When it comes to single serving tea brewing, the community is divided between those who love the ease and convenience provided by T-Discs and K-Cups and those that feel some finesse is lost when tea is put in individual serving pods and brewed through a single cup coffee maker. For today’s post, we are not going to debate the merits of analog tea steeping versus digital single serving tea brewing and instead focus on which single cup system is best suited to meet your tea drinking desires.

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Starbucks has announced their new single serve coffee maker, the Verismo, and many are wondering if Keurig will soon have a serious competitor for their Keurig K-Cup systems. The truth of the matter though is that the Verismo is more similar to the Tassimo T-Discs coffee makers already on the market. While Keurig holds much loyalty in the single serve coffee maker market, the Verismo may well give Keurig stiff competition thanks to the mass brand recognition of Starbucks.

The Verismodoes not...

Shorter days and cooler nights mean one thing to flavored coffee drinkers: Autumn seasonal flavors! The taste of this season is highly influenced by the traditional flavors of Autumn holidays, and these desserts tend to be a combination of enticing spices and seasonally appropriate fruits. These flavors are a natural pairing with coffee at the dinner table and make for a natural pairing in your coffee mug as well.

The number one taste of Autumn seasonal desserts is pumpkin pie, a dessert that...

Readers of this blog know that Wolfgang Puck’s K-Cup coffee line is a perennial favorite thanks to its big flavor and exceptional character. Today’s K-Cup is no exception to this rule. Wolfgang Puck, a chef known for his bold flavors and exquisite taste, has hit it out of the park again with his Jamaica Me Crazy K-Cups.

Wolfgang Puck’s Jamaica Me Crazy K-Cups combine a variety of island flavors with tantalizing gourmet coffee, all in an easy to brew coffee K-Cup for your Keurig machine....

I was not much of a fan of flavored coffee before Keurig came along. I was leery of buying a pound of coffee that I may not like, and generally, if I wanted to flavor my coffee, I turned to a flavored creamer or a flavored syrup, feeling that either one was less of a commitment.

Thanks to Keurig though, I’ve embraced flavored coffee K-Cups. Really, flavored coffee is not all that different from adding flavor after the fact. The flavors that one enjoys in creamer or syrups are simply applied...

K-Cup coffee makers are very popular. Purchasing one, though, can be stressful. They vary greatly in price, yet all use and brew the same coffee. You might be wondering what differentiates one Keurig K-Cup coffee maker from another or what makes a Keurig different from other single cup coffee makers.

Keurig K-Cup coffee makers are unique in the single cup coffee maker world because they have the most extensive selection of coffee refills available. These single serving coffee refills are called...

By now, you have seen them everywhere. Keurig K-Cup coffee makers are in homes, restaurants, and even many hotels. Pod coffee makers have been ubiquitous in hotels, restaurants, and offices for over a decade. Tassimo’s T-Disc coffee makers are gaining a foothold in many coffee serving venues, and it seems that new single cup coffee makers are being developed with regularity.

Single cup coffee makers appear to be the wave of the future when it comes to coffee consumption, so maybe it is time to...

Did you know that some people are still under the impression that decaffeinated coffee somehow sacrifices flavor to remove the caffeine? Today, we are here to disprove this outdated mode of thinking and review Green Mountain Coffee French Vanilla K-Cups. If you are looking for delicious coffee that is decaffeinated and that you can brew in your K-Cup coffee maker, then look no further.

Green Mountain Coffee French Vanilla Decaf K-Cups produce a decaffeinated coffee so sweet and satisfying that...

Is your countertop crowded with a coffee maker and a kettle alongside the many other appliances of daily life? Perhaps you are holding onto your kettle because you prefer loose leaf tea and simply cannot imagine giving up the speed with which a kettle can heat water for steeping tea.

Your Keurig K-Cup coffee maker is capable of replacing that old kettle, though, even if you did not think so before. Keurig machines heat water very quickly, often making them as fast or faster than the average...

When it comes to coffee, Americans tend to prefer speed and convenience over most of the other details that go into coffee brewing, and our coffee consumption tends to reflect this. Our quick coffee preferences have brought about new technologies that suit our desire for efficiency.

Crystallized instant coffees were once the way to a quick morning coffee on your way commute, but we are designing ever more advanced technologies to make a cup of coffee as quickly as possible. These technologies...

