I've owned two of these things. I spent a ton of time researching them, and kept reading how great the coffee is. After actually using them I do have to admit, the coffee is awesome. When using the Amazon
Subscribe And Save Program
, you can get the coffee for about 40 cents per cup. Not real cheap, but also a lot better than buying coffee at Starbucks or another restaurant.
Now for the bad, the first one I bought, a
Breville BKC600XL
, kept making partial cups of coffee, or overflowing water. On the plus side, the company was very responsive and sent me a replacement, unfortunately, the replacement worked the same as the original. I finally figured out that it only seemed to happen with Decaf K-cups, or Tea K-cups. So the trick was to reprime the water each time we made Decaf, kind of a pain, but it worked.
Here is the
BKC600XL
I got a chance to get a
Keurig B70
for a big discount, so I decided to see if it worked better. The first thing I noticed was that it wasn't nearly as loud when it ran, so that was a big plus. Unfortunately, that one also seems to have trouble with Decaf pods, I don't know why, but it shuts itself off every time we make Decaf, again if I reprime the tank each time it works ok, and the coffee definitely tastes great, just kind of a pain.
Here is the one I have now.
If I was going to buy a single serve system again, I think I would go with the cheaper and simpler solution, something like the
Aeropress Coffee and Espresso Maker
. I use the word simpler, I guess I really mean a more low tech solution, I'm sure that there are some things I need to know about this one as well. If anyone has tried one of these I'd love to hear about it.
is offering a free Bodum bean coffee press when you sign up for one of their subscription programs. If you like Starbucks coffee and have considered a delivery program, this might be a great time to try it out. Here are the details: Receive a free coffee press with a Starbucks Subscription
