dsi1 > wrote:
> On Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 8:24:23 AM UTC-10, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>> jay > wrote:
>>> On 1/9/20 9:41 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2020-01-09 11:27 a.m., jay wrote:
>>>>> On 1/8/20 3:55 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm kind of thinking about getting one.Â* Give me the pros and cons
>>>>>> please.Â* I would probably use the My K-Cup filter approach.Â* How do
>>>>>> you find the maintenance for the unit?
>>>>>> I don't like Mr. Coffee or percolator type coffee and want to avoid
>>>>>> something like that.
>>>>>> So far, we are a pot of coffee in the morning family.Â* I think with
>>>>>> the Keurig my husband would probably make coffee for himself more
>>>>>> often.
>>>>>> Are there places where you can get the pods more cheaply?
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 100% agreement on Mr. lousy Coffee.Â* I have several 30-60$ coffee
>>>>> makers and MC is the worst of all.Â* If you look at the grounds 3/4
>>>>> through the process they are not even all wet. The hot water delivery
>>>>> process misses the bullseye so the extraction is not what it should be.
>>>>>
>>>>> We have used Keurig many times traveling and at best it is OK.Â* Not
>>>>> something you may want on a daily basis.
>>>>
>>>> IMO, even that might be generous. I think it tastes more like instant
>>>> coffee than real, freshly made coffee.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe so. I do know that there is a big difference in taste based on the
>>> Kcup brand. One place we were staying had maybe 15 different brands and
>>> various roasts and some were far better than others. Still not "real"
>>> coffee.
>>>
>>
>> I think that may be true. DH likes one of the Starbucks k-cups so we mostly
>> buy those, but we also have Guatemalan and Ethiopian Yirgacheffe pods at
>> the moment that guests tend to gravitate to.
>>
>> The good thing is, most stores will take the Keurig back if you hate it,
>> especially Costco. If you do get one, Id recommend buying pods from coffee
>> brands you love, not necessarily the cheaper variety boxes widely
>> available. Otherwise, buying one of those separate refillable pods you can
>> use your own fresh ground beans in.
>
> I have returned a Keurig machine that had a faulty water metering system.
> I tried to fix it but fail so I dumped it. Someone suggested that I
> return it to Costco. This did not occur to me because the machine was
> nearly a year and I didn't have the receipt or the box. It was suggested
> that I might get a refund so I took it to the service desk and they gave
> me cold, hard, cash. What a deal!
>
> One could probably get free coffee by getting one of these machines with
> the intention of drinking all the coffee and then returning it.
> Currently, the Costco Keurig machines come with 15 K-cups. You pretty
> much have to do this at Costco though.
>

The great about Costco is you dont even need your receipts, just your
Costco card. They can look up anything you purchase with just your ID card.