Keurig makes some of the most loved coffee makers in the world. They are crafted with care, precision and for durability. Every brewing system that comes out of the manufacturing plant is made to last with the highest quality materials. One of Keurig’s most popular coffee makers is the Special Edition B60 Brewer.
As all Keurig systems are, the B60 Brewer is a single cup brew system. The B60 is for home use only. It has a cool, sleek look that is mostly black with chrome accents. It offers three brew size choices, removable 48 oz. water reservoir, removable drip tray, temperature setting control and a programmable LCD (liquid crystal display) message center.
With over six hundred Amazon testimonials, the Keurig B60 Special Edition is the most popular single serving coffee brewing system on the market. Costing less than one hundred and fifty dollars, the B60 can be used to make coffee, hot chocolate or tea. Additionally, its streamlined shape will fit nicely in smaller kitchens.
The Keurig B60 is versatile enough to use either Keurig’s own patented K-cups, or you can use a coffee filter and use your own coffee. When you opt for the K-cups you’ll find the clean up a breeze. Just take the empty pod out of the machine and throw it away. The Keurig K-cups are also made for teas. You can freshly brew a cup of chamomile tea or create a mug of hot chocolate within a minute of each other with no clean up time in between or afterward.
There is another Keurig called the B-40 Elite Gourmet Single Cup Home Brewing System. This model comes in at under $120, offers the choice of 2 different cup sizes, a 48 oz. reservoir, removable drip tray and one touch technology. This is the slighter smaller version of the B-60 and is perfect for a small apartment or even a hotel room.
Using the K-cups with these machines is the easiest and most convenient way to brew coffee. You can buy packages of 24 pods for approximately $14 directly from the Keurig website, which works out to be less than .60 cents a cup. An alternative online retailer is Amazon.com. They offer 50 pod packs, which usually end up costing less than .50 cents per cup.
Of the hundreds of reviews on Amazon for these brewing systems, most reviewers rate them at 4 or 5 stars out of 5. One of the biggest complaints, however, is the waste the machines create when used with the K-cups. The K-cups use a bioplastic that can be recycled and reused with a different type of coffee if necessary or they can just be thrown away.
There is an independent company (separate from Keurig) that created a cap known as the K-cap. The K-cap recreates the K-cup experience a 2nd time around. Just take off the foil from the used K-cup pod, put in fresh ground coffee and cover with the K-cap. Insert it into the machine as usual and you have another freshly brewed cup of coffee. You can use the same recycled K-cup bottom and the same K-cap over and over. The K-cap is made of a thick durable plastic that is made to seal tightly and get thrown in the recycling bin after many multiple uses. The K-cap can be found online and most often on Ebay.