Keurig K-Cup coffee makers are showing up everywhere, and many coffee consumers are interested in enjoying the great coffee that comes from K-Cup brewers. However, some are uncertain about how to enter into this new field of coffee production.

Today, we focus on the five key points that go into making your Keurig coffee experience a great coffee experience. With these tips, you can ensure that your investment in a Keurig K-Cup coffee maker yields the best coffee possible from the medium and...

K-Cup coffee fanatics all know that a single flavor of K-Cup is not enough. You want to have a good dark roast, a good light roast, something moderate, something flavored, perhaps a seasonal K-Cup, maybe a favorite seasonal that you’re keeping around to savor later since it’s out of season now, even a decaf, a tea, or a favored hot chocolate. Pretty soon, you find yourself asking, “How do I hold all these K-Cups?”

K-Cup storage devices are the answer. A variety of K-Cup organizers exist to take...

Coffee is good, even great, in most people’s opinions, but caffeine is not always so positively reviewed. Many people want to enjoy their coffee without as much caffeine, and often the only option available is entirely decaffeinated coffee. Green Mountain Coffee has sought to provide a coffee that meets coffee drinkers in the middle, providing a coffee that is mildly caffeinated compared to regular coffee but not lacking in caffeine as decaffeinated varieties are: Green Mountain Coffee Half-Caff...

Keurig K-Cups provide luxury and variety that is unparalleled, but if you are the sort of K-Cup coffee drinker who truly appreciates that luxurious variety, then you probably have an exceptional variety, even quantity of K-Cups, that provide you an excellent and various single cup coffee experience.

This level of variety poses a problem though, one that many a K-Cup coffee drinker has encountered: how does one organize all of these K-Cups? When it comes to simple solutions to this common problem,...

Flavia Fresh Packs are similar to such other single serving beverage media as K-Cups or T-Discs in how they brew a single cup of a select beverage on demand, but what sets them apart is the variety of beverage options available in Flavia Fresh Packs.

With branded flavor options like Mars candies, Flavia Fresh Packs provide a true dessert beverage experience with the ease and convenience of single serving brewing. Beyond that, Flavia Fresh Packs offer a solid variety of coffee and tea options....

Buying K-Cups for the first time can be a surprising experience. The first thing you notice when you buy K-Cups is that the variety of K-Cups is nearly overwhelming. When you are more familiar with buying a pound of coffee and enjoying that until it is gone, the novelty of having myriad coffee options presented to you can be truly stupefying.

The first time you buy K-Cups, you might feel overwhelmed with the selection and be forced to contemplate new brands, unknown regional varieties, even...

If you are like me, then you are always looking for new K-Cups to try when the opportunity presents itself. Generally, this means committing to a whole box of K-Cups that may not be entirely to your liking, you know, the ones that linger around in your K-Cup storage unit gathering dust as you go through newer boxes of K-Cups that you actually like.

CoffeeForLess and Green Mountain Coffee have come up with a great way to get around this problem, and the answer is K-Cup Sampler Packs. These mix...

Celestial Seasonings is one of the largest domestic manufacturers of tea products in the United States, offering tea drinkers a greater variety of all-natural, kosher-certified teas that are certain to tickle your tastebuds. Located in Boulder, CO, they are constantly updating their herbal tea offerings to include herbal, green, white, black, and rooibos teas sourced from around the world.

Beyond all of that, Celestial Seasonings Tea ingredients are sourced from international growers with a...

A recent study published in the journal Circulation Heart Failure appears to indicate that coffee consumption can reduce the risk of heart failure in coffee drinkers. This is great news to the 5.8 million Americans who suffer from heart failure currently and even greater news to those who will suffer heart failure in the near future.

Heart failure is a condition in which the heart is not sufficiently strong to pump blood to the far reaches of the body, and this condition is on the rise as the...

Readers of this blog know that K-Cup coffee has taken the country by storm, showing up in workplaces, homes, and even commercial businesses like restaurants and hotels. The best K-Cup, of course, is the K-Cup that you enjoy most.

Today, we focus on the top K-Cup coffee brands on the market. These coffee roasters package their delicious coffee in K-Cups, making their brand of coffee more accessible to a wider audience than it might have been had their coffee remained a regional favorite.

So without...