How To Use A Keurig With Ground Coffee

If yous are ordering your coffee pre-ground, choose "Foil Filter"

If y'all order whole bean and grind yourself, you lot'll desire to grind to just slightly coarser than medium

Everybody agrees that a Keurig* car is convenient for brewing a unmarried loving cup of coffee. It's quick, and some would say ideal for a business environment. Carrabassett Coffee is not bachelor in pre-made, disposable K Cups, but as long as your java is basis correctly (choose foil filter if we are grinding for you), refilling a pod only takes seconds.

Although convenient, One thousand Cups leave much to be desired in regards to sustainability. That'south why we have tested out unlike re-usable off-brand "Thou Loving cup" options to notice the pod that brews the all-time cup of coffee.

After testing different pods, nosotros selected the EkoBrew for a few different reasons. (You tin can buy an EkoBrew correct on our website!)

The EkoBrew pod is designed with metal mesh (chosen foil) over the unabridged bottom of the pod, but hard plastic on the top and sides. This means that no water tin leave the pod without going through coffee grinds, leading to stronger extraction (and therefore yielding a more flavorful loving cup).
The EkoBrew pod is larger than other java pods, and then you tin fit just a little bit more coffee inside. More grinds= stronger coffee. Stronger coffee= yum.
Nosotros found the EkoBrew to be the easiest reusable pod to clean. (Major points!)
There are multiple holes in the top of the EkoBrew cap, which allow for the water to spray and evenly distribute through the coffee grinds. Many pods have only a single hole in the top, meaning the water drips straight through, missing a large portion of grinds for potential extraction.

Using a Keurig Car is pretty straightforward, but here are a few tips to ensure your resulting cup of coffee is equally enjoyable as possible.

Do not overfill your pod. As tempting equally it may exist to stuff your pods with actress grinds, in an try to make a stronger loving cup, this volition just serve to cake upwards your auto, equally the water volition not be able to button through the extra grinds. Your pod should take an interior line- fill up to here and don't add actress. (If you lot're a 'single-cup here and there throughout the day' kind of person, but you adopt your coffee strong, we'd recommend you lot try a pour over cone. It yields a rich flavorful cup and has a greater range of options for customization than you tin reach with a Keurig car. Read more here.)
Ensure your java is ground correctly. While you tin put java basis for a drip motorcar through a Keurig, just slightly coarser works a little bit better. Likewise fine a grind will lead to sediment in your java cup, just too coarse will atomic number 82 to the water rushing through the java also speedily and not extracting every bit much flavor. Right in the middle is the sweet spot. If we are grinding for you, choose 'foil filter.'
Use the smallest cup setting on your auto. Most Keurig machines have the option to make a 6, 8, or ten oz cup of coffee. The amount of grinds y'all are using do not increase with a larger cup size- it only means you are using more than water, which results in a weaker cup. For optimum flavor, mash a half dozen oz loving cup, and if you'd like more than, refill your pod with fresh grinds and make another.
Use fresh Carrabassett Java. Whatever of our coffees can exist used in a Keurig machine, whether you lot prefer nighttime roasts, organics, or flavored java! We'll cover coffee storage more in-depth in a future article, simply go on your grinds in an airtight container, in a dark cupboard or the freezer, to maintain the strongest flavour.

How to Brew Java Using a Keurig Auto

Fill water receptacle on the machine
Make full your EkoBrew pod (bachelor to purchase here) to the interior line and close the hat
Place pod into machine
Close the automobile lid
Place your coffee mug
Printing appropriate button to brew a six oz loving cup of java. (You may choose to mash a larger cup, but remember that the flavor may not be as potent.)
Wait for coffee to fill up your cup and enjoy!

* Pesky legal find... Carrabassett Coffee nor EkoBrew are associated / affiliated with Keurig. Keurig and Yard-cup are trademarks of Keurig and Green Mount.