[Electronics-Talk] likes and dislikes of my Keurig

Fri Jan 12 05:27:45 UTC 2018

Pam, and everyone, keurig does tell you of those exact measurements. I'll 
find that part and sent that here to the list. On a 3 button machine which 
is what we have, the 3 buttons for the coffee making, going from let to 
right,the first button will make 4 ounces,. Note to you coffee coneseurs, 
the k cup holds the exact amount of coffee if you make a 4 ounce cup. Again 
going from left to right the second button, makes 9 ounces, and the third we 
don't remember exactly how much it makes but we'll find out, but it's at 
least over 12 ounces. For completeness, the only other buttons are the auto 
off button and the power button. This is for the machine we have. We have 4 
ounce glass cups that we use, that have no handles. This is perfect if you 
are feeling so coffee coneseuric. You would need to buy some little plastic 
holders when you use them. If anyone is interested we'll find out more about 
where we found the plastic holders. These glass cups we use are free and 
we'll find out about the holders.  It really is perfect since while you're 
drinking it at your leisure it won't get cold for you as with a bigger cup 
of coffee.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances" 
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Cc: "Pamela Dominguez" <geodom at optonline.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2018 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] likes and dislikes of my Keurig


> Do you have a one-cup measure?  If you do, that's how you could tell. 
> That's how I do it.  Measure water in that and pour it into the mug until 
> the mug is full.  If you need more than eight ounces, you can fill it a 
> second time, pour it in until the mug is full, and then look at how much 
> water is left in the measuring cup.  Also, you will need room for milk, if 
> you don't drink your coffee black.  I think my currig said the largest cup 
> was 16 ounces.  I measured it; it's 12 ounces.  So I guess they figured 
> that was a 16-ounce cup with room for milk.  They shouldn't do that; they 
> should say the exact amount in the directions that come with it.  Mine has 
> five different cup sizes, I think, but they are on the menu.  At least the 
> menu doesn't go around and around; it stops at the beginning and end.  So, 
> that's how you can find out where you are.  Hit the up or down, which is 
> the right or left buttons a bunch of times, until you know that is at the 
> beginning or the end, whichever you want to start from, then count up or 
> down until you get to the right cup size.  It usually works for me, but 
> sometimes it is iffy.  On mine, the menu button is in the middle, and 
> there are left and right buttons on that row.  I have to hit the menu 
> button I think six times to get to the menu that changes cup size.  When 
> you are done, you hit it once to get out of the menu.  The menu below that 
> is supposed to change temperature of water, but I haven't been able to 
> make that work.  Nobody could find in the manual anything about what the 
> other ones were.  Pam.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Danielle Ledet via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 10:00 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Danielle Ledet
> 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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