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MarkS · RV-Dreams Family Member

New Keurig does cup or carafe

GENECOP · RV-Dreams Family Member

Just make sure you regularly clean / descale....they are great but finicky.....

Bill and Jodee · RV-Dreams Family Member

We love our Keurig, and the huge variety of beverage options available from everywhere now. Thanks for the heads up on this new model - great for those outdoor mornings when you don't want to disturb the spouse by going in and out of the rig for another cup - oh, and for company too I guess

))))).

We've been lucky with the finicky part, even with our very hard water, but good maintenance always pays off.

Jodee

MarkS · RV-Dreams Family Member

We haven't dealt with the finicky part yet. This one has a color touch screen where you select strength size and something else. It also has favorites so you can program your cup and not go thru the menu each time. You can also change the colors of the LEDs in the tank by selecting in the menus, red blue green and yellow. It is a thermo carafe to some extent. You can also set it up to have your coffee brewed when your feet hit the floor. For some reason Keurig sent this to us gratis. For that price I am certainly satisfied.

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

We run bottled water "Only" through ours all the time and never have issues.

-- Edited by TRAILERKING on Tuesday 19th of August 2014 08:52:13 AM

BiggarView · RV-Dreams Family Member

MarkS wrote:
... For some reason Keurig sent this to us gratis. For that price I am certainly satisfied.

A bit curious to learn more about that. They sent to you gratis... out of the blue? If so, how do we get one too?

-- Edited by biggaRView on Tuesday 19th of August 2014 08:59:42 AM

The Bear II · RV-Dreams Family Member

biggaRView wrote:
MarkS wrote:
... For some reason Keurig sent this to us gratis. For that price I am certainly satisfied.
A bit curious to learn more about that. They sent to you gratis... out of the blue? If so, how do we get one too?

-- Edited by biggaRView on Tuesday 19th of August 2014 08:59:42 AM

Thats what my DW tells me when she buys something but doesn't want me to know she bought it....

So far we've gotten "gratis" a new laptop, iPad, Flat Screen TV and Lexus SUV (I couldn't believe that Lexus would just give away a car).... I'm hoping for a new 5th wheel or Bus next.

BiggarView · RV-Dreams Family Member

The Bear II wrote:
biggaRView wrote:
MarkS wrote:
... For some reason Keurig sent this to us gratis. For that price I am certainly satisfied.
A bit curious to learn more about that. They sent to you gratis... out of the blue? If so, how do we get one too?

-- Edited by biggaRView on Tuesday 19th of August 2014 08:59:42 AM
Thats what my DW tells me when she buys something but doesn't want me to know she bought it....
So far we've gotten "gratis" a new laptop, iPad, Flat Screen TV and Lexus SUV (I couldn't believe that Lexus would just give away a car).... I'm hoping for a new 5th wheel or Bus next.

biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin Too funny!

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

biggaRView wrote:
MarkS wrote:
... For some reason Keurig sent this to us gratis. For that price I am certainly satisfied.
A bit curious to learn more about that. They sent to you gratis... out of the blue? If so, how do we get one too?

-- Edited by biggaRView on Tuesday 19th of August 2014 08:59:42 AM

Brian,

If we get one "gratis," I'll get your address and send it to you. One of my wife's sisters and a cousin of my wife have the Keurig coffee makers and I hate them. Even the "large" mug size for dispensing isn't enough for my insulated mug. Plus, I'd bet my Folgers Classic Roast is a lot cheaper than buying all those little containers of "froo-froo" coffee/chocolate/other crud.

Jo ordered a Cuisinart unit with carafe and single cup brewing. She can have her choice of how much hot water she can dispense on the single-serve side (capacity of 54 ounces in the reservoir), and I can choose how much coffee in the 12-cup carafe side that I want. Best of both worlds.

Terry

BiggarView · RV-Dreams Family Member

Terry and Jo wrote:
biggaRView wrote:
MarkS wrote:
... For some reason Keurig sent this to us gratis. For that price I am certainly satisfied.
A bit curious to learn more about that. They sent to you gratis... out of the blue? If so, how do we get one too?

