New Coffeemaker!

[mightyeskimo]

Got a new coffee maker. Nothing special, just a regular Mr. Coffee.

The Keurig took a dive and I was tired of the single cup style. The more of a pot a day kind of guy.

 

[FarmerTan]

Got a new coffee maker. Nothing special, just a regular Mr. Coffee.

The Keurig took a dive and I was tired of the single cup style. The more of a pot a day kind of guy.

I gave my Keurig to my mother in law. She loves it. Now that I'm retired, I have a Mr Coffee 4 cup $10 machine that honestly makes 2 great cups of Dunkin Donuts medium roast. That's my limit.

 

[RayClem]

We use a Keurig. My wife likes dark roast and I like medium roast, so the single cup method works well for us.

 

[EL Alamein]

I've used Keurigs at offices I've worked at and don't care for them. I swear I can taste the plastic but that's just me.

I'm more of the pot-a-day kind of guy so I use and prefer an old percolator. When I'm on assignment I just perc a pot drink a cup or two before the office etc and take the rest in a thermos.

Chris

 

[FarmerTan]

I've used Keurigs at offices I've worked at and don't care for them. I swear I can taste the plastic but that's just me.

I'm more of the pot-a-day kind of guy so I use and prefer an old percolator. When I'm on assignment I just perc a pot drink a cup or two before the office etc and take the rest in a thermos.

Chris

I started drinking coffee before I started skool, as I recall. Mom and my Granny ALWAYS had the percolator on the stove. Miss that smell.

 

[Mick]

I have put both commercial Bunn brewers away.

Casa Mick has a 8 cup Bonavita

Rancho Mick has a 10 cup Technivorm

After almost 2 decades using commercial Bunn brewers, times changed.

These are not better, they are just more flexible. Bunn would only brew 12 cups that is just too much now that I have aged. Yes, I can make less but the quality of the results suffers when brewing less than a full pot. If I can figure out a way to insert a smaller basket or some sort of insert to use the 8 cup Bunn filters, they may go back on the counter again.

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[FarmerTan]

I have put both commercial Bunn brewers away.

Casa Mick has a 8 cup Bonavita

Rancho Mick has a 10 cup Technivorm

After almost 2 decades using commercial Bunn brewers, times changed.

These are not better, they are just more flexible. Bunn would only brew 12 cups that is just too much now that I have aged. Yes, I can make less but the quality of the results suffers when brewing less than a full pot. If I can figure out a way to insert a smaller basket or some sort of insert to use the 8 cup Bunn filters, they may go back on the counter again.

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Exactly why I left the Bunns.

 

[John Rose]

We use a Keurig because SWMBO usually has decaf and I drink regular.
We only use Solofill cups in it instead of K-cups because we don't like to pay three times as much per pound of coffee.

We also have a SoloGrind burr grinder that can dump directly it into a single cup, or a larger amount into the larger container.

 

[TexLaw]

We have some friends that use the same or a similar cup for their Keurig for the same reasons. They swear the coffee tastes better than the K-Cups, and it most certainly is cheaper, and they just go for Folger's.

 

[martym]

How’s that Mr. Coffee working for you?

 

[FarmerTan]

Well, I'm still using mine!

 

[TropicalHotDogNight]

I use refillable pods in a Keurig, as well. The appeal of a Keurig machine is that you get to brew coffee a cup at a time. That's all I drink, and I don't even do that daily. I'll have a cup of coffee twice a week or so. The form factor is really convenient for that.

 

[MntnMan62]

We have a Keurig as well. It's ancient. Possibly the first edition of the original model. It works because I'm the only one who drinks coffee on a regular basis in the house. And I only drink 1 to 2 cups in the morning. I have high blood pressure so I drink it in the morning to get me going. Then I take my blood pressure meds to bring me back down to earth. The Keurig is really only there for when I don't have the time or energy or motivation to go through the process of making a pot of french press, my preferred method. We have a refillable pod too but I don't find that I use it much because I really like the Donut Shop Medium Roast. I tried finding the same coffee in bean form and have not had any luck. I'm also trying different beans from a local roaster that I found near me. I've been buying their dark roast but will try one of their medium roasts, their take on a Mokha Java. If I can find some beans that taste similar to the Donut Shop then I'll just use the refillable pod and no more k-cups. I'd like that a lot.