Keurig coffeemakers - Worth the $$$$?

It's taken a while, but I keep finding more & more common ground with Azrael.

 

FYI: I bought my wife a Keurig two Christmases ago and she loves it. Still uses it multiple times every day. One thing, if you are looking for a good cup of hot chocolate to warm you up make sure to avoid any and all Kuerig hot chocolates like the plague. Terrible.

 

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Coffee thread? Common grounds.

 

run the Keurig once absent tea and coffee into your tea cup, let the cup get warm, spill out the water and brew a cup of tea.

I've made lots of tea with the Keurig, too. Both loose and bag. pack the loose tea into the K-Cup filter like you would coffee.

 

I forgot about the tea and hot chocolate you can brew with it. My wife loves tea, and we go through a ton of hot chocolate from pretty much October through March.

That seals it. I'll get her that and the filter insert thing. The same model is actually a few bucks cheaper on the Keurig site, with free shipping and a free dozen assorted K-cup flavors.

It's $150 for a coffeemaker, which is a lot, but it will definitely get used, and I've blown more money on more frivilous things in the last year, so what the heck.

 

I haven't tried it, but my two employees love the hot chocolate out of the Keurig.

 

get it at bed bath and beyond with their 20% off coupon

 

Or at Kohls. They have 20 percent off coupons all over the place and carry at least 5 different Kuerig models, including the more inexpensive $109 model (which works great).

 

Not to thread-jack (I'm not a k-cup fan) but what're some recommendations on grinders? I should add one to my Christmas list. I've got a cheapo little blade grinder now, which does the job in an 'anything is better than pre-ground coffee' way, but I'm told I don't know what I'm missing as far as the quality I could get with a better one.

 

I'll be honest, I barely know anything about home equipment/machines as I really only deal with commercial equipment.

The fact that I have a Keurig is sort of fluke. I ended up getting it for free.

But, I do trust these folks to do a good job picking the equipment they sell:

http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/products/merch#brewing-grinders

This one is only $100.00: http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/product/merchandise/capresso-infinity-grinder

For $199.00, you can get the grinder, a chemex, an electric kettle, ans some coffee:

http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/product/merchandise/basic-brew-box

 

The box set looks amazing.

My only hesitation is a fear I'd break the glass pot.