-- Edited by biggaRView on Tuesday 19th of August 2014 08:59:42 AM
Brian,
If we get one "gratis," I'll get your address and send it to you. One of my wife's sisters and a cousin of my wife have the Keurig coffee makers and I hate them. Even the "large" mug size for dispensing isn't enough for my insulated mug. Plus, I'd bet my Folgers Classic Roast is a lot cheaper than buying all those little containers of "froo-froo" coffee/chocolate/other crud.
Jo ordered a Cuisinart unit with carafe and single cup brewing. She can have her choice of how much hot water she can dispense on the single-serve side (capacity of 54 ounces in the reservoir), and I can choose how much coffee in the 12-cup carafe side that I want. Best of both worlds.
Terry

I have no doubt you're right about the Folgers being a lot cheaper than the "froo-froo" stuff. biggrin biggrin Cindi is the coffee drinker, but to my untrained eye it seems like she always starts a cup but never finishes it. So my economical eye says even that equation is suspect. confuse Maybe the froo-froo smaller cups would actually get consumed, it could, in theory, be more economical. There certainly is the novelty factor. I always liked the Swiss Miss Dark Chocolate pouches myself.

>Must collect more stuff<

Stop the voices in my head. furious

Brian biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

-- Edited by biggaRView on Monday 25th of August 2014 03:05:08 PM

MarkS · RV-Dreams Family Member

So we have been buying our coffee directly from Keurig since we got our first one. About $60 a month. I think that might have something to do with it. We don't drink froo froo. We drink a very strong Italian roast while the MIL drinks a lighter coffee. We each drink two cups a day except on weekends. That's the best part, different strokes for different folks without making a whole pot. It might cost a little more but I don't mind. I don't drink cheap beer either.

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

I saw such a Keurig at Wal-Mart today for about $120. They now have carafe size cups.

Bill and Jodee · RV-Dreams Family Member

Started buying our K-cups from Amazon at about .50/cup, no excess packaging, and free shipping. We only have two cups a day, and while not quite "coffee-snobs" (like my son), we can't do the cheap stuff anymore.

Like so many things these days, isn't it grand that there are so many options just for making a cup of coffee??? And all of them have further options that are perfect for an RV.......

Life is good

))).

Jodee

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

Note that the Keurig 2 requires properly barcoded cups, so offbrand k-cups will not work with it. This is a showstopper for some, including a relative who is a bargain hunter.

MarkS · RV-Dreams Family Member

Bill, I agree. We had to get our old one out to finish up some Keurig that were manufactured before June or January. When you put the old ones or other brands in it it displays "oops" on the display. I have nicknamed it the iPot because, like Apple, Keurig seems to want all the control.

-- Edited by MarkS on Thursday 2nd of October 2014 06:17:54 PM

Walter323 · RV-Dreams Community Member

I love my new Keuring 2.0 , I also got extra filters for changeing. It does both single cup and carafe. It also makes cold rinks and hot tea as well. Wonderful machine.

Camper Chronicles · RV-Dreams Family Member

I'm with you Terry ...love my Maxwell house..plus we have a BUNN coffee maker which has a hot water reservoir and makes a pot of coffee in 2 minutes flat. We are pretty serious about our coffee. I will say I saw the combination single cup and carafe Kuerig's though and found them intriguing. Sometimes you just want one cup

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

Now we use an espresso machine, but we had a single cup coffee maker that used normal coffee grinds. Walmart.com has choices - http://www.walmart.com/c/kp/single-cup-coffee-makers. K-cups are convenient, but do cost more than buying ground or whole bean coffee.

Walter323 · RV-Dreams Community Member

For myself I like the less clean up no more filters !!!!

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

Been using these since they came out.. Love them.

Hate dealing with coffee grinds and the time it takes... then there's the clean up..

pop a cup in.. good to go.. I run a second cup if using a large mug..

Settled on "donut shop" now.. before that was newmans..

Walter323 · RV-Dreams Community Member

Yea I have to use 2 k cups as well I have a BIG mug. I have settled on the Green Mountain Breakfast Blend for myself. I also keep the carafe on hand as well.

ChefMom · RV-Dreams Family Member

We both love big mugs of coffee but I can't stand to drink anything made from coffee that's already ground and has been sitting around for who knows how long. I NEED great coffee and so the only way to get the freshest taste is to grind your own beans. Whole beans have a much longer shelf life than ground coffee and you certainly can taste the difference. The only thing is that when Hubby makes coffee he makes such a mess with grinds that I fully expect to see the outline of his shoes in coffee grinds on the floor leading to the door. Can you still put the little cup into the most recent models of the Keurig with your own ground coffee in it?

Walter323 · RV-Dreams Community Member

The KCups can be reloaded from what I have read , so its possible.