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We have one at home. My DH is the only coffee drinker. It only gets used on days he's home. He has a Kuerig to use at work as well. We waited until we got an awesome deal on one (less than half price). I don't love the space it takes up on our counter but he loves the coffee it makes.

We just had a simple Mr Coffee maker before that I think made about 6 cups, of which most was thrown away.

I will use it for hot chocolate in the winter.

We have one at our office and I find that the quality is horrible. I only drink Hot Chocolate out of it, but it tastes burnt and plasticy.

We have one. I'm the only coffee drinker and I only have caffeine before noon, so it was a real pain to brew a full pot (even a small one) for one cup in the morning if I was home for the day. Now I can have one cup in the morning and a decaf in the afternoon without brewing a whole pot! My parents bought it for me for Christmas.

DH loves his. He had a basic model, no timer or anything, and it broke after two years. So now we have to get him another one.

@youboots: Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question. You rinse out the cup every day and put the grounds in the cup, so I suppose you'd only want to grind them for that day (or store in an air-tight container.) I use already-ground coffee.

Honestly, if you're picky about the taste of your coffee, I wouldn't go the Keurig route. I think it's sub-par taste-wise. As far as a quick way to get yourself caffeine? It's awesome.

I am the only coffee drinker in the house and have gone through to Kuerigs. The first stopped working well and I returned it. The second is just tucked away because the coffee and teas just didn't taste good. I buy coffee out now, but if I had to do it all over I would just get a small 4 cup coffee maker.

I love ours. I found the Green Mountain Coffee breakfast blend to be my fave. Quick and easy.

We got a Keurig as a gift last year. It's very convenient and easy but I feel like the coffee doesn't taste as good. I still use it most days since my husband gets coffee at work and I'm too lazy to set up our big coffee maker and then clean it all up for just one cup.

I also hate how wasteful the disposable k-cups are so we bought refillable ones.

One of the best purchases I ever made. We use it everyday. I bought reusable cups to cut back on waste. You can find pretty good deals on kcups if you watch.

ETA: i think one of the greatest things is it is so convenient when having company over. I could never consistently make a good pot of coffee. This way they can choose their blend.

Our keurig just broke and we aren't going to replace it because we stopped using it-- we use our nespresso instead! Once we switched to espresso the keurig coffee tastes weak, and both tea and hot cocoa are better w boiled water rather than the pods anyway. We have a milk former to make cappuccinos w the nespresso, but I usually just mix it w cold milk to have a cold latte since I'm usually drinking it while nursing so I want it to be cold.

We have two at work. A single serve simple one, and then a full-size model.

I don't mind it at work, but we don't have one at home because we're both strong coffee drinkers and I don't ever feel like the k-cups are as strong as our home coffee brewed in a regular 12 cup pot! Love my cuisinart!!!

@MaryM: you can use a refillable k-cup so you don't waste all those little cups! I keep coffe in the freezer & then fill the reusable k-cup.

I also have the cuisinart one, love that it comes with a reusable k-cup & water filter, when we got ours those were extras for other brands but included with the cuisinart. And bonus points for being handsome

We got one for Christmas and love it, but wouldn't have bought one for ourselves.

We drink a lot of coffee, so while it's definitely convenient it isn't cost effective.

My husband just bought a reusable kcup and has been buying ground coffee again, but I think it's a pain in the butt to have to clean and fill, which defeats the purpose of the convenience of a keurig!

I don't love the way Keurig coffee tastes. I have a Verismo and the Starbucks milk frother, and I use both of them every single day. (The Verismo also has milk pods, but the frother is less expensive if you drink a lot of coffee.) It brews coffee, as well as espresso shots, and there are also chai tea pods. I absolutely love it!

@youboots: I have one at home and it's okay though of I was going to buy a new one now I'd buy this thing: http://www.cnet.com/products/bunn-mycafe-mcu/ you an brew kcups and ground coffee and also a full pot or just 1 cup.

@youboots: I have a Keurig, a Tassimo, and a regular coffee maker. Agree with PPs that if you want better coffee, you can buy the reusable k cup and fill it with your own coffee. the bought Kcups aren't that great, although I love the half caf K-cups, just because I like drinking half the caffeine.

I prefer the Tassimo coffee over the Keurig, just because the Tassimo has the milk frothing functionality (they have drinks that come with a separate creamer cup that makes really good lattes, cappuccinos, café au laits, etc). They have a skinny cappuccino that is SO GOOD. Butttt....Tassimo is hard to find in stores so you have to order them online and have them delivered or go to Bed Bath and Beyond.

There are pros and cons to each, I guess.

@youboots: I think I read about the Keurig on a mom blog saying it was the best thing to have during those early months of parenthood. I used to do french press all the time, but now, making a cup of coffee with a baby in my arms is pretty convenient. I do miss the countertop space. But I don't think the Keurig will be around forever.