Keurig My K-Cup Reusable Coffee Filter
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Keurig My K-Cup Reusable Coffee Filter
Customer Review: A Nice Backup, But
Summary: 3 Stars
This thing does what it says it will. As others have said, it is sort of flimsy. I used gourmet, ground coffee (dark) as my test coffee. It honestly tasted pretty watered down, and I would say the results are unspectacular compared to a Mr. Coffee or even the Green Mountain Dark Magic or Double Black Diamond -- my k-cup du jour.
If you like strong coffee and don't want to use k-cups, then get a regular brewer. The effort of tossing a filter on a regular machine is about the same and you can control the strength of the coffee better than this. Filling the whole thing resulted in a relatively weak coffee. My parents may enjoy the strength of it, but for anybody looking for a strong cup of inspiration this simply will lead to disappointment.
Let me also go on a tangent to mention that recycling -- except for cans -- generally is a net loss to the environment due to transportation, sorting, energy, and re-production costs. Landfills account for less than 1% of the total land mass of the U.S. have stringent laws about sealing. Furthermore, they often generate a great deal of gas which is used as alternative energy.
Buy this "eco-friendly" product if you want to feel good about yourself, but don't think you are doing much for the environment.
Customer Review: going back to coffee pot
Summary: 1 Stars
I have used whole-bean coffee that I grind and general Folgers. I have made about 10 cups with this thing. the first 2 or 3 as directed and the rest using the method described by other reviews. I cut the top of a used k-cup and put the metal strainer inside that. I tried tamping the coffee down, and filling with varied rlevels. I always use the smaller 8 oz size.
Best method is with the used k-cup in it. The coffee is still weak and barely drinkable. You waste SOOOO much coffee. You will notice the stream of liquid at first is dark and rick, and then halfway through the cup the stream turns a very light tea-color for the last half of the cup. After you open up the container you will notice a hole through the center of the grinds with barely-used coffee pressed along the sides. With how much coffee you put into this thing - you should have stronger coffee. if you pack too much coffee into it, it will overflow- hot water will run through the dirty cracks and crevices of the machine and into your cup- VERY DISGUSTING. I always watched to make sure the coffee came from the filter and not the outer edge.
Bad design. Most of the k-cups I have tried have been weak to my taste as well. I usually drank French Roast or Black tiger or the like.
Customer Review: Economical but had to adjust the filter
Summary: 4 Stars
The filter is very econimical for your favorite brand, but you will have to improvise so you won't get the water down muddy looking coffee that it gives you. I use it with my Cuisinart SS700. I like my coffee with full flavor specially since I love my expresso. I saw that everyone had the same issue, but what what I did was take one of the used k-cups, pour out the grinds, remove the inner filter, and cut the top off right at the line. Since it has the one hole at the bottom I added another hole to the opposite side using the K-cup holder with the needle. Now I took the my k-cup filter and placed it inside the used k-cup. I filled with grinds and proceeded as normal and I got a great cup of coffee that tasted perfect. I used it for a 8 oz cup but if you want a strong flavor just make it a 6oz cup if your machine has the option. For those that said it splashed everywhere I have not had that problem. Maybe it's because I added the second hole to the opposite side. I did not cut out the mesh or slice it as some were doing, leave it alone. I also tried it with coarse grinds and still had a great cup and no messy spalsh. Hope that helps some of you and enjoy your great cup of joe. Save some of your used k-cups for spare just in case but the one lasts a long time anyways.Customer Review: A rubber washer fixed the problem
Summary: 4 Stars
I tried a suggestion that fixed the problem. Put A 1/2 inch rubber washer in the well in the top of the lid surrounding the opening. This creates a tighter seal & prevents the water from leaking out. Make sure the hole in the washer is slightly wider than the opening in the lid & is fairly flush with the top.
I also tried the tip from J.C. Wallace from Texas Gulf Coast (Nov 6, 2010), and it worked. Thanks J.C.!
Here's what J.C. suggested:
Open up the lid and remove the filter basket, and look at the needle that delivers the water to the basket. You will see a black rubber gasket near the needle tip. Before you make your first cup, carefully grab the gasket on both sides and lower it until it is almost to the bottom of the needle (do not remove it completely, it is difficult to put back on). Once the gasket is positioned properly, load up the basket with coffee and hit the brew button. *With the gasket repositioned, the needle will seal tightly in the hole at the top of the filter basket, and you will have no more leaks.
*ETA: The only problem is, the gasket may reposition itself & you may have to pull it down again, especially after making a sealed, prepacked K-cup
Customer Review: Economical, Ecological but not all that....
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this reusable filter for the same reasons as many other reviewers noted, along with the fact that I really like the brand of coffee that I use in my regular machine and it's not available in a K cup.
But I was pretty disappointed with the reusable filter. It is difficult to get the coffee grounds into it without spilling, but that was not my biggest issue. The coffee that it brewed was muddy, as is most coffee not filtered through paper. I even went so far as to carefully empty a used K cup and filled it with my own coffee and that resulted in a very tasty cup of coffee without any muddiness whatsoever. The K cups have a paper filter in them! I wrote to customer service to see if they had any plans to come out with a tiny little paper filter for the reusable filter, but they said no. That would be the answer! I did make my own from a standard filter, but cutting it down and fitting it in there was tricky and time consuming and I gave up! Keurig is missing the boat on a great product by not producing teeny little paper filters! I do use regular tea bags with my Keurig brewer though. Just pop them in the same spot you would put a K cup. Works great, much less expensive and environmentally more friendly!