[Electronics-Talk] Keurig

[Amanda Lee]

I paid under $70 for the K-55 in 2016 and then I found my Mom's on sale through Amazon with a bunch of k-cups included for $53.



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From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Aaron Spears via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Friday, October 7, 2022 1:14 PM
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Cc: Aaron Spears <valiant8086 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Keurig

Hi.


\We like the K-Duo from Walmart. It's a Walmart exclusive. Costs $99. It brews regular ground coffee into a carafe or through a standard k-cup. 
Removable water reservoir feeds both sides. The buttons are simple small sunken in button at the top is k-cup, bigger sunken in button below that is carafe, big dome button below that is 12 oz (k-cup) or 12 cups (carafe), smaller dome button below that is 10 oz (k-cup) or 10 cups (carafe), and the bottom smallest dome button is 8 oz (k-cup) or 8 cups (carafe).


Fill reservoir, install reservoir, add grounds in a filter or a k-cup and press the appropriate top button for what you want and after a pause of a second or two press the size button below. There's a burner under the carafe that keeps it warm for 2 hours after a brew into it. They don't last for ever. Our first two made it about 11 months each. This one has made it longer and is showing no signs of failing. If you do get one, get the longest warranty Walmart offers which is only like $20. We keep getting them because they brew coffee into the carafe that tastes better than we've gotten out of a mister coffee machine or a bun so far. 
It's really a rather good brewer. We also tried the Mainstay dual brewer but it didn't taste quite as good. Speaking specifically of the carafe. 
We mostly just do hot chocolate with the k-cups at this point. Our favorite ground coffee is dunkan donuts. They have a decaf option which tastes just as nice as the regular. The k-cups taste wonderful as well but they have too much backpressure so we don't use them. The K-duo ends up putting water into the carafe when we try those in it and my iCoffee Remington DaVinsi k-cup brewer which brews with steam builds up so much pressure that if I open the lid within about 2 minutes after brewing it sprays coffee water all over the place out the top of the k-cup. Btw, you would like the DaVinsi a lot too but they don't make them anymore so you'd have to get one off Ebay or something.


My last thing is that Primo makes a water cooler that can put out cold water, room temp water, hot water or a k-cup brew. The neat thing about it is that you don't have to refill its reservoir every time or every 2 or 3 times you want to use it because it just pumps water directly out of the water jug. So if you wanted a water cooler anyway, getting one that can brew with k-cups could be a nifty thing. I believe the cost is right around $200. I'm told the brew is slightly weak but I always thought most k-cups were too strong so maybe that would be to my liking. 
Not sure though, never tried it yet.



Cheers:
Aaron Spears, AKA Valiant8086 General Partner at Valiant Galaxy Associates "we make (VERY GOOD AUDIOGAMES) for the blind comunity" http://valiantGalaxy.com

On 10/7/2022 10:53 AM, Susan Stanzel via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> Hi listers,
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> This morning I am finding myself in the market for a new Keurig. My 
> son-in-law has one and it is simply a touch screen. Are there any with 
> those wonderful buttons?
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> Susie Stanzel
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