Do Keurigs get better?

[gmail]

We just got an office Keurig and my first cup of coffee is watery brown crap.

It's a BYO-Kcup situation, so what's the best way to get a decent cup of coffee from this machine?

[sherbanator]

It will never be great but I do like the Costco rainforest blend kcups.

[EmilieMadison]

LOL. I got a Keurig, was completely unimpressed, and returned it. I think the only way to get a decent cup of coffee from that machine is to have really low expectations

[walterismydog]

I think they suck and I don't get the hype.

ETA: Your solution should be to bring in your own French press and boil some water and just make coffee at your desk. Eff that wasteful machine.

[gmail]

I think I'm actually going to head down to the university cafe and buy overly burnt and bitter coffee b/c that would be better than this crud.

[poppyseed]

I love my Keurig. I do remember running several cups through and dumping them out when I first got it. I think the directions tell you to do it once or twice, but I did it like five or six times.

[imoan]

I'm a big coffee person and absolutely love my Keurig (and no, I don't like weak coffee). So I'm not quite sure what's going on with yours.

[loveday]

You probably need a stronger blend. I quite like "Jet Fuel" myself lol Yes, that is an actual blend

[blueballoon]

I love mine, but I'm not at all picky about coffee. If you are, you won't like it.

[fuckyourcouch]

what k-cup are you using?

[poppyseed]

I love the Newman's Own extra bold K-cups, and the Tully's.

[cuddlyevil]

I was all excited about ours at work until I actually drank a cup of coffee. The only way to get it even remotely stronger is to set it to make a smaller cup with a darker roast coffee. But even then.

I second the french press idea. I just brew my own and bring it with me now.

The Green Mountain Sumatran is really good, it's dark and rich but I had to stop ordering it because people complained it was too strong :-( The breakfast blend isn't bad but it's too weak tasting for me.

[gmail]

I used a Green Mountain kcup. I'm happy to hear there is hope!

Those of you who don't have issues, pls share your kcup brands.

[fuckyourcouch]

green mountain is the best IMO. sounds like the machine needs cycled out or something, i never have issues with mine.

[gmail]

This one has 5 different size options. I picked the second largest - about 15oz.

I'll grab the manual and see about "cycling out" - IDK what that means

[fuckyourcouch]

gmail, when you first set it up, you're supposed to run a lot of water through the heating cycle and such.
since it's new it shouldn't need descaled or anything yet.
also if you are using tap water and your tap water tastes funky, it will make your coffee funky.

[Chirp]

Get a reusable k-cup and use whatever coffee you want. You don't have to use the pre-filled k-cups.


H likes the Gloria Jean's hazelnut coffee. He has a re-usable cup and drinks dunkin donut coffee too.

I don't drink coffee which is why we have the keurig. H can make one cup for himself and that's the end of it.

I use it to make tea when I'm too impatient to boil water on the stove. I just throw the tea bag in the cup and run plain water through the keurig. I have some tea, apple cider and hot chocolate k-cups too.

[cuddlyevil]

Descaling it sucks donkey balls but it's worth it. It takes damn near a whole day to descale our model (you have to let the vinegar sit in it for at least 4 hours)--that alone made me put it in the "well, it's nice for the office but not for home..." column.

[lauralala]

Yeah, you will want to use a smaller setting. Basically, the larger size you make, the weaker the coffee will be. The 8 oz. setting seems to work the best for me for most k cups. And I will ditto the people who said to run a few cups through if it is a new machine, and pay attention to what coffee you are using. If it is a mild blend, you will want to do it on the smallest setting to really taste like coffee.

[cheeseandcrackers]

Yeah, I think it depends on what coffee brand you are using. I love my keurig and couldn't live without it (coming from someone who was NOT a coffee person).

[gmail]

Thanks, all! I'll pick up some strong kcups and run smaller cups through it. I'm pretty sure it was cycled when we hooked it up a few days ago.

[TrickyBob]

I'm sure it's been said, but when at my old job we had a Keurig and to avoid the watery coffee you had to set it to half a cup and not a full cup. The coffee wasn't strong enough to do the larger size.

Everyone at the office just ran 2 cups through for a large cup and 1 cup for half the size.

I don't drink coffee but I feel like this whole thing could be avoided by just using a coffee pot. lol. The Keurigs are niffty contraptions though.

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Jan 10, 2013 10:06:56 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

I was all excited about ours at work until I actually drank a cup of coffee. The only way to get it even remotely stronger is to set it to make a smaller cup with a darker roast coffee. But even then.

Yep if you're going to do it, set it to a smaller cup. I have the refillable k-cup and usually run it through twice on the smaller cup settings to get a good tasting coffee.

[bleubook]

I always brew it on the half cup size at my inlaws. it's fine.

[sangria]

I got one for Christmas and I love it! I know what you guys mean about some of the coffee being pretty weak though.

I love, love, love the Sbucks Pike Place, and the Green Mountain sumatran. Most of the french roast and dark roast ones I've tried so far are really good. I liked Emeril's dark roast a lot too.

[runblondie26]

Jan 10, 2013 9:55:32 GMT -5 walterismydog said:

I think they suck and I don't get the hype.

ETA: Your solution should be to bring in your own French press and boil some water and just make coffee at your desk. Eff that wasteful machine.

French press for the win. Found one for $10 at Home Goods and it makes a great single serving of coffee.

[Deleted]

We get better and stronger coffee with our reusable k cup by using coarse coffee and filling it full.

[Deleted]

I was dying for one of these but DH was against it. Just recently I've read so many "makes bad coffee" reviews I'm glad we didn't invest in one. DH is a snob about his French Press coffee!

[mortomo]

I brew mine with the 6 oz (well, 5.something oz) cup setting and it's perfect and I like strong coffee. Anything bigger than that and it's too weak.

Maybe it wasn't a good brand of coffee. I'm very picky about which brand K-Cups I buy because some aren't very good at all.

[limey]

It will never get better. Keurig will always suck.