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Here's a tip for stronger coffee
After reading many reviews about the problems with the My K-Cup and experimenting on my own, I have found an easy solution to the problem of weak coffee using this filter. As others have noted, the water goes through the My K-Cup way too fast as compared to the K-Cups. My solution was to take apart a K-Cup and use the outer plastic shell with the My K-Cup filter. Here's all you need to do:
Take a used K-Cup and cut the top foil off of a K-Cup. Cut the paper filter out of the K-Cup...
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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10/10/2008
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Why they break...
I have gone through a few of these as have many other reviewers...but I think I see why these break so often: You must run your finger over the top of the basket to remove extra coffee grains so that the lid goes on easily. If you don't you can still get the top on, but it puts pressure on the plastic lips that hold it together. So a bit of care in keeping the basket top clean (a quick finger swipe is all you need) will save you from having to buy these often.
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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03/13/2008
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Excellent Althernative
Although the reuseable coffee filter isn't as convenient as the ready-to-use K-cups (that's why I've rated it 4 instead of 5), it's a much less expensive alternative that works well. I originally bought the reuseabel filter because I had received several gift bags of ground coffee for Christmas from Starbucks and Green Mountain and didn't want them to go to waste.
To use the reuseable filter, you simply fill the filter with about two tablespoones of coffee grounds, put the filter in ...
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review by R. H. Pfahler can be read at Amazon.com]
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R. H. Pfahler
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02/18/2007
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Round Rock, TX
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Inexpensive K-Cup Alternative
The Keurig 5048 My K-Cup Reuseable Coffee Filter is a relatively inexpensive K-Cup alternative and works as it is supposed to. If you only want one cup of coffee, you only have to clean out the filter once. But if you want to make individual cups for several people, you must clean out the filter between each brew. For those days when you have guests, I recommend the prepackaged K-cups.
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review by Harvey Goldenberg "Harvey0" can be read at Amazon.com]
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Harvey Goldenberg "Harvey0"
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08/18/2006
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Los Angeles, CA
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You'll want two of these
If you are like me and have a Keurig coffee maker, you really need this little filter. Actually, you probably will be happier if you have two. Keurig makes some incredible coffee machines and you can get the prepackaged coffee in a lot of different blends and flavors. However, it's a little pricey. Also, there's all that coffee that you receive as gifts or smells so good as you pass it in the store that you buy a pound. You could pull out your old drip coffee maker and make a pot, but it's ...
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review by M. Kooiman "nerdette" can be read at Amazon.com]
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M. Kooiman "nerdette"
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02/25/2007
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Richardson, TX USA
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Weak coffee
I was excited to find this filter because I love Dunkin Donuts coffee, but also love the convenience of being able to make just one cup of coffee at a time in my Keurig coffee pot. I was sure that this was going to be the best of both worlds, but it wasn't. I'm not sure what the difference is in using the reusable filter and the pre-packaged K-Kups, but when using the reusable filter the coffee is very weak. It looks like dirty water, not coffee. Each time I used the filter I used more coffe...
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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02/08/2008
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Third Filter In Less Than A Year
It is sad that the Keurig My K-Cup Reuseable Coffee Filter is such substandard in quality. I just ordered my third one since January 2007! I like the convenience of it and don't understand why it can't be made out of a better material, like stainless steel. It cracks, and splits too easily. I am glad the coffee maker is nicer, because I would not be buying any Keurig products!
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/25/2007
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Makes unsatisfyingly weak coffee. Possible solutions?
This makes a very weak cup of coffee. The design is completely different from a k-cup, with the water flowing practically straight through the device and picking up very little flavor from the coffee grounds. I just scanned through 30 pages of reviews on this item and managed to root out a few possible things to try before we give up on it(which I really don't want to do because I can't stand using all of that plastic that can't be recycled).
1 - Take a used, disposable K-Cup and cu...
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/19/2009
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Cheap like me? Yeah, you're gonna like this too...
Being frugal (all right, cheap) by nature, I held off on buying a single-serve coffeemaker until I could find one I liked that offered a reusable filter. When Keurig came out with the B-40 Elite, a handsome, reasonably priced unit, and announced that it would be releasing its "My K-Cup" reusable filter for separate sale early in 2006, I was primed. As soon as I saw this product on Keurig's website, I was ready to buy my new coffeemaker from Amazon.com and the filter from Keurig's web site. My on...
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review by Philo411 can be read at Amazon.com]
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Philo411
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02/27/2006
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Naples, FL
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98%
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Easy to Use and Environmentally Responsible!
Let me start out by saying that I love my Keurig brewer. It brews a great cup of coffee (GMCR Dark Magic is my fav) and the convenience can't be beat. However, I've always felt a little guilty every time I throw out a used K-Cup. It seems like they're not only completely UNrecycleable, but totally UNbiodegradeable as well.
Enter the My K-Cup reuseable filter. Yes, it takes a little practice to fill up the mesh filter with grounds without making a total mess, and sure it takes a fe...
[Reusable Filter for Keurig B70 Gourmet Single-Cup Home Brewing System KU001 KU002 (5048) review by E. P. Ratazzi can be read at Amazon.com]
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E. P. Ratazzi
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04/28/2006
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Rome, NY USA
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97%
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