how do these things work? by what miracle of god do these things work? are they just instant coffee stuck in little cups? where do the grinds go if not?
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It's real coffee inside the cups. There is a mini filter also in the cup. The machine puts a hole in the top and bottom of the K cup, hot water flows with a small amount of pressure through the K cup. Takes 10 seconds. When done you just toss Kcup, with the grounds in it still, in the trash. I get all my coffee from coffeewhiz.com and my wife and I love it.
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yeah basically little cups with flavored coffees... my sister has one and it is fantastic!
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I would like an answer too! Is the dark cup or light cup weak or strong? The dark cups has smaller dots which to me say weaker, but then again, maybe darker is stronger? The manual does not indicate which is which. It just says to dial your strength! Anyone out there that knows this answer???? Otherwise, the machine makes great coffee!!!
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When you put in the paper filter, wet it with water and gently push it down into the cone so it is stuck to the bottom and edges. Then put in your coffee. Wet the grounds with hot water and proceed to half fill with water. Continue slowly adding water until your cup is full. the wet filter sticks to the cone and creates a vacuum so it drains much more slowly. I was tempted to plug one hole before even trying this for the first time but followed the directions in the email that I received after purchasing the cone first and it does work. Too coarse a grind will speed up the drip, too. Mine is just a little finer than traditional drip grind. When you put in the paper filter, wet it with water and gently push it down into the cone so it is stuck to the bottom and edges. Then put in your coffee. Wet the grounds with hot water and proceed to half fill with water. Continue slowly adding water until your cup is full. the wet filter sticks to the cone and creates a vacuum so it drains much more slowly. I was tempted to plug one hole before even trying this for the first time but followed the directions in the email that I received after purchasing the cone first and it does work. Too coarse a grind will speed up the drip, too. Mine... » Read More When you put in the paper filter, wet it with water and gently push it down into the cone so it is stuck to the bottom and edges. Then put in your coffee. Wet the grounds with hot water and proceed to half fill with water. Continue slowly adding water until your cup is full. the wet filter sticks to the cone and creates a vacuum so it drains much more slowly. I was tempted to plug one hole before even trying this for the first time but followed the directions in the email that I received after purchasing the cone first and it does work. Too coarse a grind will speed up the drip, too. Mine is just a little finer than traditional drip grind. « Show Less
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I've seen a number of suggestions here for how to use your own ground coffee. This is what I do though...I buy the empty "tea" bags (they are quite cheap) and put my coffee in them. They have drawstrings and really work well. Simply put however much coffee you want into one, pull the string, turn the bag onto its side and give it a little shake so the grounds aren't in one lump right in the middle, put the bag (on its side) into the little brew basket, and you are set to go. I take a few minutes each weekend and make up a bunch of them and put them into an air-tight canister and I'm good to go. Easy. I've seen a number of suggestions here for how to use your own ground coffee. This is what I do though...I buy the empty "tea" bags (they are quite cheap) and put my coffee in them. They have drawstrings and really work well. Simply put however much coffee you want into one, pull the string, turn the bag onto its side and give it a little shake so the grounds aren't in one lump right in the middle, put the bag (on its side) into the little brew basket, and you are set to go. I take a few minutes each weekend and make up a bunch of them and put them into an air-tight canister and... » Read More I've seen a number of suggestions here for how to use your own ground coffee. This is what I do though...I buy the empty "tea" bags (they are quite cheap) and put my coffee in them. They have drawstrings and really work well. Simply put however much coffee you want into one, pull the string, turn the bag onto its side and give it a little shake so the grounds aren't in one lump right in the middle, put the bag (on its side) into the little brew basket, and you are set to go. I take a few minutes each weekend and make up a bunch of them and put them into an air-tight canister and I'm good to go. Easy. « Show Less
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Not sure what you mean by 'powders'. This coffee maker is designed to work with standard drip coffee grind. Everything from Folgers and Maxwell House to Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts. If the grind is very small, the result could look like powder, but I wouldn't recommend a grind that fine. It would make very strong coffee, and might float up and over the filter and get into the coffee pot, or worse, cause the filter to fold over and block the drip. This would cause an overflow and a very big mess. But if you use a standard grind, its a great inexpensive coffee maker. Nothing fancy like a timer or automatic shut-off or temperature settings, but an all around good appliance for a very good price.
