Need help buying single cup coffee maker

[treman]

My wife and I use a French press. You can make as much(I think ours will do up to 36 oz per brew) or as little as you like. It's pretty simple and basic. Lots of brands some are trash but a decent one with a good stainless mesh screen won't set you back much more than a box of K cups will. Those things are expensive.

 

[Big Barn]

I like my Jura. One touch. Grinds, brews and self cleaning. Great for single cups.

Terry

Edit: No idea why this photo shows right side up on iPad mini but upside down on iPhone

 

[Shimon]

Another option is to get an instant hot water tap and use instant coffee. There are very good instant coffees these days. Starbucks has some good ones as well as other brands. Advantage of this method is you always have boiling water at the touch of a finger for coffee, tea, soup, cooking etc... Great for a very quick single cup of coffee.

Don't buy the InSinkErator brands...had a couple and they fail quickly and won't sell you replacement parts. Bough a Quick & Hot brand from Costco mail order and it's been working for 8 years with no problems: Quick & Hot Instant 190 Degree Hot Water Dispenser with Faucet

Not a solution for everyone..but it is an option. I use ours every single day and wouldn't live without one.

 

[Looking4new]

I have two French Presses. One is a single cup and the other one is a quart. I run espresso coffee in them. 3 scoops for the quart (I like my coffee strong), one for the single cup. You can make a single cup in the one quart press.

 

[dieselalles]

We bought a Keurig B145 Office Pro for $129 back in November 2011. It's a no-frills, commercial version that delivers single cup servings reliably. I liked it so much, I bought my mom and sister one the following year for Christmas. And all continue to work without interruption. I noticed that Amazon has them for around $118. Forget the frills if you don't need them. And forget the "K" cups. We bought a bunch of the Ekobrew Elite stainless steel single serving containers. They are hinged and will last practically forever. Yeah, the little single serve cups are about $10 apiece up front, but it lets me buy my favorite coffee at Wal-Mart and serve it up every day. I figure my wife and I have brewed around 8,000 cups of coffee thus far and it's still going strong.

 

[sixdogs]

With the Keurig B145, can I buy off the shelf k-type cups that aren't Keurig products/licensed and have them work?

 

[RobertBrown]

I like my Jura. One touch. Grinds, brews and self cleaning. Great for single cups.

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I have a Black and Becker, got it at Wal mart... I suppose...makes great coffee, if you know how to operate it

 

[Nik]

I recently bought a Technivorm Moccamaster model KB-741. I use it to make 1 10 ounce cup of coffee every morning for my travel mug and car ride into work. Can brew just 1 to several cups as desired. This company also makes a single cup one 10 ounces but I like the one I bought as can vary from 1 to 5 or 6 cups. Read reviews on this coffee maker and it is highly rated but not cheap. It is a drip coffee maker. I did not like the Keurig coffee maker we had as all brands off coffee I tried had an acidic subpar taste. I have used different brands in this new coffee maker and they come out very well.

The key to good coffee is the brewing water temperature and this brand does it right.

 

[dieselalles]

I looked at the reviews on the B145 on Amazon. It looks like on the newer models they changed the basket so it has two plastic fins that extend to fit the new Keurig "K" cups. No electric eye to read the edge of the cup like on the consumer models i.e. "Keurig 2.0". They are saying you can trim those two fins down to the same height as the others fins in the basket and it will then take the Ekobrew metal baskets or any other 3rd party basket for that matter. I wouldn't hesitate in a minute to do this because I like the brewer so much. Others might think it would void the warranty. But if you've got to send the thing back in, you can just buy another basket for it.

 

[Piston]

For anyone that uses a French press, try the Finum Brewing Basket on Amazon for about $12.

It's much quicker and easier to clean, and is basically the same method of brewing.

I did a taste test with 3 of my co workers and none of us could tell any difference in the two methods.

I used one for over a year every day and was very happy with it up until switching to the Aeropress.