[Electronics-Talk] likes and dislikes of my Keurig

[amcarr1 at verizon.net]

My answer to the mug size issue has been to start out with an 8-oz. serving, and if I find that the cup is less than 2/3 full, the next time I use the 10-oz. setting.  Once I get the cup sizes figured out, then I will start comparing the use of the "Strong" button verses not using it.  My other idea to figure out the size is to use liquid measuring cups.  1 cup equals 8 oz., 1 1/4 cup should equal 10 oz., and 1 1/2 should be 12 oz.  I'm also thinking about using an Aira Agent to figure this out.  That way, they can describe the cup and I will know that the cup with the black lab is x size, the cup with the university logo is y size, etc.  Of course, this task could also be done by a family member or friend, but I have plenty of other tasks to use them for, that this one ranks at the bottom of that list.

Food for thought.
HTH,
Annette

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From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Ledet via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 10:00 PM
To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Danielle Ledet <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] likes and dislikes of my Keurig

Well I am going to get me one. Erm, another one. I had a K10, but decided to give it as a gift. Now I just have to decide whether to buy online or in the store. Thanks for pointing me to the accessible models and explaining the buttons. I like cocoa and tea and flavored coffees. Now to figure out what sized mugs I have cuz I don't remember.

On 1/5/18, Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I find the k cup coffees are stronger than the coffee when you put a 
> scoop in a k cup filter.  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandra Streeter via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 4:00 PM
> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Sandra Streeter
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] likes and dislikes of my Keurig
>
> I bought mine at a reduced price from one of the home-shopping 
> channels, almost 3 years ago, and it’s going great! So:
>
> ----Likes:
>
> Faster brewing than the little drip makers (which I still have one of 
> in case it dies and I can’t get another right away for whatever 
> reason, or if they’ve stopped making accessible models) ; Accessible, 
> with a little orientation and training from a sighted pal; just
> 2 squarish buttons, the one on the bottom being “on” and the upper, 
> “brew”; you can brew up to 16 oz. at a shot, I think—I have a couple 
> mugs that hold like 2 cups, and often use them; If I want something 
> really exotic, I can buy the K-cups; if more run-of-the-mill, I can 
> buy a pkg of ground, and scoop a little into my personal K-cup, which 
> I can line with little paper liners or not; most of the time, I buy 
> ground, which saves on wasted plastic, and on the expense of the 
> K-cups.
>
> You can even make iced tea with a Keurig; often, I’ll use an iced tea 
> mix plus some ice cubes in the mug, and just run the hot water. You 
> could also make cocoa or soup using the machine—I like those soups in 
> big paper cups that you pour hot water over, and I find that heating 
> the water in the Keurig and having it discharge over the soup is 
> faster than microwave-heating.
>
>
> ----Dislikes, though certainly not deal-breakers:
>
> Doesn’t do a strong black tea, because it is, by definition, 
> quick-brewing; if I want a strong tea, I’d have to go with the teas 
> available as K-cups; so, most of the time, I nuke my teas, because I 
> do like very strong tea;
>
> If you want your coffee to be as strong as from a dripper, you’d 
> probably want to go with dark-roast or espresso, if using the Personal 
> K-cup, so that the fast brewing doesn’t take away from the strength. 
> So, I have some Dunkin’
> Donuts Pumpkin for when I don’t want terribly strong, and some 
> dark-roast with cinnamon; plus, for when I really, really need 
> strength, I go with espresso.
>
>
> Sandra
>
> “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is 
> because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he 
> hears, however measured or far away.”
> (Henry David Thoreau)
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