I got a new coffee maker
WOW this thing is GREAT!!!!! It is a Keurig. It has the pods to choose from ..... We love it
Great for tea, cocoa, soup,instant oatmeal ect. Of course its from QVC. Got a real good price too. It came with 3 boxes of pods all different plus a coupon for 2 more free boxes of 60. All together 120 different kinds, and they are on sale at bed bath and beyound! I also have a 20% off for it. It also came with a filter to use your own coffee. It only takes 1 min to brew. Love it  |
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| I have seen these!! The community center on the base has one. I saw them at Bed bath and beyond... I think they are really cool. I wondered if it would end up costing more to but the pods than it does to get a pound of coffee...
but if you can use your own coffee... that's really really cool! Let me know in a while if you find any quirks with it. I may just have to go get one after the holidays! |
| My (83-year old!) dad found a company and buys the K-Cups online for about $10 a box including shipping. When you're ready for more cups let me know and I'll get a link from him!
He loves it too, and it is soooo convenient. I prefer my coffee on the weak side, so I always use a large measuring cup and run each K-Cup through the machine twice on the large cup setting. I get two good-size mugs of coffee from each K-Cup! Enjoy. |
| fun! I've been looking at those individual pod coffee makers and it's nice to hear a good review.
Ron...weak coffee? The stronger the better! |
Saw the commerical for it I believe.....Looks really cool. I was thinking about getting one.  |
| My Mom was talking about those the other day. She said they had one in their room when they were in Italy last month and she really liked it. I found one at Target and may get her one for Christmas. Daddy doesn't drink coffee, so she doesn't need to make much.
I prefer fresh ground beans, so I have one that grinds fresh each time you make a pot of coffee.  |
| Oooh, Tammy, I prefer fresh ground too. I just saw a coffee maker that does everything for you all in one machine, I think from Cuisinart. I think I have to have my machine get a little older before I can justify getting a new one. Although I DO want an espresso machine. mmmmm |
I prefer 'beans to cup' too! But those machines do look cool. I don't think I drink enough coffee to merit getting a machine really. Must be great to have all those different coffees to try... I would be having caffeine problems for sure  |
| Tammy it came with a special filter so we can grind our own. Thats what we have been doing so its no big deal with this coffee maker. Grind it put it in the filter and bang fresh ground coffee. IN ONE MIN! |
Well now that does sound cool! I must admit I didn't investigate it very carefully. I was looking for a carbon filter for my own machine and saw it on the aisle. I will have to look into it in more detail.  |
barney1 wrote: Oooh, Tammy, I prefer fresh ground too. I just saw a coffee maker that does everything for you all in one machine, I think from Cuisinart. I think I have to have my machine get a little older before I can justify getting a new one. Although I DO want an espresso machine. mmmmm
That's the one I have, Steph. My old machine croaked a few months ago and I went out with the intention of downsizing since I rarely make a whole pot of coffee. Of course, true to form, I came home with a top-of-the-line, bells & whistles, all-in-one machine.  But, I've been loving every minute of it!! |
| Hey Guys... thought I'd pass along this to go with the Keurig...
The site I found: http://www.my-kap.com/MYK/ Simple directions - it seems: http://www.my-kap.com/MYK/KapInstructions.pdf |
| thanks for the info, we use our k-cups twice |
| Funny there would be a thread on coffee here. I'm a nut about three things: sheepdogs (needs no explanation here), antique cars (I have a 1934 Auburn Phaeton and am a docent at a car museum), and coffee.
