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We purchased a Keurig Elite B40 from Target a couple of months ago and I wanted to take a little time to post a follow up review. So far this machine has lived up to my expectations. It has performed flawlessly and makes a great cup of coffee every single time. The machine can be a little noisy. If you have family of light sleepers you might want to take this into account. My kids will sleep through anything so for me this has not been a problem. Lately we’ve been buying our K-Cups from Coffee For Less.com. They’ve got a good selection and coffee reviews. The Donut Shop K-Cups from Coffee People have become my favorite. When we’ve run low on coffee we have made quick trips to Target, Macy’s or Bed Bath and Beyond for more. The cost of a months worth of K-Cups is about equal to our cost for bags of whole bean coffee, if not slightly more since it’s so convenient to use we find ourselves having coffee more often throughout the day. The water reservoir is a little awkward to remove and fill. I bought a plastic pitcher for the sole purpose of filling the reservoir, my wife promptly replaced the plastic pitcher with a "pretty" glass one. I made a quick video of the brewing process to give you an idea how loud the machine is.
If there is one thing that I love as much as riding my bike its good coffee. Usually I'll brew a 10-12 cup pot of coffee first thing in the morning. I'll have a cup and then I'll usually get distracted for a couple of hours. That next cup never tastes as good. I usually end up pouring out the rest of the pot. I was thinking that a single serve coffee maker would serve my family pretty well.
I've come across a couple of websites devoted to single serve coffeemakers and coffees. The Keurig home coffee brewers seemed to be some of the highest rated single serve coffee makers and appear to have the largest selection of coffee available. The Keurig brewers use coffee that is prepackaged in K-Cups. You can buy the K-Cups online or in local stores (Target, World Market, Sears, Macy's, Bed Bath and Beyond, and many others) for anywhere from $10.00 to $15.00 for a pack of 25. Keurig also makes the "My K-Cup" which is a reusable filter assembly that you can fill with ground coffee of your choice. Using your own coffee should bring down the cost per cup.
The brewers come in three models, the Elite B40 for $99.95, the Special Edition B60, and the B70 for 199.95, and the new Keurig Mini B30 for $79.00. I'm always trying to get the biggest bang for my buck whether its bike components or coffee makers, so after comparing features of the three coffee makers I picked up the B40 from Target.
Setting up and priming the coffee maker for first use was easy. The coffee maker comes with a free 18 cup variety pack. We've had our coffee maker for about 12 hours now. So far I've been impressed with the machine and the coffee we've tried. Its nice to have a fresh cup of coffee when you want it. I'm also interested to see how long we can make a pound of coffee last using My K-Cup.
