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What besides a Keurig?

2zbeach — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:50:46 GMT

What other machines out there use K-cups and give hot water on demand? I think my Keurig is ready to bite the dust since the water is barely hot. I am also disgusted with Keurig's new " must use this brand" tactic. I happen to like my Trader Joe's k-cups. Any help appreciated! Thanks!

Re: What besides a Keurig?

HonnyBrown — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:53:06 GMT

I bought my K-65 from Target in September. It was on clearance because they had to make room for the 2.0s. Keurig still has other options.

Trader Joe's Coffee Cups are awesome!!!!!

Have you called Keurig about your hot water issue?

Re: What besides a Keurig?

oceantown — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:18:31 GMT

We have a Cuisinart Keurig brewer.

It has a 3 year warranty, large 80 ounce water tank, 5 cup sizes to choose from and a rinse button and a hot water button.

It works great and I love it.

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/cuisinart-reg-keurig-reg-brewed-single-serve-brewing-system/124293?categoryId=12855

Today I also see this brewer on the Costco website. Free shipping and 60 k-cups and 6 water filters for $179.99.

I sometimes use an Ekobrew filter in our Cuisinart for our own ground coffee and that works great too. I prefer to use the Ekobrew filter to the My K-cup. To use the My K-cup you have to remove the plastic housing, but the Ekobrew is the same size as a k-cup and it fits perfectly.

Re: What besides a Keurig?

misschristy — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:14:33 GMT

This doesn't involve K-cups, but I just heard Hamilton Beach has a new coffee maker where you just put a scoop of loose coffee in to make individual cups. When my Keurig bites the dust, I'm going to check out the reviews on this. I think it's fairly new, so there may not be many reviews yet.

Re: What besides a Keurig?

terrier3 — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:16:26 GMT

A microwave heats up water pretty quickly...or an electric tea kettle.

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My3girls_1 — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:20:51 GMT

I'll tell anyone who'll listen. Check out the reviews for the Bunn MyCafe MCU machine. Purchased mine at Amazon. We're in love with it. I'm so over keurig. Had two machines go bad and I don't like k-cup restrictions. Hope you find something you love too!

Re: What besides a Keurig?

Theoriginallacey — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:27:11 GMT

I don't have e Cusinart one, but I think that would be my choice also.

Re: What besides a Keurig?

2zbeach — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:58:37 GMT

Thanks,everyone,for your input. I am investigating the Cuisinart and the Bunn. All suggestions were welcomed.

Re: What besides a Keurig?

forrestwolf — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 01:52:14 GMT

Green Mountain bought out Keurig, hence the K cups from them only, as they are being specific with the other companies to produce to their standard......Got this from "Keurig", as had some issues with ordering lately, and their website was up, down, up down, up down......during the transition...... That is why all of the machines out there are now available for a song and dance.......

Re: What besides a Keurig?

lory — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:00:27 GMT

Mr coffee also has a keurig type machine.

Re: What besides a Keurig?

DorothyL — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:16:59 GMT

As My3 girls stated, I also have the Bunn MCU. You can use it for K-cups, water, coffee or tea pods or ground coffee. I got mine from Lowe's last year. I love it. Every 3 or 4 months they e-mail me to clean it out with vinegar. I think I signed up for this on their web-site. I need all the reminders I can get.

I really do not drink much coffee, but I love tea. All my family and friends are thrilled that I finally have a coffee maker that takes K-cups.

Hope this helps....

Re: What besides a Keurig?

anniebear — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:24:29 GMT

If you get another Keurig, you don't have to get one with the water on demand feature to get water on demand. Just lift the front handle like you are going to insert a Kcup and then put the handle down again. You can then just push the button for the size cup you are using and you will get hot water in that amount. I do this all the time and use tea bags instead of Kcups. If your Keurig isn't working correctly, call their customer service line and they may very well replace it!

Re: What besides a Keurig?

NYC Susan — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 05:41:11 GMT

On 11/17/2014 misschristy said:
This doesn't involve K-cups, but I just heard Hamilton Beach has a new coffee maker where you just put a scoop of loose coffee in to make individual cups. When my Keurig bites the dust, I'm going to check out the reviews on this. I think it's fairly new, so there may not be many reviews yet.

I'm not sure if you're talking about The Scoop, but I've had mine for approx. a year, and I love it! There's a newer version, but I love the one I have.

It's so simple - The filter is a scoop, and you scoop whatever coffee you like into it. It brews one cup at a time, and can do tall cups & short ones. No paper filters, no mess, simple clean-up, easy to get the strength you want, environmentally friendly. (The newer version takes up more space & has a carafe option also.)

I am absolutely in love with it! I got it from BB&B for approx. $60, and I bought another one a few months ago as a back-up because I do not want to ever be without it. As you said misschristy, it doesn't use k-cups, so this doesn't really answer the OP's question. But I wanted to respond to you, and also thought it might be of interest to others.

Re: What besides a Keurig?

Foggy morning — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 02:52:57 GMT

I just ordered the Bunn MCU from Amazon after checking out various brewers and reviews. I'm looking forward to trying out different coffees and teas. This will be our first single serve brewer.

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shoppinggirl59 — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 03:08:34 GMT

I am tired of all the kuerig issues also. Wish I could just get a bigger cup of coffee. Don't want or need a carafe, need a 160z coffee. Will look into these models when this ons stops working. Shopping girl