- 1500-watt single-serve brewing system for gourmet coffee or tea
- Uses patented K-Cups; no messy grinding or clean up
- Removable 48-ounce water reservoir; removable drip tray
- 2 brew-size options; 2-hour automatic shut-off; descale indicator
- Measures 13-1/4 by 10 by 13 inches; 1-year limited warranty
Product Description
Elite – Single serve coffee system, makes single cup of coffee or tea in 40 seconds, no measuring, no mess , no clean up. Removable water tank, brews coffee and tea @ 195 degrees. Gourmet coffee and tea offering with over 100 selections. Makes an 8 once cup of fresh, hot and consistent coffee and tea using Keurig’s patented K-Cups. Removable drip tray to accommodate most travel mugs… More >>
KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid.
Packaged one cup coffee makers.
$100 to create landfill in used $$$ K-cups? A tiny cup of coffee. One size coffee only?
I enjoy gadjets. Example: Commercial salmon fisherman for a season. I have managed a bakery coffee shop with toys for boys. The Hobart 32 quart mixer is a blast. Espresso machines are fun to operate yet a mess to clean. Fun to have free Double Mochas.
On the other spectrum i was a river raft guide. We heated water in a porcelain pot. Added coffee. Let it sit four minutes. Swung the pot around about ten times to settle the grinds. Added a bit of cold water to unsuspend the last grinds. Poured carefully. The idea fit in with the trip.
I looked at Keurig, Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) as an investment. Most likely as a Short sale. I planned on buying one only for a test until I read Amazon reviews. No need to bother buying and returning it.
The five star? “It does not taste like instant coffee.” At $100 and buying the $$$$ cups i hope not.
The one star. It rattles, makes noise, gets mold and breaks after a year.
OKAY make this a short sale. Other reviews wrote the K-cup was not watered fully.
Starbucks will tell you the best coffee is from a French Press. I had tried this years ago with failure. The beans must be ground very coarse. The filtering is the same as the metal drip filters. Meaning grind it at the store not with a home grinder unless you pay $100 for a good model.
A press is $20 to $45. Bodum makes the best. Starbucks contracted with Bodum to make the Art Deco model. Stailess steel with crafted cutouts. Clear Lucite handle and top.
A press is the smallest coffee maker. Also the simplest while offering complete control. No electricity required. You can use it camping and during power outs if you have a gas stove. Visiting friends and family i take it along.
At home you can move it off the counter to free space.
Simple action:
Boil water in a pan. Add coffee to the Press. Add the water. Stir. (A bamboo chopstick works best.) Steep four minutes. Press it. Pour the cup and the remainder into a caraf.
If the few small grinds bother you then pour into a caraf first and decant it. If the coffee is bitter then reduce the steeping time.
You control the amount of water, coffee and brewing time. Easy to make a half cup. No cost in filters.
A press also makes a milk frother. I use a Mexican Molinino $4.50 or a separate frother press i got at Goodwill $2.25. I use my smallest press an Rx drug rep present for draining Sauerkraut for Ruben sandwiches.
(Yes i have a tortilla press also and every simple gadget made.)
Cleaning a press is simple. Pull out the glass caraf and press. Wash the glass container. Rinse the press part. Either a quick rinse or a simple spin and the filter parts come about. Without separating them do a rinse and screw it back together loosely.
Hold the shaft and spin the filter. Wash, then reverse in one continous motion.
No cost even for filters. The full oils are present. Coffee is used most efficiently. No trash of filters or K-cups.
There are a few powdered “grinds” in the botton of the your cup. Decanting solves this or separate your fresh coffee by size. Use the small particles for Espresso or drip.
A hint on retail coffee drinking. At Starbucks two large Venti are $1.95 x 2 = $3.90. You can order a pressed coffee eight cup equivalent for $3.50. Employees appreciating you know your coffee will give you ceramic cups.
The best part is you choose any coffee at the same price. SBUX will open a for sale pack. I get the $16 a pound which would cost about $2.50 to $3.00 if i bought the pound of coffee. Each time i can get a different coffee. Most important as Starbucks is pushing that horrid Pike Place Market brew. It tastes the way the Seattle Pike Market smelled in 1967.
Rating: 1 / 5
Keurig B40 Elite Gourmet Single-Cup Home-Brewing System
i bought this for my wife for x-mass so i dont know how well it works. with the way she is ranting about how bad she wants one i must be great. ty -
Mark A. Garibay
Rating: 4 / 5