Pour Over Coffee...

My Keurig actually stopped pumping water after about 3 weeks of use. I googled it and found a simple little trick. The little hole behind the thing that pierces the top of the k-cup can become clogged with coffee grounds. Makes sense when you think about it. A paper clip or pipe cleaner turned around in there makes it pump like new!

 

Nancy that's about the same thing to do with a FitBit...clean the little connectors with a paperclip. Thank goodness paperclips are ubiquitous and beyond cheap.

Now back to our regular program...

Being a died in the wool tea drinker, I only came to coffee in the past few years via espressos in Italy. Now we have a Nespresso for our 3pm espressos. He's a Starbucks Sunatra drinker (gag....) and has his own pot for daily infusions. I occasionally wanted a cup of that sign of fall PumpkinSpiceLatte! So used a French press for a while and also made iced coffee in the summer. All decaf with Stevia so in effect...flavored water.

Then my college-aged grandson said he didn't use his Keurig and gave it to me. We went the route of various pods and those little gadgets that allow you to use your own coffee. Well my dh ended up spilling grounds all over...men!...and he went back to pods. Then the Keurig died (it had originally spent a year in Afghanistan with my son and really got heavy duty use) so I googled a machine that could make pods AND fresh grounds. So far we both like it a lot, though lazy man still wants his pods. Hamilton Beach Single Serve, Flex Brew.

 

I, like @lorryfach , googled. I also own a single-serve pour over cone thing, and have used that for camping... though I thought you had to use instant coffee, which is why I wouldn't dream of using it every day. Nasty!
I drink a full pot of coffee by myself, and share another with my husband almost daily. On the weekends, sometimes one more than that. pour over for single serve would definitely not be worth the time... but if it tasted better with regular coffee, I could be talked into a larger version.

 

@carrie1977 I love cold brew! I make my own using an old pitcher. I just throw the coffee into the pitcher and fill with water... then I wait (that's the problem with cold brew: you've got to think ahead) and pour the pitcher over a filter into another pitcher. (Those packets make that process a LOT easier: I should look into them!) Then I heat it up when I want it. I haven't made it in awhile. It's nice for parties cuz you can make a ton and keep it warm without worrying about it turning bitter.

 

Nooooo! You don't even need a cone for instant. It just goes right in the water and you dissolve it. I definitely do not use instant in my cone! I make deliciousness with my cone

 

Which Keurig did you have? There was a recall on one of the models for spitting water; I never had the issue, but I got the fix.

I have a Keurig mini-brewer -- one without a reservoir -- for traveling. My home machine is a Cuisnart because I had too many issues with the first two Keurig-branded ones. I took advantage of Costco's generous return policy and settled on the Cuisinart the third time because the person taking my return said, "Not as many of those come back." LOL

I think it's okay that you don't want to use it; I'm sorry you had so much trouble with it. I had to try a lot of kinds/types/brands of k-cup coffee before I found any that I liked -- I don't like the ones that come with the machines, and after getting three machines, I had a lot of them! Now I've found some I like a lot, and since our office remodel included a couple of Keurig machines, I've been drinking coffee at work too (I didn't before they appeared.)

 

I'll remember that, Maureen. My daughter pre-ordered their newest model for me and it is supposed to arrive sometime this month!

 

love this! I have to admit I do not drink coffee...... I'm the only one in my family here to not drink coffee. I'm a green tea snob I order loose leaf tea to make my tea.
We do have a Bunn coffee maker for when we need a large amount of coffee. FOR flavor (what I'm told) we also have a French press &

The men here LOVE it, the AeroPress. I can hear them now, as there is a whole system to it. Put the fresh grounds in pour the not quite boiling water over the grounds (boiling temperature makes the coffee bitter) stir the grounds and coffee for, I'm not even sure, lol, then press right into your cup. The grounds look like a hockey puck when you take it out of the press.
http://video.bedbathandbeyond.com/?v=1217209737

Ha! Watching the video I think my men use more than one scoop.

 

I have a Keurig and love it! I use it every day. BUT for something really nice, I do love brewing French Press coffee. My husband and I have it on Sunday afternoons as a treat.

 

We're Keurig fans, but the Chemex at Williams Sonoma sure is pretty!