Last year for my birthday, my lovely wife bought me a Keurig coffee machine.<\/p>\n
I have used several at different places of work, and had been wanting one for almost a year when she got me one – she’s pretty awesome \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I had had a traditional drip coffee maker for years, but only broke it out infrequently – mostly when company came over – because I wouldn’t finish a a whole pot (even a smallish one) on my own, and I have a fundamental problem with throwing the extra coffee away (it’s the Scot in me).<\/p>\n
The advantage of the {{Keurig}}, and its associated {{K-Cups}}, is that it makes one cup at a time: no muss, no fuss (to quote {{Ron Popeil}}).<\/p>\n
Prior to the Keurig, I had used a {{Flavia}} machine at a customer site a few years ago (and at a prior employer), and it was cool – but a little too complicated: it’s very specific about how the packets need to be loaded, whereas the Keurig just accepts them dropped-in.<\/p>\n
There are myriad makers, flavors, and styles of K-Cups that be used with the machine, including one that acts as a reusable filter where you can load-up your own coffee for quick brewing. My wife has become a fan of the various hot cocoas and chais available, while I enjoy many of the flavored and plain coffees and teas.<\/p>\n
The output of the Keurig is not quite as good as a traditionally-brewed tea or coffee, but the speed FAR more than makes-up for it, in my opinion. And as a cost benefit, grabbing a ~$0.50 coffee from my kitchen in 60 seconds is better than ~$4.50 from Starbucks in 5 minutes through the drive through or having to walk-in. Do the coffee shops have “better” coffee? I think so. Is it 9x better? Rarely – if ever.<\/p>\n
If you’re a coffee fan, but not to the level of “snob” or “picky”, then I think a Keurig would be a pretty cool addition to your kitchen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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