I’m not sure you interpreted Chris’ comment correctly- he’s basically saying that he thinks the Keurig is a good investment for folks who like coffee but don’t necessarily want an entire pot. In fact, he’s bought Keurigs for his Mom and girlfriend on that basis.

That said, the reality is that coffee is not a necessity, as much as it might seem so for me Like a lot of drink and food in modern society, it is a luxury. Drink it how you like it- if brewing a pot, or a single cup non-Keurig brewer, or a coffee press works for you, that’s great.

I wouldn’t recommend the Keurig to someone without walking through the math: what it really costs per cup, which is probably between seventy five cents and a dollar a cup. Nor would I recommend the Keurig for someone who regularly needs/wants several cups at once: a fresh pot is just as tasty. But for someone who likes a variety of different coffees, usually drinks one or two cups at a time, and who understands the cost- it can be as “cost per unit of enjoyment” effective as other solutions (E.G.: brewing a pot and throwing away some/all of it, buying brewed coffee from Tim Hortons/Starbucks/what have you, or not enjoying the coffee you drink).

One thing I found regarding the largest (9.5 oz) size: with a 12 ounce travel mug, which is more or less the standard size, 9.5 ounces works out well for folks who add in milk. The mug looks kind of empty until the milk is added, though!

Interesting comment about the drip plate vibration. I didn’t notice that until just a couple of days ago, and I thought it was because of the way I use the machine. Most of the time I’m using a travel mug, and so I take the drip plate assembly out and sit it beside the machine. The other day I noticed an extra racket, and it was the drip plate assembly vibrating like crazy… which was easily proven by resting my finger on the assembly, which stopped the noise. I wouldn’t expect this vibration to be a problem if I was using the drip plate normally (I.E.: had it in place with a filling coffee cup sitting on top of it), but I guess it could still vibrate even then.

The noises don’t actually bug me so long as I know they are “normal”. To put it in perspective, a $4,000 expresso machine makes horrible noises, but that is unavoidable based on its function. My Keurig’s sounds are much less offensive to my ears than an expresso machine, and so I can sort of accept them as charming idiosyncrasies And the machine is still “quiet” in comparison to the Tassimo system, or so I’ve been told.

We just purchased the Keurig Special Edition Model B60 last weekend. I love it. We also bought several boxes of different types of coffee and, at the advice of the sales attendant, froze most of the coffee for later use. You’re right on the nose about the middle 7.5 oz “pour” of coffee. It does not fill a standard coffee mug and the larger “pour” barely does.

One question: When we turn it on, there is a loud vibration noise. It seems to be caused by the looseness of the drip plate and drip tray. It is mildly annoying. Does your’se do that?

Ditto that. Good to see you still live

(posting from the road)

I used to have a coffee press long ago, it made pretty good coffee. But I guess I like the technology bit, and I’m not patient enough to “roll my own”. For someone else, the whole ritual of grinding the beans, setting up the filter, boiling the water, watching it pour through and so on is a big part of the enjoyment. I know when I perked a cup in a single cup machine a few times the flavour just wasn’t that great- maybe I just had bad luck.

I know some folks who claim that the very best coffee is the pot they make over a camp fire by putting some ground beans in an old beat up pot- no filter, no fancy grinder, nothing. To each their own, I guess

Off topic, fire me an email if you are so inclined to let me know what happened to your blog- it seems to be gone

I have a little one cup perk from Ikea. Frightening thing is, it works rather well and cleaning the oils out to try new coffees is a sinch. I’ve been sold on fresh grinding my beans, and buying these beans from… um.. crap. Well they are good.

But I have several varieties to try out yet I just got my first shipment from Green Mountain- the timing was perfect as the 18 K-Cup samples that came with the machine are almost gone. I still have a shipment coming from Timmy’s… as I say, lots to try out!

The coffee machine passed the cat test this morning, by the way. Iris was sitting right beside it when I brewed a cup, and all she did was sniff at the machine- the noises it made didn’t startle her or cause her to run away.