Recently,
my sister-in-law approached me looking for a good Keurig coffee
maker for her classroom. No, she was not looking to caffeinate her
students; she was looking to enjoy a quality cup of K-Cup coffee at
work without having to leave her classroom and duties to go to the
teachers’ break room. She and her husband enjoy their Keurig single
cup coffee maker at home, and she thought that the machines were so
clean and efficient that she could have one, perhaps, at her
desk.
Just
like Starbucks before them, coffee pods and K-cups have
revolutionized the beverage world, allowing at-home coffee lovers
the same high quality roast they normally buy in cafes.
With a small initial investment, daily coffee drinkers can reap
hundreds of dollars of value using single serving machines made by
manufacturers like Keurig and Tassimo. Whereas K-Cups remain
a popular, albeit less environmentally friendly option, coffee pods
are gaining popularity due to their ease, simplicity...
A
recent survey found some surprising information
about American coffee habits, and one of the most shocking details
revealed in the survey rung loudly after this week’s earlier iced
chai latte post. Apparently 60% of Americans freely admit to
spending upwards of five dollars on a single iced coffee, and
additionally, 34% of Americans have never even made an iced coffee
themselves.
Folks, we need to correct this. Iced coffee is one of the
easiest warm weather treats to enjoy, and with the...
Oregon Chai
Tea is a fantastic option if you are looking for an instant chai
that is full-flavored and spicy but available to enjoy nearly on
demand. Oregon Chai Tea is spiced and milky, making it perfect for
serving over ice, since it has flavor strong enough to hold up to
the watering down that occurs when served over ice.
Perhaps
you are yearning for a cool day to dive into that winter-time treat
you love so much, or perhaps you are just a chocoholic with a daily
yearning for a cocoa-rich treat. Whatever the case, iced chocolate
is a perfect treat for a hot day.
Surely, you have heard of iced tea and iced coffee. Iced
chocolate works off the same premise. Take a hot beverage that you
love and serve it over ice to make it warm weather appropriate.
This works great with hot chocolate, and with a Keurig coffee
maker,...
Vietnamese coffee is popular both in its native Asia and in the
Americas thanks to Vietnamese-Americans popularizing both the hot
and iced versions of this coffee preparation. It may seem ironic,
but Vietnam is one of the world’s top coffee producers, having
taken to the practice after the colonial French introduced coffee
to Vietnam.
The video below is making the rounds on the Internet and
provides an excellent introduction to this quality coffee
preparation.
You’ve seen
them around: the little plastic cups that hold the technological
magic that makes Keurig K-Cup coffee makers work, K-Cups. The K-Cup
is becoming ubiquitous in homes, offices, and even hotels across
the United States. Keurig Coffee Makers and their K-Cup coffee
refills are taking the country by storm. Is it time you joined the
K-Cup Coffee Revolution?
Just imagine this utopia: you get out of bed, stumble into your
kitchen with coffee on the mind, and all you need do is pop a K-Cup
into...
Single
cup coffee makers are here to stay. Americans from coast to coast
are taking to the convenience, variety, and time-saving
single cup coffee makers at a pace that few
expected. It could be the efficiency of the machines, or it could
be the freshness of the coffee, but one thing is for certain, we
all seem to love our single cup coffee.
CoffeeForLess has your back, America. If you are looking for
great deals on single cup coffee makers or are looking for the best
prices on the K-Cups,...
Mother’s Day
is May 13th, making now a great time to be thinking
about gifts for mom. CoffeeForLess offers a great variety of gift
options for Mother’s Day. We carry gift baskets for a variety of
tastes and a number of excellent coffee gifts under $100.
So, maybe think of trying something a little different this year
from the regular old flowers, and give your mother a gift that
anyone can enjoy. Coffee makes a great gift because it is one of
the finer things in life, like a good bottle of wine...
The
unprecedented heat wave that overtook the United States in March of
this year has some already yearning for iced coffee in the early
days of spring. If you are one of those iced coffee fanatics, then
today’s post is just for you. Today, we unpack a great procedure
for brewing perfect iced coffee from your K-Cup coffee maker.