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With all due respect, as a real coffee drinker instant coffee does not even come in my house. You need a fine grind absolutely not the ground coffee for a regular old coffee machine; water just runs through the grains rather than sit on it and slowly drip through. It's needs to be fine (not Turkish coffee fine but close). You can buy any coffee you like, Joe's brand or Starbucks, whatever. I buy the Seattle Mountain brand Colombian Supremo at Costco. It's a 100% Arabica bean. Excellent. Also comes in decaf if you so desire. Grind at Costco machines at "fine" setting, I believe 4 steps away from the left. I'm pretty picky about my coffee because I drink only 3 small cups a day so it has to be good! Good luck. Also' I vacuum pack and freeze my coffee as as I get home since I'm the only coffee drinker in this house. I make bags of approx. 250gr (about 8 oz) and keep in freezer. I keep the "in use" coffee in airtight container.
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Instant coffee would not work. It would desolve, but it would turn out like regular instant coffee. Regular ground coffee it too course. Chances are, you would get something, but it would be weak. The grind is the thing. It needs to be extra fine for the process to work correctly on pretty much any espresso maker.
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No, you should grind them. Youtube has some good step-by-step instructions and demonstrations of siphon coffee makers.
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They don't work! I think it's because the steam expands the plastic capsule and doesn't get a "full brew" cycle. The metal or at least much firmer Nespresso capsules seem to contain better/brew better. We finally settled on "preloaded" Hi-line capsules at about half the price. They are about 90% effective, result in great espresso/latte/etc. Good luck. Brown
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I use regular ground coffee in mine, like Folgers and etc with no problem. Are you using instant coffee? That would happen if you use instant.
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I use the Handy Coffee Cups reusable ones that I purchased at Menards in a three pack. You do have to use a slight amount of force and push down the handle of the Mr Coffee until it snaps into place. Not a lot of force just make it snap closed. Very easy to use and clean and the regular Folgers I used tastes good. You do have a small amount of very fine grounds that are in the bottom of your cup but I have not tried any other grinds to see if you can get rid of that. I would think any of the reusable cups would work the same way.
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I use regular off the shelf grind and have no problem. You're supposed to just wet the coffee first, and then pour in the water a little at a time. Don't pour in all the water all at once. Maybe that will help?
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After trying a couple of different coffee blends that did not seem to work and the coffee was extremely weak I found somewhere that you could try a finer grind. I have a tiny electric coffee grinder so I took the coffee that I already had and ground it some more and it worked! I think the answer is to grind the already ground coffee finer. In fact, my coffee is now very strong.
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I searched the internet for "CBTL Reusable Capsules" and found nothing but an article titled "How to refill and recycle our CBTL Gaggia Caffitaly capsules for other brew brands". It had instructions and pictures that seemed helpful from the comments of people who tried it. Basically, you're deconstructing the pre-loaded filter after it's been used and replacing the coffee and foil top. Make sure you don't pack too much coffee in or the water can't go thru. Maybe dump the grounds out of a pod to get an idea of how much to refill with.
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Me, too. Got the Ecopods. Don't work. My Cafe makes much better coffee than Keurig. Please let me know what works. It's not easy finding the pre-made single serving pods neither...but I really want refillable pod.
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To second another answer... There should be a little note from the factory that says they test with actual coffee before the unit leaves the factory, so finding left over grinds is normal on new units.
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I think it works perfectly fine but I like my coffee pretty strong and probably use more grounds per cup than most. It is a finer grind than say, Folgers. Hope this helps.