Keurig B66 Single Serve Gourmet Coffee & Tea

Keurig B66 is Great!
Let me start by saying that I love coffee. Strong, black, sweet, flavored, espresso. That being the case, I know when coffee taste bad, or bitter. My mother-in-law bought this machine and while were at her house for the weekend, i had several cups of coffee. They were all very good and i enjoyed the fact that it was mess free and took under 1 minute to brew the single cup. I liked it so I started doing some research at home after the weekend was over and found positive and negative reviews about it. The most negative things I found were1.)Environmental – What can you say here, basically everything man does impacts the environment adversely. You have to pick your battles.2.) Coffee quality – Some say the coffee is weak. I must say that whoever thinks that the coffee is weak is either buying the wrong blend or does not have taste buds. Like any coffee you buy in the store there are different blends, all the way from light to extra bold. So if you expect the light blend on the largest mug size to take your breathe away you are mistaken. Like strong coffee? Try Newman’s Own – Extra Bold. Even at the 9.25 oz cup it is a strong cup of coffee. Drop the mug size to 7.25 or 5.25 and your coffee mug will grow chest hair! Once you fine a flavor you like, you are set, and trust me it wont take long to find one you like. Don’t get me wrong there are a few roasts I will never drink again, but these are the same blends that I also pass up in the grocery store coffee isle. Go figure? Who new French roast still tastes like French roast in a K-Cup?3.) Noise – Has anyone heard a coffee pot gurgle as the coffee is made, or the microwave as it warms your food, or perhaps the dishwasher, or garbage disposal. They are all silent Kitchen appliances right? Wrong, all appliances make some noise, and the Keurig is no different. It has a low audible sound as the pump draws up the water and you can hear as the coils heat your water to a steamy 192 degrees Fahrenheit. And as the cup of coffee is completed it blows air through the end of the dispenser to clean the tip of the machine. But all of these are well withing the normal limits of what you would expect from a kitchen appliance. In other words it is no louder then when you turn on the water at the faucet.4.) Coffee Selection – Okay so it doesn’t have Starbucks. Cry me a river. Fortunately for all those Starbucks lovers out there (me included) Keurig has developed the insert so you can grind and use your own coffee grounds from your favorite coffee maker brand. Just insert it like you would a K-Cup in the machine and in the same amount of time you have your favorite cup ready to go. I have found you can fit around 2.5 scoops of coffee grounds in the filter, (you have to leave a little room so it doesn’t overflow). But even on the largest setting 9.25 oz it is 2.5 scoops to a cup, and it can make a stout cup of coffee! There is also over 200 different blends to try. And you can buy the sample packages to try different ones without having to buy a 12 or 18 pack of something you may not be fond of.The water reservoir holds 48 oz which in practical terms makes 5-6 9.25 oz cups of coffee. But this doesn’t seem to be an issue, because your water never sits in the reservoir very long, not really letting it get stale.Overall it is an excellent machine, and makes great coffee. If you are looking for a quick, easy way to make coffee that taste great, this would be the machine. Since this machine comes with the water filter, two tablets and 75 K-Cups this is a bargain not worth passing up.

Way too temperamental!
I’ve had mine for several years. It worked well for about six months. Since then, it’s like dealing with an extremely difficult and volatile child. You never know what type of behavior you’re going to get today. Will it brew at all? Only a partial cup? How long will I need to stand there waiting? If I followed the display, I’d be de-scaling it at least weekly. (Since I use only RO water, there really aren’t minerals to create scale, and it is only used to make one cup per day.) I’ve used every trick I could find on the internet to convince it to behave, with limited success. The only reason it’s still here is because I buy my k-cups in bulk and always seem to have an excess when it really starts acting up, and I hate adding to the landfill. (I recycle my k-cups.) Now that nothing seems to be helping, we’re going to use up the last of our k-cups and call it a day. I love the concept, but I will not buy another Keurig. Starting off each day with a exercise in frustration has long lost it’s charm.

WOW….
…this is a great coffee machine! Brews a perfect cup every time. I love that every cup is fresh, not old and scorched from sitting on a hot plate. And with each serving sealed, they stay fresh until brewed. The only downside is the cost per cup (that’s what kept me from giving 5 stars). But by buying the bulk boxes from Amazon using the subscription service (you can go in and change the subscription to something new each month) I have the cost down to $0.36 a cup, still a little high compared to Folgers but no comparison on taste and freshness.If you can, get this brewer, you won’t be disappointed!