would be appreciated.
Melanie
-- Edited by Melstar on Friday 11th of February 2011 06:23:15 AM
jbarrett72 said
04:36 AM Apr 21, 2011
Okay....I've heard alot about the Keurig, but I thought the little cups with the coffee in them was for a one time use. I wondered why anyone would want to pay that much money for one cup of coffee made at home! I'm now going to really have to look into this!
RandDWT said
08:21 AM Apr 21, 2011
We too have a Keurig. We are not very happy with it...sorry to say. We're actually on our third one. When we call customer service, they help us walk through some cleaning steps, but when they don't work, they send us a new one. It's a great idea, but not very well built. Also, since we're still in our sticks and bricks, we have the larger model, and we bring it with us when we RV...but there's no way to actually empty all of the water out of the machine. Bad design. We would not recommend this coffee maker to anyone out their. They are expensive, the k-cups are expensive and they are not well made.
Kathy Doin It said
08:24 AM Apr 21, 2011
RandDWT wrote:
"The k-cups are expensive".
I would venture to say the Keurig is far from "green" too.
My wife found reusable lids at the following site www.my-kap.com that allows reuse of your K-cup filters. You simply take a used K-cup, remove the foil top, clean out the coffee grounds, lightly brush and clean under running water and reuse. The lids are a bit pricey but we have had very good luck with them. We have been able to reuse each K-cup at least 12 - 18 times before the filter medium tears.
Hope this helps - my wife and I do love the coffee our Keurig makes!
Ken
I love to use the "MyKCup" which allows me to use my own coffee.
Any hints on how I can make the metal caps work better would be appreciated.
Melanie
-- Edited by Melstar on Friday 11th of February 2011 06:23:15 AM
We too have a Keurig. We are not very happy with it...sorry to say. We're actually on our third one. When we call customer service, they help us walk through some cleaning steps, but when they don't work, they send us a new one. It's a great idea, but not very well built. Also, since we're still in our sticks and bricks, we have the larger model, and we bring it with us when we RV...but there's no way to actually empty all of the water out of the machine. Bad design. We would not recommend this coffee maker to anyone out their. They are expensive, the k-cups are expensive and they are not well made.