While K-Cup iced coffee is not that different from regular iced
coffee, the array of options available to K-Cup coffee drinkers
truly takes iced coffee to the next level....
Being
on a budget doesn’t mean you want to sacrifice convenience or
quality for cost necessarily, and coffee is definitely one of those
things in life where quality matters. So, if you are on a budget
and shopping for the best single cup coffee maker for you, then read on.
Today, we evaluate some of the competitively cheap single cup
coffee makers on the market today.
By comparing the features available on the Melitta One:One
Coffee Maker, the Senseo Single Cup Pod Coffee Maker, and the
Keurig...
K-Cups are convenient and offer a great variety, but what of
those of us who like a scoop of espresso in our French roast or who
like to enhance our coffee with natural flavorings in the actual
brewing process? The answer is the reusable K-Cup, a refillable multi-use K-Cup filter
for Keurig K-Cup coffee makers.
Personally, I like to control my coffee experience as much as I
enjoy the freedom to explore different coffees that the Keurig
machines provide. So, while the reusable K-Cup is not my...
The
single serve coffee world is abuzz with news that
Starbucks and Walmart have announced plans to release their own
proprietary
single serving coffee maker. This has some wondering what the
ubiquitous Starbucks and the ever-cheap (both in price and quality)
Walmart entering the single serving coffee market means for those
of us who are already quite attached to our Keurig or Tassimo
Machines.
Currently, single serving coffee makes up just eight percent of
the coffee sales nationwide, leading...
Keurig K-Cup coffee makers have long been known for their ease
of use and the unprecedented coffee convenience that they offer.
These single serve coffee makers use K-Cup refills to make a single
cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate at a time. Some even suggest
that they are some of the easiest coffee makers to use on the
market today.
Now, a video is making the rounds on the Internet showing just
how easy Keurig K-Cup coffee makers really are. This video shows
that Keurig coffee makers are so...
A question that I am often asked once people know that I blog
about single cup coffee makers is which one is right for the person
asking the question. It’s not an easy question to answer. Every
coffee drinker has their likes and dislikes, their expectations and
standards, and even their set methods of coffee consumption.
K-Cups offer Keurig coffee maker owners a wide range of coffee
options, making them one of America’s favorite single cup coffee
products. Few realize, though, that K-Cups also offer one of the
best selections of decaffeinated single cup coffees available
today.
Decaffeinated
K-Cup coffee is great because many coffee brewing environments
don’t need a whole pot of decaf coffee brewed every time one person
wants a cup of decaf. This makes brewing a single serving of decaf
K-Cup coffee ideal.
Single
serve coffee brewers are all the rage, and while we have covered
some of the differences between the various brands of
single serve coffee brewers and their refills, we have not
really discussed the more traditional coffee maker features on
these single serve coffee brewers and how they match up to
one another.
Today, we discuss the features that traditional make a coffee
maker a quality machine and which single serve coffee brewers match
up to traditional standards. Certainly, coffee...
The profusion
of such prepackaged single serving coffees as coffee pods, T-Discs, and
K-Cups has left many of today’s coffee drinkers a bit perplexed as
to which kind of single cup coffee will work in their coffee maker.
While Tassimo T-Discs and Keurig K-Cups are proprietary refills for
their specific branded coffee makers, many coffee pods are capable
of being used in any pour over or drip coffeemaker.
This universal functioning alongside the
convenience of a prepackaged paper filter and...
Students everywhere know that coffee is part of the
lifeblood of any college or university campus. All-nighters, group
study sessions, and even just making it to that morning class that
you regret signing up for but are really interested in all call for
a steaming hot mug of coffee. Coffee is the brain-fuel of academia,
but rarely does your average young scholar have need of a big pot
of coffee.
Proprietary single serve coffee makers are
flooding the market, and while each may have its own character or
advantages, the sheer number of them may confuse the consumer. This often leads to the question: which is
the best single serve coffee maker? It is not an easily answered
question, as it is a bit like asking someone the best coffee.
Everyone has a different answer because coffee is such a personal
experience, such a subjective preference, that we all consider our
intimate perspective on...