Keurig Coffee Makers

Here is how K-Cup machines work:

You insert the k-cup of your choice into the top of the machine, fill the water tank with water, select the size of the cup you want made and then start the brewing process.

The brewer then heats up the water and punctures small holes into the top and bottom of the k-cup. Hot presurized water is then forced into the cup.

Inside each k-cup is a paper filter holding the coffee and an air gap underneath between the filter and the bottom of the cup.

The water passes through the coffee and then through the filter to emerge  into the gap at the bottom, where the holes punctured into the cup allow the coffee to emerge.

The beauty of this system is that the cups are pre-measured, so you can't accidently put in too much or too little coffee (using the wrong amounts is the main reason most home brewed coffee doesn't taste as good as that found in a coffee bar).

K-cups come in hundreds of different varieties of coffee (and tea and hot chocolate). Once your coffee is brewed, you simply remove the cup and dispose of it, which means there is less mess making coffee with this brewer than with other types of coffee maker.

Here are the range of Keurig coffee brewers and how they differ from each other:

Keurig B60 Special Edition Single Cup Coffee Maker: This has a 48 ounce reservoir and you can brew three different sizes of coffee: 5.25 ounces, 7.25 ounces, and 9.25 ounces. 

Keurig B70 Platinum Single Cup Coffee Maker: This has a 60 ounce reservoir with the option of brewing five different sizes of cup ranging from 3.25 ounces to 11.25 ounces. It has an iced beverage setting so you can make iced coffee if you want.

Keurig B30 Mini Coffee Maker: This comes in two colors, black and red. The water tank is small - it's just enough to brew a single 8 ounce cup of coffee. It's for those who don't have a lot of space in their kitchens or who just need to brew a single cup.

All the machines come with a 1 year limited warranty. For prices, see below:

If you want the works (five cup sizes, water filter and so on), go for the Breville. It is made of sturdy stainless steel, unlike the Keurig B70 which is plastic. And the power of it's pump means it makes really high quality coffee.

If you want a mini brewer, then I would choose the Keurig B30.

You may also be interested in the following pages on tassimo coffee makers, other single cup coffee makers , thermos bottles and on stainless steel coffee presses.