I have found myself on the losing end of the "We should get a single-cup coffee maker" battle. So, knowing nothing of either Tassimo or Keurig, which is the better system?
I have had a Keurig for almost three years and it is awesome! The availability of the k-cups around here was a little bleak when I first got it (I live in buttfuck nowhere), so I had to order on line. Now most of the local places carry them and the prices have come down considerably. Keurig has a better selection over Tassimo as well. Also, and I cannot speak for Tassimo, but the Keurig as a filter you can use instead of the k-cup so you can use regular coffee too. I say Keurig all the way! Mine has a timer too so I'm not waiting for the thing to heat up in the morning.
The single cup deal is great for home use, and some office settings. If you like to top off your coffee, the pour from a decanter will suit you better. But, if you want a bunch of variety options, or share with someone who prefers half caff, or tea, or whatever, it's nice. I have a Keuring at home and love it. (You can't get Maxwell House for Keuring, though. Kraft owns the Tassimo.) Keuring gives you more options of types / flavors, and if you order the commercial size cups from Staples, it's a good bit cheaper than the Tassimo. By the way, here's a little tip for your Keuring owners: you can get a variety of deals on packages at Walmart, or Bed Bath & Beyond with regular coupons or sales, but generally, you'll pay about $11 for a box of 18 in the standard variety - Green Mountain, Caribou, Newman's Own, etc. (And, you notice that all the pricing is usually similar, they just reduce the count - $11-$12 for Starbucks, too, but only 16 cups; only 12 cups for Cider or Hot Cocoa, etc). And, if you go to Staples.com, you'll see the standard 18 packs when you search. However, they sell the commercial size box of 24 for $12.99, that you can get coupons for every now and then. The only way I've been able to figure out how to find them on the Staples website, is to type in one of the item numbers (Try 707196) in the search box. Then you'll see all the 24-pk ones instea of 18-pk. Ta da.
Ditto. There is only one thing I don't like about it... it doesn't have a "really big coffee mug" setting. I have to run it twice.
We have a Keurig at work and aside from the fact that the cups run expensive, it's great (and perfect for the work environment in which there isn't much time to make coffee, clean the machine, refill the pot, etc, and where we don't need a match in a powderkeg). But you can get refillable cups and some people have adaptors that let you use other manufacturers' single use doodads that cost a lot less. Me, I like Van Houtte's french roast. Really like it. In other news, I'm going to Strasbourg this weekend. I'm living in Germany and yet am going to France to eat sauerkraut. But it'll be nice to be somewhere I speak the language again. The weekend after will be Prague, I think.
This is true - but, I ignore this so I don't have to pack my own bowl. I figure if I'm going for the convenience, go all out. (And, it's not 30 seconds for the first run when the power's been off, it's about 3 minutes.) Yes, definitely go with the Special Edition. Timer, multiple cup size, comes with a variety pack, etc. They can usually be had for around $135. (Got mine at Target last Christmas for $140, but got a $25 Target gift card with it . . . that I immediately used to buy coffee.)
I have a Keurig and I use the My K-cup insert to make my own coffee without the plastic cups. For anywhere from $6-$9, I can buy 12 oz. of coffee from the grocery store that will net me roughly 20 cups, give or take.
Why is this even a battle? I mean, if he wants to drink lousy brewed coffee rather than cold drip, then have at it.
Yes - The Special Edition is the one I have. Very worth the extra money. I find the biggest cup setting is enough for me (I think it's 10oz). And, I'm sorry, I'm not a morning person. Standing there for three entire minutes until I can pour caffeine into my pie-hole is just three minutes of potential danger waiting to happen. Here's the best place I've found so far for K-Cups - ECS Coffee [flag]ca[/flag]
As others have said, the advantage of Keurig is mostly an enormously wide variety of available coffee blends. There are a ton of third-party coffee makers (off the top of my head, Donut Shop, Newman's Own, Dunkins, Starbucks, Gloria Jean's, Green Mountain...)that make k-cups, so it definitely wins in that regard. That this is a thing that you want confuses me. Do you have instant coffee Stockholm Syndrome?
If you happen to live near a CostCo, you can get the industrial pack of 80 K-cups for $36 or about $0.45/K-cup. And that's for the top brands (Dunkin, Caribou, Starbucks, etc.) If you really want to go cheap, they have a lesser known brad; San Francisco Bay, that goes for $26 for a box of 80 or about $0.33/K-cup.
If not being able to brew Maxwell House coffee in your new coffee maker is going to be a deal-breaker, then you might as well just save yourself even more money and drink your post-shit toilet water every morning for a quick "pick me up"
Hey now, I play the role of the dumbass around here - how did you get that I wanted that? The "compare Keurig to Tassimo" question was brought up, and I was 'splaining some of the differences. I'll let the buyer make up their own mind. And, I didn't even know Maxwell House made instant coffee - I thought that was Sanka.
I have one of these at home, and at work. Insulated stainless steel French press. We also have a Keurig at home. Old school rules.
£1600 !!!! Geeze, we all had to chip in and buy our own Keurig at our office. Oh and thank you FREECORPS for that nice big pic at the top of the page that wasn't even tucked into a spoil tag. My co-worker behind me is suddenly very curious as to what I'm up to over here now. Coffee machines and coke ... why on earth would he be curious.