Starbucks single serve K-Cup portions give coffee lovers who have the Keurig Brewer the option of having their favorite beverage right at home or the office without setting foot outside the door. able in K-Cups for the Keurig brewer. Currently available through retailers, the Starbucks K-cups will be offered on the Green Mountain Coffee website early in the 2012. Varieties include: House Blend. French Roast, Breakfast Blend and Sumatra, to list a few.
An advantage of the Keurig single serve brewer is that you can buy an insert that enables you to, in effect, make your own reusable K-Cups.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues to make headlines. Whether or not the latest cap works, our hats are off to the National Wildlife Federation, on the front lines, helping assess the damage and providing valuable resources to restore vulnerable nesting and breeding grounds. We also tip our caps to Green Mountain Coffee® a company that believes in working together for a common goal. Several of their coffees, including National Wildlife Blend and National Wildlife Blend Decaf, were developed to support a nonprofit partner with goals and values similar to our own. You can find out more about NWF’s on-the-ground response to the wildlife emergency in the Gulf, or lend your support to NWF’s efforts by purchasing National Wildlife Blend today, available in K-Cups or bags.
Perhaps by now you have been convinced of the fabulousness of single serve coffee brewers. There are a several different makes and each one brings something different to the cup. One of the benefits of the Keurig single serve brewer is the impressive selection of different beverages that its parent company, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, has available. Some of the newer offerings include the Emeril’s Vanilla Bean BAM, an infusion of lush Vanilla in a coffee that is bold enough to start with. There are other flavored coffees that are bold as well as flavored. And if you drink decaf, there are quite a few decaf brews to choose from, including a few that are strong enough to almost make you forget you are drinking decaf. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters recently acquired Timothy’s Coffee, so now, in addition to their own GreenMountain line, GMCR now includes Tully’s Coffee, Newman’s Own, Caribou Coffee and Timothy’s, which brings us the very strong Emeril’s coffees
GMCR also brings out seasonal blends to match the mood of a specific time of year. For summer, there is Green Mountain Coffee’s Summer Safari Blend ( a spirited blend of South American and East African coffee) and The Perfect Peach in K-Cups. These flavors may be fleeting but a new season will bring a new blend. There are five seasons of Limited Edition Fair Trade coffees at GMC, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Holidays, which offer special coffees (usually, one regular and one flavored) created to represent the feeling of that time of year.
Holiday: Gingerbread, Spicy Eggnog, Holiday Blend (November through December)
Winter: Golden French Toast and Wicked Winter Blend (January through the middle of March)
Spring: Island Coconut, Spring Revival Blend (End of March, through May)
Summer: The Perfect Peach, Summer Safari Blend (June through August)
Fall: Pumpkin Spice, Autumn Harvest Blend (September through the beginning of November)
GMCR also released their Limited Edition Fair Trade Spring Revival Blend featuring, for the first time, Rwandan Fair Trade coffee to support the revitalization of Rwanda. They also recently announced their intention to convert two of their most popular coffees – The GMC Blend and the Vermont Country Blend® - to Fair Trade by Fair Trade Month in October.
By signing up for regular deliveries—you can change the time frame and the selection any time—you reap even more special benefits.To find out more, visit
There is nothing like always having the freshest coffee possible every time you fill your cup. Single serve coffee makers are a dream come true for anyone who loves coffee (and tea and hot chocolate) and enjoys drinking fresh cups throughout the day or night. Making a pot of coffee may make sense sometimes but the reality is a good portion of what’s in the carafe becomes undrinkable in a short time and has to be (or should be) dumped.
Keurig’s new Platinum Single Serve Brewer is quiet and quick (under one minute) and with five cup size options (including one for iced beverages) it brews a fresh streaming beverage equally ready for travel mug or delicate porcelain cup.
There are other helpful features including Auto On/Off, Digital Clock, easily removable drip tray, Adjustable Temperature Control and the "Set Your Favorite Cup Size" option. The removable water reservoir holds up to 60 oz, enough for ten cups.
So yes, the machine is great but how about what you make in it? There are about 200 different varieties of K-cups and enough brands, Timothy’s, Green Mountain Coffee (Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is Keurig’s parent company), Van Houtte, Gloria Jean’s,Coffee People, Newman’s Own, Caribou,Emeril and more with enough types (dark, bold, mild, medium, flavored, decaffeinated--good selection of dark and bold decaf types--we may not want the caffeine but some of us still want rich flavor--, half-caff, Kona, Seasonal, Fair Trade, Organic, etc) to please anyone. Brewing tea in the Keurig is also a pleasure. The tea comes out delicious and there are teas from Celestial Seasonings, Bigelow,Twining’s, and hot chocolates in white, milk or dark.
Another option we especially like is the My K-Cup. Sold separately, you can spoon your favorite loose coffee into the My K-Cup and brew just like you would the disposable K-Cups, only you can wash it and re-use it.
The Keurig Platinum lives up to expectations and more.
Suggested retail price: $169.95
If you are short on space you might consider the mini-Keurig—right at home in vacation homes, cabins, college dorms, boats, RVs, or home office desktops. This machine is simpler than the larger models but the principle is the same. The mini-Keurig heats and brews an 8 ounce cup in under 3 minutes. (You add fresh water for every cup.) This very portable brewer is available in black, white and red.
