K-Cup coffee users

[Chef Duane]

I'm no coffee connoisseur and went the cheap route. 1000 W heating element — heats water quickly for a single cup. Draws about 8–9 amps at full power. If I’m off grid I plug it into a Bluetti Elite 100v2. Handles it fine. It’s just me so I usually just brew one cup in the morning.

 

[Ken & Sheila]

We had a full sized Keuric machine. But we didn't used it much and since always has water in the machine (versus in the reservoir) the water would get funky so you had to clean it or at least run a cup of hot water before brewing a cup of coffee. We gave it away.
Recently we bought a Keuric Barista machine. Maybe a little bigger than the mini, but it lets you brew shots up to 12 ozs. It also lets you adjust the strength. In addition it will brew extra strong coffee for Iced coffee and it comes with a frother.
But best of all, no water is stored in the machine, all water is stored in the reservoir ( I believe this is also true for the mini).
An its small enough to take with us in a new small motorhome.

 

[John From Detroit]

But best of all, no water is stored in the machine, all water is stored in the reservoir ( I believe this is also true for the mini).

The mini does not store water at all. You add water when you go to brew and instead of pumping for so many seconds it pumps itself dry. Put 10 oz of water in and an 8oz cup (I never did that) you get a Mess. (I used a cup large enough to hold more than the machine)

 

[Adventurous Traveler]

Last camping season, we added a single-cup mini to the RV appliances. We have a Mister Coffee drip mounted on the counter for our morning coffee. But, when the weather is really nice and we are in no hurry to go anywhere, we'd have another cup of coffee while relaxing outside and reading. Mini fit the bill instead of making another pot of coffee and wasting half of it.

 

[John From Detroit]

Mini fit the bill instead of making another pot of coffee and wasting half of it.

I have a multi brewer (off brand) can use a fliter and grounds or K-Cups and works like the MINI (no stored water) I also make half a pot on my big 2 quart auto drip.
I also have a poor over (Melita cone filter sits atop the cup) and a french press (Works great for TEA too)

 

[Adventurous Traveler]

Choices are great. Every day is a new day and the opportunity to do something different, starting with your cup of coffee in the morning.

 

[DutchmenSport]

To get a little off topic here, but to offer some cautionary advise....

Several years ago we used nothing but electric coffee makers. We ran through the gauntlet, Krug included. We had an old fashioned non-electric camp fire percolator but I removed it from the camper think we'd never need it.

One morning (many miles from home), the campground lost power. No, we were not equipped with solar and did not have an inverter either.

Now, my wife is an avid coffee drinker and when she got out of bed I thought someone turned the gorilla loose! Coffee! (I don't drink it myself).

I ended up boiling some water on the stove top, used a strainer, put some coffee in it and slowly poured the hot boiling water through the coffee in the strainer. End result.... the "gorilla" turned into a baby "chimp", so sweet and lovable.

Lesson learned ... have a back-up way to make coffee without any electricity.

We eventually purchased a "pour over" glass coffee maker for such occasions. And actually, my wife claims this still makes the best coffee, especially when we grind our own beans.

 

[dabrooks]

This Mainstays from Walmart works great and cost less than half of what other single serve K-cup machine. It also pulls low amps.

Mainstays Black Matte Single Serve Coffee Maker - Walmart.com

Buy Mainstays Black Matte Single Serve Coffee Maker at Walmart.com

www.walmart.com

 

[John From Detroit]

That Wal-Mart unit looks like the "Store brand" (Fred's discount in GA) unit I have.
Likely the same maker... Works well.

 

[DonTom]

That Wal-Mart unit looks like the "Store brand" (Fred's discount in GA) unit I have.
Likely the same maker... Works well.

The one I bought in the Douglas, AZ wally mart crapped out on my third cup (third day). All it now does is route the water to the bottom and makes a wet mess.

-Don- Dragoon, AZ

 

[John From Detroit]

The one I bought in the Douglas, AZ wally mart crapped out on my third cup (third day). All it now does is route the water to the bottom and makes a wet mess.

-Don- Dragoon, AZ

Ah Wal*Mart quality.

 

[dabrooks]

My friend and I have both been using ours going on two years. I bought her one because her Honda 2200 wouldn't run her big Keurig. She liked it so well I bought one. Maybe they are junk and we got lucky.

 

[DonTom]

Ah Wal*Mart quality.

It's the Keurig Mini. The Wally*mart sells them, not design them.

-Don- Dragoon, AZ

 

[Adventurous Traveler]

That Wal-Mart unit looks like the "Store brand" (Fred's discount in GA) unit I have.
Likely the same maker... Works well.

Same here with my mini.

 

[Boat Bum]

I bought her one because her Honda 2200 wouldn't run her big Keurig.

I find this unbelievable. The largest Keurig I could find was 1400W.

 

[DonTom]

The Honda 2200 is only 1800 watts continuous at best. Now add elevation, temperature and the BS factor specs and you could be below that 1,400 watts.

-Don- Why, AZ

 

[Boat Bum]

Yes, def a BS factor.

 

[dabrooks]

I find this unbelievable. The largest Keurig I could find was 1400W.

I am not sure what you are implying but when she was off grid using her 2200 Honda as soon as she turned on the Keurig the breaker tripped on the generator.

 

[Boat Bum]

Well, obviously there were other things drawing power at the time. I was implying that a 2200w Honda would absolutely run just a Keurig of any size.

 

[DonTom]

I am not sure what you are implying but when she was off grid using her 2200 Honda as soon as she turned on the Keurig the breaker tripped on the generator.

If the Keurig is in an RV, the converter, refrigerator or other things could be drawing current. It would help to make sure the refrigerator is forced to stay on propane to save a few hundred watts.

But the best way to do it is to disconnect everything from the Honda and connect only the Keurig until the coffee is made. Outside, of course.

-Don- Why, AZ