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Default Keurig one-cup coffee brewers


"Russell Patterson" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:44:45 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
>>Can anyone speak about personal experience with the home units,
>>specifically the B-40 "Elite" model? If you own one and had it do
>>again, would you?
>>
>>Follow-ups set to rec.food.equipment.
>>
>>Thanks.

> If you are a coffee connoseur(sic?) you probably won't be satisfied,
> but if you like just a basic cup of coffee and other people in the
> house like different styles or flavors, the Keurig is a great way to
> go. We have had a single size brewer for about two years now. My
> wife likes flavored coffees, and I don't. She can brew one of hers
> and I can follow right behind without any hint of the flavored
> coffee
> left behind. I have purchased enough Kcups now that with a large
> enough purchase to qualify for free shipping, the cost per cup is at
> or under 50 cents a cup.
> The convenience factor is great. I have one other single cup system
> called the Aeropress, which can make a better cup of coffee, however
> it requires effort for consistency and it is not near as convenient
> as
> the Keurig.
> The great thing about the Keurig is I never have to pour leftover
> coffee down the drain. How many pots of coffee have you ever made
> where every last drop was used?


50 cents per cup? Wow. Must be pretty fancy stuff. Even our local
fancy place, Dunn Bros sells fresh roasted and ground for about 10
bucks per pound and a pound makes like 60 cups which would be 16
cents. The swill I drink is maybe 3 bucks a pound. So a cup is a
nickle.

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