One step beyond the fresh ground coffee stage is roasting your own green coffee beans fresh. Which I've been doing for about 10 years. It sounds like a lot of trouble but it isn't--you can roast a pound in about 15 minutes. The difference between even specialty coffee and fresh roasted is-- well, you can sure tell. It wasn't until the 1930's that anyone bought ground coffee in the USA when advertising taught us we weren't "modern" if we roasted our coffee beans. Now there are a number of coffee roaster appliances you can buy for home use (I recommend the Behmor). It's cheaper to roast your own too. You can buy green coffee beans for $4-5 a pound or less. The best site for beans, roasters and information is Sweet Maria's. You can get even cheaper green beans at Cate's. Here are the sites if you are looking for something different for Christmas. If anyone wants to see my wife's and my Auburn, I can post a picture if Ron will allow a non OES photo on the forum. http://www.sweetmarias.com/ http://www.catesgreencoffee.com |
| WOW I looked at both sites. How do you choose??? I like breakfast blend.
or a cross inbetween. Not to strong. |
OES Mommy wrote: WOW I looked at both sites. How do you choose??? I like breakfast blend.
or a cross inbetween. Not to strong. There is probably more difference in the degree of roast than where the beans come from although if you get into it you can tell differences in the beans and blends. A typical breakfast blend is a light to medium roast, usually Central American coffees or a blend of them. Any good quality beans from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, etc. will make a nice breakfast blend. Most Americans prefer light to medium roasted Central American coffees at first. Even a fresh roasted coffee that that brewed strong (not dark roasted, there is a difference) will not be bitter unless it is over extracted like a percolator does. My favorite way of brewing coffee is either an old fashioned vacuum pot or a French Press. Drip machines are OK if they get the water temperature high enough-- which most don't. The better Cuisinart machines do as do a couple of European machines like Technivorm. Espresso is a whole different subject. That has to be roasted dark or it will be sour, and those little Krups-type espresso makers don't make real espresso. But that is a whole other subject. |
| Uh oh, I was going to save my $$ for a new camera, now I'm looking at the coffee roaster.
The new single cup coffee machines won't work for me, I prefer larger mugs as I can take the mug with me instead of staying in the kitchen. I agree re: the litte Espresso makers, but I still like what comes out if I'm going to be adding lots of milk...or cream  .
Otherwise a press is fine for a nice mug of black joe. |
rfloch wrote: If anyone wants to see my wife's and my Auburn, I can post a picture if Ron will allow a non OES photo on the forum. Are you KIDDING me? Upload it and post it FOR SURE!
(Even better if it has a slobbery scratchy jumpy sheepie in it! lolol) |
OK, so here is my wife Roseanna and I out for a Sunday drive.
And here is the Auburn parked back at the museum where I volunteer as a docent on Sundays. 
The dogs do ride in the car on rare occasions and when they hang their head out the back window, it seems to attract a fair amount of attention. I'm not sure if its the dogs or the car. I guess it depends upon whose attention is attracted, but no body asks if the dogs are for sale-- especially my clowns. Unfortunately, no one ever took a picture of the dogs in the car. Maybe if there is ever a sheepiefest in Northern California, I will bring the car and the dogs and someone can take one. I'll bring the coffee. (I only said that to stay on topic and so no one thinks I just highjacked this coffee thread.) |
| do you have to buy a coffee roaster? and if you do what ones are the best. |
OES Mommy wrote: do you have to buy a coffee roaster? and if you do what ones are the best.
You can roast beans in frying pan but they tend to scorch so I don't. You can use a cheap "whirly-pop" stove top popcorn popper with a good range hood (beans give off smoke and smell up the house or set off the fire alarm). Or you can use a roaster. I have had several. The one I now use and really like is called a Behmor. It looks a lot like a toaster oven with a wire drum inside and can roast 1/4 lb to about 1 lb. (Most of the little fluid-bed machines can do only 1/4 lb at a time or so). The more beans the more smoke. I use it in the garage. The Hottop is supposed to be the best (programmable) but it costs $900 and that is too much for me and I'm not that geeky about coffee. The Behmor was only about $300 and is basically push a button and listen for the "cracks". Coffee makes a sound like popcorn when it roasts-- actually it pops twice! If you hear the second pop you are going to get a dark roast if you don't stop it soon. |
| Wow - your car is beautiful!! Very cool!!
I'll probably go the "roast your own beans" route, too, eventually. I like the idea of being able to customize everything. Thanks for the links. I need the education. |
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