Do I have to make the coffee first? Do I have to ground the coffee? Instant coffee would be easier......
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Always use purified water. Use fresh ground organic enema coffee. This is going right into your system without the benefit of running through your body's filtration systems. There are countless articles online. Google and read 3-4 before you try this. Ps adding a teaspoon of Celtic salt really helps. You will read about this.
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I use Trader Joe's French Roast and grind it to an expresso grind ... very fine ... I serve it at my B&B; and everyone loves it. Just be careful to keep all the grinds in the container and don't allow any to get caught between the container and its cover, or it will make a mess. Use any kind of coffee you like ... not instant!
690946
I grind my own coffee. If u grind it at the store, try between fine n medium. U don't want it to fine or it will be bitter. I don't buy pre ground coffee.
630471
Sure you could! It would be an easy, tidy way to make coffee by the cup, without a coffee maker or a French press. Just put some coffee grounds in the strainer and steep like tea :) Then, lift out the strainer and voila: coffee with no grounds in it. Great idea.
1972011
It would take a few minutes to grind the coffee. It's slow, not an issue for me, could be for you. The grind is adjustable and there is a wide range. It's a really neat very simple machine.
1693868
You should use only course ground coffee. Either buy a grinder and do it yourself or buy beans at a coffee shop and gave them ground for you.
277971
I use a heaping 1/2 cup of coffee beans to make a 10 cup pot of coffee. I grind fresh beans each morning. It takes less than a minute. It's an on/off switch The sound of the grinder changes when the beans are ground so you can hear when to switch it off
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Well...You are welcome...and Congratulations on figuring it out...I strongly suggest pre-warming the carafe with hot water before brewing. That's the only way we get hot coffee from the carafe. ENJOY! Heck, I think I'll go make myself a cup of coffee.
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yes there is an option to use a bypass (top left of the machine there is an opening) for pre-ground coffee. You have to do it cup by cup - you can only insert enough ground coffee for 1 cup at a time. I use on occasion for decaf coffee. It is a little trouble, but it is a similar process to other automatic machines I have had in the past. If you want to use preground coffee all the time, I would not recommend it! On reading other answers, you may be able to set up the machine to have a preselected option for preground coffee, and that would definitely make it more convenient.
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Catherine, I had this same question when reviewing owners questions and answers on Amazon's site. All the reviews seemed to be talking about grinding their own beans, but I looked the coffee maker over real good and it looked to me that I could use already ground coffee from a can or a pouch. I bought it and sure enough it handles ground coffee just like any other coffee maker. Enjoy, it's working great. (The lighted clock "is" really bright but no bother to me. Hey ! It's in the kitchen not in the bedroom! LOL
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Not sure about instant coffee however I did out hot chocolate in there a couple times and that came out okay...
643605
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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This is not instant coffee. It is normal ground coffee that you brew in a coffee maker.
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No. The coffee is not instant. It is good quality ground arabica. I was initially suspicious because nescafe instant is nasty rot gut. But the pods are good.
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Haven't tried instant, but seeing the fine filter in the K-Cup, I'd guess that it wouldn't work that good as I don't believe all the instant would dissolve fast enough to give you a good cup of coffee. Best to just put the instant in your cup and use the Keurig as a hot water dispenser.
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Thank you for the advice! I've tested 2 of the included samples using 9-10oz and using the pulse button and it's not to bad... like I said I'm pretty bland when it comes to my coffee :) I bet a 12gram pod and maybe using pulse will be perfect! There aren't any reusable pods yet for this machine that would let me use my own ground coffee are there?
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It's very easy to use either whole bean or ground. Just push one simple button on the front to turn the grind off and put your ground coffee right in the basket.